Bulk Print DIY Business Cards Using Illustrator

In this week's tutorial, I share how to bulk print DIY business cards using Illustrator to print 8 cards, front and back using one sheet of 8.5"x11" paper.
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[@faltonito]

You blew my mind with how helpful this was. Love how efficiently you work! Thanks for the template😭

[@Claril11]

you're an angel! i was sitting here loving the tutorial but sad i was going to have to do all this work and then you give it to us! you're the best😭❤️

[@brittanyellis6289]

thank you so much! I went step by step with you through this. Im using a MacBook and am not an expert in it yet since I'm not an apple product woman. But I managed, and I wanted to say thank you! Normally I don't EVER write comments, but you deserve it.

[@CaiShuRen]

Found your video tutorial when I searched for business card design... glad I did... your method of lining up and getting the spacing correct complete with trim marks make my day. Love it. LIKED!!

[@EveryTuesday]

Thanks for watching!

[@davitalproductions]

Not at all boring! Great video, awesome way to diy cards.

[@HorrorbleDriver]

I literally forgot how to do this, thank you for giving my memory a shock!

[@RitaDigest]

Thank you so much for your help Teela! That was a very helpful tutorial!

[@melanedehaan7464]

Didn't find this a 'boring' tutorial at all, it is really helpful and I'm very glad I've stumbled upon your channel! You explain it all so clearly, so thank you!

[@EveryTuesday]

Melane de Haan That makes me so happy to hear - thanks for watching! Glad you found me! :)

[@Kopite369]

Hi Teela, Thank you so much for sharing this, you saved me a lot of guess work!

[@dr.tracycureton6378]

I just found this tutorial which was super helpful. But the gifted template was awesome! God Bless You!

[@julietpang]

thanks teela! amazing. been looking for so many tutorials finallllyyyyy!

[@NjofieWilson]

Wow!
This is amazing.
I did not want to watch the video to the end, but it's interesting nature made me stay till the end.
I have learned a lot and won't hesitate to watch this powerful video when I need it.
Keep up the great work.

[@igobyart]

Great tut. Thank you for the bonus!!

[@Creatorof3000]

A great tutorial and wonderful design!

[@gsong78]

SO, SO good, Teela! Thanks for sharing. This will come in handy in the future :)

[@EveryTuesday]

+gsong78 awesome to hear! Thanks for watching!

[@spiskospinka]

Found your videos today and watched all of them - you are just amazing... I'm planing to make my wedding invitations by myself and this tutorials are really helpful! Big thank you from Europe! :)

[@EveryTuesday]

+spiskospinka awesome to hear! Glad you found me :)

[@francescocampagna4652]

Thanks for the video! Keep going doing great stuff

[@ronronrevolution5248]

Thank you Teela! You saved the day. :)

[@bobbyoctaviano2661]

You are the best and so so kind. Thanks Teela :) Bobby :)

[@WhiteyGraphics]

Nicely done, thanks for the template.

[@RonWaller]

Thank you so much for this video. I needed this so much.

[@keelywright-ogren2736]

This was so helpful! Thank you so much!!

[@kkiesh19]

Really helpful. Thanks Teela

[@cassandrasmith1417]

thank you soooooo much for this. 💜

[@osmanjutt4892]

thank u thank u thank u for such a great tut.... itsss awsome nd i have lot of things from it nd that bonus too its solved lot of my problems ,...... thanks again Teela u r best teacher .....

[@bandclyrics8144]

Thank you for this tutorial. Finally I made it my own business card ^_^

[@nouralshabhi961]

You deserve more blessing..

[@EveryTuesday]

Nart Nanosh thanks, Nart :)

[@traao5606]

this is extremely helpful, thank you so much!

[@EveryTuesday]

Trà Đào awesome :) Thanks for watching!

[@meDawdles]

Wow, I really wanted to learn this. Thank you for the tutorial and the download!!!

[@EveryTuesday]

meDawdles awesome! Thanks for checking it out!

[@swarajgvr5882]

thanks ..so much Teela .. nice job

[@martinthumbi7335]

Works just fine. Thank you.

[@wongchiewproductionhouse2621]

Thank you very much for sharing!!!! your are the best!

[@MinhNguyen-zr3mn]

Thank you. Keep it going!
Best.

[@kabeshdarlyon1814]

YOU ARE SO AMAZING!!!

[@biancagurgel9239]

Thank you, Teela!

[@chetmcman]

This was so helpful thank you!

[@Gutsu]

Thank you so much! Really saved me some money :D

[@Nic-xu9pu]

Thanks Teela!

[@kellyjy5000]

Thank you for the tutorial that just made my life easier ;-;

[@mamapod2]

thanks for the file. this will be very useful.

[@paolo-1283]

Very nice tutorial, i kinda do same cheat creating guide boxes. You have a beautiful voice :)

[@ramukumbha4996]

Really Nice Work

[@fairpearart]

I REALLY appreciate you thank u!!

[@m.peterson3030]

Thank you so much!

[@kseniAlivalife]

Thank you! Great tutorial:)

[@EveryTuesday]

+kseniAlivalife thanks for watching!

[@MrAlbertodelacruz]

Thanks, it helped a lots

[@amilaperera951]

Thank you! this helped me :)

[@amandagroney9279]

Loved the tutorial. Quick question, I created business cards for my mom (who doesn't have Illustrator) and now, I'd like to send them to her so she can print them herself. How do you recommend doing so, i.e. would sending them as a PDF work? Or must these be printed from Illustrator?

[@emoshoes333]

you saved my life tonight lol

[@mariameyer1302]

you are amazing, thank you very much

[@pinkcharms]

What paper do you use to print your cards? Thx for the tutorial!!

[@deepconcept2020]

That laugh 🥰

[@tt4759]

OMG thank you so much!

[@keithrincon]

I love you!

[@martinthumbi7335]

wow! Be blessed

[@DominusFeles]

I really like Teelas tutorials but I'm still waiting for the day when US joins the metric system (their military and some other areas is already there). Seriously, "half of an quarter of an inch" that's also our standard bleed but we call it 3mm. ^^

[@EveryTuesday]

Gustav Holmström haha I hear you! Can't help what I grew up with/what I'm surrounded by every day. I hate that I can't think in metric enough to do it on the fly - I'll make an effort to come more prepared with my measurements - thanks for the 3mm head's up!

[@DominusFeles]

Teela Cunningham I certainly can't do inches, yards and feet on the fly either (not that I have to too often) but when I need it; google has a pretty handy built in conversion function :)

[@XxJakaboobooXx]

THANK YOU!

[@gallev6688]

Thanks! 😃

[@ferdinandtugano]

High teela, Therse a tool called align in the window tab. it will automatically arranged the cards in just a click, evenly on every sides

[@davidtube1492]

Thanks a lot!!

[@jaxxenriquez9542]

Thank you!!!

[@ashleyscott8130]

Thanks, Teela! Question though: when you lasso select the trim marks, how do you make it so that you don't select the guide lines also? I have to select it all, then shift + click each guide line so that I don't copy and drag them as well.

[@EveryTuesday]

Hey Ashley! You'll just need to lock your guides to avoid selecting them - go view > guides > lock guides :)

[@laurarc96]

For real endless love to you

[@MrOzzy241]

Thanks so much yes you are an angel :)

[@frozenpancakes]

Thank you

[@emanuelornelas1819]

ok this was awesome!! would be great to have a you created. would make it so much easier lol like with a download, that might be considered a bonus. MAN wouldn't that be awesome *cough cough* *hint hint*

[@erikalevy1]

Thank you!

[@EveryTuesday]

Erika Levy thanks for watching!

[@n8sgr8adventure]

This is Fantastic! Just one query the links aren't working for some reason to your website. Thanks!

[@markartist7014]

thank you :)

[@bismillah_brush]

Not able to find this template... instead watercolor texture sheet is available there

[@Crismoseswaweru]

thanks a lot

[@johnreid9673]

This method works but try with transformation and distribution tool. It's much easier and quicker.

[@wonkim593]

Thank you so much...

[@EveryTuesday]

+Won Kim thanks for watching!

[@muftitariqmasood3313]

I love u♥️

[@aaa-ri7kp]

why you convert to jpg? why don't print all in vectors? better quality

[@tolivich]

How do you save this file for print??

[@FunDumb]

This is all fine and dandy but if you're ever in a rush to print I would skip the lines and just use Step and Repeat to populate the page. Then you only have to link once and repeat the Step and Repeat.

[@marijhorn]

to make trim marks you have tool in illustrator now.

[@JulianLovesIt]

Very helpful and thanks for the template. There is one error with the bleed-guides though :) the upper one in the third row should be on top

[@EveryTuesday]

Julian Schnaars Hey Julian - I just rechecked the template and it looks correct to me - can you be more specific?

[@JulianLovesIt]

Teela Cunningham Sure, if you look at the third row, you have the horizontal cutting line for the top of the card and the guide for bleeding. The cutting line is right, but the guide for bleeding is below the cutting line. Should be on top right? :)

[@WhiteyGraphics]

Julian Schnaars is correct the third row of cards the top bleed is inside the crop mark and all the others are outside.
Crop being you little tick marks on the sides and top.

[@EveryTuesday]

WhiteyGraphics Julian Schnaars File has been updated, thanks so much for your close eyes!

[@karenhilsinger8737]

how would i do this to make a silver metallic texture?

[@sanjeevchandrasekaran2315]

Print it and then do silver lamination.

[@lexracquel7708]

Anyone watching know how to properly cut these out? I have tried several different ways and keep cutting my lines off. I'm guessing I have to get out a pencil and ruler?

[@GaborCsergo]

Good tutorial but you dropped the 3rd row bleed line in the wrong position ;)

[@sonyiallee7425]

Hi what printer did you use?

[@EveryTuesday]

+Sonyial Lee For at home printing, I have two printers - one's a basic, standard paper size printer/scanner combo: amzn.to/1mEu9nO and the other is a little fancier (and my favorite) medium format printer: amzn.to/1mEug2R

[@klaassmit2567]

so i just took an whole hour trying to copy her and at the end she just gives it?! bamboozled boi

[@theterrible6666]

There's got to be a faster way to do this, like in CorelDraw with print preview, there's got to be something similar in illustrator, this just takes to much time....

[@edwickson]

Agree. I'm looking for that kind of tutorial. Is there any?

[@amdiata]

Do u kno that you come to save a live :)

[@ferdinandtugano]

i can fit 10 cards in there. no bleeding. you dont really need it

[@Amanda-co1tj]

if you use the masking tool you would not have that design running off your page

[@EveryTuesday]

The design running off the page is intentional so you'll have artwork that runs straight to the edge when trimming 👍

[@DonnDadda87]

CAN YOU MAKE ME A TEMPLATE FOR 13" X 19" PAPER? ILL PAY YOU (VENMO)

[@maia969]

Tbh this is not that helpful

[@krisadd]

Thank you so much!