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A business card for a juice company, featuring rounded corners and a spot UV finish.
Spot UV business cards for a knitwear business, stacked on a workstation.
Close-up of spot UV business cards with embossed glossy lettering, creating a 3D reflective look.
A stack of spot UV business cards, designed for a skin care business, is shown in close-up.
Front and back views of spot UV business cards for Potolla, a personal business.
A stack of spot UV business cards displayed in a wooden holder, featuring rounded corners.
Two referential images showing the paper thickness options for spot UV business cards.
A stack of spot UV business cards for a creative studio.
A stack of spot UV business cards for a doughnut shop.
A business card for a juice company, featuring rounded corners and a spot UV finish.
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Spot UV business cards for a knitwear business, stacked on a workstation.
Close-up of spot UV business cards with embossed glossy lettering, creating a 3D reflective look.
A stack of spot UV business cards, designed for a skin care business, is shown in close-up.
Front and back views of spot UV business cards for Potolla, a personal business.
A stack of spot UV business cards displayed in a wooden holder, featuring rounded corners.
Two referential images showing the paper thickness options for spot UV business cards.
A stack of spot UV business cards for a creative studio.
A stack of spot UV business cards for a doughnut shop.

Spot UV Business Cards

Want the front of your card to jump out at people? Add raised, 3D shine to your text, design — or even both.
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Add dimension to your design with spot UV business cards.

  • Spots of raised, glossy printing — front only
  • Matte paper stock
  • Great for highlighting logos, names & more
  • Standard or premium thickness

Note: To prevent your gloss from peeling off, make sure it’s only applied within the printing safety area shown in our design studio. For more info, see our FAQ section.

A cut above

With our spot UV business cards, you can add layers of thick, raised gloss to specific parts of your design. The special finish gives text and visuals a can’t-miss shine and 3D texture that stands out against the smooth, matte background. It’s a great option for almost any design as you can use the spot UV finish on up to 75% of your card’s front. (Note: Make sure it’s applied within the template’s safety area.)

Stylish & smart

Spot UV business cards give you a creative, professional look, and point customers towards the most important information and images. Give your company name and contact info a little extra oomph. Emphasise your logo and branding. Or make sure a special offer gets extra attention.

Fast, easy design

You can upload your own design or browse a variety of templates created specifically for spot UV cards (also known as 3D business cards or embossed gloss business cards). Then, you decide where to add the raised, glossy printing. You can go with our default suggestions, but you’ll typically be able to choose almost any part of your design. Plus, you’ll always see a chat option if you need a hand.

Vistaprint offers Spot UV Business Cards design templates in assorted styles.

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Select a design template to preview it on the product. Click 'Continue' to customise it.

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Reviewed by 424 customers

Business cards & Pens

18 Oct 2025 | Sallie R. | Verified Buyer
The business cards were excellent, great quality and very happy with the spot UV embossed lettering. The pens on the other hand, left a lot to be desired - we were one short, and one completely broken. They are not particularly good quality, and the background colour, which was listed as grey is more dark green, so doesn't work with our logo
Response from Vistaprint Customer Care Team:
Thank you for your feedback, we’re so glad to hear you were pleased with the quality of your business cards and the spot UV finish! We’re sorry, however, to learn about the issues with your pens, being short on quantity, receiving a broken one, and noticing the colour difference are certainly not the experience we want for you. To help us review this further and arrange the best resolution, please reply to this email with a photo of the pens showing the issue. If your request is urgent, and you need an immediate solution, please reach out to our Customer Support team via https://www.vistaprint.co.uk/customer-care/help-centre/

Amazing Quality!

17 Oct 2025 | Valued C. | Verified Buyer
I bought these as I wanted to upgrade my business cards from just the standard ones, and all I’ve had it compliments! They’re sturdy and great quality, and I love the UV aspect as it’s pleasing to the eye and they feel so professional!

Superb quality business cards

16 Oct 2025 | Beatrice M. | Verified Buyer
We're absolutely delighted with the finish of these cards. They look vibrant, professional and great quality. Feedback has been brilliant. Cards delivered much sooner than expected too. Thank you!

Very good quality

16 Oct 2025 | Samoon p. | Verified Buyer
I’ve done my first business card with vista print and I loved the result ! They are really good and the quality is amazing ! I loved

Business Cards and Post cards

16 Oct 2025 | Poppy B. | Verified Buyer
Really happy with my experience using Vistaprint! The process was quick and simple from start to finish, and the website was easy to navigate. The team were very helpful, and the chat feature was super useful — quick responses and great support. Would definitely recommend!
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Frequently asked questions

Spot UV printing is a process that puts raised lettering and images on paper to create an eye-catching, three-dimensional effect. With our embossed business cards, you can decide which design elements you want to pop out.

You can use the special finish on up to 75% of the front and back of your card — just make sure the spot UV varnish is applied within the printing safety area (shown as a dotted line in our design studio).

Yes, the type of printing we use is also known as embossed gloss. This process actually has a lot of names, so you might see this type of product listed elsewhere as embossed business cards, 3D business cards, spot gloss business cards or raised print business cards.

Our spot UV business cards are made using either 300 gsm standard paper or 360 gsm premium paper.

For now, you can only have the special finish on the front of your 3D-printed card. But we are working towards offering that option at some point in the future. In the meantime, you can get customised printing on the back of your card for an additional fee.

Yes, you can order them with rounded corners or in a square shape.

On our templates, the embossed areas can’t be changed. However, if you upload your own design, you have more freedom to decide which parts are raised. You can do this through our design studio, or you can leave specific directions for our team.