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In this tutorial we will go through making a very good looking business card design front and back.

Step 1

Start a new document and set the size to 50.8mm x 88.9mm with 300dpi and the colour set to CMYK.

Now lets setup some printing guidlines for the text so that you do not get a bad print. Please see image below.

Step 2

Now grab the paint bucket tool (G) making sure that the forground is #231f20 colour and fill in the space.

Now for the logo ive used the font (a bite and colour #fffffff), for the business name i used Myriad Pro with both #ffcb05 and #ffffff colours. Now you should get an image like below.

Step 3

Now using the type tool select Myriad Pro and the colour #ffcb05 and type what your business does and the press Ctrl + T and turn it so it is angled more like the picture below. Now thats the front page completed..

Step 4

Start a new document and set the size to 50.8mm x 88.9mm with 300dpi and the colour set to CMYK.

Now lets setup some printing guidlines for the text so that you do not get a bad print. Please see image below.

Step 5

Now grab the paint bucket tool (G) making sure that the forground is #231f20 colour and fill in the space.

Now for the logo ive used the font (a bite and colour #fffffff), for the business name i used Myriad Pro with both #ffcb05 and #ffffff colours. Now you should get an image like below.

Step 6

Now lets add your company details by grabbing the type tool again using the Myriad Pro with the colours #ffcb05 and #ffffff type your details like below.

Step 7

Now create a new layer and grab the pen tool (P) and do the shape below.

Step 8

Now right click and make selection and using 0 click ok. Now hit the Ctrl and Backspace. Then go to Layer/Layer Styles/Blending Options and activate Gradient Overlay and using the settings:

Blending Mode: Normal with an Opacity of 100%. The left colour on the gradient should be #b6b8ba and the right colour should be #393934 with the angle at -39. You should have a image simular to the one below.

Step 9

On the layers pallet on the right drag that layer to the create a new layer at the bottom. Now select the layer below and go to Layer/Layer Styles/Blending Options and deactivate the Gradient Overlay and activate the Colour Overlay with the colour as #000000, The go to Filter/Blur/Gaussian Blur and select 4.0 and click ok. You should now have an image like below.

Step 10

Final Step

Now right click and select make selection and select 0 and click ok. Now making sure the background colour is #ffcb05 hit the Ctrl and Backspace and then your done.