If you don’t want to spend much on outsourcing printing of your business cards, this easy guide will help you to make customized business cards at your home.

What You Will Need

• Cardmate Manual Business Card Cutter

• Your Custom Printed Card Stock Sheets on the 10-Up Business Card Template

Pick a Business Card Cutter

With Business Card Cutters, many different size business cards are cut in different formats. Some common business card cutting formats are 4-up, 10-up and 12-up. Two common types of business card cutters offered in the market are Manual Business Card Cutters and Electric Business Card Cutter. Manual Business Card Cutters can be opted for lower volume requirements, which are operated manually. Electric Business Card Cutters are used where you have higher volume of needs. This method is both quick and precise. Both types of business card cutters will use standard letter size sheets (8.5" x 11") to make business cards.

Now that you are familiar with Manual Business Card Cutters and Electric Business Card Cutters, we will discuss about several popular cutters available on the market.

The business card cutter that is best for individuals and companies with low-volume requirements is the Manual Cardmate Business Card Cutter. This economically priced cutter can cut up to 60 business cards in merely 60 seconds. This card cutter will cut in the most well-liked format, 10-up. Thus it makes building and designing your templates easy. The final business card size features the standard, 2" x 3-1/2". It is tiny, lightweight, and secure for all ages!

Another well-liked business card cutter is for small to medium sized offices that require business card cutting weekly (or more).

TheInstant Card Electric Business Card Cutter is a great choice that is user friendly and can cut through paper, glossy paper, magnetic paper, coated paper, and more. The user-friendly Instant Card Cutter is small and lightweight that adds to its portable nature. It can be moved to different places. The Instant Card costs low and is capable of cutting quickly and competently.

Making your Custom Business Cards

Now that you have bought the perfect business card cutter for your specific volume requirements, you need to do the following to make your own cards. Here we will assess the process using the most well-liked business card cutter on the market, the Manual CardMate Business Card Cutter.

Tips to Make Your Business Cards:

• With the downloadable Microsoft Word 10-Up Business Card Template, print your custom business cards on your preferred paper or cardstock.

• Put in one sheet of your cards vertically into the back hole of the Card Cutter, and crank the handle clockwise until the sheet goes through. This results in four strips of your business cards. Get rid of the two outer scrap strips.

• Put one of your strips parallel into the front breach and crank the handle right-handed until the sheet goes through. This will cut your strip into five desired cards. Get rid of the outer scrap strips of your cards. Do again with your second strip to finish your cards.