I use these techniques to take obsolete cards (or cards I’ve received but already recorded them) and covert them into upcycle cards!

Lino Printmaking

For cards that are blank on the back you can carve a linoleum (or rubber) stamp.

These business cards were donated by Raymond of SmartNet Alliance. They’re being repurposed for the hack613 makerspace project!

Laser

I created a fixture for stacking and laser cutting business cards. So once I have a persons contact information or if the card is very old I can hack them into a new card.

I think this is much better than disposal of old cards once they’ve been scanned or become old.

Because the outline is already cut they come out faster than normal laser cut business cards.

Applications:

• Old boxes of obsolete business cards.
• Material that’s been cut on a paper cutter.
• Material that’s already the same size as business cards.
• Existing business cards.
• Repairing cards that were made in a previous process.

So far this has been really well received. People think it’s cool to reuse and they come out nice.

Published on: May 25, 2014 @ 19:12