Want to design your own cards but not sure where to start?

Never heard of the terms margins and bleeds before? It's okay, you are not alone.

Our downloadable overlays will help you get your setup correct from the start, and eliminate frustrating re-works and adjustments down the track.

It happens a lot so, these downloadable guides are designed to help you.

Choose a guide

Download a guide and overlay it on your Photoshop or Canva design to check for margins and bleeds. It will help you get the key areas of the design/setup process correct from the beginning.

69mm x 94mm card - 200DPI - No Border

69mm x 94mm card - 300DPI - No Border

69mm x 94mm card - 200DPI - Design has a 3mm border

69mm x 94mm card - 300DPI - Design has a 3mm border

How to download

There are a four options listed above, select the guide to suit your design and download it.

To download, right click on the file you need and select Save As or Save Image As depending on your browser. Note where it is saved on your PC as you will need it in a minute.

What do the colours mean

The pink shaded area shows the Bleed. This is an area where the artwork bleeds out to the edge of the design but is removed during the cutting process. We cut 3mm inside the edge of the design, which is the inner edge of the pink area.

The green box is the Margin or Safe Zone. Keep all logos, text and players heads inside this box. It will make your card more visually appealing when produced.

Bleed all artwork, background images etc to the outer edges of the design, under the pink area.

Make sure this overlay, is the top layer of your design so you can see it.

How to use

In Photoshop, drag the layer to the top of the list of layers.

In Canva, right click on your design and select Layer > Show Layers > Drag the overlay to the top layer.

Don't forget to remove it from your final artwork, it is only inteneded to be used as a guide to help you design your artwork correctly, the first time.

If you have tried but are not sure if it is correct, make one file, front and back and send it through to us for checking before you design the rest of the cards.

If it is wrong, better to adjust one player card than a whole teams worth!