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Creative Ways to Use Business Cards -- They Aren't Just for Business!

What happens when you decide to give hundreds of freelance artists free reign to design custom business cards any way they want to? Well, Zazzle did just that when they introduced business cards into their line of print on demand product, and it resulted in a slew of truely unique designs that go outside the norm. Turns out that there's many, many uses for custom printed little paper cards that have nothing to do with business, and we share some of them below.

(The cards at right can be found here.)

Baseball Cards & Sports Cards

Use business cards to make fun custom sports cards! There are trading cards for individuals and teams, signature cards for autographs and more!


Deluxe Custom Baseball Card profilecard Make Your Own Baseball Card profilecard

Retro Hockey Card profilecardMake Your Own Soccer Card profilecard Soccer Trading Card, Green Lg Business Card Size profilecard

baseball team card Vertical Blank Signature Card profilecard sports card

Baby Announcements

One thing I love about the idea of doing baby announcements on business cards is that aunts and uncles and grandparents and such could carry them in their wallets, to whip out any-time someone asks about the new baby. A lot of these have blank backs, which would be a fun place to put baby's photo. You could also use these as inserts for sharing the baby registry.





Christian Inspirational Cards

These cards are a great way to encourage others and share your faith.



Educational Cards

Fun ideas for teachers and students!

Good Job! Award Card profilecardCute Dog Bookmark profilecardElementary Teacher Daily Awards For Students profilecard

Teaching is a Work of Heart Info profilecardPencil and Paper profilecardBlackboard Profile Card profilecard

Customizable Poe-tic Bookmark profilecarda book to my taste!-art bookmark profilecard

Reading Apple profilecardSailboat and sun - bookmark profilecardChild Reading a Book profilecard

Valentines Cards

Business cards work great for custom Valentines cards. The slim cards, which can also work as bookmarks, are sold in packs as small as 20...but regular and chubby versions are sold in packs of 100 or more.

Little Pink Ears profilecard Two Hearts. Valentine's Day Gift Tag profilecard My planet is lit by love profilecard

Vintage Child with Valentine's Day Letter profilecard Scribbleprint Heart Photo Card profilecard

Valentine on Business Cards ! SRF profilecard Two Hearts Love Coupon profilecardScrapbook Paper Valentine - With Love



Slim Cards for Valentines Bookmarks


I Love You Bookmarks Romantic Vine Bookmarks Lace Paper Valentine

To Live Is To Dream Bookmark profilecard Love-Bookmark profilecard I LoveReading profilecard

Irish & St. Patrick's Day Cards

boy Erin Go Bragh Flag profilecard Irish Bulldog Profile Business Cards profilecard

Irish Pearl profilecard

St Patrick's Day Green Shamrock Photo Frame profilecard Shamrocks St. Patrick's Day Business Cards profilecard

Shamrocks Bookmark profilecard Repeating Celtic Knot profilecard

Creative Idea for Jewelery Crafters

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More Clever Cards

The following are business cards were just too good not to share...

[TBA] Mixtape profilecard



These Cassette Tape Cards by Oopsy would be great for a DJ or musician. You can see more styles of cassette business cards here.





And can you guess what these cards are for?

They're for a photographer! There's a camera and room for business info on the back. Dont ya' just love that!

2011 Calendar & Business Card in One profilecard


And how useful is this! Putting a calendar on the back of your business cards is a great incentive for people to keep your card handy for the rest of the year. I could also see putting a picture of yourself on the back of this and giving it to friends.





composition book profilecard
And here's a fun one...how about a card that imitates those composition books from high school? The back looks like lined paper. I'm thinking these would be a great cards for a writer, copy editor, or tutor.

Share Your Creative Zazzle "Business" Cards!

Are you a Zazzle artist? Share your creative business card creations below! Please link directly to the section where your business cards are located (not to your main site, unless all you sell are business cards)--and please only leave a link if your shop is family friendly, as this lens is rated G. I will take a look at every site posted here and consider cards to be featured on this page!

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Business_Cards_Plus: Home: Zazzle.com Store

Welcome to my Business Cards Store.






Here you can find more...6 points

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Scribbleprints Business Cards

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http://www.zazzle.com/love_valentines_profilecard-240874021420329274

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Tiny cards ACEO

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http://www.zazzle.com/CherylsArt*/businesscards

Pet Sitting, Free range eggs, bookmark business ca more...0 points

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Another Peaceful Venture: Bookmarks: Zazzle.com Gallery

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Another Peaceful Venture: Bookmarks: Zazzle.com Gallery

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Image Factory Tags, Coupons, Cards

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http://www.zazzle.com/profilesincolor

Beautiful Profile & Business Cards






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Eastern Bluebird Profile Card

24 Hour Shipping on most orders. Eastern Bluebird more...0 points

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  • teamunited12 Feb 23, 2012 @ 12:22 pm | delete
    Great ideas...nice lens too.
  • mountainstevo Sep 27, 2011 @ 4:25 pm | delete
    I love these cards - so cute!
  • gottaloveit Sep 9, 2011 @ 7:42 am | delete
    These cards are adorable. Love the idea of the composition notebook for a writer.
  • dogface Sep 3, 2011 @ 11:34 pm | delete
    Heh, clever. Business cards for something else than business. :) Nice lens!
  • FlaminCatDesigns Aug 30, 2011 @ 5:17 pm | delete
    Thanks for leaving the nice comment on my lens. I am new to Squidoo and Zazzle. Great ideas on those cards you posted. I haven't even scratched the surface of cards there.
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