Ordered some custom Catan development cards as a g... Ordered some custom Catan development cards as a gift. Absolutely excellent! The back colour was a little off compared to the actual cards but that was somewhat inevitable. Quick turnaround and good proofing process.
Strengthen Your Event Branding With Metallic Foil Tickets
Start building anticipation for your event with branded tickets finished with metallic foil on names, dates, logos, borders and other key details. A well-designed ticket builds excitement, sets the tone and gives guests an early sense of the occasion.
Custom Foil Tickets Tailored to Your Event
From award ceremonies, exhibitions, competitions and VIP events to product launches, concerts and festivals, you can create foil tickets to suit your occasion. Choose your size, paper stock, foil and finishing options online, then reply to your order confirmation email with finished artwork or a design brief. We’ll send a digital proof for approval before production.
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Print and foil on one or both sides and choose from 12 metallic foil finishes, with a different foil colour available on each side.
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Choose standard or custom sizes, create die cut shapes and add perforations for detachable stubs or tear-off sections.
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Personalise individual tickets with changing names, numbers or other details using data merge.
How Small Can the Foil Details Be on My Tickets?
Keep metallic foil lines and small details at 0.5pt (0.18mm) or thicker at the finished ticket size, and leave the same distance between separate foiled elements. This gives fine linework, lettering, borders and other small foil details enough space to reproduce cleanly.
Make sure to check your artwork at the size it will be printed, as details that look clear while zoomed in on screen can become much finer once reduced to the finished ticket dimensions.
Can Metallic Foil Cover Large Areas of a Ticket?
Yes. Metallic foil can be used for anything from small details to large sections of your ticket, including full-coverage designs.
There is no technical requirement to keep foil use minimal. It is a design choice, so you can use a small amount for selected details or go much further and make the foil one of the main features of the ticket.
If the foil is intended to run right to the finished edge, extend the foil artwork beyond the trim line into the bleed area. This gives the cut room to move slightly without leaving a narrow unfoiled edge after trimming.
Will Metallic Foil Line Up Exactly With Printed Artwork?
Metallic foil and printed artwork are applied during separate production stages, so a small amount of movement between them is normal. The foil may shift by up to 1mm relative to the printed artwork, which is within our normal production tolerance.
If foil is meant to sit over printed colour, extend the printed colour underneath the whole foiled area rather than leaving a precise blank space for the foil to fill. This means any movement is much less noticeable, especially around borders, outlines and other details that need to sit closely together.
Do Metallic Foil Tickets Need Soft Touch Lamination?
Soft touch lamination is a required part of the foiling process, so any side of your ticket that receives metallic foil must also have soft touch lamination. The laminate prepares the printed surface so the toner can adhere cleanly before the metallic foil is applied. For more information, see our Foiling Process tab.
Despite the laminate, toner and foil all being applied on top of the print, the finished foil does not feel raised or embossed in any way. The foil itself is around 6,000 times thinner than a human hair, so the finished ticket remains smooth to the touch rather than having raised metallic areas.
If you only foil one side of the ticket, the unfoiled reverse can be left unlaminated or finished with matt, gloss or soft touch lamination, depending on how you want that side to look, feel and be used.
Can I Write on the Back of a Metallic Foil Ticket?
If you plan to write on your tickets by hand, the most suitable writing surface would be to leave the reverse unlaminated.
You can still write on laminated areas, but different pens and inks can behave differently on the surface. We do not test or recommend specific pens, so test the one you intend to use on the finished material before writing across the full batch.
How Do I Set Up Artwork for Metallic Foil Tickets?
Supply your printed artwork separately from the metallic foil artwork. Each side being foiled needs its own foil artwork. Your foil artwork should contain only the areas that need foil, shown in solid 100% black on a white background, with no printed elements included.
In the print artwork, leave the foil elements themselves out, but continue any printed colours, backgrounds or other artwork underneath areas where the foil will sit. The foil is opaque, so that print will not show through, but extending it underneath helps account for the normal movement that can occur between the print and foil during production.
For double-sided tickets, clearly separate and label the front and back print artwork, along with the foil artwork for each side being foiled. We also recommend supplying a composite reference, which is an additional file showing the print and foil together as you want the finished ticket to appear. This helps our pre-press team check the intended positioning before production.
Can a Digital Proof Show What Metallic Foil Will Look Like?
Your digital proof shows where the metallic foil will appear, how much of the ticket it covers and how it sits alongside your printed artwork, but it cannot reproduce the foil’s reflective finish on screen.
Our pre-press team checks that the artwork is technically suitable for production, while the proof gives you the chance to confirm that the content, layout, foil placement and overall design are correct for your order before anything goes to print.
If you want to judge the foil’s actual colour and how its reflection changes with the light and viewing angle, a physical metallic foil sample will give you a much more accurate reference.
How Can I Make My Tickets Easier to Check as Genuine?
Select All Prints Personalised via Data Merge to add changing details such as attendee names, individual ticket numbers or unique QR codes to each ticket. These can then be checked against your booking records, guest list or entry system when validating admission.
Metallic foil, personalised details and your event artwork can also make tickets easier to recognise visually, but we do not offer dedicated security features such as void labels or security holograms. If your event requires stronger validation, use the printed ticket alongside the security or entry system you already use.
Can I See Metallic Foil in Person Before Ordering Tickets?
If you would like to compare the foil colours, reflection, a selection of paper stocks and overall print finish in person before choosing your ticket specification, you can order one of our metallic foil sample packs.
The pack includes examples of several paper stocks as well as the metallic foil finishes, but not every material included is suitable for metallic foil tickets, as some are used for other products such as stickers. Refer to the Paper Stocks section on this page for the papers available with this product.
Seeing the foil finishes in person gives you a more accurate idea of their colour and reflection, especially as metallic and holographic foils change with the light and viewing angle.
Keep metallic foil lines and small details at 0.5pt (0.18mm) or thicker at the finished ticket size, and leave the same distance between separate foiled elements. This gives fine linework, lettering, borders and other small foil details enough space to reproduce cleanly.
Make sure to check your artwork at the size it will be printed, as details that look clear while zoomed in on screen can become much finer once reduced to the finished ticket dimensions.
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