Custom Black Foil Stamping Cards, Hang Tags & Jewelry Cards

Black foil on black card is the quietest version of foil stamping, and the one that reads most like a premium label. There is no colour contrast to lean on: the artwork sits on the same near-black surface as the sheet, so the logo only appears when light catches the foil at an angle – a gloss-on-matte shift rather than a printed shape. Turn the card away and the design almost disappears into the stock. That is exactly the effect our apparel, jewellery and accessories customers order this finish for, and it is why the tag shown here uses a black foil: the mountain mark is only visible as a raised, glassy edge against textured black board. The same process runs on any format we die-cut – portrait garment hang tags with a punched hole, small earring cards with pierced holes for posts, folded jewelry cards with a slot for a chain, and business cards – so one finish can carry a whole label system without changing the look.

✅ Tone-on-Tone Black Foil Stamping

Black foil over black card, applied with a heated die under pressure. The contrast comes from surface finish, not colour: the foil is glossier than the uncoated board, so the stamped area catches specular light and lifts off the sheet while the surrounding card stays matte. Side-on it goes nearly flat, which is what gives the effect its restraint. Because the foil is a metallic pigment layer rather than ink, it does not sink into the paper and stays dense on dark stock where a printed black would simply vanish.

✅ Textured Black Card Stock

The board in the photos is a dark, lightly textured card with a visible grain – the kind of surface that makes a gloss foil read clearly, because the matte texture scatters light around it. We can run this finish on smooth black card for a colder, more graphic look, on a fibrous board for a warmer hand feel and deeper texture, or on a heavier duplexed stock for a tag with real weight. Board weight is quoted against your format and finish, since a pierced earring card needs stiffer stock than a folded jewelry card.

✅ One Finish, Several Card Formats

The same black foil die can be used across a family of pieces: standard portrait or landscape hang tags with a punched hole or slot; earring cards with one or two pairs of pierced holes for posts and butterfly backs; folded jewelry cards with a slit to hold a chain; and business cards in the usual 90 x 54 mm or a square format. Running them together keeps the die cost down and guarantees the logo sits identically on every piece, which matters when the tag, the earring card and the business card are seen side by side on a counter.

✅ Edge, Back and Reverse Treatments

Black card shows its edges, so a painted edge in a matching or contrasting colour is a cheap way to add depth – or leave the edge raw, which reads thicker and more paper-like. The reverse can carry a second black foil hit, a blind deboss for care text and size, or nothing at all: on the sample shown, the reverse carries the brand name and a short disclaimer in the same black foil so the whole tag stays monochrome. Rounded corners, a drilled hole, a slot or a small die-cut shape are all cut in the same pass.

✅ Threading and Attachment

Cotton cord, satin or grosgrain ribbon, elastic loop, waxed thread, a safety pin or a plastic barb – supplied strung to your spec or shipped loose for your own line. On earring cards we can also pre-pierce the post holes to your earring gauge so the cards do not need punching at packing time.

✅ Fully Customizable

Size, shape, board tone, foil tone, stamping area, hole position, fold style and threading are all made to order. Black foil on black card is only one pairing – the same die can be quoted in silver, gold, copper, white or a pigment colour on the same board, or as a blind emboss with no foil at all, so you can compare finishes on your own artwork before committing.

Factory-direct production with low minimum order quantities supported, so a small jewellery or apparel label can order black foil cards without paying for an industrial run. Quotes come back within 24 hours with the stock, the foil and the die-cutting priced separately, so you can see what a second format would add to the same order. Artwork is checked by our team before the die is cut: on a tone-on-tone job this matters more than usual, because black on black leaves no room for a misregistered edge – thin strokes fill in and fine counters close up, and both are cheaper to fix in artwork than in tooling. A pre-production sample is confirmed with you before mass production, since a gloss shift cannot be judged from a PDF, and the die is kept for your reorders so the next collection gets an identical impression. Fast delivery is available for launch and showroom dates.

Please supply vector files (AI / EPS / PDF) with all fonts converted to outlines and the stamping area on its own layer. Tone-on-tone stamping is unforgiving of fine detail: keep the minimum stroke at roughly 0.3-0.4 mm at final size and avoid type smaller than about 6-7 pt, because a hairline in black foil on black card simply disappears into the board. Counters and gaps inside letters need to stay open – reverse or knockout elements under about 0.3 mm will fill in under die pressure. Avoid heavy solid areas next to very fine lines in the same hit; the pressure that makes a large solid area release cleanly is more than a fine line needs, so a two-level layout may need two passes. Keep all live elements at least 3 mm inside the die-cut edge, and 5 mm clear of any punched hole, slot or pierced post hole. If the card will be pierced for earrings, mark the hole positions on a separate layer with the exact gauge. Black foil on black card can show a faint halo where the foil edge meets the board – this is normal for the process and is why a slightly heavier version of a thin logo sometimes looks cleaner than the original. If you only have a low-resolution JPG or PNG, our team will review it and tell you what needs redrawing before the die is made.