3D Lenticular Greeting Cards

Lenticular cards by occasion

The flip count and the fold size do different work depending on what the card is for.

Holiday cards

A two-flip holiday card that switches from a snowy street to a lit tree stands out on a mantel, and the 5" x 7" portrait fold is the classic greeting card shape. Keep the two frames to one scene changing state rather than two unrelated pictures, because the switch is the story: lights off to lights on, empty table to full one, daylight to snowfall.

Birthday cards

Birthdays are where the 3 and 4 flip settings pay off, because they can carry a small animation instead of a straight swap: a candle catching, a balloon rising, a name appearing over a party scene. Run it on the 5" x 7" portrait fold for a classic card, or the 6" x 6" square when the artwork is a single central image with room around it.

Corporate greetings

For a client or staff greeting, two flips is usually right: your logo on one frame and the message on the other, so the brand is present without a printed sales line. The 7" x 5" landscape fold suits it, because a landscape card stands on a desk and reads at the tilt someone gives it while picking it up.

Save the dates

Two flips again, and the pair almost writes itself: the couple's photograph on one frame, the date and place on the other. The 6" x 6" square fold reads as an invitation rather than a greeting, and the 5" x 7" portrait is the safer pick if the recipients will keep it on a fridge alongside other cards.

What Are 3D Lenticular Greeting Cards

3D lenticular greeting cards are folded cards printed on a 31pt lenticular lens, so the image changes as the card tilts. If you want the same lens effect in a wallet format, the 3D Lenticular Business Cards run the identical technology at card size.

Lenticular Greeting Cards Compared to Lenticular Postcards

Both print on the same 31pt lenticular lens and both flip. The difference is the format, and it decides how the piece is sent.

If people are meant to write in it and hand it over, you want the folded card. For a flat piece with no fold, look at 3D lenticular postcards instead.

What Size Should a Lenticular Greeting Card Be

Pick the finished shape that fits the moment; the table under the spec panel shows each flat sheet and the card it folds to. Every card ships scored so the fold is crisp, and you decide whether 4OVER4 folds it to the finished size for you or sends it flat so you can fold it yourself.

Set the artwork up on the flat sheet, not on the folded card, and keep the flip frames away from the fold line so the movement is not split across the crease.

How Does the Flip Effect Work

A flip is one full change of image. Choose 2 flips and the card alternates between two pictures, a before and an after, a closed door and an open one, a name and a face. Step up to 3 or 4 flips and the card cycles through that many frames, which is enough to spell out a short animation or a countdown. The effect direction decides how the viewer triggers it: top to bottom means they tilt the card forward and back, left to right means they turn it side to side.

Plan each frame as its own full-color image, keep the motion simple, and the lens does the rest. Two clean frames read far better than four busy ones, so pick the number of flips that your artwork can carry. It is the closest a printed card gets to playing a short clip.

What Stock and Ink Options Are There

There is one stock here, and it is the whole point: a 31pt lenticular lens, thick enough to hold the ridged surface that makes the flip work. You choose your ink coverage, either 4/0 for full color on the front with a blank back, or 4/4 for full color on both sides when you want a printed message inside. Upload print-ready art as a PDF, JPG, or PNG.

Before anything runs, you can send the job straight to production or request a free online proof to check the interlaced frames first, which is the safer call on a motion card.

How Much Do 3D Lenticular Greeting Cards Cost

A run of 300 is $1,092.89. The slider below shows the total and the per-card cost from 50 to 500 cards.

Reading the price ladder

Going from 50 to 1,000 cards multiplies the total by less than three while multiplying the quantity by twenty. If your list is close to a break, ordering up is usually cheaper per card than ordering exactly what you counted.

How Do They Compare to Other Cards

Pick lenticular when the motion carries the message. If you are weighing a different special effect, compare the numbers first. Holographic Greeting Cards catch light with a rainbow shimmer from $367.82 for 100, and Raised Foil Greeting Cards put raised gold, silver or holographic foil on the front from $618.16 for 100, against $653.55 for 100 lens cards. The comparison below puts lenticular beside three other greeting card styles on price, stock and turnaround.

How Fast Can You Get 3D Lenticular Greeting Cards

Lenticular printing takes real time, because your art has to be interlaced and aligned precisely behind the lens for the flip to land. Standard production runs 22 business days, and when your date is tighter you can move to a 15 business day option. This is not a same-day product, so plan a lenticular greeting card ahead of a launch, a holiday, or an event rather than the night before.

The upside is reliability. 99.8% of 4OVER4 orders arrive on time and 82% ship early, so once your date is set you can count on it. Pick your speed in the configurator and see exactly what the faster option adds before you commit.

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