Raised Spot UV Postcards

This is the premium, hold-it-in-your-hand end of postcards. A flat card competes on the offer alone, while a raised spot UV card competes on feel too, so it earns a longer look before anyone decides to keep it. The raised gloss is set up once and reused across the whole run, so the math rewards a bigger order. Tap any tier below to see the live set total and exactly how much each step up saves before you commit a dollar.

What Is a Raised Spot UV Postcard?

A raised spot UV postcard is a full-color card with a clear gloss coating built up in a raised, tactile layer over chosen artwork, cured hard under ultraviolet light so it sets glassy and stands proud of the surface. Instead of coating the whole card, the press glosses only the shape you mark, then builds it up so you can feel the height with a fingertip. The base is a single premium stock, a 16pt Velvet Laminated Cover, so the card itself reads soft and matte while the raised gloss reads sharp and bright. Everything you can change is laid out below the way the live configurator groups it, so you know your options before you touch them. If you want the same glossy accent kept flat and level with the card, the Spot UV Postcards are the smooth version at a lower entry price.

What Does the Raised Finish Feel Like?

Pick one of these up and you feel two textures at once. The base is a 16pt velvet laminated cover, so the card is soft and matte, almost suede under the fingers. Over that, the raised spot UV sits up in a clear, high-gloss ridge exactly where you placed it, and the velvet field around it makes both the shine and the height stand out harder. You get 2 placements: raised gloss on the front only, which keeps the back clean for an address panel or a message, or raised gloss on both sides when the whole card is meant to be handled and admired. Print it full color on the front with a blank back (4/0) or full color on both sides (4/4). For a different raised effect on the same kind of premium card, the Raised Foil Postcards build a metallic shine up off the surface instead.

Put the raised gloss where it earns its keep

The trick that works almost every time: lift the logo and one short line, and leave the rest matte to the eye and flat to the finger, so the shine and the ridge have something quiet to play against. A whole panel built up in gloss loses the contrast that makes the raised effect work. Keep it selective and the card feels expensive.

How Do You Design a Raised Spot UV Postcard?

You do not need a designer to get raised spot UV right. Start from a ready-built layout in our postcard design templates, adjust the colors, copy and logo, then mark which elements get the raised gloss. Because the finish is tactile, simple, bold shapes read best, so a clean logo or a single word lifts better than fine detail.

Already have your artwork? Skip the templates and grab a press-ready blank instead. Each blank raised spot UV postcard template is built at the real trim size with the bleed and safe margin drawn in, plus a separate spot layer that tells the press exactly where the raised gloss lands. Drop your art on, mark the gloss shapes, and upload.

How Much Do Raised Spot UV Postcards Cost?

Raised spot UV postcards start at $275.47 for a set of 100, which works out to about $2.75 a card, and the per-card price keeps falling as the run climbs. Step up to 250 and the set is only $301.83, roughly 26 dollars more for 150 more cards, because the raised gloss plates are set up once and then reused across the whole job. A run of 500 is $552.26, and 1,000 lands at $1,019, around $1.02 a card, down from $2.75 at 100. There are 4 quantity tiers in all. Drag the slider below to set the quantity and watch the set total and the true per-card cost update live, so you can find the point where one more step up barely moves the budget.

How Do They Compare to Other Premium Postcards?

Raised spot UV is the tactile-gloss way into a postcard that looks and feels like it cost more, but it is not your only route to a raised finish. If you want the same glossy accent kept flat and level with the card at a lower entry price, the Spot UV Postcards start at $190.02. If you want a raised shine that reads as metal, the Raised Foil Postcards build gold, silver or copper up off the card from $299.00, and the Raised Holographic Postcards lift a rainbow shine from $299.00. The chart below lines raised spot UV postcards up against their closest siblings so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.

See How a Finished Raised Spot UV Postcard Lands

Photos never quite catch the way a raised gloss reads in person, but they get close. The gallery below collects raised and specialty cards our own customers printed in-house, across different sizes, placements and layouts, so you can borrow ideas and see how the contrast of matte velvet and glossy ridge actually lands in the hand. Tap any print to see it larger.

How Fast Can You Get Raised Spot UV Postcards?

Raised spot UV postcards print on a 7 business day standard turnaround, since the clear coating has to be built up and cured hard under the lamps before the cards are cut and boxed. When a date is closer than that, a 4 business day rush moves the same job to the front of the line. Before anything runs you can send your file straight to production or turn on a free online proof to check exactly where the raised gloss falls on your art, which is worth the extra step the first time you build a design. Across the board, 99.8% of 4OVER4 orders arrive on time and 82% ship early, so the date is not a gamble.

See the Rest of Our Postcards

Raised spot UV is one stop in a much larger postcard lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. For an everyday mailer at a fraction of the price, the Standard Postcards start at $16.48, and if you want two raised effects on one card, the Dual Raised Postcards combine them. Each option shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page, so finding the right fit takes seconds.

Print Your Raised Spot UV Postcards Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size you pick and wherever the raised gloss lands, these cards are built to feel good in a hand and earn a second look. Mark the gloss, set the run, and print your raised spot UV postcards today.