Spot UV Coated Greeting Cards

These cards are built for the moments that deserve a premium touch, holiday cards, client thank-you notes, luxury invitations, and branded inserts. Want to see how they sit next to the rest of the range? Browse every style on greeting cards printing, or stay here and build yours from the choices below.

The price rewards a real run. A set of 100 starts at $503.99, and because each card is laminated and spot UV coated, the per-card cost slides sharply as the count climbs toward 10,000. Tap any tier below to see the live set total and exactly how much each step up saves before you commit.

What Are Spot UV Coated Greeting Cards?

Spot UV coated greeting cards are folded cards printed full color on 16pt Gloss Cover, sealed edge to edge in a soft matte silk lamination, then finished with a clear high-gloss spot UV coating on the areas you pick. The gloss stays flat, level with the matte, so the contrast comes from shine rather than height. People reach for them when a plain card would feel cheap: year-end thank-you cards, luxury invitations, and premium retail inserts. If you want the coated areas to physically rise off the surface, the Raised Spot UV Greeting Cards lift the design for a tactile, embossed-style effect.

What Size Should the Card Be?

Every option is a folded card, printed flat and scored so the fold lands sharp instead of cracking the coating. The 10" x 7" sheet folds to a classic 5" x 7" card, roomy enough for a full photo on the front and a message inside. The 8.5" x 5.5" folds to the compact 4.25" x 5.5" A2 note size, easy to mail and quick to write. The 9" x 6" folds to a slightly taller 4.5" x 6". If none of those fits, set a custom size up to 10" x 9" in the configurator. All 3 sizes, the ink coverage, the silk lamination, and the spot UV placement are grouped below exactly the way the live configurator presents them, so you know what you can change before you change it.

Here are a few easy ways to make the finish pull its weight.

Design for the gloss, not around it

Spot UV shines brightest when it covers a clean, deliberate shape. Reserve it for a logo, a monogram, a border, or one key word, and let the silk matte carry the rest. A tight, high-contrast area of gloss on a matte cover reads as intentional and expensive, while gloss sprayed everywhere just looks wet. The card ships full color, so you can print a photo edge to edge and still drop a glossy accent right on top.

Put the fold to work

Because the card folds, you have four printable panels, not two. Print the cover in full color with a spot UV accent, keep the inside for the message, and use 4/1 or 4/4 ink so the back and inside carry your details. A folded card also stands on a shelf or a mantel, which a flat card cannot do, so a holiday or thank-you card keeps working long after it arrives.

Design it without a designer

You do not need a design background to lay this out. Start from one of hundreds of free, professionally built layouts in our greeting card design templates, then change the colors, copy, and logo in the online editor in minutes, and mark the area you want the spot UV to hit.

Already have your artwork? Skip the editor and download a press-ready blank instead. The blank spot UV greeting card template is built at the real trim size with the 1/8" bleed, the score line, and the safe margin already drawn in, so your design folds clean and never crowds the cut. Drop your art in and upload.

How Much Do Spot UV Coated Greeting Cards Cost?

Spot UV coated greeting cards start at $503.99 per set of 100, about $5.04 a card, and the per-card price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 10,000. A set of 250 runs $541.87, 1,000 land at $668.20, and 10,000 come to $3,156.57, roughly $0.32 each. That spread is why brands print these for a holiday mailing or a client gift program rather than a one-off. So how many do you actually need? Drag the slider below to set your count and watch both the set total and the true per-card cost update live.

What Is the Silk Lamination and Spot UV Finish?

The silk lamination is the base. It seals both faces of the 16pt Gloss Cover in a smooth matte film that feels soft in the hand and shrugs off fingerprints, scuffs, and a little rain. The spot UV is the accent, a clear gloss varnish placed only where your artwork calls for it, so a logo or a single word turns shiny while the rest stays matte. You control the ink too: 4/0 prints full color on the front with a blank back, 4/1 adds black text on the back, and 4/4 runs full color on both sides. Want a different soft finish altogether? The Suede Greeting Cards and the Velvet Greeting Cards offer two other premium laminates in the same lineup.

How Do Spot UV Greeting Cards Compare to the Rest of the Range?

Spot UV coated greeting cards are the pick when you want a matte card with a controlled shine, but they are not your only premium move. If you are weighing a raised coating, a suede touch, or a velvet laminate, it helps to see the trade-off in plain numbers. The chart below lines these cards up against their closest siblings so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.

How Fast Can You Get Spot UV Coated Greeting Cards?

Spot UV coated greeting cards print on a 5 business day standard turnaround. A laminated, spot UV coated card takes real finishing time, so plan the order a couple of weeks ahead of a holiday or an event. Before the clock starts you get a choice: send files straight to production if you are confident, or request a free online proof and see exactly how the spot UV lines up over your artwork before a single card prints. Since the whole point of the card is the placement of the gloss, the proof is worth taking, and 4OVER4 keeps 99.8 percent of orders on time.

See the Rest of Our Cards

Spot UV coated greeting cards are one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time, or stay within greeting cards printing to weigh a raised, suede, or velvet finish. Each option shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page, so finding the right fit takes seconds.

Print Your Spot UV Coated Greeting Cards Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size and ink coverage you pick, the silk lamination and spot UV finish are built to feel premium in a hand and earn a spot on a shelf. Add a free online proof, upload your art, and print your spot UV coated greeting cards today.