Thick, uncoated, and naturally textured — Cotton gives your card a quiet kind of presence. At 45pt, it feels substantial the moment it is handed over, especially paired with embossing or debossing.
From $180 · 250 cards
Raised relief lifted out of the cotton surface — dimension you feel from the back of the card. Pairs with letterpress for recessed-and-raised depth on a single piece.
Cotton's soft, pillowy surface takes a deep, recessed impression that looks and feels hand-pressed.
Foil on cotton creates a contrast between natural and precious — the uncoated surface makes the metallic detail appear sharper and more intentional.
Ink-sprayed or foil-pressed edges read richer and softer on cotton — the exposed natural fiber takes edge color in a way laminated stock never can.
We will size a 45pt cotton card to a custom dimension if you need it — on cotton the cut is a sizing tool, not a design feature.
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We’ve helped brands turn paper, lamination, finish, and edge detail into confidence that makes stronger first impressions.
Get a sample kit and experience the natural fiber texture and 45pt weight of Cotton for yourself.
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Cotton is for professionals and brands whose work speaks for itself — and whose card should too.
Letterpressed type on 45pt cotton signals the taste the whole event is paying for.
See wedding ideas →Cotton tells a story without saying a word. Natural, uncoated, and substantial — it communicates craft before the design is read.
The Cotton Skin — 45pt cotton-blend, uncoated — creates an immediate tactile response no synthetic stock can imitate. The fiber registers the moment the card is held — the person holding the card feels the material before they've read the name.
Cotton absorbs light rather than reflecting it — making any foil or deboss detail stand apart immediately against the natural surface.
At 45pt with natural fiber, the card signals craftsmanship before a word is spoken. People who hold one describe the same reaction: this feels like something made with intention.
People remember what they touched. A card that registered in the hand is recalled long after a flat one has been filed away.
Cotton is impossible to judge on a screen. A sample kit lets you feel the natural fiber texture, compare the 45pt weight in hand, and see finish combinations like letterpress plus foil before you order — and it ships free.
Pair with a SilkCards design consultant and designer to turn your idea into a print-ready cotton card — the letterpress, foil, edge, and finish combination recommended for your brand.
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The cotton card communicates before the conversation begins. Six decisions shape how yours reads.
✓ You want the card to feel natural, substantial, and genuinely different from every other card in the room.
✓ You want 45pt natural fiber — a card with the weight and surface of something made by hand.
✓ You want letterpress, foil, emboss, or Edge Finishes — on a natural fiber base that makes every finish look more deliberate.
✓ You want the person receiving your card to notice the weight before they notice the design.
✓ You want luxury without the shine — natural, beautiful, and impossible to replicate on standard stock.
Cotton's soft, pillowy surface is built for letterpress — it takes a deep, recessed impression that looks and feels hand-pressed. The mark you feel before you see it.
Foil on cotton creates a contrast between natural and precious that reads unlike foil on any other stock. The uncoated surface makes the metallic detail appear sharper and more intentional.
Ink-sprayed or foil-pressed edges on cotton read richer and softer than on coated stock — the exposed natural fiber takes edge color in a way laminated stock never can.
Raised relief lifted out of the cotton surface — dimension you feel from the back of the card. Pairs with letterpress for recessed-and-raised depth on a single piece.
Letterpress gives the design a pressed impression, while foil adds controlled light and contrast — the most-ordered cotton letterpress build.
We will size a 45pt cotton card to a custom dimension if you need it — on cotton the cut is a sizing tool, not a design feature.
Not better — different. The right choice depends on what your brand should feel like the moment the card changes hands.
| Question | Cotton | Suede | Silk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best feel | Natural fiber, uncoated, softly textured — the texture is the material, not a coating. | Soft-touch velvet laminate. Warm, matte, and distinctly premium. | Smooth, satin matte, polished. |
| Best for | Any brand where the card should feel natural, substantial, and hand-crafted. | Brands wanting tactile luxury without the natural, organic register of cotton. | Brands that want a smoother, cleaner premium foundation. |
| Design personality | Natural, substantial, hand-crafted. | Luxurious, soft, memorable. | Modern, versatile, precise. |
| Finish pairings | Letterpress, Foil, Emboss, Edge Finishes — cotton is the foundation all of them build on. | Foil, Spot UV, Emboss, Edge Finishes. | Excellent with foil, Spot UV, embossing, edges, and die cuts. |
Cotton is the stage; the finishes create the reaction. These are the treatments Cotton carries best — and each one has its own page when you want to go deeper.
Deep impression pressed into the cotton surface — the mark you feel before you see it.
Foil on cotton reads natural-meets-precious — the uncoated surface makes metallic detail appear sharper and more intentional.
Ink-sprayed or foil-pressed edges read richer and softer on cotton — the natural fiber takes edge color in a way coated stock never can.
Raised relief lifted out of the cotton surface — dimension you feel from the back of the card.
Cotton's soft, pillowy surface takes a deep, recessed impression that looks and feels hand-pressed.
Letterpress presses the design in; foil adds controlled light and contrast — the most-ordered cotton letterpress build.
The essentials most buyers ask before choosing Cotton — short and to the point.
Cotton stock is made from cotton fiber rather than wood pulp — softer, warmer, and more substantial than ordinary card stock. SilkCards calls this surface the Cotton Skin.
45pt cotton-blend, single sheet — roughly three times a standard 14 to 16pt card, and well beyond the 14 to 32pt most premium printers publish.
An inked plate pressed into the card under real pressure, leaving a recessed impression you can feel with your fingertip — pressed into the Cotton Skin, not laid on top of it.
Yes. Letterpress, foil, emboss, deboss, and Edge Finishes — the natural fiber base makes every finish look more deliberate.
Cotton cards are from our high end product line. Cotton Cards offer the highest quality in texture. Cotton Cards are thick and able to fully embrace embossing as they are soft to the touch.
Yes, of course you can write on Cotton Cards. The stock of paper and texture allows for a great backdrop to write on.
Adding these options to Cotton Cards will allow you to highlight your text, artwork or design! If you are wanting to add Blind Raised UV, meaning nothing behind it, there may be a tint of yellowing.
Cotton cards are made from highly textured cotton. The nature of Cotton Cards is to be highly absorbent. This means that if you are wanting a solid color on cotton cards, it will not happen. Instead, each individual card will absorb the CMYK ink differently. Producing a truly unique card with every card that is printed on.
Interestingly enough, Cotton Cards can be made thicker or thinner. If you want a 1 layer or 2 layer Cotton Card instead of the original 3 layers, we can do that by quoting it out for you. If you want to go thicker than 48, it can be done and we will quote it out for you, if you request it.
It can be done. However, since Cotton Cards are so soft, it won\'t be as apparent. Cotton Cards are so soft, which is why when we add de-bossing design onto the card, it takes to it, so well.
Embossing is a special process we use to push up onto the card. It can be an intricate design or it can be achieved with simple shapes.
Embossing is a special process we use to push down onto the card to leave the desired impression. It can be an intricate design or it can be achieved with simple shapes.