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I posted this project a couple months ago, I had to postpone it for various reasons and now I'm ready to try and tackle this again! Also please keep in mind I do not have a huge budget for this. Also I do have this posted on multiple freelance sites...so there may not be a "winner" from this site.

This potential project has 2 parts to it. We are looking for a new 4x6 OR possibly a 5x7 (I haven't decided yet) postcard design (front and back) and a new business card design (front w/ possible back). To be eligible for this project you MUST show me examples of previous similar work (of postcard and business cards, preferably something fancy/royal/etc like us), I would much rather have a MOCK submitted if possible. Feel free to visit our website at www.carriage-limousine.com to get a further feel for what we do.

POSTCARD:

This is our main piece of business literature that we always hand out to any potential customer. On our current postcard we have one big image on the front (no effects/etc just the original image) and one of our slogans (Take a Ride Back in Time), on the back we have some text, our company name, phone number and website, along with a few smaller pictures.

We'd like to be able to feature our 4 different carriages on the front of the cards. I have a few different ideas for this. Make a different front for each carriage/etc (total of 4)...one big image similar to now...maybe with some effects or something to fancy it up some and then the same back on all of them (this would be the most expensive printing costs though).

Or maybe have 1 big image on the front and somehow incorporate 3 smaller ones of the other carriages and/or possibly rotate the design so each carriage has a card with the bigger image.

Orrrrrr....somehow incorporate all 4 images onto 1 card (or possibly have the carriages cut out of the images)...so they are all visible and equal so to speak...maybe doing some type of blending or something I have no idea. (this would be the most cost effective for us)

You could also come up with something original that I haven't mentioned here...as these were just a couple ideas I had.

For now I'd like to go as if we're using the same text we have on our current one...however it may change I'm not sure right now (I can provide this text if needed)...also the company name/phone/website (if not on the front)...along with some smaller various pictures (like we have now). Also I'd like to put a QR Code on there somewhere too. At first i was thinking about Facebook, Youtube, etc icons...but I think thats a little much for the amount of room we have.

BUSINESS CARD:

In reality we are trying to faze out using these...but I will still be having some on hand just in case. I would like something that WOW's a lot more than our current one. I've seen some cards where the whole card is an image with the text over it (be it directly or on colored bars or whatever and so on)...this could be a potential idea...or anything else someone may come up with. Our current card has our company name, slogan, phone, website and some basic info (a few words) about services we offer. I want all of that on the new card...I might be willing to get rid of the services we offer stuff though...just depends on the design.

Also we currently do not have back design on our business card. However I would be up for considering this to get more info or other pictures incorporated into the card. This would pretty much be a blank slate for you to do what you'd like and come up with something.

You must incorporate at least some of our colors which are Maroon (main color), white, gold/silver, and even black. Anytime our company name is used we would be using our one of a kind font (that I will NOT be sending you...so for now use something else), same goes for our phone number and website (those are in Optima LT Medium). Also we have a logo (a carriage that has our company initials in it), this can be used anywhere you'd like. Various file types will be needed, editable PSD files, PNG and PDF versions of the designs also.
Please remember if you do not have examples in your portfolio to PLEASE attach them to a PMB message or something...if you do not provide examples you will not be considered, thanks!