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Posted On March 23rd, 2008 By Richard Carpenter | Posted in Photoshop Tutorials

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Custom Sim Cards Tutorial

Create a new document the size you want your simcards to be, select the rounded rectangle tool and draw out your rectangle, fill with your choice of color.

Add there layer styles to your rectangle.

You should have something like this.

Select the rounded rectangle again and create a small rectangle inside your current rectangle. Hold down the SHIFT KEY on the keyboard while dragging to ensure the rectangle stays perfectly square.
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Now add these layer styles.

You should have something like this.

Now select the pen tool, using the color black and a 1pixel brush draw these lines.

On a new layer draw.

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On a new layer draw.

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On a new layer draw.

On a new layer draw.

Now all your lines are drawn add this layer style to each line layer. (best way is to add to one line layer then right-click and goto copy layer styles, high-light every other line layer, right click and goto paste layer styles.)
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You should now have something like this.

Select the pen tool on a new layer above your simcard but UNDERNEATH your gold plate make a selection like this and fill with the color white. Set opacity to 10%. You should have something like this.

Now add your logo and text to your simcard. Highlight all the layers and press CTRL + T and rotate it anyway you like, once rotated hit the enter key. Select the simcard layer and cut the corner off. You should then have something like this.

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54 Responses to Custom Sim Cards Tutorial

On March 24th, 2008 at 9:15 am Naveed Said: cool nice and simple great idea man..thanks for sharing.. :) gota make some of mine too now :)

On March 24th, 2008 at 10:56 pm Frank Voors Said: Nice concept, never seen SimCard tutorials before, they look really fresh too ;)

On March 26th, 2008 at 1:00 am Photoshop Free Tutorials Said: Great tutorial dude, they look very modern.

On March 26th, 2008 at 11:36 am PhotoshopHome Said: nice tutorial. Thanx!

On March 26th, 2008 at 5:30 pm Helpfull hand Said: A little thing to improve: When you give the colors of the gradient, also give the position, then we can really recreate the effect or drawing.

On March 26th, 2008 at 5:31 pm Helpfull hand Said: I already pressed Submit Comment before i realised that I wasnt finished typing so: Further its a really nice result, gonna make it as soon as I have enough time. ;-)

On March 26th, 2008 at 6:25 pm cool Said: Really Great Effects, nice and well done, never thought of it before thanks

On March 30th, 2008 at 3:47 am silver Said: Those look really sweet, although I have no idea what I could use them for. Good work

On April 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 am xDjussi Said: in just a noob but how u cut the corner off with out losing the shadows?

On April 7th, 2008 at 9:03 pm Suicidal Mofo Said: Nice tutorial, would make for good business cards as well (me thinks) =] Might have a go at this in a bit.

On April 13th, 2008 at 11:41 pm David Said: Great design Thanks for the tutorials. ~David

On April 14th, 2008 at 6:56 pm TuanAnh Said: Great tutorial! Thank you! Could you write tutorials on icon design?

On May 4th, 2008 at 12:37 pm vladimire Said: I just didnt understand this phrase : select pen tool on a new layer above your simcard but UNDERNEATH your gold plate make a selection like this and fill with the color white. can you make it clear please .

On May 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm ADMIN Said: basically make a selection as shown inbtween the 2 layers, so the white shine is on the simcard not the gold plate think of it as a sandwich simcard 1st (bread) / then the white shine (ham) / then the gold plate (bread)

On July 23rd, 2008 at 4:53 am mj Said: wow~its cute! thank you so much.. your site is very helpful.

On September 13th, 2008 at 11:44 pm liliana Said: thanks awesome, easy anda cool efect

On September 20th, 2008 at 1:32 pm Illya Said: This is neat tutorial! I made it now, and im obviously turning it to brush.

On September 27th, 2008 at 1:49 pm Hendrawan Said: I like this tutorial but, can you make it more simple friend, im sorry..

On October 20th, 2008 at 3:08 pm josh Said: i love this..waiting for more tutrials..

On November 21st, 2008 at 5:26 pm zoolo BOY Said: Hi! Nice tutorial, thanx I made also a sim card for illustrator http://zoolo.net/2008/11/get-your-new-sim-card-today/ You can download it for free and use it as you want!

On December 25th, 2008 at 5:06 pm BeNnY Said: Hi, would you mind telling me the name of the font you used on the final result? Thank you! :)

On January 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 pm Ola Bao Bao Said: Thanks very much. I learn today :D Here my Sim Card http://eventful365.blogspot.com/2009/01/15-happy-birthday-shopping-sim-card.html

On January 14th, 2009 at 11:38 pm Blake Said: Nice tutorial there, had problems slicing the cornor but I got there eventually lol.

On January 19th, 2009 at 9:11 am Vitruvius Said: Nice tutorial. What font are you using in your logo?

On February 1st, 2009 at 7:57 pm Eric Shafer Said: Tracked back to from here: http://www.presidiacreative.com/the-10-best-tutorials-for-business-card-design/

On February 5th, 2009 at 7:02 pm Kaiser Said: Cool tutorials. Well presented and awesome design

On February 23rd, 2009 at 5:42 pm Jason Said: How do i cut the corners off?

On February 23rd, 2009 at 5:52 pm ADMIN Said: use the polygonal or rectangular marquee tool ;)

On February 23rd, 2009 at 7:54 pm Jason Said: thanks it works

On May 27th, 2009 at 5:02 pm Name mohon khan Said: nice tutorials

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