My friend Brenda asked me to make up some simple business cards for her husband, who is a medical biller. This is not a very exciting profession and I wasn't thinking the resulting cards would be wonders of design, but then I remembered the new 3D layers in Photoshop CS4. I saw a tutorial over on NAPP from Corey Barker on making 3d backgrounds (NAPP is member only, but you can see Colin Smith's great tutorial here) and adapted the technique to turn these very boring forms into a fun art elements for his cards. Although this is certainly not the most stunning of designs, notice how it is clear and easy to read. Information is grouped into logical blocks and the 3D adds a little zip.