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# Day-21 — Practical Exercise: Two-Sided Card for a Tailor Shop

**Time:** 40 minutes (guided) | **Client:** fictional — "StitchLine Tailors"

## Brief
Design a two-sided business card for **StitchLine Tailors** (fictional), a
men's tailoring shop. Owner: Ahmed Khan (fictional), Master Tailor.
Brand feel: classic, precise, trustworthy. Colors: deep navy + silver/gray +
white.

## Steps

1. **Setup (5 min):** New document, mm units, page **95 × 57 mm**
   (Layout > Page Size). Draw trim guide **89 × 51 mm** (red, no fill, centered
   with P) and safe guide **79 × 41 mm** (blue, no fill, centered). Move guides
   to a locked layer via Window > Dockers > Object Manager.
2. **Front (12 min):** Full-bleed navy rectangle (F11 → CMYK C:90 M:70 Y:30
   K:20). Centered: a simple needle-and-thread mark (Bezier tool, silver
   C:0 M:0 Y:0 K:30) or the letter "S" in an elegant serif, white, 20 pt.
   Under it: "StitchLine Tailors" 12 pt white serif, tagline "Cut with
   precision." 7 pt silver italic.
3. **Back (12 min):** Insert page 2 (Layout > Insert Page). White background to
   bleed. Left-aligned navy text block inside safe area:
   - `Ahmed Khan` — 11 pt bold
   - `Master Tailor` — 8 pt
   - `+92 321 7654321` / `hello@stitchline.com` / `Shop 4, Main Bazaar, Lahore` — 8 pt
   Small navy "S" mark top-right inside safe area.
4. **Align (5 min):** Object > Align and Distribute — center front elements,
   left-align back text block.
5. **Self-check (6 min):** Backgrounds reach page edge? All text inside blue
   safe rectangle? All fills CMYK (F11)? Smallest text ≥ 7 pt?

## Expected result
A two-page CorelDRAW file: navy front with centered identity, white back with
clean navy contact block, correct bleed/safe zones, all CMYK.

**Stretch goal:** Add a thin silver border 6 mm inside the trim on the front
(inside the safe area) for a premium framed look.
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