Core Data is inserting blank objects

I am implementing core data in a new application but am having some very strange behaviour. When I call:

let newCard = NSEntityDescription.insertNewObjectForEntityForName("Card", inManagedObjectContext:context) as Card

and then print newCard I get nothing. It just leaves a space in console:

I am using the default Apple CoreData stack and here is the code for creating a new card:

   class func createNewCardT(tempCard: TemporaryCard, managedContext: NSManagedObjectContext) {

    // TODO: Find out which of these properties needs to be unique. For now I have chosen barcode only.
    var request = NSFetchRequest()
    let context = managedContext

    var entity = NSEntityDescription.entityForName("Card", inManagedObjectContext: context)
    let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "barcode = %@ && name = %@", tempCard.barcode, tempCard.name)
    request.predicate = predicate
    request.entity = entity

    var error: NSError?
    let count = context.countForFetchRequest(request, error: &error)

    if error != nil {
        println(error)
    }
    else if count > 0 {
        println()
    }
    else {
        // If no error and the count is not >0 then we can create a new card.

        let newCard = NSEntityDescription.insertNewObjectForEntityForName("Card", inManagedObjectContext:context) as Card

        println("Before I print new card")

        println(newCard)

        println("After I print new card")

        newCard.name = tempCard.name
        newCard.desc = tempCard.desc
        newCard.frontPhoto = tempCard.frontPhoto
        newCard.backPhoto = tempCard.backPhoto
        newCard.barcode = tempCard.barcode


        if !managedContext.save(&error) {
            println("Could not save \(error), \(error?.userInfo)")
        }
    }


}

Also if I create the same card again it actually finds it. i.e the count return from context.countForFetchRequest(request, error: &error) is equal to one.

And if I actually make the fetch request with the predicate in the code it returns an array with an empty object like so. I don't understand how the predicate can return something when there seems to be no object there:

I have also download the database off the device and opened it in firefox SQLite manager and the tables are empty.

If you need anymore information please don't hesitate to ask.