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Thank you letterpress flags

26Jan

The thank you flags letterpress cards are now in *fashion color* blue at the shop. Just let me know if you need any specific quantity and I’ll set up a custom listing just.for.you. They are also still in black, although I’m going to need to print more soon!

Also, don’t forget about Valentine’s Day coming up — there’s still time to order your cards!

Tags: Ink
Category: Etsy, letterpress // No Comments

Thanks!

16Nov

Thank you so much for the overwhelming response here and on Facebook about the launch of Bears Eat Berries. It means the world!

I’ve been printing up a storm lately, using lots of green and red (getting ready!)…

…and gold. (yes, there is a piece of glass between the ink and my wooden table…)

Tags: holiday, Ink, printing
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Flock of birds

25Feb

Tested out some sparrows with gold and silver metallic inks recently. As I put all of the scraps into a pile, I thought, how beautiful when put together!

Have a fly weekend! Here are some fun links to check out over the next few days:

1. Ever wonder how the Italians make marbled paper? Here’s a video that shows it all.

2. Love this Illutrator’s work, especially the animals.

3. Video tutorial on how to make the cutest little 3D paper stars.

Tags: Ink
Category: letterpress // 4 Comments

Barely there blue

28Jul

Amidst the “summer of weddings” craziness, I’m trying to squeeze in some letterpress work. This is a little sneak peek of what I worked on this weekend. Barely there blue waves on 110# Crane Lettra. Full reveal will come … soonish :)

Tags: Ink
Category: letterpress // 2 Comments

Getting Inky

27Jul

Finally went through all of the inks I acquired, weeding out the dried up ones. Here’s what I ended up with:

2 Yellow

2 Rubine Red

1 PMS 185 Red

1 Rhodamine Red

2 Warm Red

1 Orange OA 3638

1 Brick Dust

1 Bronze Blue

1 Process Blue

and … 5 blacks.

Whew. I’m set for life with reds and black.

Too bad the “cactus” color didn’t work out; it looked like a fun color:

Unfortunately, I’ve got about 15 dried up cans to toss out. Anyone know how to dispose old ink properly?

Tags: color, Ink
Category: letterpress // 1 Comment

Weekend workings

19Apr

A sneak peek of what I was working on this weekend…
I got to use such pretty colors on the press — lemon yellow, teal and a fiery coral. What do you think about this color combo?
I also have to say, for the printers out there, using opaque white to mix colors instead of transparent white was far less of a headache trying to get the right color and a solid coverage — what are your thoughts?