



Letterpress printed QR codes can and do work when letterpress printed, as can be seen here on the business cards we recently printed for Tim Brook at BeApt.
The cards are printed black over a blind deboss onto 540gsm Colorplan.




Letterpress printed QR codes can and do work when letterpress printed, as can be seen here on the business cards we recently printed for Tim Brook at BeApt.
The cards are printed black over a blind deboss onto 540gsm Colorplan.
Posted:
January 27th, 2012
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 540gsm board, black, business card, colorplan, cotton paper, debossed, heidelberg, ink, letterpress, paper, printing, white |
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Printing a large flat area of ink on uncoated stock can be tricky, but with careful setup on the press it can be done. We achieved a good solid black on these business cards for Neil McLean of Ayelike. Printing a solid black with a reversed out white logo was an alternative to a white hot foil.
Press: Heidelberg 10 x 15 platen
Stock: Colorplan 540gsm
Colours: 2
Dimensions: 85 x 55mm
Client: Ayelike
Designer: Neil Richards
Posted:
January 19th, 2012
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 540gsm board, black, black and white, business card, colorplan, duplex, full bleed, heidelberg, ink, letterpress, red |
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Søren Ragsdale came to us to create and print this simple card.
Here’s Søren’s brief:
“I’d like to order a set of business cards that just say “No Thank You” in a clean, serifed script. I’ve just moved to London where there are a ton of people trying to hand me flyers. I’d like to have something to hand back to them.”
I wonder if the people who receive them keep them or just throw them away? Either way, what a great idea!
Letterpress printed black 1/0 on Cranes Crest 365gsm, 100% cotton. Dimensions: 85 x 55mm.
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January 17th, 2012
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Ephemera
Tags: 100% cotton paper, black, black and white, business card, cotton paper, cranes crest, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, typography |
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Some rather special letterpress business cards for Romanian company Brain Up. Printed 3 colours both sides on a hefty 700gsm Colorplan and finished off with vibrant green edges.
The stock allowed a deep impression on both sides without too much show through on the opposite face. The original plan was to use a triplex stock, white/green/white, but edge painting ultimately has a powerful presence.
Print Specs:
Colorplan 700gsm, 3 colours both sides, green edge paint, letterpress printed on a Heidelberg platen.
Posted:
January 17th, 2012
| Category: Business Cards, edge painting
Tags: 700gsm, business card, colorplan, edge painting, heidelberg, letterpress |
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Hot off the press are these striking business cards for WHP Creative. The cards are a Cranes Crest / Accent Fresco 700gsm duplex, letterpress printed black and blind deboss on the Cranes, black ink on the Fresco. The black logo on the Fresco was originally intended to be a blind deboss but we advised a black ink to help lift it. We can edge paint a Duplex stock and these were painted in a vibrant aqua green.
Design © WHP Creative
Posted:
December 23rd, 2011
| Category: Business Cards, edge painting
Tags: 100% cotton paper, black, black and white, business card, cotton paper, debossed, duplex, edge painted, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing |
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We letterpress printed this foxy little business card on a hefty 1mm recycled board for bespoke hairdresser Helen Ray. The thick board allows a fab deep impression with very little show through onto the opposite side.
Posted:
July 14th, 2011
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 1000mic, black, business card, impression, letterpress |
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These business cards for new company The First 65 have qualities people crave with letterpress. Good design, quality board, deep impression with and without ink and an extra special finish. The ink was hand mixed to match the green paper and the logo was blind debossed on the reverse. As an extra special finish they were edge painted in a vibrant bright orange. The cards were printed on a Heidelberg platen onto 540gsm Duplex White over Green.
Click onto our Flickr pages to see the cards in production.
Posted:
July 13th, 2011
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 540gsm board, business card, debossed, design, duplex, edge painted, green, heidelberg, letterpress |
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We love this press pass style business card designed Daniel Duhig Design for freelance journalist Cartlon Boyce. The detail of the design is accurate right down to a small photo of Carlton which is attached to the small blue square. We printed the cards on 1000mic recycled board in 2 colours on our Heidelberg letterpress printing presses. The surface of the recycled board is irregular with high and low points making each print unique.
Posted:
March 24th, 2011
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 1000mic, black, blue, business card, heidelberg, letterpress, recycled |
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These charming business cards were designed by Cutter & Savage and printed black both sides on our Heidelberg platens. The paper is 425gsm 100% cotton and enhances the nostalgic feel to the cards.
Posted:
March 18th, 2011
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 100% cotton paper, black, business card, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, saunders 425gsm, vintage |
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Letterpress coasters and business cards for Fontdeck designed by Clearleft. The 2 colour coasters are printed onto a quality 1200mic beermat board. This board is great for letterpress as the soft fibres take a lovely deep impression. The coasters were finished with die cut rounded corners. We also printed a 2 colour business card onto 425gsm 100% cotton paper.
Posted:
March 2nd, 2011
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Ephemera
Tags: 100% cotton paper, business card, coasters, cotton paper, letterpress, paper, saunders 425gsm |
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We recently worked with design outfit The Ubiquitous Manufacturing Company to print their business cards. The brief called for super thick board with edge painting and we talked at length about the effect they hoped to achieve. We sourced this 1000mic 100% recycled dark grey board – perfect!
The cards were printed on our Heidleberg platen presses in silver ink, 2 sides. The ‘Crown’ logo on the front was due to be a deboss but we printed a transparent white to help lift it.
Posted:
February 21st, 2011
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 1000mic, black, business card, debossed, edge painting, heidelberg, letterpress, recycled, silver |
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De-tached produce bespoke music for media and needed a bespoke business card to compliment their new brand and website. Mark Sugdon created the business card and website for De-Tached and provided the print ready artwork. We talked in-depth about papers and finishes and letterpress printed on 540gsm Duplex black/white. Silver ink on black and black ink on white to produce a business card that looks as good as it feels.
Posted:
February 1st, 2011
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 540gsm board, black and white, business card, duplex, letterpress, paper, printing, white |
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We are really excited to offer 250 personalised letterpress business cards for an amazing £59.
Choose from 14 stunning designs with exquisite typography and printed to perfection on Cranes Crest 100% cotton, a premium paper perfectly suited to letterpress.
The cards are printed in black ink as standard but alternative colours are available for an additional cost. The cards are presented in a hand made box – a perfect gift! Orders are now being taken for delivery in time for Christmas.
Browse the full range and order online now!
More photos on our Flickr pages
Posted:
October 31st, 2010
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 356gsm, black and white, business card, cotton paper, cranes crest, ink, letterpress, paper, printing, typography, white |
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We printed these 2 colour, double-sided business cards for London based art director Richard Monk of 1985®. A bit of a thank you really after an interview we took part in for the CCCCareer website.
Richard’s design is strong and bold typography in black and grey and has printed really well on the 540 white board.
The job was part of our unique #LetterpressLive tweeting sessions on Twitter, where we tweet each stage of the process as it happens and is an insight into blush°° and the letterpress process. If you missed the session you can catch up on our Flickr pages.
Posted:
October 20th, 2010
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 540gsm board, black, black and white, business card, debossed, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, tweets, Twitter, typography, white |
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Less is more on this business card we printed recently for Jökull Sólberg Auðunsson. Along with the initial inquiry came lots of examples of the kind of effect Jökull was looking to achieve. After a few emails back and to we felt we had a clear idea of the best way forward. The cards were printed on our Heidelberg platen in silver ink onto 540gsm black stock. The sheen from the silver ink changing with light from different directions.
The heavy stock allowed for a deep impression which resulted a firm business card that feels solid in your hand.
Posted:
September 29th, 2010
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 540gsm board, black, business card, heidelberg, ink, letterpress, paper, printing, silver |
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Duplex is a technique where two papers are sandwiched together. The result can be incorporated into the design as shown with these business cards designed by Lee Attwood of GraphicVent. We letterpress printed half the business cards on Duplex White/Orange and the other half White/Blue, mixing to match the coloured side of the card.
Print Specification:
85 x 55mm business cards letterpress printed, 3 colour onto 540gsm Duplex.
Posted:
September 21st, 2010
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 540gsm board, business card, duplex, letterpress, paper, printing, white |
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Bold typography letterpress printed deep into a heavy 700gsm white Colorplan is a stunning combination.
These business cards for Gabrielle Imerson, Creative Director at Public are bold and powerful. The cards were trimmed to 80 x 60mm, a little wider than a standard business card makeing the 700gsm board feel somehow bigger.
Specification:
Dimensions 60 x 80mm, black ink, 700gsm Colorplan Pristine White, letterpress printed on our heidelberg platens. Designed by Public.
Posted:
August 27th, 2010
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 700gsm, black and white, business card, colorplan, letterpress, paper, printing, typography, white |
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Our recent Twitter Treat has resulted in a superb business card. Will of Desypha was the lucky winner and had the fantastic opportunity to get his business card design letterpress printed for free. The print specs were simple – the card had to be 55 x 85mm and one colour black. We used 425gsm Saunders 100% cotton paper, a beautiful paper perfect for a deep impression.
If you would like receive special offers, news, freebies or the chance to enter our next Twitter treat be sure to follow us on Twitter!
Posted:
July 29th, 2010
| Category: Business Cards, Hot off the press, Twitter Treats
Tags: 100% cotton paper, black and white, business card, cotton paper, debossed, follower, free, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, saunders 425gsm, Twitter, typography |
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We thought these business cards deserved an airing. We printed them for our good friend and collaborator, typographer Jim Williams. Jim has been working with blush°° since the start, creating our logo and designing our stationery. He has designed many of our greeting cards including our “Quotes” range and is currently working on 6 new quotes to add to the range.
Jim asked us to print his business cards in black and red ink, letterpress printed onto 100% cotton paper. Jim’s attention to detail is legendary. He carefully and considerately chooses the right typeface for each job and manually kerning characters by the smallest amounts. Who would ever notice…? Well, we and others do notice and that’s why we like working with Jim.
Jim is a fount(ain) of knowledge when it comes to typography and this is put to good use when he teaches at Staffordshire University. This has led on to Jim creating his booklet, Type Matters! A few simple tips on how to keep your typography in good order.
Type Matters! covers the basics of typography and typesetting, touching on how some typographic terminology comes straight out of the letterpress print room. A more comprehensive and detailed book is a must!
Posted:
May 7th, 2010
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 100% cotton paper, business card, greeting cards, jim williams, letterpress, quotes, serif, typographer, typography, white |
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A print inquiry from Consumer led to us printing their design for this Swiss Army Business Card. Themed in the style of a Swiss army knife with accurate scale rule and cut out SPORK® and CHOPSTICKS®. The card also has a space for the whoever gives out the card.
Spec: Letterpress printed business card, dimensions: 55 x 85mm, 1 colour, 2 sides, 350gsm white board.
Design © Consumer.
Posted:
April 8th, 2010
| Category: Hot off the press
Tags: 350gsm, business card, chopsticks, consumer, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, red, spork, swiss army knife, typography, white |
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