Despite recent cuts in the arts sectors United Creatives created a postcard to let people know it’s not all doom and gloom. The postcards are printed on a hefty 638gsm 100% cotton and on Colorplan White/Red/White Triplex. Printing on both sides can sometimes cause issues, you will often see evidence of an impression on the opposite side. Opting for a heavy stock means we can still achieve a deep impression on both sides.
Posts Tagged ‘heidelberg’
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May 18th, 2011
| Category: Postcards
Tags: 100% cotton paper, colorplan, cotton paper, heidelberg, letterpress, Postcards, red, saunders 638gsm, triplex |
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Press Pass Business Card
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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Hand Drawn Letterpress Invitation
Letterpress printing is perfect for printing type and imagery. So when Heather & Jack asked us to print their hand drawn design for their wedding invitations we knew the results would be wonderful. Letterpress printed black ink on our Heidelberg platens onto 638gsm cotton paper. Designed by Ashley Amery.
Posted:
March 22nd, 2011
| Category: Wedding Stationery
Tags: 100% cotton paper, black and white, heidelberg, invitation, letterpress, saunders 638gsm, Wedding Stationery |
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Cutter & Savage Business Cards
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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Edge Painted Business Cards
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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Blind Embossing
Letterpress printing creates a debossed impression into the paper. The inked plate is pressed into the paper leaving the design or type recessed. We can also print without any ink, a blind deboss. A simply and very effective technique.
The example above shows a blind emboss on 300gsm cotton paper. The image is raised, pushed from back to front. To do this correctly we use a male and female die to create an image that is sharp and crisp.
Posted:
November 17th, 2010
| Category: Hot off the press, Letterpress Ephemera, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 300gsm, blind deboss, cotton paper, debossed, emboss, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing |
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2 Colour + Deboss Business Cards
Lightbulb are a design consultancy with bright ideas looking for a print finish to give their business cards another dimension. The design was created for letterpress and the black and grey ink sinks deep into the 425gsm pure cotton paper. The focal point though is the debossed lightbulb, certain to draw attention when handed out. A deboss clearly shows the impression letterpress can make into the paper, leaving a beautiful tactile finish only possible with this amazing technique.
Posted:
October 26th, 2010
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 100% cotton paper, black, cotton paper, debossed, grey, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, saunders 425gsm, white |
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Letterpress Whisky Labels
Working with designers leads to some beautifully crafted work getting on our presses. So when Steve and Chris from United Creatives asked us to print these Whisky labels for their client Artisan Scotch Whisky makers Compass Box Whisky Company, we knew we were getting involved in something exciting.
The labels were letterpress printed on our vintage presses in one colour onto a beautiful uncoated label stock. The labels also required a die cut shape which we decided to ‘kiss-cut’. This means cutting the shape out of the top sheet of the paper enabling the label to be peeled off the backing sheet in one piece ready to be applied to the bottles.
Posted:
October 21st, 2010
| Category: Product Packaging
Tags: heidelberg, labels, letterpress, paper, printing, scotch, scottish, whisky |
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1985 Business Cards
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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Silver on Black Letterpress Business Card
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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White & Grey Duplex Letterpress Wedding Stationery
Contemporary yet very classy this fantastic design by the art director (and the groom) Chris Hannah, looks stunning letterpress printed onto white and dark grey 540gsm Colorplan Duplex.
Careful consideration was given to the type of stock in order to enhance the elegance of this design. The monochromatic palette adds to the elegance of the design and the Order of Service which simply has four of the symbols from the design debossed onto Somerset 300gsm, 100% cotton paper, compliments it beautifully. The invitations were finished with rounded corners.
Posted:
August 5th, 2010
| Category: Wedding Stationery
Tags: cotton paper, debossed, duplex, heidelberg, invitation, letterpress, paper, pattern, printing, script, typography, wedding invitations, Wedding Stationery, white, white and grey |
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Twitter Treat Letterpress Business Card Winner
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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Wild Floral Letterpress Wedding Invitations
We enjoyed designing and printing this wild floral wedding invitation. The request was for a vintage looking wild flower illustration with clean and simple typography.
Letterpress printed on our vintage Heidelberg presses onto our favourite paper at the moment, 425gsm Saunders 100% cotton paper and supplied with luxurious Zerkall envelopes. The silver and lilac ink compliment each other beautifully.
Dimensions: A5 (148 x 210mm)
Posted:
July 27th, 2010
| Category: Wedding Stationery
Tags: 100% cotton paper, cotton paper, heidelberg, invitation, letterpress, paper, printing, saunders 425gsm, wedding invitations, Wedding Stationery, wild floral |
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TwitterTreat ~ Free letterpress business cards
This TwitterTreat is now closed. The winner has been announced.
See the winning cards here.
Our new Twitter Treat is the opportunity to bag yourself 100 free letterpress business cards. We have a press sheet gap coming up and we want to give one of our followers the chance to fill it with their design.
Your business cards will be printed on our vintage printing presses onto Somerset 300gsm 100% cotton paper. The ink colour is one colour – black. You will need to provide print ready artwork as a press quality PDF with all fonts converted to outlines.
PRINT SPECIFICATION
Print area = 85 x 55mm (landscape or portrait format)
1 x Ink colour = Black
Stock = Somerset 300gsm 100% cotton, White, Rough Textured
Quantity = 100
Artwork to be supplied via email as print ready PDF with all fonts converted to outlines.
We will randomly pick the winner from our list of followers at 5pm, Thursday 8th July 2010. The winner will be notified by DM on Twitter.
Here’s what you will need to do:
STEP 1
Follow us on Twitter!
STEP 2
Retweet this tweet
SOME RULES
- The winner will be picked at random from our list of followers who have retweeted as above.
- We reserve the right to reject the artwork if we feel it is not suitable and we will move down the list until we find a winner with suitable artwork.
- We reserve the right to showcase the winning business cards on Twitter, our website & blog and other websites for promotional purposes. We will include credits and links where applicable.
- This offer is open to anyone in any country.
- This offer cannot be used with any existing print orders.
- The winner must agree to these terms.
- Our decision is final.
- We reserve the right to withdraw this offer, change or amend the print specification or these rules.
This TwitterTreat is now closed. The winner has been announced. See the winning cards here.
Posted:
July 5th, 2010
| Category: Twitter Treats
Tags: 100% cotton paper, black and white, cotton paper, ephemera, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, saunders 425gsm, Twitter, white |
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Gemma Correll Limited Edition Letterpress Prints
Illustrator Gemma Correll came to us to print a limited edition run of her highly detailed ampersand illustration. Letterpress printed on our Heidelberg presses in 2 colours onto 300gsm Somerset 100% cotton paper.
The prints are in a limited edition of 250, signed and numbered and available to purchase directly from Gemma.
Dimensions: A4 (210 x 297mm)
Illustration © Gemma Correll
Posted:
June 28th, 2010
| Category: Limited Edition Prints
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 300gsm, ampersand, black, black and white, cotton paper, gemma correll, heidelberg, illustration, letterpress, limited edition, paper, Somerset |
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Duplex Business Card
We enjoyed printing these business cards for designer David Parsons at Give A Damn Design. A clean design of slab serif type in grey ink and debossed logo. Deboss is letterpress printing but with no ink and creates a superbly tactile finish. (Click here to see another example of deboss). The card is white front and grey back, sandwiched together to create a striking effect that works with the design.
The cards were designed by David and supplied to us as a PDF and we printed the cards on our 1969 Heidelberg press.
Dimensions: 85 x 55mm
This card has been featured on the business card gallery website CardNerd
Posted:
April 27th, 2010
| Category: Business Cards, Hot off the press
Tags: Business Cards, debossed, duplex, grey, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, personal stationery, printing, typography |
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Swiss Army Business Card
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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Silver Anniversary Invitation
We were asked by Darren at Do Creative to print this stunning silver anniversary invitation for The Royal Oak Furniture Company. The cover has the simple but extremely effective idea of age rings of a tree surrounding the ‘25′.
Darren wanted this image debossed deep into the paper but we suggested we run a very, very, very faint tint rather than no ink at all. So we ran a few test prints with no ink and also some varying tints. We felt this tint gave the impression an warmer feel.
The invitation details were printed inside with the same tint and a second colour taken from the PMS supplied. The #EasterEgg fine delicate detail of the logo held well under the extreme pressure of our printing press and the debossed tint was a strong contrast to the second colour.
The invitations were printed on our 1969 Heidelberg platen onto 300gsm 100% cotton paper, 2 sides. Dimensions: 290 x 145 with a centre crease.
Posted:
April 1st, 2010
| Category: Hot off the press
Tags: 100% cotton paper, anniversary, debossed, do creative, heidelberg, invitation, letterpress, printing, tint, typography |
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Pension Book Wallet
Kindly donated to Blush°° by Penny.
Our collection of letterpress printed items of interest grows. My sister kept her bonds vouchers in this simple pension book wallet. Fairly heavy impression on 250 to 300gsm manilla card. Thoughtful of them to advise pensioners to STOP… LOOK… LISTEN before crossing the road!
Measuring 190 x 105mm, 300/400gsm manilla card. Green ink, moveable type. Date, 1960’s/1970’s.
Posted:
March 28th, 2010
| Category: Letterpress Ephemera
Tags: ephemera, handset type, heidelberg, letterpress, metal type, movable type, paper, pension wallet, printing |
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New greeting card catalogue
Fresh off the press is our new greeting card catalogue.
Printed onto 100% cotton paper, A5 4pp. We have used wood type and printed 1 character at a time. If you would like a copy please contact us. Trade customers only please!
Posted:
March 26th, 2010
| Category: Hot off the press
Tags: catalogue, cotton paper, greeting cards, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, wood type |
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