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.
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Deboss & Letterpress QR Code
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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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Genius Division Business Card
Red and white duplex is a striking combination as seen here in these business cards we printed for James Sheriff at Genius Division. Printing red ink to complement the red paper and then printing red ink over the red side rather than a blind deboss really help lift the pattern.
Letterpress printed onto 540gsm Duplex on a Heidelberg platen.
Posted:
September 6th, 2011
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 540gsm board, debossed, duplex, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, red, white |
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Print with a tint
These Save the Dates look striking with no colour. Letterpress printed using as transparent white ink to enhance the deboss into the soft cotton paper.
Designed by www.mockupdesigns.co.uk and letterpress printed on 425gsm cotton paper.
Posted:
August 8th, 2011
| Category: Hot off the press, Letterpress Techniques, Wedding Stationery
Tags: 100% cotton paper, cotton paper, debossed, letterpress, paper, saunders 425gsm, Wedding Stationery, white |
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De-tached business cards
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.
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February 1st, 2011
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 540gsm board, black and white, business card, duplex, letterpress, paper, printing, white |
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Affordable letterpress business cards are here!
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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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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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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Duplex Letterpress Business Cards
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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Black & White Letterpress Business Card
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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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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White & Blue Duplex Letterpress Wedding Invites
Whilst going through our archives earlier today we came across this beautifully simple design by the groom. After suggestions for paper we decided on a white/blue duplex board with blue ink mixed to match the board.
Posted:
July 27th, 2010
| Category: Wedding Stationery
Tags: blue, duplex, invitation, letterpress, typography, wedding invitations, Wedding Stationery, white |
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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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Chrysanthemum Letterpress Wedding Invitations
Emily had seen our Chrysanthemum correspondence cards and greeting card and asked us to adapt the design to create her wedding invitation and menu card. We discussed preferred colour palettes and provided a couple of layout and colour variations for Emily’s approval. The invitations and menus are printed on heavy 425gsm 100% cotton paper in lime green and brown and were supplied with matching envelopes.
The chrysanthemum drawing is taken from an original pencil drawing by Blush’s very own Alison and was originally part of a range of greeting cards. We are often asked to adapt one of our greeting card designs into a range of wedding stationery.
Dimensions: A5 (148 x 210mm) Letterpress printed on our vintage printing presses.
Menu photo courtesy of Dandelion Gifts in Frodsham, Cheshire.
Posted:
June 17th, 2010
| Category: Wedding Stationery
Tags: 100% cotton paper, brown, cotton paper, ink, invitation, letterpress, lime green, paper, saunders 425gsm, script, typography, wedding invitations, Wedding Stationery, white |
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1 Colour Business Cards
John Henry called on blush°° to print his business cards. We discussed which papers would be most suitable as he wanted a really deep impression. After seeing John’s artwork we recommended Saunders 425gsm. A beautiful soft white cotton paper heavier than the average business card but not too thick to take up too much room in his wallet!
Getting the right amount of ink was critical for this design. We had to have enough coverage for the block at the top of the card without over inking the finer typography at the bottom.
Dimensions: 55 x 85mm
Letterpress printed on our vintage printing presses.
Designed by John Henry Donovan Tel: +353.86.8881880
This card has been featured on Card Observer and was also Card of the Month for June on CardNerd – thanks!
Posted:
May 25th, 2010
| Category: Business Cards, Hot off the press
Tags: 100% cotton paper, cotton paper, debossed, letterpress, paper, printing, saunders 425gsm, typography, white |
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Business Card & Type Matters!
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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Floral Letterpress Wedding Invitations
These floral wedding invitations evoke thoughts of warm summer meadows and look crisp and clean on white card. The flowers are taken from Susie’s original drawings and converted to graphic illustrations by George. Complemented with classic serif and sans serif type. George provided print ready artwork and indicated Pantone colour ref’s. We took care of the separations and pre-press work before sending a final proof for approval.
Day and evening invitations.
Dimensions: 99 x 210mm
Letterpress printed in grey and yellow onto 350gsm white card.
Posted:
May 6th, 2010
| Category: Wedding Stationery
Tags: 350gsm, floral, grey, invitation, letterpress, wedding invitations, Wedding Stationery, white, yellow |
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‘Reynolds’ letterpress wedding stationery
Here’s a sneak peek at one of our new ranges of letterpress wedding stationery ~ Reynolds.
The bride and grooms names are rendered in a beautiful script typeface adorned with swirling glyphs making this a truly personalised piece. Careful and considered typography are the true elements of this design.
Letterpress printed on our vintage printing presses onto a luxurious 300gsm, 100% cotton paper. The soft nature of this paper allows a deep impression creating an irresistible tactile finish. The invitations are accompanied with matching unlined envelopes which have a soft deckled edge on the flaps. Optional extras include envelope lining, return address and a version of the bride and grooms names printed on the envelope flap.
Posted:
April 29th, 2010
| Category: Hot off the press, Wedding Stationery
Tags: 100% cotton paper, black and white, cotton paper, invitation, letterpress, paper, printing, script, serif, typography, wedding invitations, Wedding Stationery, white |
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Hannah & James Letterpress Wedding Invitations
More luxurious wedding invitations designed by our clients. Decorative borders hand drawn by Hannah, the bride to be, and digitally put together by James.
James and Hannah showed us a collection of mood boards and inspired design at an early stage and we discussed at length various options for papers, colours, envelopes and styles.
Day and evening wedding invitations letterpress printed onto luxurious 425gsm, 100% cotton paper. 2 colour, brown and pink.
Dimensions: A6 (148 x 105mm)
Posted:
April 28th, 2010
| Category: Hot off the press, Wedding Stationery
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 425gsm, brown, invitation, letterpress, paper, pattern, pink, printing, wedding invitations, Wedding Stationery, white |
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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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