Crafty Venture: Letterpress

I have recently attended a simple Letterpress class.

During the class, I was shown how to use the letterpress kit to press and print. It was so much fun.

After the class, I decided to buy a few letterpress plates (since I have already gotten the letterpress bundle kit from Studio Calico) and try it out at home.

There was a missing item from the bundle kit which I received and in the end, I was not able to achieve the desired effect I wished to see. I search the net for help and yes, I was able to replace the missing platform with a few pieces of chipboards. And voila, problem solved!

1st attempt at letterpressing at home.

Since the hubs and BIL birthdays are coming, I decided to print and make a birthday card for them using letterpress. After a few tries, the results were awesome.

A Bday Card for BIL whose bday is in Sept

I used a variety of papers (normal print paper and water color paper) to print beside the letterpress papers (to cut cost :) and I guess I am the happiest with the watercolor paper. The deboss effect was good and the texture of the water colour paper gives it a different feel. I have yet to water colour it, but that will be my next projects.

I have so many ideas churning in my head with this new tricks I learnt, just need more time to get into materialising it! Xmas cards and prezzies for sure!