First was using regular cardstock instead of the special letterpress paper, it did work but it was a much fainter impression but sometimes you might want a more subtle look.
I’m sure alot of people are thinking this looks cool but wondering if they can use other supplies they might already have around so I tried a few things myself. For deeper impressions add extra paper under the base, it really makes a difference. Be careful not to get ink on the edges of your templates and clean any excess ink of the base before pressing. Print all one color first, changing ink colors is a little time consuming. The foam paper guides are meant to lay beside your paper not on top, it can tear your paper if not, so be careful. The ink stays wet for awhile, be patient before touching it. And clean templates really well between inkings so you don’t get a color transfer. If you decide to get a Letterpress kit be sure to get the wipes, you’ll thank me 🙂 This ink is like nothing I’ve ever used before and you need the specially formulated wipes to clean up. Here’s some helpful tips I found while playing. Close the platform, roll the platform through to Epic machine and open the platform and that’s it, you’ve got an letterpress image, it’s that’s simple! Getting the right amount of ink is probably the most important step in getting good results and takes a little practice, not enough ink gives poor coverage and too much gets a blurry image. You then add a small amount of ink to the ink base and using the brayer roll out a thin layer of ink, getting a nice even coverage on the brayer. A tip: I personally found laying my plate face down on my paper with adhesive side up and them folding over the platform to pick it up helped me be sure it was exactly where I wanted it. You can also the foam placement guides to make sure the paper doesn’t move or for easy alignment when printing multiples. You start by adding adhesive to your printing plate and adhering it on one side of the platform, laying your paper on the other side of the platform, using the grid lines to make sure everything lines up the way you want it. I found the L Letterpress tool really easy to use. You can buy additional supplies like printing plates, lots of great colors of ink, papers, cards, envelopes and more. The Lifestyle Crafts L Letterpress combo kits comes with everything you need to get started, it includes:Įpic tool (which also die cuts and embosses up to 6″ x 12″) Click here to visit the Lifestyle Crafts website for additional product info, ideas and technique videos. But Lifestyle Crafts has come out with an easy and affordable way to do Letterpress at home. Letter pressing is the act of inking and debossing paper at the same time, it gives a wonderful clean crisp image and is usually only done with large expensive letterpress machines.
I recently got the opportunity to try out a super cool kit from Lifestyle Crafts called the L Letterpress.
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