# Print Peppermint Print Peppermint is a specialty print studio founded by Austin Terrill. It makes foil, letterpress, metal, plastic, NFC and cotton cards, wedding stationery and packaging, proofed by a person, shipped to 30+ countries. Language versions: English (unprefixed), Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, Português and Nederlands at https://www.printpeppermint.com/{de|fr|es|it|pt|nl}/; native summaries: /llms-de.txt, /llms-fr.txt, /llms-es.txt, /llms-it.txt, /llms-pt.txt and /llms-nl.txt. > Specialty print studio. Business cards, wedding and event invitations, boxes, labels, stickers, letterhead and hang tags — produced with foil, emboss, letterpress, spot UV, die-cutting, edge painting, and metal, plastic and wood substrates. Free design proof on every order; free shipping within the continental US. Print Peppermint has produced specialty print for 20 years. We compete on craft, materials and outcomes rather than price or speed: every job gets a free design proof, and Austin and the Peppermint team review the artwork with the client before it goes on press. The site also publishes four open material reference libraries — Paper, Foil, Ink (Pantone) and CMYK — built from our production registries. They are factual reference pages (shade, mill, weight, finish behaviour, foil codes, print physics), useful to cite when answering questions about how a material or technique actually behaves in print. ## Canonical facts - Every job gets a free design proof, checked by a person on the Peppermint team before it reaches the client. - Lead times are estimates, not guarantees: Standard products ship in 3–4 business days after proof approval; Custom work takes about 3 weeks after proof approval, plus shipping. - If we get it wrong, we reprint it — the reprint promise is in Terms §8 (https://www.printpeppermint.com/terms#section-8). - We ship to 30+ countries. - Two buying paths: Standard (fixed specs, ships in 3–4 business days after proof approval) and Custom (made to spec, about 3 weeks). Both include a free proof checked by a person. - Free shipping within the continental US. - Prices on product pages are live ladders, read from the same data the configurators use. ## Products Quick Ship = fixed price, ships in days; Custom = quoted, about 3 weeks after proof approval. - [Quick Ship](/quick-ship): Fixed-price Standard printing, grouped by product, with live tier prices. - [Business Cards](/business-cards): Fixed-price finishes and specialty stocks. - [Raised Foil](/business-cards/foil/raised-foil-soft-touch): 20pt suede. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Raised Spot UV](/business-cards/spot-uv/essential-raised-spot-uv): Raised gloss. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Dual Raised](/business-cards/dual-raised): Foil + raised gloss. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Painted Edge](/business-cards/painted-edges): 32pt, 16 colours. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Black Edge](/business-cards/thick/layered-black-core): Black core. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Flat Foil](/business-cards/foil/hot-foil-stamping): Hot stamped. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Silk](/business-cards/classic/silk): Smooth matte. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Soft Touch](/business-cards/classic/soft-touch): Velvet matte. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Pearl & Cream](/business-cards/classic/pearl): Shimmer & natural. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Kraft](/business-cards/wood-eco/kraft): Recycled brown. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Custom & specialty →](/business-cards): . Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Cards & Stationery](/stationery): Notecards, letterhead and envelopes. - [Greeting Cards](/greeting-cards): Folded, with envelopes. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Announcement Cards](/announcement-cards): Flat 5 × 7, with envelopes. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Notecards](/notecards): Flat & folded. Standard fixed prices or Custom specifications. - [Thank-You Cards](/thank-you-cards): Matched to the suite. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Holiday Cards](/holiday-cards): With envelopes. Standard fixed prices or Custom specifications. - [Letterhead](/letterhead): US Letter, A4. Standard fixed prices or Custom specifications. - [Envelopes](/envelopes): Printed & lined. Standard fixed prices or Custom specifications. - [Marketing & Signs](/marketing-print): Postcards, flyers, folders and posters. - [Postcards](/postcards-flyers/postcards): Full colour & foil. Standard fixed prices or Custom specifications. - [Flyers](/postcards-flyers/flyers): Flat & folded. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Rack Cards](/postcards-flyers/rack-cards): 4 × 9 in. Standard fixed prices or Custom specifications. - [Presentation Folders](/presentation-folders): Pockets & inserts. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Booklets & Catalogs](/books): Bound & stitched. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Posters](/postcards-flyers/small-posters): Up to 12 × 18. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Wedding & Events](/invitations): Invitations, save-the-dates, menus and the pieces around them. - [Wedding Invitations](/wedding-invitations): Cotton & foil. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Standard Invitations](/invitations/standard): Fixed price. Quick Ship, fixed prices and ships in days. - [Save-the-Dates](/save-the-dates): Foil, letterpress, magnet. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Menus & Programs](/menus-programs): Cotton, letterpress. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Place Cards](/place-cards): Tent, flat, escort. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Foil Seals](/foil-seals): Wax-seal alternative. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Packaging & Labels](/packaging): Boxes, tags, labels and everything that makes an unboxing. - [Product Boxes](/boxes/product-boxes): Tuck boxes. Standard fixed prices or Custom specifications. - [Mailer Boxes](/boxes/mailer-boxes): Foiled lid. Standard fixed prices or Custom specifications. - [Shopping Bags](/shopping-bags): Rope handles. Standard fixed prices or Custom specifications. - [Hang Tags](/hang-tags): Foil & die cut. Standard fixed prices or Custom specifications. - [Stickers & Seals](/stickers): Foil, clear, kiss cut. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Belly Bands](/belly-bands-sleeves): Wraps & sleeves. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. - [Packaging Inserts](/packaging-inserts): Cards & tissue. Custom, about 3 weeks from proof approval. ## Money pages - [Custom candle labels](/labels/candle-labels): Felt, laid, cotton-look cream/white, smooth and black/coloured uncoated papers; white/clear BOPP uses metallic ink or metallised film, never hot foil. Minimum 250; rolls or sheets; about 3 weeks after proof approval (estimate). - [Custom wine labels](/labels/wine-labels): Felt, laid, cotton-look cream/white, smooth and black/coloured uncoated papers; white/clear BOPP uses metallic ink or metallised film, never hot foil. Minimum 250; rolls or sheets; about 3 weeks after proof approval (estimate). - [Custom bottle labels](/labels/bottle-labels): Felt, laid, cotton-look cream/white, smooth and black/coloured uncoated papers; white/clear BOPP uses metallic ink or metallised film, never hot foil. Minimum 250; rolls or sheets; about 3 weeks after proof approval (estimate). - [Custom jar labels](/labels/jar-labels): Felt, laid, cotton-look cream/white, smooth and black/coloured uncoated papers; white/clear BOPP uses metallic ink or metallised film, never hot foil. Minimum 250; rolls or sheets; about 3 weeks after proof approval (estimate). - [Luxury business cards](/luxury-business-cards): The premium lane across materials: thick cotton, foil, letterpress, metal and edge painting. - [What Is Spot UV?](/guides/spot-uv/spot-uv-guide): What spot UV is, flat vs raised, spot UV vs spot varnish, where it shows best, design minimums and costs. - [Business card size](/guides/sizes/business-cards): standard US 3.5 × 2 in (88.9 × 50.8 mm), European 85 × 55 mm, credit-card ID-1 85.6 × 53.98 mm; mm, cm, pixels, bleed and corners. - [Letterhead size and stationery sizes](/guides/sizes/stationery-and-specialty): standard letterhead size (US Letter 8.5 × 11 in / A4 210 × 297 mm), Monarch, compliment slips, folded notes, menus, tags and labels, in inches and mm. - [Best Paper for Letterpress Printing](/guides/letterpress/best-papers-for-letterpress): why soft uncoated cotton at 32pt+ takes the deepest letterpress impression, with a paper comparison and the papers to avoid. - [MOO vs Vistaprint vs Print Peppermint](/guides/comparisons/peppermint-vs-moo-vs-vistaprint): dated, sourced comparison of price, paper, foil, letterpress, proofs and turnaround (checked 1 Oct 2026). - [What metal business cards are made of (steel, PVD, weights, limits)](/guides/metal/metal-business-cards-guide): Stainless steel or aluminum, PVD color, real weights (about 18 g at 0.5 mm), copper-tone vs solid copper, what metal can't do, and metallic business card design. - [Metal business card prices (live ladder)](/guides/metal/metal-business-cards-cost): What metal business cards cost at every quantity from 5 to 1,000, what color, finish, cut-outs, color printing and NFC add, and what the cheapest metal cards really are. - [Cool & Unique Business Cards](/collections/cool-business-cards): Unusual business cards we've actually made: die-cut shapes, steel, frosted plastic, holographic foil, wood and NFC, with the spec under every one. Holographic foil from $105 for 100 on our Standard line; custom shapes from $215 for 250. - [Minimalist Business Cards](/collections/minimalist-business-cards): Minimalist business card designs we've printed: blind emboss, one-ink letterpress on cotton, a single foil mark, with the spec under every one. Matte from $52 for 100; letterpress on 48pt cotton from $340 for 250. - [Artist Business Cards](/collections/artist-business-cards): Artist business cards: real cards for tattoo artists, illustrators and photographers, with specs and prices. Raised holographic foil from $105 for 100; 32pt painted edge from $200 for 250. - [Construction Business Cards](/collections/construction-business-cards): Construction business cards: durable cards for contractors (32pt painted edge, waterproof plastic, black steel), real examples and prices. Waterproof plastic from $136 for 100; 32pt painted edge from $200 for 250. - [Notary Business Cards](/collections/notary-business-cards): Notary business cards: notary public and signing agent cards (write-on cotton, gold foil, embossed emblems), what to include and what to leave off, with prices. Uncoated from $52 for 100; gold foil on 32pt cotton from $310 for 250. - [Modern Business Cards](/collections/modern-business-cards): Modern and contemporary business cards we've printed: tone-on-tone gloss, single foil accents, light on dark, colour in the edge, NFC. Square cards from $84 for 25; raised gloss on black soft-touch from $121 for 100. - [Business card thickness](/guides/thick/business-card-thickness): 14–16 pt (0.36–0.41 mm) standard, 32 pt (0.81 mm, about a credit card) premium, 48 pt (1.22 mm) extra thick; pt vs gsm vs lb; which finishes need which thickness. - [Wedding invitation suites](/wedding-invitations/suites): Full invitation suites with tiers by guest count. - [Hang tags](/hang-tags): Printed and finished hang tags, including thick and edge-painted stock. - [Rigid & magnetic boxes](/boxes/rigid-boxes): Rigid and magnetic packaging with hot foil, embossing and printed interiors. ## Business cards - [Business cards](/business-cards): Every card we make, by finish and material, with live prices. Standard ships in 3–4 business days after proof approval; Custom takes about 3 weeks. - [Custom hot foil business cards](/business-cards/foil/custom-hot-foil-stamped): Hot foil stamped with a metal die on cotton, silk, black or coloured stock. Custom, about 3 weeks after proof approval. From $290 for 250. - [Raised foil business cards](/business-cards/foil/raised-foil-soft-touch): Gold, silver or holographic foil raised on 20pt soft touch. Standard, ships in 3–4 business days after proof approval. From $150 for 100. - [Raised holographic foil business cards](/business-cards/foil/holographic): Rainbow foil raised on 20pt soft touch. Standard, ships in 3–4 business days after proof approval. From $105 for 100. - [Black business cards](/business-cards/black): True black stocks with foil and spot UV. Dark edges are foiled, never painted. - [Die cut business cards](/business-cards/die-cut): Square, circle, oval and rounded-corner cards, or any shape from a custom die. - [Square business cards](/business-cards/die-cut/square): 2.5 × 2.5 in cards on a choice of stocks. From $84 for 25. - [Wood and eco business cards](/business-cards/wood-eco): Real wood, brown kraft and recycled paper cards. - [Mini business cards](/pages/mini-business-cards): Slim 3.5 × 1.5 in cards. - [Metal business cards](/business-cards/metal): Stainless steel cards, 0.5 or 0.8 mm: etch, engrave, cut-through and colour; live price ladder. - [NFC business cards](/business-cards/nfc): Tap-to-share cards in metal, plastic, wood and paper, with what the chip can and can't do. - [Plastic business cards](/business-cards/plastic): Clear, frosted and white PVC cards with foil and white ink. - [Thick business cards](/business-cards/thick): Heavy and duplexed stocks, with painted edges. - [Cotton business cards](/business-cards/cotton): Soft cotton stocks for letterpress and foil. - [Wood business cards](/business-cards/wood-eco/wood): Solid walnut, maple and cherry cards (about 1.1–1.2 mm), engraved or printed. - [Foil business cards](/business-cards/foil): Hot foil stamped cards: gold, silver, copper, holographic and more. - [Letterpress business cards](/business-cards/embossed/letterpress): Your artwork cast into a plate and pressed into 48pt cotton (32pt also orderable); about 3 weeks after proof approval. - [Embossed business cards](/business-cards/embossed/custom-embossed): Blind emboss, deboss and registered foil from a custom metal die on 32pt cotton; about 3 weeks after proof approval. - [Classic Business Cards](/business-cards/classic): our Standard line. Matte, glossy, silk, soft touch, uncoated and linen, full colour both sides, from $52 for 100, ships in 3–4 business days after proof approval, free shipping within the continental US. Includes a finish-by-finish comparison. - [Soft Touch Business Cards](/business-cards/classic/soft-touch): 20pt cards with a velvet matte laminate, full colour both sides, from $113 for 100 or $121 for 250, shipping in 3–4 business days after proof approval. No emboss or letterpress on soft touch; raised spot UV and raised foil are available on the same card. - [Painted Edge Business Cards](/business-cards/painted-edges): painted colored edges; Standard 32pt in 16 flat and pearlescent colors or any Pantone as a Custom card. - [Spot UV Business Cards](/business-cards/spot-uv): raised gloss on 20pt soft touch or flat on silk; cotton in Custom. ## Best guides The top 10 guides by sitemap priority. - [File setup: build artwork that prints the way you drew it](/guides/file-setup): How to build print files that hold up on press: bleed, line weights, spot color, foil, letterpress, emboss, die lines and combined finishes. - [Hot Foil Stamping Guides](/guides/foil): Gold, silver, holographic — the finish that catches every eye. - [Metal Business Cards Guides](/guides/metal): Stainless steel cards that survive anything. - [Letterpress Printing Guides](/guides/letterpress): Tactile printing pressed into cotton — you can feel the difference. - [Embossed & Debossed Guides](/guides/embossed): Three-dimensional texture that transforms flat paper into sculpture. - [Spot UV & Gloss Guides](/guides/spot-uv): Light hits it, people notice — glossy accents on matte surfaces. - [Thick Stock & Edge Painting Guides](/guides/thick): The weight that signals quality before anyone reads a word. - [Plastic & Clear Cards Guides](/guides/plastic): See-through, standout, waterproof. - [NFC & Smart Cards Guides](/guides/nfc): Tap your card, share everything. - [Die-Cut & Custom Shapes Guides](/guides/die-cut): Your card doesn't have to be a rectangle. ## Pages - [Custom Christmas cards](/christmas-cards): Standard full-colour 5×7 cards with A7 envelopes, or quoted foil and letterpress sets on cotton. Custom production takes about three weeks after proof approval, plus shipping (estimate). - [Custom Hanukkah cards](/hanukkah-cards): Hanukkah or Chanukah greetings in foil or letterpress on cotton, with envelopes; Standard cards use the existing holiday products. Hanukkah 2026 runs sundown December 4 to nightfall December 12; Custom production takes about three weeks after proof approval, plus shipping (estimate). - [Personalized stationery](/personal-stationery): Monogram or name note cards on cotton with matching envelopes, using the existing Signature note card. Letterpress or foil, a digital proof before print; currently quoted, with liners and gift packaging quoted separately. - [Home](/): Specialty print studio founded in 2006: foil, letterpress, cotton and metal business cards, wedding invitations and packaging, with prices, finishes and documented work. Free proof on every order. - [Peppermint Studio](/studio): AI design studio — describe a brand or upload a logo and preview concepts on real papers, foils and finishes with a priced spec. - [How It Works](/how-it-works): Order, proof, production and shipping process. - [Design Services](/design): Logo repair, reinterpretation, identity systems and artwork engineered for specialist print; guide prices are always quoted per project. - [Wedding & Event Invitations](/wedding-invitations): Invitation suites by style, colour, material, technique and format — 39 indexed facet pages covering letterpress, foil, vellum, acrylic, wood, metal and cut-through work. - [Boxes & Packaging](/boxes): Rigid, folding-carton and mailer boxes with print, foil and specialty board. - [Rigid & Magnetic Boxes](/boxes/rigid-boxes): Human-proofed rigid and magnetic packaging with hot foil, embossing and printed interiors. - [Labels & Stickers](/stickers): Die-cut labels and stickers on paper, vinyl, clear and metallic stock. - [Custom product labels](/labels): Candle, wine, bottle, jar and foil labels. Textured paper for dry use; BOPP film for wet, chilled or oily products, with metallic ink or metallised film instead of hot foil. - [Custom Business Letterhead](/letterhead): letterpress, hot foil or full-colour letterhead on cotton and uncoated paper; US Letter and A4 with #10/DL envelopes, second sheets and compliment slips; built to run through office printers; priced by quote; about 3 weeks after proof. - [Postcards, Flyers & Mailers](/postcards-flyers): Flat pieces — postcards, flyers, rack cards, folded mailers, menus and small posters — with letterpress, hot foil, duplex, painted edges, die-cutting and spot UV, plus a four-paper classic lane. - [Hang Tags](/hang-tags): Printed and finished hang tags, including thick and edge-painted stock. - [Presentation Folders](/presentation-folders): Pocket folders with card slits, inserts and coordinated stationery suites. - [Paper Library](/paper): Reference library of 208 specialty papers across 17 collections (GF Smith Colorplan, Gmund, Fedrigoni, Cordenons and house stocks) with weight, shade, texture and press behaviour. - [Foil Library](/foil): Reference library of 25 stamping foils across 4 manufacturers, with foil codes, finish families and substrate behaviour. - [Ink Library](/ink): Reference library of 151 Pantone spot inks across 11 families, with coated vs uncoated behaviour and stock-shift notes. - [CMYK Library](/cmyk): Reference library of 903 CMYK builds across 12 families, with tonal runs and process-build guidance. - [Case Studies](/case-studies): 159 documented jobs — the brief, the material decisions, the swaps we made and why. - [Inspiration Gallery](/inspiration): Thousands of real and studio-generated concepts, each with its resolved material and finish spec. - [Guides](/guides): Editorial guides on materials, finishes and print preparation. - [The Peppermint Glossary](/guides/glossary): 197 print and design terms (type, identity, layout, color, paper, print methods, finishes, prepress), each with a short definition, the deeper answer and what it means on press. - [Print FAQ](/faq): Every print and file-setup question answered across the guides — bleed, line weights, Pantone, foil, letterpress, emboss, die lines, edge painting — each linking to its source guide. - [Finishes](/finishes): Cross-product process catalogue: mechanism, setup, minimums, honest limits and compatible substrates. - [Finishes on Materials](/finishes-on-materials): Production compatibility matrix generated from the same source as every finish page. - [Samples](/samples): Order a sample pack ($8, $10 credited to your first order). - [File Requirements](/how-it-works/file-requirements): Artwork specs for print files: bleed, resolution, vector requirements, foil and spot-UV layers. - [Turnaround](/how-it-works/turnaround): Production and shipping timelines by tier. - [Holdover cards](/holdover-cards): A simple full-colour set that ships ahead by ground while specialty cards are made. - [Custom Quote](/custom-quote): Request a quote for non-standard projects. - [About](/about): About the studio. - [Contact](/contact): Contact methods — chat, email or a booked consultation. ## Client notes - [Client notes](/client-notes): 779 real client notes, average 4.81 out of 5. Legacy notes and thank-you discounts are disclosed. - [Latest 50 client notes](/client-notes.md): Plain-text notes, original dates, client initials and products. - [Business cards](/client-notes?category=business-cards): 237 notes - [Foil](/client-notes?category=foil): 43 notes - [Letterpress](/client-notes?category=letterpress): 5 notes - [Edge paint](/client-notes?category=edge-paint): 4 notes - [Thick cards](/client-notes?category=thick-cards): 4 notes - [NFC / metal](/client-notes?category=nfc-metal): 0 notes - [Wedding](/client-notes?category=wedding): 0 notes - [Packaging](/client-notes?category=packaging): 6 notes - [Stickers](/client-notes?category=stickers): 7 notes - [General](/client-notes?category=general): 447 notes ## For AI agents Print Peppermint runs a Quote Desk for AI assistants. It needs no login and speaks MCP and plain HTTPS JSON. 1. Connect an MCP client to https://www.printpeppermint.com/api/public/agent-desk/mcp (or use the REST API described by the OpenAPI file). 2. Call talk_to_studio with the job in plain language; keep the conversation_token it returns. 3. When the brief is ready, call submit_quote_request with your human's name, email and consent, then poll get_quote_status. - [MCP server](https://www.printpeppermint.com/api/public/agent-desk/mcp): Quote Desk endpoint (streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC). - [OpenAPI 3.1](https://www.printpeppermint.com/api/public/agent-desk/openapi.json): the same tools as REST operations. - [For AI Agents](/agents): How to connect, the seven tools and the house rules. ## Guides Editorial guides grouped by topic. Every cluster hub lists its pillar guide and the supporting articles under it. - [File setup: build artwork that prints the way you drew it](/guides/file-setup): How to build print files that hold up on press: bleed, line weights, spot color, foil, letterpress, emboss, die lines and combined finishes. - [Hot Foil Stamping Guides](/guides/foil): Gold, silver, holographic — the finish that catches every eye. - [Metal Business Cards Guides](/guides/metal): Stainless steel cards that survive anything. - [Letterpress Printing Guides](/guides/letterpress): Tactile printing pressed into cotton — you can feel the difference. - [Embossed & Debossed Guides](/guides/embossed): Three-dimensional texture that transforms flat paper into sculpture. - [Spot UV & Gloss Guides](/guides/spot-uv): Light hits it, people notice — glossy accents on matte surfaces. - [Thick Stock & Edge Painting Guides](/guides/thick): The weight that signals quality before anyone reads a word. - [Plastic & Clear Cards Guides](/guides/plastic): See-through, standout, waterproof. - [NFC & Smart Cards Guides](/guides/nfc): Tap your card, share everything. - [Die-Cut & Custom Shapes Guides](/guides/die-cut): Your card doesn't have to be a rectangle. - [Business Card Essentials Guides](/guides/essentials): Paper types, sizes, design tips, and file requirements. - [Print sizes: every standard we work in, in inches and millimetres](/guides/sizes): Every standard we work in, in inches and millimetres — sheets, cards, invitations, envelopes and stationery. - [Comparisons & Alternatives Guides](/guides/comparisons): How we stack up and when to choose what. - [Printing Methods Guides](/guides/printing-methods): How ink, curing and finishing behave across paper, plastic, metal and other substrates. ### File setup guides - [How to Set Up Print-Ready Files: The Complete Checklist for Specialty Print](/guides/file-setup/print-ready-files): Trim, bleed, color, fonts, finish layers and export settings, in the order we check them. Build your file this way and it goes to press without a… - [15 Print File Problems We Fix Most Often (and How to Avoid Them)](/guides/file-setup/common-print-file-problems): The file problems our prepress team sees every week, from RGB logos and missing bleed to foil hairlines and QR codes in foil. What each one does on… - [From AI Mockup to Print File: Printing a ChatGPT, Midjourney or Canva Design](/guides/file-setup/ai-design-to-print-file): An AI image is a picture of a card, not a file a press can use. What breaks when you send one straight to print, what has to be rebuilt, and how to… - [Minimum Line Weight and Type Size for Every Print Process: Foil, Letterpress, Emboss, UV, CMYK and Die Cut](/guides/file-setup/minimum-line-weight-and-type-size): One table for every print process: fine foil and letterpress detail, separate design targets and floors, and how to measure your file. - [Spot Color and Pantone for Print: Choosing, Specifying and Curating PMS Colors](/guides/file-setup/spot-color-and-pantone): What a spot ink physically is, why the U book matters on cotton, how paper color changes translucent ink, and how to build a spot palette that… - [Four-Color Process (CMYK) for Print: Rich Black, Ink Limits and Why Your Screen Lies](/guides/file-setup/cmyk-rich-black-and-ink-limits): How CMYK actually prints, the 300% ink limit, the one rich black recipe we use and where it never goes, and the type, tint and paper rules that keep… - [How to Prepare Files for Letterpress: Plates, Impression and Ink](/guides/file-setup/letterpress-file-setup): One plate per color, solid Pantone U inks, lines built to survive the squash, and the depth your paper can take. The letterpress file rules, with the… - [How to Set Up Files for Embossing and Debossing](/guides/file-setup/emboss-deboss-file-setup): Stroke, gap, type and depth minimums for blind, registered and combination-die impression, the stocks that take it, and the layer setup that gets… - [How to Set Up a Die Line: Die-Cut and Custom-Shape Files](/guides/file-setup/die-cut-file-setup): The CUT swatch, corner radius, spacing, bleed and bridges that let a steel-rule die cut your shape clean, and how to supply the die line so nothing… - [Designing for Painted Edges: Thickness, Corners and Color](/guides/file-setup/edge-painting-design): Edge paint needs square corners and a Pantone U reference, caliper decides how bold the line reads, and it changes what your art can do near the… - [Combining Print Finishes: What Works Together, What Doesn't, and in What Order](/guides/file-setup/combining-print-finishes): The order finishes run in, the tolerances that stack up between passes, and the house compatibility rules for building foil, letterpress, emboss… ## Optional ## Design services - [Press-Ready Redraw](/design/press-ready-redraw): Your mark is already yours. We rebuild its curves, counters and separations so the actual die can hold it. - [Logo Reinterpretation](/design/logo-reinterpretation): Keep the silhouette people know; redraw the weak details as three directions you can judge on real stock. - [Identity for Print](/design/identity-for-print): A mark, type and material language conceived together, from first name to finished printed piece. - [Business Card Artwork](/design/business-card-artwork): Two sides resolved against the exact trim, finish and stock, with every small detail set to survive the press. - [Stationery Suite Artwork](/design/stationery-suite-artwork): A card, letterhead and envelope with one consistent mark, thoughtful spacing and separations that make production simple. - [Wedding Suite Artwork](/design/wedding-suite-artwork): Invitation, reply, details and envelope considered together so the whole suite arrives as one clear gesture. - [Label Artwork](/design/label-artwork): Art laid against the real container and die, accounting for wrap, seams, bleed and the stock beneath the ink. - [Packaging Artwork](/design/packaging-artwork): A box designed across its actual panels, folds and board, not a flat graphic placed over a generic mockup. - [Poster & Edition Artwork](/design/poster-edition-artwork): A sheet made for the size it will hang at, with type, margins, grain and process worked out before print. ## Selected references Representative deep pages, one or two per library, to show what a library entry contains. - [Foil stamping](/finishes/foil-metallic): Foil stamping from the jobs we run: dies, setup cost, pass-to-pass registration, minimum line weights and the stocks that hold real metal cleanly. - [Letterpress](/finishes/letterpress-on-cotton): Letterpress from the jobs we run: translucent ink, one plate per colour, impression depth, registration and the soft stocks that take a clean bite. - [Blind deboss](/finishes/blind-deboss): Blind deboss from the jobs we run: two-sided physics, minimum thickness, stroke and type limits, and which papers hold an inkless impression. - [Edges and thickness](/finishes/edges-thickness): Compare painted edges, foiled edges and bonded paper construction, with a thickness ladder from single ply through 32pt duplex and 48pt triplex. - [Foil on dark stock](/finishes/foil-stamping/foil-on-dark-stock): Why translucent ink disappears on dark paper, how opaque foil stays bright, and the stocks, line weights and tooling that make light-on-dark print… - [Two-color foil](/finishes/foil-stamping/two-color-foil): How two foil colors are registered, why each needs its own die and pass, which color runs first, and how to design within a quarter-millimeter… - [Gold, silver and copper foil](/finishes/foil-stamping/gold-silver-copper): A practical guide to metallic foil families: warm and cool gold, silver, copper, matte, mirror, brushed and holographic, with links to exact foil… - [Painted edges](/finishes/edges/painted-edge): How edge painting works on clamped stacks from text-weight paper to thick cards, and when dyed-through stock or a contrasting core is the better… - [Foiled edges](/finishes/edges/foiled-edge): The difference between edge gilding and edge foil, why metallic edges need thick square stock, and the minimum caliper and construction rules that… - [Duplex and triplex](/finishes/edges/duplex-triplex): How two- and three-ply printed pieces are bonded, when a contrasting core becomes part of the design, and the 32pt and 48pt constructions we specify. - [Custom shapes](/finishes/die-cutting/custom-shapes): How custom paper shapes are cut across products, what a steel-rule die costs, when laser cutting is better, and why enclosed islands need connector - [Spot UV, and clear foil on uncoated stock](/finishes/coatings/spot-uv-on-uncoated): Spot UV is gloss against a sealed matte ground. Learn why it disappears into cotton and uncoated paper, where it works, and what to specify instead. - [Soft-touch laminate](/finishes/coatings/soft-touch-laminate): Soft-touch laminate is a smooth matte film. Learn how it protects print, changes dark colour and feels in the hand, without fabric or velvet grain. - [Emboss registered to foil](/finishes/emboss/registered-to-foil): How combination foil emboss is made, why it requires foil and relief tooling, what registration can honestly hold, and how the reverse-face mirror… - [Emboss and letterpress](/finishes/emboss-letterpress): The impression-process hub: emboss raises paper, deboss presses it down without ink, and letterpress deposits ink inside a recess. - [Raised foil](/finishes/raised-foil): Digitally raised gold, silver or holographic foil on matte or soft-touch laminate. One foil colour, restrained coverage and clear artwork minimums. - [Raised spot UV](/finishes/raised-spot-uv): Thick clear varnish you can feel over matte or soft-touch laminate, with tone-on-tone black artwork. Never applied to cotton or raw uncoated paper. - [Sculpted emboss](/finishes/sculpted-emboss): Multi-level dies create soft paper relief, best on thick cotton. Plan for reverse show-through on single ply or emboss before duplexing. - [Rounded corners](/finishes/rounded-corners): A standard 1/8 in corner radius softens paper, plastic and metal pieces. Other radii are available on request, with artwork planned around the cut. - [Drilled holes](/finishes/drilled-holes): A clean drilled bore for hang tags and swing tags. Specify the diameter your ribbon or string needs and leave room between the hole, artwork and edge. - [Colorplan Ebony](/paper/colorplan/ebony): Paper entry — colorplan shade with weights, colour family and finish compatibility. - [Gmund Action Alpine Sparkling Water](/paper/gmund-action/alpine-sparkling-water): Paper entry — Gmund stock with mill notes and press behaviour. - [PMS 294 C](/ink/pms-294-c): Pantone entry — coated vs uncoated behaviour, nearest CMYK build and stock shift for PMS 294. - [PMS Process Black C](/ink/pms-process-black-c): Pantone entry — coated vs uncoated behaviour, nearest CMYK build and stock shift for PMS Process Black. - [PPC-008](/cmyk/ppc-008): CMYK entry — process build and tonal run. - [Art Deco Wedding Invitations](/wedding-invitations/art-deco-wedding-invitations): Wedding facet — Fine detail survives foil: deco rules and stepped fan motifs hold to 0.1 mm, and we design to 0.15 mm for a crisp strike. - [Modern Minimal Wedding Invitations](/wedding-invitations/modern-minimal-wedding-invitations): Wedding facet — With almost nothing on the sheet, the sheet is the design. - [How a five-die card went from a client PDF to production files](/case-studies/idolon-five-dies-no-ink): Case study — Christopher Eldridge sent a ten-page PDF and a hard constraint: nothing on the card could be printed. Everything visible had to be foil or an… - [Getting the stone A out of four colours](/case-studies/alvarez-stone-a-out-of-four-colours): Case study — The icon was a raster relief — beautiful, and reproducible only as CMYK process. That single fact ruled out foil, letterpress, blind emboss… - [A letterpress card with a single colour, and why that costs more](/case-studies/orourke-one-ink-one-card): Case study — Dan and Joy O'Rourke steward ranch properties in the Madison Valley and Big Sky. Their card runs one PMS black, both sides, on duplexed cotton — no… - [Designing a coaster to sit beside a business card](/case-studies/gentleman-farmer-coaster-matching-a-card): Case study — Gentleman Farmer had already printed a card with us and loved it. The ask was a coaster in the same voice — same stock family, same finishes, same… - [Two ways to print one card](/case-studies/soundtoys-foil-deboss-vs-soft-touch-spot-uv): Case study — Two production paths for Soundtoys' trade-show cards: black uncoated with a foil deboss and metallic orange edge, or 32pt soft-touch with flat spot… - [A fortune that fits the slot](/case-studies/kismet-vending-letterpress-cotton): Case study — How we built Kismet's collectible vending cards down to budget: letterpress, raised ink, black foil deboss or flat offset, one deboss, one sleeve… - [Keep it simple, and let the paper show](/case-studies/dianna-derek-wedding-suite-wave-pocket): Case study — A letterpress wedding suite for a Tuscan weekend, start to finish: the brief, four concepts, a wave-cut pocket, the couple's final pick and the… - [Twenty-four drawers, 140 years](/case-studies/advent-calendar-design-exploration-twelve-eras): Case study — Twelve luxury advent calendar box concepts, from Arts & Crafts to now, with the real papers, foil codes and structures behind each, and what drives… - [A synth module in one colour on chipboard](/case-studies/1979-synth-kraft-letterpress-box): Case study — A synth module box letterpressed in one colour on natural kraft chipboard, with the control panel diagram as the artwork. - [Aloha, in two inks and a lot of grain](/case-studies/aloha-friday-two-colour-risograph-print): Case study — A 12×12 two-colour risograph print on natural uncoated cover, designed to embrace ink grain and drum misregistration. - [The key to the k](/case-studies/amy-kubelka-gold-foil-key): Case study — A gold foil skeleton-key monogram on navy for Realtor® Amy Kubelka. - [Cultivate wonder](/case-studies/ap-shrewsbury-holographic-on-shimmer): Case study — Geometric-pattern holographic rainbow hot foil on pearlized paper for AP Shrewsbury, creating a planet mark that shifts as the card turns. - [The catch](/case-studies/asiatico-law-trapeze-photo-foil-brushstroke): Case study — A trapeze photograph, red-to-silver foil brushstroke and red painted edge for Asiatico Law, a law firm serving charities from Plano, TX and Tampa, FL. - [Dots that fade into light](/case-studies/astraea-capital-halftone-gloss-navy): Case study — A spot gloss halftone dot field and silver foil mark on navy for Astraea Capital, a cryptocurrency and fintech investment firm. - [A monogram too big for the card](/case-studies/ba-salon-rose-gold-oversized-monogram): Case study — An oversized rose-gold foil monogram bleeding off the card for BA Salon Collective, a hair salon in Shelby Township, MI. - [Badass Bitters — labels](/case-studies/badass-bitters-five-flavor-bottle-label-set): Case study — A Spokane bitters maker needed a label family that read as one brand on a shelf while each flavour kept its own colour. The black plate carries the… - [Gold on grey, like foil on a chocolate bar](/case-studies/bar-and-cocoa-gold-foil-grey-stock): Case study — Gold foil on mid-grey uncoated cardstock for Bar & Cocoa, the Denver craft chocolate company. - [A business card cut to the shape of the can](/case-studies/bero-brewing-die-cut-can-shaped-business-card): Case study — BERO Brewing's business card die cut to a beer-can silhouette on black uncoated stock, with matte gold, green pigment and clear gloss foil replacing… - [One flood, one ink, and a field number](/case-studies/blackland-oat-co-texas-oat-drink-carton-series): Case study — A five-SKU Texas oat drink carton series on uncoated board: one flood colour and one ink per SKU, hand-cut linocut prairie illustration, feed-sack… - [A folder with one mark and nothing else](/case-studies/bmb-navy-gold-foil-presentation-folder): Case study — A 9×12 presentation folder with a glued pocket and card slits. Gold foil monogram and rule on the cover, cream Pantone pocket inside. - [A hundred and twelve boxes, forty industries](/case-studies/boxes-across-forty-industries): Case study — A structural packaging exercise across rigid boxes, folding cartons, mailers, drawers, tubes and sleeves, built for roughly forty industries with… - [Bram Tihany — business cards](/case-studies/bram-tihany-architecture-business-card-blind-emboss): Case study — An architect's card. The monogram is relief, not print; the name is quiet. - [Art deco in gold on midnight navy](/case-studies/brie-brewer-navy-gold-deco-menu-suite): Case study — Art deco wedding menu and place cards with gold hot foil line frames and white ink on 32pt midnight navy uncoated stock. - [Three ways to get a white sticker off brown kraft](/case-studies/cafe-de-enrico-coffee-pouch-three-directions): Case study — Three producible directions for a Berlin roast house's kraft coffee pouch: one-colour direct print, an arch die-cut label with blind emboss and… - [A bank card with an ibex in gold](/case-studies/capra-bank-gold-foil-soft-touch-navy-edge): Case study — Capra Bank business cards: 32pt soft-touch, gold hot foil ibex, PMS 654 navy painted edges and two spot colours. - [CCT — business cards](/case-studies/cct-business-card-outlined-die-cut-test): Case study — CCT's file came in as outlines for a die test. The notch is the feature; the type is there to prove registration. - [A signature, in rose gold](/case-studies/challenger-brokers-rose-gold-on-black): Case study — Rose gold foil on triple-thick 48-point black onyx soft-touch business cards for Challenger Brokers in Brooklyn. - [A trade card that outlasts the toolbox](/case-studies/charlies-heating-cooling-copper-foil-soft-touch): Case study — Charcoal soft-touch business card with copper hot foil, copper painted edges and a blind-embossed ghost logo, designed for an HVAC contractor. - [Ciara Mae — business cards](/case-studies/ciara-mae-graphic-designer-personal-business-card): Case study — Ciara Mae's personal logo is her name in monoline script. Debossed then foiled in rose gold, it is the only element on the front. - [Half gold, half ink](/case-studies/clandestine-bijoux-gold-foil-half-c): Case study — A half-gold-foil C mark on textured white stock for Clandestine, a haute-fantaisie jewellery brand from the Corsican atelier Dans les Yeux de Lucie. - [Ten papers, ten eras.](/case-studies/colorplan-ten-papers-ten-eras): Case study — A materials exercise across ten GF Smith Colorplan papers, each built as a finished piece in a different design era, testing whether stock colour and… - [Copper, a deboss, and a watercolour that had to survive both](/case-studies/copper-foil-deboss-fedrigoni-cotton-card): Case study — A soft process-printed wash, a copper leaf mark and a deep blind deboss of the same mark, all on Fedrigoni 50pt cotton. The card had to go through… - [One shape, two moods](/case-studies/crafted-experience-die-cut-two-colourways): Case study — A custom die-cut business card in two silk matte laminated colourways, unified by gold foil, one shape and one identity. - [Crystal Cards — notecards](/case-studies/crystal-meaning-cards-20-card-deck-full-color): Case study — A wellness brand wanted a pocket deck of crystal meanings. Soft-touch keeps the gemstone illustrations from glaring; 16pt keeps the deck thin enough… - [Black board. Gold wings.](/case-studies/cybex-jeremy-scott-wings-hang-tag): Case study — How we made the CYBEX by Jeremy Scott Wings hang tag: heavy black duplex soft-touch board, gold hot foil on both sides, white ink, laser-cut with an… - [Artwork with a raised surface](/case-studies/devilgrind-raised-gloss-red-black): Case study — A full-bleed red illustration on matte black with raised spot gloss for DevilGrind. - [250 placemats for Helene](/case-studies/die-cut-placemats-seth-godin-by-the-way-bakery): Case study — 250 unprinted placemats die-cut to Seth Godin's file for Helene Godin of By the Way Bakery: 15.5 × 21 in, five Neenah Astrobrights colours. Film and… - [Two rounds of our own wedding invitations](/case-studies/dina-austin-wedding-suite-two-runs): Case study — Two rounds, 43 concepts: blind-embossed river map, bilingual letterpress and a PVC pass on 40pt cotton. - [Hang tags for a collection made of air](/case-studies/doublet-air-hang-tags-design-exploration): Case study — An unofficial homage, not a client project. Masayuki Ino's doublet called its Autumn/Winter 2026 collection AIR: yarn made from captured CO2, a… - [A wedding invitation, card-sized](/case-studies/dreamday-destinations-silver-foil-watercolour): Case study — Silver foil and printed watercolour on a two-colour card for Dreamday Destinations, a Florida destination wedding planner and Sandals & Beaches… - [Impossible to lose](/case-studies/edge-mobile-sharpening-fluorescent-raised-gloss): Case study — Fluorescent orange stock with a raised gloss mark for Edge Mobile Sharpening, a mobile knife and tool sharpening service in Minnesota. - [Twelve signs, one deck, a QR that isn't a square](/case-studies/erinn-basu-astrology-cards-custom-qr): Case study — Zodiac ascendant cards in Pantone spot colours with a custom organic-module QR code that scans reliably. - [Every process we sell, once each](/case-studies/every-differentiator-once): Case study — One piece per capability across cotton, kraft, metal, wood and plastic, covering foil, letterpress, emboss, spot UV, raised gloss, triplex and… - [A plastic card with one window](/case-studies/fandom-frosted-plastic-card-translucent-logo): Case study — How Fandom's frosted plastic business card was built: opaque white screen-printed on 30 pt frosted PVC, open only at the flame, so the logo glows… - [New Orleans, in rose gold](/case-studies/filmbalaya-films-rose-gold-foil-black): Case study — A rose-gold foil crawfish and fleur-de-lis on black for Filmbalaya Films, a New Orleans wedding videographer and photographer. - [The filter-tip business card](/case-studies/filter-tip-business-card-gmund-hemp-paper): Case study — Our perforated filter-tip business card on Gmund Bio Cycle Cannabis hemp-fibre paper: seven tear-off strips, soy-based inks, 300 gsm uncoated. Film… - [A tag that hangs like a price label, and feels like a gift card](/case-studies/flanage-champagne-foil-hang-tag): Case study — Flânage hang tags on 50pt bright white cotton, champagne foil stamped and drilled to hang from the product. - [Fletcher — boxes](/case-studies/fletcher-9x12x4-rigid-mailer-box-one-color): Case study — Fletcher sent a dieline and a wordmark. Black foil on kraft is the least expensive thing that still feels like a gift. - [The four products nobody photographs](/case-studies/folders-tags-menus-place-cards): Case study — A gap-fill exercise across presentation folders, hang tags, menus and place cards, covering pocket structures, tag hardware, foil, emboss and painted… - [Cut to the logo](/case-studies/fulfillment-lab-triangle-die-cut): Case study — A rounded-triangle die-cut business card in black, red and white for The Fulfillment Lab, an e-commerce fulfilment company in the Tampa Bay area. - [A card that ships with the knife](/case-studies/future-relic-knives-letterpress-certificate): Case study — A rust-red letterpress mark and a fill-in certificate card for Future Relic Knives, an Austin knife maker. - [GAALA Jewelry — notecards](/case-studies/gaala-jewelry-square-insert-card-gold-foil): Case study — GAALA needed a card that matched the weight of the jewelry it accompanied. Black cotton, gold foil, gilded edges: the card is part of the unboxing. - [Gelt & Glow — wrapping paper](/case-studies/gelt-and-glow-menorah-wrapping-paper-gold-foil): Case study — Gelt & Glow wanted holiday wrap that looked like a stationery piece, not a printed film. One Pantone flood, gold foil on the flame linework, and a… - [Pressed like a loaf](/case-studies/general-bakeshop-kraft-deboss-letterpress): Case study — Blind debossed wheat and wood grain with maroon letterpress on thick kraft for General Bakeshop, a bakery in Brewster, NY. - [Order 206166 — boxes](/case-studies/gift-bag-206166-euro-tote-foil): Case study — Order 206166: a euro tote, matte black, gold monogram. The restraint is the point. - [Nautical, in gold](/case-studies/gladstones-gold-foil-rope-frame-navy): Case study — Gold foil rope borders and a ship's wheel on navy for Gladstones, the Pacific Palisades seafood restaurant established in 1972. - [A fifth ink, on vinyl](/case-studies/groove-archive-neon-vinyl-sticker-set): Case study — Four round matte vinyl stickers with a neon spot colour, kiss-cut on one sheet. - [Every line in holographic foil](/case-studies/haddads-holographic-foil-racing-flags): Case study — Holographic foil type and racing-flag emblem on matte black for Haddad's Inc. in Pittsburgh. - [Herbst Construction — business cards](/case-studies/herbst-construction-superintendent-business-cards): Case study — Eight superintendents, one card system. The grey-over-black duplex reads as concrete and steel; the orange foiled edge is the brand's only colour. - [One card, six names](/case-studies/high-brow-social-club-rose-gold-foil): Case study — Rose-gold foil on white for High Brow Social Club, an inclusive beauty salon, cosmetics boutique and tattoo studio in downtown Vancouver, WA. - [A leaf of life](/case-studies/hoja-de-vida-holographic-leaf-business-cards): Case study — How we made HOJA DE VIDA's leaf business card: PANTONE 375 C on 32 pt duplexed cotton, holographic foil veins debossed on the front and embossed on… - [A card cut like a clothing tag](/case-studies/infinited-fiber-tag-die-cut-blind-emboss): Case study — A swing-tag die-cut card on 100% recycled cotton triplex with a red core and a blind embossed circular wordmark, for Finnish textile-circularity… - [Motion, on a still card](/case-studies/jacob-humphries-spot-gloss-red-edge): Case study — Diagonal spot gloss on matte black with a red painted edge for Jacob Humphries, a Cincinnati digital artist working in photo manipulation and motion… - [Black on black](/case-studies/jade-aerospace-tone-on-tone-gloss): Case study — Glossy black-on-black logo for JADE Aerospace and Defense, Huntsville, Alabama. - [Three bottle sizes, one arch](/case-studies/jana-carrey-apothecary-arch-die-cut-labels): Case study — Arch-topped die-cut dropper bottle labels in three sizes on cream uncoated stock, one-colour black with a stencil serif. - [A very particular monkey](/case-studies/jay-kos-monkey-die-cut-business-card): Case study — How we print Jay Kos's monkey-head business card: die-cut to the logo outline on 18 pt silk matte, in his own three colours. Plus the same die as a… - [A mark that stands up](/case-studies/jb-design-studio-gold-foil-navy): Case study — Gold foil on deep navy uncoated stock with a portrait front and landscape back for JB Design Studio, the studio of designer Jonathan Barreto. - [Neon green, on black plastic: Jemm’s NFC business cards](/case-studies/jemm-neon-green-nfc-business-cards-on-black-pvc): Case study — Why UV print couldn’t reach Jemm’s neon green on black plastic, and how a Pantone 3385 C spot colour, screen printed, got there. - [Lahaina Noon — business cards](/case-studies/lahaina-noon-resort-collateral-business-card-and-coaster): Case study — Lahaina Noon at the Royal Lahaina Resort needed collateral that worked at the host stand and on a wet table. Same wordmark, two substrates. - [Weight without shouting](/case-studies/langdon-emison-oxblood-tone-on-tone-black-edge): Case study — A tone-on-tone woven mark on oxblood stock, with a white reverse and black edge, for Langdon & Emison, a Missouri personal injury firm. - [Precision, in one mark](/case-studies/lazzereschi-group-crosshair-monogram): Case study — A crosshair LG monogram on black with a white reverse for the Lazzereschi Group, a Compass real estate team. - [The card you keep until your next session](/case-studies/lighthouse-tattoo-appointment-card): Case study — Lighthouse Tattoo appointment cards with four-colour process photography on silk matte stock and PMS-matched painted edges. - [Lone Oat: a carton that talks, in wood type](/case-studies/lone-oat-texas-broadside-carton-series): Case study — A Texas oat drink spec brand on unbleached kraft-face aseptic cartons: two inks per SKU, rodeo broadside wood type, a rubber-stamp local claim and no… - [One letter, three colours](/case-studies/luminar-rgb-letter-black): Case study — A lidar company whose logo splits light into colour. White on black, with the I in red, green and blue. - [Hand-lettered, then gilded](/case-studies/m3-creative-gold-foil-hand-drawn-frame): Case study — Black hand-drawn artwork and yellow gold foil on 16-point silk matte business cards for M3 Creative Studio. - [The lobster, twice](/case-studies/maine-lobster-now-foil-blind-emboss-red-edge): Case study — Red-orange foil on navy, a blind embossed white reverse and a red painted edge for Maine Lobster Now, the Maine lobster overnight delivery company. - [A cabinet of curiosities, in a pocket](/case-studies/maison-cas-rares-gold-beetles-black-stock): Case study — Gold foil beetles, tone-on-tone black ink and a gold foil-stamped edge on charcoal grey uncoated business cards for Maison Cas Rares. - [One gold, two finishes: foil business cards and writable appointment cards](/case-studies/matching-gold-foil-with-metallic-ink-for-writable-appointment-cards): Case study — You can’t write on foil. How we matched a gold foil business card with a Pantone metallic ink on appointment cards any pen can write on. - [A lens that catches light](/case-studies/mdm-photography-raised-gloss-lens): Case study — A raised high-gloss lens mark on white for MDM Photography, a weddings, events and portraits photographer. - [One word, in red](/case-studies/megabass-red-foil-black): Case study — Metallic red foil on matte black with a bilingual Japanese–English reverse for Megabass of America, the US arm of the Japanese fishing-lure maker. - [A warm card for a calm practice](/case-studies/meghan-ewing-gold-foil-rose-stock): Case study — Gold foil on dusty rose stock for Meghan Ewing, L.Ac., acupuncture and herbal medicine. - [Forty-one ways to cut steel.](/case-studies/metal-business-cards-forty-one-ways): Case study — Forty-one metal business card explorations across stainless, black steel, brass, copper and rose gold, covering laser etch, cut-through voids and… - [MINE — business cards](/case-studies/mine-cards-spot-varnish-business-card): Case study — MINE sent a card file and a separate varnish file. The varnish layer is the design. - [Minor Figures metal + PVC NFC card (with film)](/case-studies/minor-figures-barista-chai-nfc-card): two Pantone silkscreen colours (1665 C, 2635 C), NTAG213 in the PVC layer, taps to a launch playlist; five looks, client chose Look 1, The Carton. - [Built like a nameplate](/case-studies/montgomery-corporation-silver-foil-charcoal): Case study — Brushed silver foil on charcoal for Montgomery Corporation, a Bay Area integrated construction services and OSHPD inspection firm. - [Where the antenna goes](/case-studies/nfc-cards-metal-plastic-wood): Case study — How NFC card construction changes by material: PVC inlay windows and cut-throughs in metal, visible antennas in clear plastic, and routed pockets in… - [Private wedding, Santa Barbara — wedding invitations](/case-studies/night-before-wedding-welcome-sheet-santa-barbara): Case study — The night-before event for a Santa Barbara wedding at the Arlington Theatre. Script and small caps in coral and navy letterpress on double-thick… - [Oversized ampersand](/case-studies/notecard-ampersand-emboss-cobalt): Case study — Blind embossed oversized ampersand on cobalt Colorplan notecard. - [Arch stack](/case-studies/notecard-arch-thankyou-terracotta): Case study — Arch die-cut thank-you card set graded terracotta to cream with blind deboss. - [Deckle and gold](/case-studies/notecard-deckle-gold-script-grey): Case study — Gold foil script on handmade deckled dove-grey notecard. - [Dotted ring monogram](/case-studies/notecard-dotted-ring-copper): Case study — Copper foil dotted-ring monogram on sage Colorplan notecard. - [Edge-printed envelopes](/case-studies/notecard-edge-printed-envelopes): Case study — Edge-printed charcoal notecard and envelope set in fluorescent inks. - [Engraved motif](/case-studies/notecard-engraved-motif-oxblood): Case study — Oxblood letterpress heron engraving on cream cotton notecard set. - [White monoline frame](/case-studies/notecard-frame-monoline-white-on-forest): Case study — White ink notched frame notecard on forest green Colorplan. - [Gilded edge box](/case-studies/notecard-gilded-edge-box-silver): Case study — Silver gilded-edge notecard box set on charcoal cotton with a silver foil ring monogram. - [Gilded florals](/case-studies/notecard-gold-florals-teal): Case study — Gold foil botanical corner on deep teal Colorplan notecard. - [Black cotton](/case-studies/notecard-gold-frame-black): Case study — Gold foil frame on black cotton notecard. A notched hairline border with a vertically set name, 40pt cotton. - [Stacked gradient](/case-studies/notecard-gradient-stack-teal): Case study — Split-fountain letterpress notecards fading teal to cream, stacked and fanned. - [Gratitude line](/case-studies/notecard-gratitude-script-navy): Case study — Cream letterpress gratitude lockup with script family name on navy notecard. - [Holiday set](/case-studies/notecard-holiday-warm-inverse): Case study — Warm-foil holiday notecard set on black cotton: copper, rose gold, matte gold, amber, bronze. - [Holographic type](/case-studies/notecard-holo-thankyou-forest): Case study — Holographic foil THANK YOU notecard on forest green with blush envelope. - [Illuminated initial](/case-studies/notecard-illuminated-initial-cobalt): Case study — Illuminated cobalt initial square with gold-foil florets on white cotton correspondence card. - [Monogram on a slab](/case-studies/notecard-monogram-slab-plum): Case study — Rose gold foil monogram on 1400gsm plum Colorplan notecard. - [Ribbed duplex set](/case-studies/notecard-ribbed-duplex-set): Case study — Ribbed-emboss duplex notecard set in jewel-tone Colorplan with a debossed monogram. - [Stacked letters](/case-studies/notecard-stacked-letters-copper): Case study — Copper foil inline capitals spelling MERCI on warm grey uncoated notecard. - [Sun in relief](/case-studies/notecard-sun-emboss-black): Case study — Blind embossed sun motif on black cotton notecard, no ink. - [Thank you with a sprig](/case-studies/notecard-thank-you-leaf-copper-kraft): Case study — Copper foil thank-you notecards with wheat sprig on kraft, stacked. - [Name in blind](/case-studies/notecard-tiny-caps-blind-black): Case study — Blind letterpress name on black cotton correspondence card. - [Tone-on-tone set](/case-studies/notecard-tone-on-tone-set-cool): Case study — Tone-on-tone notecard set in cool Colorplan stocks: white foil, blind emboss, gloss and deboss. - [A pattern you see only at an angle](/case-studies/numerai-black-foil-glyph-pattern): Case study — Numerai business cards on 32pt uncoated black: a semi-gloss black foil glyph pattern stamped over a white pigment foil hexagon, white foil contacts… - [White ink on cobalt cloth](/case-studies/oda-lindqvist-screen-print-cloth-hardcover): Case study — White screen print on cobalt book cloth, face and spine. - [A mark you can read two ways](/case-studies/oditi-yoga-copper-foil-slim-card): Case study — Oditi Yoga’s slim white cotton business card with copper foil hands, Om symbol and Devanagari lettering. - [Quiet paper for a very loud brand](/case-studies/oppenheim-group-letterpress-red-edge): Case study — How we made The Oppenheim Group's letterpress business cards: 42 pt duplexed cotton, PMS 186 U and Cool Gray 11 pressed into both sides, and a red… - [Dark until it catches the light](/case-studies/ornate-key-gunmetal-foil-grey): Case study — An ornate key in gunmetal foil on charcoal stock: tone-on-tone that flashes silver in the light. - [A cast of paper characters, printed into the glaze](/case-studies/paper-boyz-dye-sublimation-mug): Case study — An 11 oz dye-sublimation mug with a full 360° two-colour wrap, black interior and handle, and artwork composed around the handle gap. - [A logo with a swirl, in raised thread](/case-studies/peppermint-3d-puff-embroidered-cap): Case study — A heather-grey snapback with the Print Peppermint mark in black 3D puff embroidery: foam placement, stitch direction and thread colour decisions. - [A blush foil on blush board, and nothing else](/case-studies/peppermint-samples-box-tone-on-tone-matte-blush-foil): Case study — One mark, one foil, no ink. The whole box rests on a colour difference you can barely see. - [Eight woods, one laser, one pass](/case-studies/peppermint-wood-business-cards-eight-species): Case study — Cherry, maple, beech, bamboo, sapele, walnut, birch and basswood business cards, laser-engraved on 0.6 mm solid wood sheets with one artwork… - [A trade card built like the trade](/case-studies/piping-concepts-copper-foil-orange-core): Case study — A three-layer business card built from blue, orange and white uncoated sheets, with copper foil on the blue face and blue foil on the white reverse. - [Plastic, past the gift card](/case-studies/plastic-across-the-whole-range): Case study — Frosted, clear, mirror and holographic PVC used across invitations, tags, bookmarks, coasters and passes, with white underprint, foil and die cutting. - [One colour, two tones](/case-studies/poco-roo-mauve-rounded-card): Case study — A dusty mauve rounded-corner card with tone-on-tone script for poco+roo Creative, a floral, portrait and design studio. - [One mark, one metal](/case-studies/property-valuation-silver-foil-navy): Case study — A silver foil monogram on navy for Property Valuation Inc., commercial real estate appraisers serving the New York metro area since 1988. - [PTC — hangtags](/case-studies/ptc-debossed-palm-tree-swing-tag-waxed-cotton): Case study — PTC sent a one-page spec. The palm tree is debossed, not printed, so the tag reads as a mark before it reads as a label. - [A leaf in the corners](/case-studies/quail-ridge-leaf-cut-blind-emboss): Case study — A leaf-shaped corner cut and blind-embossed branches for The Club at Quail Ridge, a private country club community in Boynton Beach, FL. - [A hillside embossed in four levels](/case-studies/quinta-da-serra-terraced-emboss-label): Case study — Multi-level emboss on a wine label that has to survive a curved bottle. - [Iced-out business cards for RiFF RAFF](/case-studies/riffraff-iced-out-business-cards-design-exploration): Case study — Five concept iced-out business cards for RiFF RAFF: holographic foil grill, pendant, pavé glitter, foil drips and holographic edges on Fedrigoni… - [One band to hold the set together](/case-studies/ritz-carlton-lunar-new-year-belly-band): Case study — A 2-inch cotton belly band wrapping the Lunar New Year envelope set. Gold foil crest and wordmark, a blind-debossed plum-blossom border, closed with… - [A band that folds into a gift sleeve](/case-studies/ritz-carlton-lunar-new-year-dried-fruit-belly-band): Case study — The Ritz-Carlton Waikiki's Lunar New Year dried-fruit gift needed a wrap that assembled in-house. The band folds to a sleeve with side panels, foil… - [A holder that carries the message and the envelope](/case-studies/ritz-carlton-waikiki-lunar-new-year-envelope-holder): Case study — The companion holder for the red envelope: gold foil serpent and crest outside, a letterpressed Wooden Snake message inside, a blind-embossed lattice… - [A red envelope for the Year of the Wooden Snake](/case-studies/ritz-carlton-waikiki-lunar-new-year-red-envelope): Case study — Lunar New Year 2025 red pocket envelopes for a resort. A coiled gold serpent, the hotel wordmark and crest, and a blind-embossed wave on the flap. - [One metal, one frame](/case-studies/salon-paul-michael-silver-foil-black): Case study — Salon Paul Michael stylist cards on black uncoated stock with silver hot foil, including a framed reverse. - [Linework in foil, colour on the back](/case-studies/sandpaper-sweet-holographic-foil-tattoo): Case study — Holographic foil linework on black with a full-colour painted reverse for Sandpaper Sweet, a Denver neo-illustrative tattoo artist. - [Unlock your next move](/case-studies/sellstate-altitude-key-die-cut): Case study — A house-key shaped die-cut business card for Sellstate Altitude Realty in Colorado. - [Seventeen references, forty-four answers.](/case-studies/seventeen-references-forty-four-answers): Case study — Seventeen admired packaging and stationery pieces rebuilt in shifted colourways with specimen typography, keeping the production idea and discarding… - [A photograph on a business card without the gloss](/case-studies/silk-matte-photographic-aubergine-card): Case study — Dark botanical photography fading into a deep aubergine field, cream type, and a cream reverse. Silk stock instead of a laminate so the photograph… - [The skip button, in foil](/case-studies/skip-intro-gold-foil-chevrons): Case study — Gold foil and black chevrons for Skip Intro Advisors. - [Two millimetres of kraft, nothing printed](/case-studies/slow-post-blind-emboss-kraft-mailer): Case study — Blind emboss only, on a 2 mm kraft rigid mailer. - [Cut and gilded like the frames](/case-studies/solo-eye-care-gold-foil-rounded): Case study — Single-sided SoLo Eye Care card in yellow gold foil on black uncoated stock with rounded corners. - [Specimen (design exploration)](/case-studies/specimen-gmund-action-nuclear-acid): Gmund Action Nuclear Acid 310 g/m², biomorphic die-cut, two silver holographic pattern foils (Prism Squares, Cat's Eye) on bare paper, no ink; with film. - [Two small pieces of copper](/case-studies/stepp-rothwell-copper-foil-tab): Case study — White business cards with a copper foil tab and ampersand for Stepp & Rothwell, a fee-only financial planning firm in Overland Park, Kansas. - [A tarot card drawn entirely in gold foil](/case-studies/sun-tarot-card-gold-foil-stipple): Case study — How an engraved-style tarot illustration became a single-pass gold hot foil card on 16pt silk, with every stipple dot held above the release floor. - [A title card, printed](/case-studies/synchro-productions-purple-foil-heart): Case study — Synchro Productions business card for Mason Beck: layered purple and silver foil stamped on black uncoated paper. - [Red foil, ghosted type](/case-studies/tattoos-by-dio-red-foil-soft-touch): Case study — Mirror red foil on soft-touch black, and silver foil on red, for Tattoos by Dio, a custom tattoo artist. - [A ghost layer under copper](/case-studies/terra-luna-copper-foil-pearlescent-label): Case study — Copper foil plus pearlescent varnish on oat felt label stock. - [A designer's card, in one colour of foil](/case-studies/theresa-johnson-teal-foil-charcoal): Case study — Graphic designer Theresa Johnson’s business card: blue iridescent foil on black uncoated stock, with a monogram on the reverse. - [TMC — notecards](/case-studies/tmc-dbs-2023-tiered-box-inserts): Case study — TMC's 2023 DBS inserts: one layout, three floods, foil where the price goes up. - [A card cut like a blade](/case-studies/tony-ortiz-barber-razor-die-cut): Case study — A razor-blade shaped die-cut business card with tone-on-tone gloss for Tony Ortiz Barber Studio, 7720 Jackrabbit Road, Houston, TX. - [Pressed, not printed](/case-studies/tusk-blind-deboss-cotton): Case study — Blind embossing and one-colour black letterpress deboss on off-white 100% cotton business cards for TUSK. - [A stationery suite in five stocks](/case-studies/urbane-interiors-stationery-suite): Case study — A five-stock stationery suite for Urbane Interiors: white foil on olive cotton, black letterpress on cream, kraft folder and a lined charcoal… - [An emblem you can only see at an angle](/case-studies/vella-gloss-deboss-spirits-box): Case study — Tone-on-tone gloss deboss on matte ivory, over a mirror-copper base. - [Vlada — boxes](/case-studies/vlada-rigid-box-blind-emboss): Case study — Vlada's box: sand paper, embossed name, nothing else. - [Seventeen wedding directions, none of them ivory](/case-studies/wedding-suites-seventeen-directions): Case study — A wedding stationery exercise across seventeen design directions: letterpress arches, deco RSVPs, acrylic, cork, holographic foil and a rock-and-roll… - [White on white](/case-studies/well-told-blind-emboss-cotton): Case study — A blind-embossed white cotton card for Well-Told, a brand strategy and identity agency in Tulsa's historic Kendall-Whittier neighbourhood. - [A bodice, for Croydon](/case-studies/what-if-alexander-mcqueen-designed-your-wedding-invitation): Case study — What if Alexander McQueen designed your wedding invitation? A corset-laced gatefold on Sirio Ultra Black 680 gsm with black holographic foil, white… - [Brayden is 7](/case-studies/what-if-andy-warhol-designed-your-kids-birthday-poster): Case study — What if Andy Warhol designed your kid's birthday poster? A screen print in fluorescent Pantones on Colorplan Candy Pink, with a repeated cake and a… - [What if Hieronymus Bosch designed your wedding invitation? (design exploration)](/case-studies/what-if-hieronymus-bosch-designed-your-wedding-invitation): triptych gatefold wedding invitation with an arched die-cut; Fedrigoni Materica Ardesia 250 duplexed to Materica Gesso 250; CMYK offset painting; L3-003A Ruby, L3-003B Orange and R1 Rainbow holographic foils; blind-debossed globe with L8-003 Clear Holo foil; names in 177-1M Matte Platinum foil; channel-scored; edges painted PANTONE 202 C; with film. - [What if Alejandro Jodorowsky designed your baby shower invitation?](/case-studies/what-if-jodorowsky-designed-your-baby-shower-invitation): Case study — What if Alejandro Jodorowsky designed your baby shower invitation? A letterpress tarot card with gold foil rays, gilded edges and a wax seal. - [More Rooms Furniture Outlet](/case-studies/what-if-your-boxes-came-from-the-backrooms): Case study — What if your boxes came from the Backrooms? Four custom-printed corrugated shipping boxes for an invented furniture store: flexo on white-top board… - [A pattern you see only when you tilt it](/case-studies/zirkle-advisors-spot-gloss-monogram-pattern): Case study — A repeating spot gloss monogram on navy for Zirkle Advisors, a business law firm offering general counsel services. - [Privacy](/privacy): Privacy policy. - [Terms](/terms): Terms of service.