Snowball Letterpress Cards, Gold & Copper on Plum

Description

Love the contrasting forms of grid and disks in this quilt pattern, one that's at least colloquially known as "Snowball."

Plum-colored cardstock with hand-applied gold and copper metallic colors.

All colors are hand-applied after printing, a technique called bronzing. In this case, the colors are metallic and their dry pigment powders are laid onto colorless ink with a brush before the ink has the opportunity to dry. While labor-intensive, the method is – to me – preferable to printing with metallic inks because of the resulting soft finishes, transparency and potential for color-shifting and iridescent effects.

• Package of six (6), same color
• Folded, blank-inside cards measure 3-1/2 x 4-7/8 inches (A-1)
• White square-flapped envelopes
• All papers are 100% post-consumer recycled material from French Paper
• Cellophane packing envelopes (standard) are made from biodegradable, plant-based material