White Foil Duplexed Business Cards for Skornicka

Beautifully designed business cards by Sophia Studio. Honored to help execute the vision with white foil on Colorplan Stone paper for the front, off-black letterpress ink on Fluorescent White Lettra paper for the back.

Square business card on Colorplan Stone paper

White foil on colored paper is such a great choice when you want reversed text. Opaque white letterpress ink doesn’t tend to print crisply and it’s not totally opaque. And printing a color flood background with knocked out text can look uneven and can lead to scuffing. White foil prints crisply and has near 100% opacity.

Photos by Gritchelle

business cardsTravis FriedrichJune 11, 2024white foil, Colorplan, Stone, square, off-black, duplex, lettraComment

Business Cards Barrett Ford

I never get tired of tonal ink on Colorplan paper. This one's for Kelley of Barrett Ford Jewelry. We printed this little square business cards on 540g stock (not too thin, not too thick) with tonal green ink and gray ink, then finished them with gray edge paint.

PAPER 540g Colorplan Powder Green
INK Custom Pastel Green, Slate
EDGE PAINT Slate

business cardsTravis FriedrichAugust 16, 2018green, Colorplan, powder green, square, Slate, tonal, edge painting, logoComment

Square Cards for BRIGHT DESIGNLAB

Duplexed, edge-painted, blind-debossed business cards for Portland's BRIGHT DESIGNLAB.

Since the subtlety of the blind-pressed pattern on the front of the card is crucial, we couldn't press both sides of the paper. So we printed the front and back on separate 300g sheets, the glued, trimmed, and edge-painted.

PAPER 600g Pearl White (Duplexed)
INK Black, Blind deboss
EDGES Black

business cardsTravis FriedrichOctober 12, 2017black, pearl white, 600g, duplex, edge painting, square, blind deboss, interior designComment

Business Cards for Francis Bryant

Wonderful logo design by The G Brand. Printed on both sides with gold ink on 60pt black museum board.

business cardsTravis FriedrichDecember 13, 2016logo, gold, black, rising museum board, square Comment

Red Flooded Business Cards

Solid floods of color can be tricky with letterpress. But if you play your no-pun-intended cards right, you can get great results. Lighter/brighter colors tend to print more evenly. And die-cutting the cards rather than knife trimming can help keep the raised unprinted paper from getting squished or scuffed.

For these square cards we printed for Birmingham Developer, Ford Waters, we printed on separate sheets of 300g Fluorescent White Lettra, then duplexed and die cut. Design was done by long-time Parklife friend, Chad Martin of The G Brand.

business cardsTravis FriedrichFebruary 16, 2016duplex, square, die cut, red, flood, fluorescent white, blackComment

Antique Black Champagnium

Back in April of 2015 we printed some excellent business cards for designer Amanda Benincasa. And then a few months later, she asked us to print her wedding invitations.

The background floral image is actually just Pantone black ink — but when printed on the black Rising Museum Board, it creates a sort of bronze effect (take a look at our tintype photo frames for the same combo in a different setting). And for the text, we did a custom mix of gold and silver to match Envelopments Champagnium stock.

For the reply cards we used the same ink but with our pearl white cotton paper for easier writing.

wedding invitationsTravis FriedrichFebruary 2, 2016black, gold, silver, champagnium, rising museum board, square, reply card, floral, pearl white, 300gComment

Artisan Business Cards for Chad Gorges

Check out these business cards and display cards for Chad Gorges, a Kansas woodworker and furniture builder. We printed both on thick 600g Fluorescent White Lettra with black ink and a custom Periwinkle.

Chad's work is really amazing. A few photos are below, and a bunch more are at his website, www.chadgorges.com.

business cardsTravis FriedrichNovember 17, 2015fluorescent white, black, periwinkle, square, woodworkingComment