No, it’s not Wednesday, but this is too huge to wait until next Wednesday! I am incredibly excited to share some of the beautiful things I have been making with the Lifestyle Crafts Epic Letterpress! Have you read about or seen these yet? This machine is incredible: a letterpress that embosses and die cuts too!
Letterpress is a printing technique that has been around since the mid-15th century. It is the printing of designs or lettering with ink while also debossing or depressing the image. Soft, think paper is used for the most impact.
The Letterpress was really simple to use and within minutes I was creating posh, handmade cards. The A2 size paper that comes with the kit is thick and rich looking. The resulting stationary is gorgeous. Be sure to click on the pictures so you can see in beautiful detail!
A gift tag also using the Nesting Circles cutting dies:
Printing with ink requires more precision and a bit more practice! I came up with some very pretty cards, but my lines weren’t as crisp as what is shown on the Lifestyles website. Oh, sad for me! I will have to spend more time playing with this amazing machine!
The inking process is quite simple and Lifestyle Crafts offers step by step pictures on their website. First, affix a printing plate onto the inside of the clear lid. Roll the plate with the inked brayer tool. Place the paper in the location you would like. Close the lid and roll it through the Letterpress!
Here is a brief tutorial from Lifestylecrafts.com showing how easy it actually is:
I have been an avid paper crafter for years now. I have tried tools of all kinds and this is one of my all-time favorites! I love the fresh and crisp look of the cards. Clean up of the ink does take a few minutes-everything wipes down with Lifestyle Crafts’s Cleaning Cloths. But this time is so worth it! Imagine how special the recipient would feel receiving an elegant card, hand-pressed by you!
If you couldn’t already tell by now, I am absolutely head over heels for the Epic Letterpress! I have so many ideas that I would love to create using the Letterpress! Lifestyle Crafts offers an amazing number of embossing folders and cutting dies. The scrapbooking pages and paper crafting… oh my! In my research for this post, I came across this Advent Calendar by designer Tiffany Hood featured on The L Blog-it makes me catch my breath! They also offer Custom Printing Plates. You could actually letterpress your own wedding invitations or baby shower announcements. I see many fun Make It Pretty posts in the future!
The puzzle die would be so much fun! Thanks for the giveaway!
This looks like a ton of fun! My girls would love to play with this!
WOW! I’d absolutely LOVE to win this!
love to make congradulations folders
The thank you embossing folder looks great – and you can never have too many thank you cards!
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I would like to try the letter press
I like the vines embossing folder
I would like to make the Joy cards.
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I would absolutely love to win this, or even just borrow one for a couple of days! So many crafts would be done. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your review!!
I would like to use the retro squares embossing folder.
This would be so amazing for those of us to like to dabble in cardmaking.
Oh, this is so cool! I am a big nut for what the wife and I call “book arts” and this would be a lot of fun to play with. I’m also in a letter exchange with a bunch of other folks who might get a kick out of this, too. Personalized stationary, anyone?
I think I would like the vines embossing folder…
Sooooo very sad to notice that this is only for US residents….I found out after liking your FB page :,(
I still like your page but very sad not to have the chance to win the letterpress..
I would love to create my wedding invitations with this!
retro squares is cool!
I would like to try the nesting scallops die. That will make great cards.
I would love to make my christmas tags and cards with this!
The Retro Squares Embossing Folder seems cool!
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This is amazing! I’m a huge fan of letterpress art and papers but they can be *so* expensive. I would love to win a press of my own!
I’d love to play with the nesting circles dies. I bet I could make an awesome scrapbook layout with those circles! 🙂
The Nesting Circles cutting dies looks gorgeous. i would love to create with it
Right now I would like the spider web die!
I have always fancied the art of letterpress. I feel that the effect that letterpress creates is so elegant and so professional. I have been eyeing the Epic Letterpress for the longest time now and it has been on wish list as well on my bucket list to learn the art of letter pressing. So, thank you for hosting such fabulous giveaway and the opportunity to own something so amazing.
My craft-loving daughter and I would make our own memories by using this together. What a way to bond!
My kids and I would have so much fun with this. I could say “Bye Bye Martha Stewart invitations” and “Hello” to making my own. Love this!
The nesting circles look so nice!
I don’t have a favorite die-cut or embossing folder. I just would love to win this kit. So,I can try making my own cards.
I would probably get the for you folder. It has a from the kitchen tag! I love to make things in the kitchen. that or maybe one of the Christmas ones. The snowflakes are so pretty and so is the tree one…decisions…
I want to try the birthday embossing folder. Could really use this with three kids, all with their own friends!
i like the bird die!
This looks like so much fun! Would be great for the Holidays and fun to use for Thank you’s!
I love the gift box and bag die.
I would like to use the snowman kit die first! How fun!
Thanks!
Jayme
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I like the puzzle die!
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