~ I've got a new toy {letterpress}

 ~ lifestyle crafts letterpress

I have seriously been wanting one of these for ages

and finally bit the bullet a few weeks ago

letterpress printing is where ink is pushed  into the
page using a plate, creating a debossed effect

I used 100% cotton letterpress paper from Envelopments
{which is a soft, heavy matte cardstock}

I played around with it for a while before I had cards worth sharing

but in the end I think they looked OK

the technique is quite easy to do but it took me a few
tries to get the ink impression like I wanted it

if you look close you can see the debossed impression in the paper

I didn't buy extra plates yet so I am limited to the ones that came in the kit

but I will be adding to my collection

in the end I really loved the kit and the technique

but I did find the cleanup of the ink frustrating 

and suggest if you do buy one to get the cleaning cloths as well

I was really only looking for the started kit {that doesn't come with the rolling machine}
because I was told it works in the cuttlebug but found the impression
is slightly better {for me anyway} using the epic 6 machine that comes with the package

maybe once I get it to work better in my cuttlebug I will sell the epic 6
so I can buy more dies

~ cheryl