What is the Gelt & Glow wrapping paper printed on?

69# uncoated text, Pantone 2141 C spot, Gold hot foil, 1.8 in pattern repeat. Every line of that spec is what actually ran, not a proposal.

Why registering foil to a repeat?

Foil dies move against a 1.8 inch repeat. Any drift compounds and the flames slide off the candles by the far edge. Cut the foil die to the repeat rather than the sheet, and stamp after the flood so the blue is dry and dimensionally settled.

Can Print Peppermint print this specification again?

Yes. The materials on this page are live registry items, and the Studio link opens with the same paper, foil and finish locked in for your own artwork.

How do you handle registering foil to a repeat?

Foil dies move against a 1.8 inch repeat. Any drift compounds and the flames slide off the candles by the far edge. Cut the foil die to the repeat rather than the sheet, and stamp after the flood so the blue is dry and dimensionally settled.

How do you handle spot blue on uncoated text?

69# uncoated text drinks ink. A process build would print blotchy and shift roll to roll. Pantone 2141 C as a spot flood, one hit, on uncoated text. Slight tooth left showing is the point.

Case study · wrapping-paper · Gelt & Glow

Gelt & Glow — wrapping paper

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 repeat tight enough that no seam shows on a small box.

Wrapping-paper for Gelt & Glow with gold foil stamping, 69# uncoated text, pantone 2141 c spot and 1.8 in pattern repeat.

FoilsCHENHUI Standard Metallic (M series) Bright Gold TechniquesGold Foil, Spot Colour StocksUncoated smooth 18pt

Two rules

01Registering foil to a repeat. Cut the foil die to the repeat rather than the sheet, and stamp after the flood so the blue is dry and dimensionally settled.
02Spot blue on uncoated text. Pantone 2141 C as a spot flood, one hit, on uncoated text. Slight tooth left showing is the point.

The brief

Custom gift wrap, 69# uncoated text stock in Pantone 2141 C blue flood, printed on a 1.8 in repeat: a hand-drawn menorah pattern with the flame linework in gold hot foil, the candle bodies as knocked-out paper white; a wrapped gift box shown with a cream ribbon.

Macro: the gold foil menorah linework recessed into the blue uncoated stock, the repeat visible, paper tooth around the foil — The gold foil menorah linework recessed into the blue uncoated stock, the repeat visible, paper tooth around the foil.

Gelt & Glow wrapping paper — 69# uncoated text, Pantone 2141 C spot, Gold hot foil — 69# uncoated text, Pantone 2141 C spot, Gold hot foil, 1.8 in pattern repeat.

Start from these materials

Same paper, foil and finish, locked in — nothing of Gelt & Glow's artwork comes with it.

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What is the Gelt & Glow wrapping paper printed on?: 69# uncoated text, Pantone 2141 C spot, Gold hot foil, 1.8 in pattern repeat. Every line of that spec is what actually ran, not a proposal.
Why registering foil to a repeat?: Foil dies move against a 1.8 inch repeat. Any drift compounds and the flames slide off the candles by the far edge. Cut the foil die to the repeat rather than the sheet, and stamp after the flood so the blue is dry and dimensionally settled.
Can Print Peppermint print this specification again?: Yes. The materials on this page are live registry items, and the Studio link opens with the same paper, foil and finish locked in for your own artwork.