Packaging
The box, the tag, the insert and the seal: considered together.
Printed pieces: about 3 weeks after proof approval, an estimate.
Every proof checked by our team before anything prints
Design exploration: HALDEN is an illustrative brand from our studio.
Custom luxury packaging from Print Peppermint is the box, the hang tag, the insert card, the seal and the sleeve made from the same papers, stamped with the same hot foil and reviewed together on proofs. Hang tags and foil seals are priced by quote for your quantity. Custom rigid boxes are priced to your spec. Printed pieces take about 3 weeks of production after you approve the proof; boxes take longer because we prototype the structure first. Those are estimates, not promises.
Four moments, one paper and one foil. Every piece below is something we make.
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A cotton belly band, closed with a foil seal. It makes a box yours before it's opened.
Design exploration.
Most brands come to us wanting the box first. We'd usually start smaller. A hang tag or an insert card can be quoted on its own; it's in your customer's hand within seconds of opening, and it carries more of the unboxing experience than people expect. It's also where you find out which foil and which paper you actually love. The box is the biggest commitment in the kit, and it's a better box when that decision is already made.
Each step reuses the foil and paper you approved in step one, so your branded packaging stays consistent as it grows. We keep your spec and files on record, so we can match a future box to the tags you approved.
This is the order we'd build a packaging kit in:
The piece people hold and read. 32pt cotton with one hot foil, quoted for your quantity.
Closes the tissue, the mailer or the envelope. Kiss-cut on a sheet and embossed so the foil catches the light, quoted for your quantity.
A foil band around a stock box makes it read as yours, quoted for your quantity.
Rigid, magnetic or mailer, with the structure drawn around your product. Quoted.
Each piece is priced to your spec and quantity. Custom packaging boxes and anything structural are quoted, because size, board, wrap and quantity all move the number.
Rigid, magnetic and mailer boxes, engineered around what is inside.
Wrapped rigid boxes, built before they ship.
A book-style box with a soft-snap closure.
Foil insert cards and paperboard trays.
Cotton tags with hot foil, drilled and strung.
Hot-foil stamped stickers for boxes and tissue.
Foil seals for packaging and envelopes.
Labels on textured, cotton and film stocks.
A foil band to finish a stock box.
Printed tissue, quoted by quantity.
Artwork made for the real dieline.
Everything for a run of shipments, in one foil and one proof.
Custom Unboxing Brand Kit for 250 Shipments
250 foil hang tags, 500 foil seals, 250 foil insert cards, 500 sheets of 1-colour tissue.
From 1195 US$ for 250 shipments
Get this pricedPriced on a quick quote. A person replies, usually the same day.
Custom Foil Shipping Kit for 100 Orders: Foil Mailer Boxes, Seals and Insert Cards
100 foil mailer boxes 8x6x3, 250 foil seals, 100 foil insert cards.
From 1195 US$ for 100 orders
Get this pricedPriced on a quick quote. A person replies, usually the same day.
Our foil is stamped with a heated metal die, so it bites slightly into uncoated paper and holds a clean, reflective edge. Tags start at 100 pieces; ask us about minimums for boxes. Metallic ink and metallic sticker stock give a softer, satin shimmer. That's a fine product, but it isn't foil, and your quote will say which one you're getting.
Cotton, Colorplan, kraft and textured wraps take foil and deboss with real depth. For tags and inserts we also bond two sheets into one (duplex), so a colored core shows as a stripe on the edge.
The tag, the insert, the seal and the band are checked together, so the gold on the band is the gold on the tag.
Nothing prints until you approve the proof. If a finish won't work on the material you picked, we tell you before you've paid for it, and we show you what we'd do instead.
Every finish below is a physical process with a limit. Here's the limit, up front.
Heat and pressure transfer a metal or pigment film from a die onto the paper.
The rule we design around
Fine detail survives foil: lines hold to 0.1 mm; we design to 0.15 mm with gaps around 0.25 mm. One solid tone per die, so a gradient becomes a flat color. Foil lands on bare paper or on matte and soft-touch laminate, never on top of printed ink or spot UV.
Light marks on black or deep-colored paper.
The rule we design around
White or pale color on dark paper is pigment foil, because ink sinks in. Black foil on black paper reads as a sheen, not contrast.
A pair of metal dies presses the mark up or down into the wrap or card.
The rule we design around
Needs uncoated, cotton or textured paper. It won't seat in soft-touch or laminate. A blind deboss on black uncoated is very quiet, so we'd add foil in the impression if it has to be read.
A matte film with a suede-like drag under the fingers.
The rule we design around
Takes foil well, takes no emboss. On a dark box it records fingerprints and courier scuffs, so we steer dark soft-touch boxes to a lighter color or a matte laminate.
Color applied by hand to the edge of a clamped stack of tags or inserts.
The rule we design around
Lighter stock can be painted; thicker stock shows a bolder line. Edge foil works with square or rounded corners; a painted edge on rounded corners is confirmed by our press team before we promise it. On black or dark stock we foil the edge instead of painting it.
Two sheets bonded into one tag or insert, each pressed before bonding.
The rule we design around
Lets each face carry its own impression without showing through. The join shows as a fine line on every edge.
Color or a line of copy inside the lid.
The rule we design around
Costs less than most people assume, because the sheet is already on press. The art has to be oriented to read right-way-up when the lid opens, which we map on the dieline.
Foil, emboss and deboss stay at least 3 mm off folds, scores and glue flaps, because they crack across a fold. QR codes always print in flat ink, never foil or emboss, so every phone can read them.
We price packaging the way we'd price a business card: everything in first, then we take things out until it lands on your number. Here are the three places most brands land.
| Tier | What's in it | What it costs | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | A foil insert card or hang tag, plus a foil seal, used with a stock box and plain tissue. | Each piece is priced by quote for your quantity. | A first launch, or testing a foil before committing to a box. |
| The matched kit(what we'd recommend) | Insert, tag and seal, plus a foil belly band around a stock box. One foil, one paper family. | Each piece is priced by quote for your quantity. | Most brands. The band does much of what a printed box does, at a fraction of the cost. |
| The full build | A custom rigid or magnetic box with foil and deboss on an uncoated wrap, a printed interior and a paperboard tray, plus the kit. | Quoted. Pricing depends on size, quantity, wrap and finish. Freight quoted with the box. | Gifts, launches, press sends: anything where the box is part of the product. |
If your product ships in a mailer and gets opened at a desk, you probably don't need a rigid box. Spend that money on the insert, because that's the piece people keep.
Client work first. Design explorations are labeled, because they show an idea, not a job that ran.
A cream cotton band with a gold foil crest and a debossed blossom border.
A belly band that becomes a box sleeve: four folds, one glue tab, foil on the face only.
A drilled hole, heavy bright white cotton and champagne foil.
A rigid box in a warm sand uncoated wrap, the name blind embossed on the lid. No ink.
A rigid mailer in kraft with one black hot foil.
Matte blush foil on blush board, and nothing else.
Design exploration
Tone-on-tone gloss deboss on matte ivory, over a mirror-copper base.
Design exploration
Blind emboss only, on a kraft rigid mailer.
Design exploration
A multi-level emboss on a label.
Tell us the date it has to be in hand first. It decides which path is even possible.
Dimensions, weight, quantity, how it travels and the date you need it. Start with Peppermint Studio, or with a person.
A person confirms every finish will work on the material you chose before you pay.
We build the dieline around your product's dimensions and discuss a structural prototype so you can test the fit.
Every piece in the kit, checked together. Nothing prints until you approve it.
About 3 weeks after proof approval for printed pieces; about 4–5 weeks for boxes, prototype included. Estimates, not guarantees. Ask about scheduling, so for a launch, start about 8 weeks out.
Shipping on printed pieces is shown on each product page; boxes ship by freight, quoted with the box.
It depends on the piece. Hang tags and foil insert cards are quoted by quantity, foil seals are quoted by quantity, and printed tissue is quoted by quantity. For custom boxes, ask us about minimums, and we'll price what the structure and tooling allow at your quantity.
Tags, inserts, seals and bands are priced by quote for your quantity. Boxes are quoted because size, board, wrap, finish and quantity all move the price. Freight for boxes is quoted separately because they ship by volume.
Plan on about 3 weeks of production after you approve the proof for printed pieces like tags, inserts, seals and bands, then transit. Custom boxes take about 4–5 weeks, with time for a structural prototype. These are estimates, not guarantees. Ask about scheduling, so if you have a launch date, tell us at the start and we'll tell you straight away whether it's realistic. For a launch, start about 8 weeks out.
Yes. That's the reason to build the kit with one studio. We run the tag, insert, seal and band in the same hot foil and the same paper family, and you approve them together on proofs. One caution: texture changes how foil reads. Gold looks brighter on smooth label stock than on textured cotton, because the fibers break up the reflection, and we'll show you that on the proof rather than promise an identical look.
Yes. Send the product's dimensions and weight, or the product itself, and we draw the structure and dieline around it. You build your artwork on our dieline, or our designers handle the custom packaging design for you through our packaging artwork service. You don't need a finished dieline to start.
Yes, and it's how we'd usually suggest building a kit. We keep your approved spec and files on record, so when you add a seal, a sleeve or a box months later, it's matched to the foil and paper you already approved.
Yes. Ask us for a shipping quote for your destination; transit times vary.
Printed pieces such as tags, seals and bands ship free within the continental US; anywhere else, shipping is shown at checkout before you pay. Boxes are different: they ship by volume, so freight is quoted with your box and shown on the quote before you pay.
Yes. Our sample kit is 8 US$, with a 10 US$ credit toward your first order. It's built around cards rather than boxes, but it holds our papers and a hot foil swatch card with 40 stamped foils, the same foils our tags, inserts and seals are made with. For a custom box, ask us about a structural prototype before the run is made.
Hot foil is a metallic film pressed onto the paper with a heated metal die. On uncoated stock it leaves a slight bite and a clean, reflective edge. Metallic ink, or a sticker printed on metallic stock, gives a softer satin shimmer with no bite. Both are good products; they just aren't the same thing. Every foil we quote is stamped, and it lands on bare paper or a matte or soft-touch laminate, never on top of printed ink.
Foil, yes: hot foil bonds well to soft-touch and matte laminate. Emboss and deboss, no: laminate is a stiff film that won't take a clean impression, so for a pressed mark we switch that wrap to an uncoated paper. Also worth knowing before you choose it: soft-touch on a dark box shows fingerprints and courier scuffs, so we'd steer a black soft-touch box toward a lighter color or a matte laminate.
Custom packaging for small business doesn't have to mean all of it. If your product ships in a mailer and gets opened at a desk, a foil insert card and a foil seal on plain tissue do most of the work: both quoted for your quantity. A custom rigid box earns its cost when the box is part of the product: a gift, a launch, a press send. Tell us which one you are and we'll say where the money does the most.
Luxury packaging is packaging where the materials and finishes do the persuading before the product does: a rigid box that arrives built rather than flat, a wrap of textured or cotton paper, a hot foil mark you can feel, an insert that holds the product still. Most luxury packaging boxes are rigid for that reason: chipboard walls wrapped in paper, never flat-packed. It's less about price than restraint. One or two finishes done well read as more expensive than five competing for attention.
Custom packaging design starts from the real dieline, not a flat rectangle: panels, folds and finishes placed where they'll actually land. Foil and deboss areas go on their own named layers so the press knows what gets which treatment.
Tell us what you're packing and when it has to arrive. You'll get a spec, a price for your quantity and a plain note on anything that won't work, before anything prints.