How do you handle keep the move, change the ground?

Copy the palette and stock and you have made a derivative. The ref was a black letterpress signoff on white. Here cream ink on navy, same lockup idea.

How do you handle one finish does the talking?

Two finishes on a notecard compete; the eye has nowhere to land. One primary finish carries the piece; type and stock stay quiet around it.

Design exercise · Notecards · Peppermint

Gratitude line

The ref was a black letterpress signoff on white. Here cream ink on navy, same lockup idea.

Notecards for Print Peppermint design exercise with folded notecard, 32pt colorplan imperial blue.

TechniquesLetterpress StocksColorplan Loch Blue (formerly Imperial Blue)

Two rules

01Keep the move, change the ground. The ref was a black letterpress signoff on white. Here cream ink on navy, same lockup idea.
02One finish does the talking. One primary finish carries the piece; type and stock stay quiet around it.

Gratitude line, cream on navy — macro, by Print Peppermint — The cream letterpress script on navy, ink squash and impression visible.

Start from these materials

Same paper, foil and finish, locked in — nothing of this piece artwork comes with it.

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