Weddingbee Blog

Before I start to pack up my belongings next week for the big move, I figured it would be best to get some more crafting projects out of the way. Program covers were next on the list, so I busted out Mr. Gocco and had some printing fun. First, I designed the programs in Illustrator. I created a fun little pattern with my rose motif for the top, with a smaller design layered over it in gold. Then, I simply copied the top design, rotated it 180 degrees, and placed it on the bottom (this is crucial since I printed the same design on the top and the bottom). I kept the fonts (Daisy Lau and TrajanPro) consistent as I’ve used them with all the other paper projects I’ve done.

I purchased my program covers (light & medium blue) during the lovely Kate’s Paperie sale a few months back and got all 200 6.25×6.25 squares for $12. Hooray for cheap paper!!!

OK…. time to print out the design so I can start the gocco-fun! I isolated the upper part of the design and printed it out, and then did the same for the smaller rose design. In order to save resources, I organized my screen to burn both designs in at once. I registered the larger design to the top of the foam block, and flipped the smaller design to register to the bottom of the block (notice my nifty little pen line that indicates “top” for me).

All ready to flash! (never forget your blue filter!!!)

All burned!

In order to keep the two sides seperate, I used foam blocking tape to mask off the middle of my design.

I used a wonderful light pearl blue to print the large design on the programs. Here you can see I printed one side, and I’m ready to press the other side.

Now the trick to printing another design AFTER you’ve got ink somewhere else on the screen is simply to cover the screen with something. For smaller designs, I use tape, but for this project I just used a scrap piece of paper and taped it onto the screen to make sure the entire area was covered.

I just inked up that side with gold… and continued stamping away overtop the blue ink. I used a third screen (which also has tons of other things on it) it print out the middle text in blue, and here is the finished project:

I wish you could see how shiny they are in person…. my camera just doesn’t capture it very well at all! The colors are fabulous though, and they’re just the personal touch that I was looking for. Now if only we had all of our readings picked out for the ceremony… hmm…..