Letterpress Aloha Greeting Cards

After I visited Hawaii, I knew I needed to send thank you cards to those who were so hospitable when I was there. I also found myself inspired by colors of the ocean and tropical plants. I made these split fountain letterpress cards using colors from the islands.

Split fountain means you blend two colors together across one image. You can see below how the ink spreads on the glass and brayer. Then you can see how it translates across wood type.

After I let the split fountain layer dry, I blind de bossed the state of Hawaii into the text. To create that, I didn't add ink the image plate. I simply created a deeper imprint on top of the word Aloha. The details of how the blind impression looks is lovely.

I am selling these cards on Etsy where you can pick your own envelope color - lake or apple green!