Also, check out the other great prints and posters, they sure do make me feel good! :)
I actually never used Kaboodle before, but after reading this article, I think I will try… have you been using it? Do you like it?
What a nice frame and what an honor! Made me so happy, thank you so much, Bekka, for taking pictures!!! :)
Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July and are enjoying a nice long weekend… xo Hijiri
Please enjoy the behind-the-scene photos here…
Using the tracing paper on top of the letter “O” area where the heart would be and draw the heart shape…
Trace the heart shape onto linoleum…
and curving time!
On Vandercool press — after inking, curve any excess area off so it prints clearly.
Take the first color gray poster…
and print on top — I didn’t have to adjust the placement this time :) ((aww so cute… gets me every time…))
and pink!
Here are final products…
Live What You Love Letterpress Poster Special Edition with Blue Heart:
Live What You Love Letterpress Poster Special Edition with Pink Heart:
Hope you like them!
and I am wishing you all a happy and fun 4th of July weekend!!!
and Jen just sent me the page — she found in her hard drive! Yes, it’s my print in this sleek kitchen! Yay!
(Click the image to see larger)
Thank you so much, Jen!! xo
p.s Does anyone out there have this April issue that you are done with and that I can have?? That would be awesome if you do! Let me know.
Scenes from the studio…
The first color printed… without the heart.
Now, place the linoleum heart in the right place…
Adjust the placement and the height of the linoleum by placing papers on the bottom…
and there! Makes me smile every time :)
and here is the final product: Live What You Love Special Edition in Gray with Red Heart
To enter, please leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite color combination — 2 colors, please — by midnight EDT on Monday, May 17th and I will pick a winner and announce one next week!
You can be anywhere in the world, I will ship it to anywhere if you win :) Also, if you tweet about it (@hijirik) or if you mention about it on your blog, that gets you more entries — make sure to tell me by leaving another messages so I can count that, too! GOOD LUCK!! A big HEART to you all!! <3<3<3
A couple brand new colors…
I had been wanted to print it in seaform green (one of my favorite colors!) and finally did! :)
Live What You Love letterpress print in Seaform Green:
and I wanted to try some new shade of blue… I didn’t know what to call this blue so I named it “Sweet Blue” — it’s in between baby blue and light steel blue. It’s quite sweet as you can see :)
Live What You Love letterpress print in Sweet Blue:
Along with these familiar colors, too. Oh, these are all printed on 100% cotton Lettra Fluorescent White paper (I’ve been printing on Pearl White) so the colors are more vivid and sharp, I think.
Live What You Love letterpress print in Grass Green (Yellow Green):
Live What You Love letterpress print in Light Grey:
Live What You Love letterpress print in Red:
Enjoy!!
UPDATE :: ALL SOLD OUT! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
LWYL 8th edition was already getting so low that I printed some of the 9th edition ((more colors to come!))
I must admit when the Vandercook is all pink, it makes me happy :)
Pink (I hadn’t printed 8×10 pink in a while!):
and a few people have asked me if I ever print this again… so I did! FLOSS mini letterpress prints are back :) Only 12 available!
Thank you for looking :)
Pink:
I hope your weekend will be filled with LOVE! :) Happy Friday!