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I made a letterpress to work in my Big Shot die cutter. Details here: http://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.co...e-letterpress/ I can use the Lifestyle crafts plates in it or ones I made from stencil film. I have how to photos on my blog. It's cheap easy and fun;)
I'm experimenting on other easy ways to make cusom plates at home, I am helping my niece with her wedding invites so I might *need* to get the swirly wedding plate set. I'll let you guys know how it goes!
Update: I made great ink buy mixing Reeves brand gauche (pronaunced gwash) paint (you can get a set of 18 colors at AC Moore for $10) with equal parts prang tempra (I used metallic tempra cuz it's pretty, looks like glimmer mist) just a dab of each on a ceramic tile, rool over it with a brayer until it is well mixed and roll onto the letterpress plate. It's divine and super cheap compared with the letterpress ink that is $6 a tube! I got the prang tempra paint at the Dollar Tree! I'm having so much fun experimenting! I tried to make some printing plates with hot glue tonight but it did not work, hard plastic seems to be the way to go, I'll keep experimenting though;)
Great idea! Is there any specific thickness to the masonite you used ? I would like to try to make my own too. I bought one of the Everyday plates and tried it with the Multipurpose platform, cutting pads and some shims on my BigShot. I was trying to figure out how to make it hinged ... thanks for figuring it out for us. TFS!
Great idea! Is there any specific thickness to the masonite you used ? I would like to try to make my own too. I bought one of the Everyday plates and tried it with the Multipurpose platform, cutting pads and some shims on my BigShot. I was trying to figure out how to make it hinged ... thanks for figuring it out for us. TFS!
I actually used a scrap of masonite paneling, I got a free sample at the hardware store, ask if they have any discontuned paneling samples, they just throw them away, other wise get the 1/8" thick stuff. I broke my cutting plates in the middle of a project once and didnt have a replacement so I cut masonite to use until I got a new set and it worked great. I wouldn't use them for sutting too often though incase they dull your dies.
I'll attach a picture. I hinges a big shot cutting pad to a peice of 1.8" masinite with duct-tape and place my paper and plate inside that and put that contraption on my spacer. I shimmed it with 2 peices of cardstock between the spacer and the letterpress. If you dont have masonite I'm sure another cutting pad would work;) My masonite is just a bathroom wall board (paneling) scrap.
Homemade Letterpress!
