Letterpress Giveaway from iDiY!!!

i Do it Yourself blog is giving away that Letterpress machine!!! Contest ends *tomorrow* (Wed.)

Read about it here:
The L Letterpress Tool Kit Giveaway.

If you have troubles adding comments to that blog post, there's a link right at the top of that one to the secondary blog post. (ETA: Yep, you can only reply *here*.) There are 4 ways to enter:

Prize: The L Letterpress Combo Kit (valued at $149.99)
Prize Ships: To USA or Canada address only

To enter:

• Entry #1: Comment on this post telling us the projects you want to do with the L Letterpress;
• Entry #2: Leave a SEPARATE comment if you follow us on Facebook, including your username;
• Entry #3: Leave a SEPARATE comment if you follow us on Twitter, also with your username indicated;
• Entry #4: Leave another SEPARATE comment if you mentioned this giveaway either on your blog or via Twitter. You must include the blog/Tweet link below.

Limit: Maximum of 4 entries per person
Number of Winners: One
Giveaway Closes: Wednesday, November 18th at 11:59pm EST
Usual Stuff: The winner will be selected using random.org. and will be announced back here on this post.

So dudettes! Enter!!! *grin*

Gathering Ideas...

Alright, this is a post for my friend B just so I can show her some style of Wedding Invitations.

I'm picturing:

• the cardstock base will be white or ivory cream
• printed grey text
• accent elements in orange OR orange & grey

ETA: Jonah likes the 'steampunk' feel...but lighter. I'm thinking antiqued edges...seal or sticker... just musing here. =)

(FYI Steampunk according to that site...

Steampunks choose vacuum tubes over amulets and schematics instead of spellbooks. We are drunk on the possibilities of the electric current, the brass gear and the pneumatic pump. We are the gentlemen scientists, the plucky tinkerers and the intrepid airship commanders, and our weddings celebrate the future by toasting the past! The invitations in this section capture the gentility and grace of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, as well as the fascination with a history of science that could have been…

(These are all (but 2) from WeddingPaperDivas.)

::VERTICAL::

#1. This is an example of adding the "patterned paper" to the top & bottom of the invite. Can be printed or patterned paper (glued on) + printed text.
















#2. Framed invitation. This also works horizontally. Can be printed or patterned paper + printed text.




















#3. Framed. 100% Printed.






















#4. Patterned Paper on bottom only. Can be printed or patterned paper + printed text.

















#5. Top only. Can be printed or patterned paper + printed text.
















#6. Top only. Printed or stamped image.






















#7. Corners. Elements can be printed OR stamped.





















#8 Top. Asymetrtical. Printed or stamped.






















#9. Framed. Burnt edges. Printed OR inked up edges + printed.
















#10. Background could be stamped (tone on tone) or choose a patterned paper with a light pattern. Corner elements: stamped or printed.


















::HORIZONTAL::


#11. Corner elements. Printed or stamped.














#12. Sides. Printed or stamped.
















#13. Bottom RH Corner. Printed or stamped.













#14. Left Side. Patterned paper, printed or stamped. a) Printed on orange base, element is either patterned paper (glued on) or stamped. b)Element & text printed on base cardstock or accent element is stamped or patterned paper.












#15. Left. Stamped or printed. I'm picturing orange on the left, and then stamping elements with grey ink.