New wooden business cards.
New wooden business cards.
Just made a bunch of these up, pretty happy with how they turned out!
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Re: New wooden business cards.
Very cool!
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Re: New wooden business cards.
If you guys were wondering how to make your own, it's really easy!
Just print your image out, make sure it is reversed so that it's a mirror image or else your text will show up backwards later on. You must print it on a laser printer, I used a photocopier, works really well. I printed 12 cards to a page, and cut them out.
Place the image ink side down on your wooden card, and brush a little bit of acetone on half the piece of paper, while holding the other half with your finger. If you use tape and try to brush the entire card in one shot, the acetone will just melt the adhesive and it will just not work, it's easier to hold it with your finger, and do one half at a time.
you should paint it on in one smooth brush stroke, it should take less than a second, the acetone is extremely strong, too much and the ink will run, you'll get the hang of it after a few testers.
While the paper is still wet with acetone you just take a piece of hardwood, with a smooth straight edge (you can see the little piece of purpleheart I used in the above image), and run this firmly over the area to be transferred. only run it over the paper once, that will produce the sharpest results.
Then just do the same for the other half.
Once you get the hang of it, it takes like 15 seconds per card.
Just print your image out, make sure it is reversed so that it's a mirror image or else your text will show up backwards later on. You must print it on a laser printer, I used a photocopier, works really well. I printed 12 cards to a page, and cut them out.
Place the image ink side down on your wooden card, and brush a little bit of acetone on half the piece of paper, while holding the other half with your finger. If you use tape and try to brush the entire card in one shot, the acetone will just melt the adhesive and it will just not work, it's easier to hold it with your finger, and do one half at a time.
you should paint it on in one smooth brush stroke, it should take less than a second, the acetone is extremely strong, too much and the ink will run, you'll get the hang of it after a few testers.
While the paper is still wet with acetone you just take a piece of hardwood, with a smooth straight edge (you can see the little piece of purpleheart I used in the above image), and run this firmly over the area to be transferred. only run it over the paper once, that will produce the sharpest results.
Then just do the same for the other half.
Once you get the hang of it, it takes like 15 seconds per card.
Re: New wooden business cards.
Very cool idea. What type of wood did you use for the cards...do they break easily if bent?
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