LWYL Special Edition

Sometimes, the etsy users contact me for custom prints and I try my best to see what I can do for them. When Rosa contacted me about this custom print, I thought it was such a cute idea and so I printed a few more for my shop, after Rosa’s permission, of course. I wanted to share the “making of” here, it was so fun to print!

Remember the hand-drawn heart shape from my coming soon post last week? It was for this special edition…

Trace the shape onto the block:

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Start curving the block – start with the outline.

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Curve off the rest so that only the heart shape will be printable.

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After printing my 6th edition of Live What You Love prints, take out the letter “O” from LOVE, replace with furniture so it’s locked in the place and…

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print first color. Without “O”

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When done printing a few, take out the wood type blocks, and carefully place the linoleum block into where the “O” was and lock the block with more furniture.

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Give the roll and ink and see if the height is right, if the block is curved right… to adjust the height, place tissues or papers underneath the block.

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To adjust the block, just curve off the unnecessary part (otherwise, it’ll print on the paper)

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and print the second color….!

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The special edition:

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I wanted to use linoleum block to have the same kind of texture and imperfection and I think it worked so well!

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Thank you again Rosa for the cute idea!

5 thoughts on “LWYL Special Edition

  1. It’s so exciting to see the process behind it! It turned out beautifully and I can’t wait to get mine in the mail. I hope other customers enjoy it as much as I do!

  2. i love this new design… especially the imperfectness of heart’s shape. it was fun to see the process of your creation!

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