Vice Versa Textured Card Stock for Creative Projects
The brand new Vice Versa line from Germany’s Gmund Paper Mill is an exciting collection of thick, textured card stocks in an array of coordinating hues. Available for the first time in the US, LCI Paper is now offering this exclusive collection in a variety of sizes. Use these 111# cover weight card stocks for scrapbooking, handmade invitations, wedding programs, response cards, brochures, promotional media, or other paper crafts and projects. There are a total of 16 colors that you can mix and match to your heart’s desire. However, Gmund presents the line in conveniently matched color pairs. Each pair consists of a dark and light shade of one color. For instance, the dark sapphire blue Pelagus is paired with Rivus, a light, natural blue.
For those creative craftspeople who enjoy cutting, embellishing and assembling invitations by hand, the Vice Versa collection offers a world of possibilities. For example, you might choose a color pair and make an invitation wrap with the dark shade and use the light shade to print the enclosed card. From an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of rich red Vinum, cut a wrap that folds around a 5 x 7 card with two flaps that meet in front. Then print your invitation on a soft pink Rosa card to fit inside. Tie the wrap with pink chiffon ribbon. For the serious crafter, personal die-cutting machines are available, as well as embossers and a myriad of other cool tools. Visit Sixxix.com to find these handy machines for home use as well as ideas for cardmaking, paper crafting and more.
Vice Versa card stocks are suitable for many types of common printing techniques, including offset printing, hot foil stamping, blind embossing, die cutting and steel engraving. Click here to read the entire article.
New European Stardream Cards, Papers and Pochettes from Gruppo Cordenons
LCI Paper is pleased to announce the arrival of the Stardream line of papers, cards, and pochettes. Our Stardream card stock is made by the European fine paper manufacturer Gruppo Cordenons (Italian for the Cordenons Group). Gruppo Cordenons has a rich history in paper making dating back 1630 when the earliest records indicate their Cartera de Cordenon mill in Italy began operation. That Italian mill and another in Italy continue to produce high quality specialty and technical papers. Our relationship with Gruppo Cordenons is another example of LCI Paper seeking out the world's finest specialty paper and making it available among our other lines of products for the professional and the do-it-yourself customer alike.
Michael P. Santillo, Gruppo Cordenons' Eastern Regional Sale Manager says, "The pride of our paper can be seen and felt in every sheet that we produce; this also maintains our focus and commitment to our customers. It is our heritage to communicate with the world the dedication that has long been a gratifying tradition...making beautiful paper." Click here to read the entire article.
Add Sparkle with Mica-Coated Paper
Whether you call it bling or zing, some projects need that little something extra to bring out their maximum potential.
Images can help. Color can help as well. But if you want to add sparkle to a project that makes people sit up and take notice, consider using mica-coated sheets. You get a big visual boost without any extra effort on your part.
What It Is and Isn’t
Mica is the name used for a group of about 37 minerals that all contain silica, the major component in glass. Mica crystals sparkle when the light hits them. When it comes to paper, these sheets are suitable for offset and digital printing, as well as for use in laser and inkjet printers.
You may hear mica sheets referred to as coated papers, but they are uncoated papers coated in mica crystal particles that are ground very fine.
No individual crystal particles can be seen or felt. The texture falls somewhere between that of coated and uncoated stock. It's not as smooth as silk, but you're definitely not running your fingers over specks of rock crystal.
Like mica crystals found in nature, mica coated paper glints and reflects light. Applied to white or colored stock, the colorless ground crystals give the paper its unique sparkle. The look is almost metallic -- the reason people sometimes use the term “metallic papers” -- although no metallic substances are used in the paper. Click here to read the entire article.
The brand new Vice Versa line from Germany’s Gmund Paper Mill is an exciting collection of thick, textured card stocks in an array of coordinating hues. Available for the first time in the US, LCI Paper is now offering this exclusive collection in a variety of sizes. Use these 111# cover weight card stocks for scrapbooking, handmade invitations, wedding programs, response cards, brochures, promotional media, or other paper crafts and projects. There are a total of 16 colors that you can mix and match to your heart’s desire. However, Gmund presents the line in conveniently matched color pairs. Each pair consists of a dark and light shade of one color. For instance, the dark sapphire blue Pelagus is paired with Rivus, a light, natural blue.
For those creative craftspeople who enjoy cutting, embellishing and assembling invitations by hand, the Vice Versa collection offers a world of possibilities. For example, you might choose a color pair and make an invitation wrap with the dark shade and use the light shade to print the enclosed card. From an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of rich red Vinum, cut a wrap that folds around a 5 x 7 card with two flaps that meet in front. Then print your invitation on a soft pink Rosa card to fit inside. Tie the wrap with pink chiffon ribbon. For the serious crafter, personal die-cutting machines are available, as well as embossers and a myriad of other cool tools. Visit Sixxix.com to find these handy machines for home use as well as ideas for cardmaking, paper crafting and more.
Vice Versa card stocks are suitable for many types of common printing techniques, including offset printing, hot foil stamping, blind embossing, die cutting and steel engraving. Click here to read the entire article.
New European Stardream Cards, Papers and Pochettes from Gruppo Cordenons
LCI Paper is pleased to announce the arrival of the Stardream line of papers, cards, and pochettes. Our Stardream card stock is made by the European fine paper manufacturer Gruppo Cordenons (Italian for the Cordenons Group). Gruppo Cordenons has a rich history in paper making dating back 1630 when the earliest records indicate their Cartera de Cordenon mill in Italy began operation. That Italian mill and another in Italy continue to produce high quality specialty and technical papers. Our relationship with Gruppo Cordenons is another example of LCI Paper seeking out the world's finest specialty paper and making it available among our other lines of products for the professional and the do-it-yourself customer alike.
Michael P. Santillo, Gruppo Cordenons' Eastern Regional Sale Manager says, "The pride of our paper can be seen and felt in every sheet that we produce; this also maintains our focus and commitment to our customers. It is our heritage to communicate with the world the dedication that has long been a gratifying tradition...making beautiful paper." Click here to read the entire article.
Add Sparkle with Mica-Coated Paper
Whether you call it bling or zing, some projects need that little something extra to bring out their maximum potential.
Images can help. Color can help as well. But if you want to add sparkle to a project that makes people sit up and take notice, consider using mica-coated sheets. You get a big visual boost without any extra effort on your part.
What It Is and Isn’t
Mica is the name used for a group of about 37 minerals that all contain silica, the major component in glass. Mica crystals sparkle when the light hits them. When it comes to paper, these sheets are suitable for offset and digital printing, as well as for use in laser and inkjet printers.
You may hear mica sheets referred to as coated papers, but they are uncoated papers coated in mica crystal particles that are ground very fine.
No individual crystal particles can be seen or felt. The texture falls somewhere between that of coated and uncoated stock. It's not as smooth as silk, but you're definitely not running your fingers over specks of rock crystal.
Like mica crystals found in nature, mica coated paper glints and reflects light. Applied to white or colored stock, the colorless ground crystals give the paper its unique sparkle. The look is almost metallic -- the reason people sometimes use the term “metallic papers” -- although no metallic substances are used in the paper. Click here to read the entire article.
