No Letterpress Tool or Machine? 5 Alternative ways!!

[@bethrogers5656]

Thank you for all these unique ways of using the plates! I love how you always think outside the box!

[@oxanahealy9768]

Love all the ways you showed but my favorite is with gel plate! Thank you much, Lou!

[@lizzystitch4842]

FANTASTIC! I.thought there MUST be a way to do this, and I had not thought it through yet. THANKS SO MUCH! Have seen many letterpress plates I've wanted, and this sets me free to get a few!!!

[@christinel.4921]

This was a great tutorial!!! Thank you for convincing me that I do not need the Better Press❤

[@racena2034]

TY so much. I don't have the money or space for machines - but I can totally do your techniques and that means I can pick up sale plates and get some beautiful finishes! TY

[@candyclouston1412]

Twi suggestions: With a stamp press, using a sticky mat would provide some cushion and keep the plate from moving around. With the gel press, creating a little handle with masking-type tape to lift the letterpress plate from the gel plate would facilitate clean piate pick up.

[@DebH-bl8ku]

Thank you for sharing. I have seen some letterpress plates I really like but I didn’t want to invest in the letterpress system.

[@annettegriffiths3942]

Thanks for the tutorial. Very interesting.

[@suetownsend1932]

Very interesting. Thank you so much, Lou. It's good to know that the entire Letterpress system is not absolutely necessary in order to use the beautiful plates.

[@almostcrafty263]

Thank you so much! Beautiful work!

[@cisvolk]

Great video 🎉 awesome to see all techniques in a row.

[@patsternburg8737]

Thanks for the helpful tips!

[@paulawray6210]

Great ideas! Thank you!

[@MareeForman]

This was a very helpful video. Thank you 💕💕💕

[@michelegourd5742]

Lou, thank you so so much!! This was so very helpful!! I do not have a better press and will not be getting one either!! I will be trying all the ways you showed us !! You are the best!!

[@deborahbergstrom2290]

Thank you so much! This video was a real eye-opener for me. Keep up the good work!

[@dizzinese]

OK Perfect timing! I have been asking this a lot lately and there’s no answers. I as very many ppl did, bought the switch electric die cutting machine when it first came out. I love it because I have noticed I am a big die cutter. BUT, I cannot emboss stencils or dies with it because I cannot find the right sandwich. I use my regular big shot plates with a metal shim in the machine normally . sometimes no shim. I tried the big shot adapter and rubber mat and it’s so much pressure or too tight that as it feeds through with a stencil, it pushes the rubber mat backwards out of the machine and doesn’t emboss all the way down. I’ve tried asking at SBC because I bought it there and they said I have to use the manual big shot! well, I didn’t buy that $250 machine so i could hand crank the old one! I’ve asked them to pay some attention to all golf is that have a switch when making new products like the magic mat. which I also can’t use because it quickly gets a large bubble in the middle as far as warping and it won’t come out like others say with a heat gun. I think it has so much pressure. SO, I’ve wondered too about the press plates because there are some that are beautifully detailed. Any ideas on how a switch could use these?

[@bonnerdebbie]

Great ideas Lou, thanks!

[@BB-pj2jb]

I bought some magnetic sheets from Claina Palmer with grid system for UK A5 A6 5x7 grids and many more and used the hinge method to ink up the letterpress plates and used the sandwich for embossing with silicone mat with watercolor cardstock. And it works in sizzix big shot machine fine. I prefer A5 size of card hence these grid system works fine. Or if there is glimmer system then use it.

[@whichwitchhazel]

Great work Lou xx

[@carolarcher3954]

Hi there, love your videos. Is it possible to use foil plates instead of letter press plates? I have quite a few for foiling & really didn’t want to buy anything else. 🙂🙂

[@lynnbartlett4185]

Well done Lou. I am sure you have just put letterpress out of business lol😂. This works very well

[@LouCollins]

@@lynnbartlett4185 😂 Certainly never the intention but hopefully helpful for some x

[@JH-wd7ul]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@MelindaBetts9]

Is there a way to use the gel press system without buying into it?

[@LouCollins]

There are videos only showing how to make your own gel plate at home which is definitely an inexpensive way to try it out.

[@janweddell3878]

A very informative video! Thanks so much for sharing!