Tried something new this weekend…engraving paper / notecards. I like the way they turned out.
After a couple trials, I settled on these settings:
Speed - 700
Power - 7
LPI - 270
Plain white notecards from Amazon
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Hey that’s a nice result!
If you like this you may enjoy white core colored cardstocks too, really opens up a lot of possibilities color wise.
Someone once cut tiny cardstock leaves and engraved the veins on them, I can’t find the thread (ages ago) but they were so cool.
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Oh I meant to ask, did you have to brush ash out of the engraved areas? Some of the cardstocks I have tried have been “dirtier”, and needed a quick swipe with a soft paintbrush. I lost a bit of contrast but it would smudge otherwise.
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These turned out great!
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I did not brush it…these seem to engrave pretty clean.
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These look great!
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Gorgeous results; I’ll bet the recipients love getting mail from you. On average, how long did they take?
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Ranged about 15 - 30 minutes.
Would be a lot quicker to just print them but not as cool as lasers.
I tried one with just scoring which is a lot quicker. Think it would look good to watercolor it or something.
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Thanks for the feedback!
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Those turned out really nice!
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