Category — All Things Print

Client: Tara McMullen Photography

Project details:
:: Business and Note card
:: Quantity produced: 1500 pcs
:: Production time: 2 weeks
:: Print method: Offset
:: Specialty: Foil Stamping

Tara McMullen Photography, wedding photographer extraordinaire! We happen to be clients of one another; she did a fantastic job with our wedding and we were very pleased with the photos we received. Very professional, fun and personable throughout the process. Definitely recommended!!

Now onto her cards. The substrate is a soft textured Strathmore Writing Ultimate White paper made with 25% cotton. It is an uncoated stock that has a soft, elegant hand feel. They were quite the pieces to produce to say the least – a two-spot colour offset job in metallic gold and yellow which then ran through a clear hot foil process to accentuate the yellow borders of her cards. The clear gloss reflection along with the uncoated finished stock create a really nice contrast.

Kudos go out to Chad Roberts for the clean and elegant design. We love creating specialty pieces; it’s fun, rewarding and showcases what capabilities we have to offer.

Client: Silverpoint Media Inc.

Project details:
:: Business card
:: Quantity produced: 3 names, 4000 pcs
:: Production time: 2 weeks
:: Print method: Foil Stamping

Silverpoint Media, who are video, animation and photography specialists, came to us with the opportunity to design and produce the print materials for their company re-brand. We wanted to go with something bold, clean and sharp, so with an open mind (and budget!), we were able to take these two key factors into consideration and produce an outstanding piece that has definitely left an impression.

If you want substance, this is the stock of choice – a jet black, suede finished 24pt card stock. The photos below don’t even begin to do the feeling of the paper any justice. The project consisted of three foil dies; one to create the clear foil of the Silverpoint logo on the front for a tone on tone, matte and gloss vibe.

Business card front side

The second and third dies created the silver foil for the name and address and a clear foil for the company name.

Business card back side

This project was a joy to work on, and we (and the clients) were extremely happy with the results. The finished card is one that screams both luxury and cool.

We met Jasmine, a classical pop singer, through our good friend Peaches of Lotus. In our first meeting, Jasmine was a typically quiet, shy teenager amongst a group of adults, who happened to be talking about her. And her potentially blow-up huge career. You see, Jasmine may be a petite 13-year-old with a cute face, but when she opens her mouth to sing, you’d think it you were in the presence of a young Sarah Brightman (yes, this comparison has been passed around the office).

Jasmine is releasing her first single, One Heart, just in time for the Art for the Arts Valentine Gala at the Rose Theatre in Brampton (tickets are available online). We had the pleasure of working with her and her family on the CD, and it was pretty fun trying to bring the wilder side out of Jasmine.

Check out her single (and her amazing voice) here:

We’re really happy with the final product – we designed and printed all the CD sleeves and CDs. If you’re looking for CDs or DVDs, we provide duplication services, watershield and thermal disc printing, packaging design and print, with no minimum orders.

What it’s like to be a teen again!

True Jazz is an artist management agency, founded by Leslie Wong, who happens to be a seasoned musician himself. These business cards are a part of his company rebrand, which includes a brand new website that we’re working on as well (with Silverpoint).

We designed these beautiful matte and spot lamination cards and are totally drooling over them. The colourless gloss damask pattern over the black matte turned out even better than we’d imagine.

As our sister company Papertalk Press posted, Latenightshooters are a collective of people who are passionate about making short films and videos, and Stak is on their ship designing the LNS brand and website.

We just finished designing and printing their business cards, which are of a cool metallic persuasion. With this type of metallic printing, you can turn pretty much any colour into a metal through the process of adding a special silvery metallic ink.

The holidays are here, and the past few weeks have been regular jobs scattered with holiday cards for our clients. This week we finished up the cards for our partner company, Silverpoint Media as well as our own.

To all the folks out there who haven’t started their shopping yet – we’re with you!  We now envy the folks that start their shopping in August… whatever your case may be, good luck out there, and all the best this holiday season. Lots of good food and cheer, from Stak!