Design

At After Hours Creative Studio, we understand the impact a professional and aesthetically pleasing letterhead can have on your business relationships and reputation. The key components of a letterhead include your company's logo, name, address, and contact details. These should be arranged in a clear, uncluttered manner. It's vital to ensure that the design aligns with your brand identity. Consistency in fonts, colours, and style reinforces brand recognition and conveys professionalism. A minimalist...

White ink printing has swiftly gained popularity as one of the most favoured printing techniques in the industry. A distinctive appearance, particularly on coloured or dark papers, is achievable through this method, making it challenging to replicate using other approaches. To attain optimal results, careful planning and execution are imperative. In this blog post, we will explore the process of white ink printing, offer tips for achieving the best outcomes, highlight common errors to avoid, and...

An envelope serves as a container made of paper or cardboard to enclose letters or other documents, safeguarding their contents during transportation and presenting a professional appearance. Additionally, companies can use printed envelopes as a promotional tool for their branding and image...

Our recent acquisition of a new small format inkjet printer with high-capacity ink bags enables us to print on a wider scope of papers. Inkjet printers use small nozzles to spray ink droplets directly onto paper and card stock making them ideal for textured papers, which is a common request at our studio. After the inkjet installation, we've enhanced our range of papers with more textured and embossed papers, as well as, wildflower seed paper, grass paper, wheat paper, cartridge paper and a wider...

Our creative print studio has thoroughly tested (and planted! that's our grasshopper greeting card shown above) different printing methods on various seed papers. We are very pleased to announce that we’re now highly proficient at both handling and digitally printing on seed paper that contains UK native wildflower seeds. Our wildflower seed paper is made in the UK and is perfect for eco-friendly business cards, flyers, menus, wedding stationery, swing tags, greeting cards, notebook covers and m...

Typically, the chosen finish/look of your luxury business card is a combination of personal preference and what fits your brand, as well as, your budget. There are so many options to choose from when it comes to luxury business cards. Finishing options include: Spot UV, foil stamping, textured card, duotone edges, colored cores, thermography, foil edge gilding, die cutting, metallic mirror finish, holographic, cotton finish, die cutting the cards into unique shapes, duplexing stocks for a multi-level...

To write and make a compliment slip is actually very easy if your company already uses Letterheads, then a Compliment Slip is just a smaller addition. Very often, the Compliment slip is used to make a small note and can be as short as a, Thank You, a few sentences or just your signature. To Make a Compliment Slip, you can choose any size, companies typically use a DL- 210mm x 99mm, this is a cost-effective size, because 3 Compliment slips will fit an A4 Sheet and this can be cost effective to produce...

Many people contact us having been told their logo resolution is too low for printing, spot UV or foil stamping, or that the logo file is not the correct format. Every professional logo designer will supply you with your logo in various formats including a PDF, a high resolution JPEG, a PNG with a transparent background, a vector file and possibly a layered Photoshop file. Vector files are the most important, because they can be scaled to any size without loss of quality. They are the file format...