Techniques / Printing
Foil Stamping
A heated copperplate die presses a layer of metallic or colored foil into the sheet — a luminous, textured finish that ink can't reproduce. Executed with precise heat, pressure, and registration, the result is a clean, crisp impression that reads as luxury from across the room.
We stamp business cards, invitations, book covers, envelopes, hang tags, menus, and packaging. Because foil is opaque, it thrives where ink dies: black paper, kraft, and colored stocks take gold, white, or neon foil at full brilliance.
The foil library
Metallics
Gold, silver, copper, and gunmetal — the classics, in gloss and matte finishes. Fine hairlines to full flood coverage, always sharp-edged and durable.
Pigment & neon
Flat, saturated color foils in a full rainbow — plus fluorescents that hit chartreuse, hot pink, and safety orange at intensities CMYK can't touch.
Clear foil
Transformative and underused: transparent foil in high-gloss or matte. Gloss interacts dynamically with light — a watermark that flashes as the card tilts. Matte adds diffused, palpable texture for quieter sophistication. Both work as spot treatments over printed art or bare stock.
Holographic
Kaleidoscopic rainbow and custom prismatic patterns — confetti, oil-slick — covered in depth on our holographic foil page.
Foil stamping samples
FAQ
What foil colors are available?
Metallics (gold, silver, copper, gunmetal), a full rainbow of flat pigment foils, fluorescent foils, white, black gloss, clear in gloss and matte, and holographic patterns.
What can be foil stamped?
Business cards, invitations, book covers and cloth bindings, leather, envelopes, hang tags, menus, packaging — most flat materials, including dark stocks where ink can't go.
What's clear foil?
Transparent foil, gloss or matte. Gloss flashes with the light; matte adds quiet texture. Both work as spot treatments.
Does foil work with letterpress?
Beautifully — foil and letterpress register together on one piece, and foil pairs with embossing for raised metallic effects.