So after playing around with my plate scrap I ordered my own starter boxcar plate. I wanted to experiment with quilting, so I made some little 1.5″ samples, and I made another pattern, a little bird to print, my little mustachio’d egg guy, and a snowman guy.

So the plate arrived today, and I decided to brave the 105F temps in the garage/studio (ha ha I call it a studio to make myself feel better, but it’s a super super hot garage) to play with it. This was also my first chance to use the new trucks and see how she’s inking. I even mixed up my first custom color!

It looks like I’m finally getting an even coating of ink. Unfortunately I’m not getting an even imprint, which could be caused by my packing or the press may not just be able to produce enough pressure for such a big area.

It was really too hot to experiment further, and I need more packing material – I ordered it last week but it didn’t come this week. I may start trying to press at night, but that comes with a whole different set of problems, light, bugs, and it’s still hot.

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