Wausau Royal Metallics Goes Digital

Wausau Paper announces that three colors in their Royal Metallics line have gone digital.

You can now get digitally sized metallic paper in:

White Gold
White Silver
Champagne Pearl

Specifics:
86# cover only
18 x 12 sheets
250 in a carton

Features:

• Enhanced surface for exceptional digital performance
• HP Indigo 3-star certified, including photo applications
• Suitable for toner based equipment including the Xerox I-Gen & Kodak Nexpress
• Metallic finish on 2 sides
• 30% post consumer recycled fiber
• FSC & Green Seal certified
• Acid-free

What's not to love? Check it out for your next print job.

Wausau Astrobrights Line Gets A Face Lift

Just in time for Spring.... Wausau Astrobrights announces a new and improved Color Line Up!

4 New Colors. 5 Improved Colors. Several New Product Codes.

No other bright color paper outshines, outsells and outsatisfies like Wausau Astrobrights.

Check out the link below to see the new and improved colors.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/51326684/astrobright-refresh-info

And this link takes you to the Cross Reference Chart for the new product codes.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/51327923

All items should be available for purchase the second week of April. Swatches arriving soon.

Color Trends and Local Talent

I thought I'd share a recent blog post I came across from Jude Stewart called RDA Color Trends, From Coast to Coast on Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers. In it she highlights some local award winning work and summarizes the latest nationwide color trends, as seen in Print’s Regional Design Annual 2010.

Her color picks:

• Strong yellow with hot pink
• The new browns: cardboard, buff and sepia
• Sky-blue
• Honey-bees and tuxedos: yellow with B&W
• Super-dark purples
• The new CMYK and alternate rainbows

And she just happens to feature some local West Michigan work, People Design's commemorative Artprize poster. How cool is that?

According to Stewart, "While not exactly a new trend, more than a few projects from this year’s RDA turned to natural-pulp paper and a related palette of soft browns. It’s a durable trend for many reasons, several of which are unusually relevant right now. Browns are warm, rich and tactile –a luxurious feel on the cheap. Their almost living texture (whether actual in print work or suggested in web projects) makes an equally fitting background for crisp, “produced” messages or handmade stamping or other crafty angles. Browns and tans hint at heritage, authenticity, craftmanship, credibility and Americana. They push that right optimistic button, suggesting a blank slate to be filled with fresh, even noble ideas, whether that expresses itself as corkboard, parchment, wood, concrete or butcher drawing paper."  Check out the full article: http://bit.ly/fmg0Yj

Be sure to check out French 's Speckletone & Dur-O-Tone lines, Mohawk 's new Loop Antique Vellum and Wausau's Royal Fiber for papers that CMP offers in that natural, rich brown palette.

And a big thumbs up to People Design from your CMP fans!

P.S. Here is the link to Print's Regional Design Annual 2010. Kind of exciting that RDA is online for the first time in its thirty year history. http://bit.ly/gHQD7L

Playing With Paper for Valentine's Day....



A sample of handmade paper fun.
Thank you Grace, for the example.

You are probably aware it is Valentine's Day today, right? I mean how could you not know when it's been weeks of red hearts, boxed candy and Valentine's day decorations displayed at every store.

But did you know the day is named after an early Christian martyr, Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD? Wikipedia calls it a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards known as valentines.

Originally valentines were personal and were handmade and handcrafted with love. Unfortunately most handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

That's why last week CMP brought the fine art of Playing With Paper to the members of Gilda's Club. Several ladies made handmade valentines out of the beautiful colors of French, Mohawk & Wausau Papers. My friend, and local designer, Gayle Raymer came along to offer up some creative support.

I'm pretty sure she will agree it is so cool to watch how "Playing With Paper" brings out the creativity in everyone, even those who believe they don't have a creative side. Paper is fun!

If your office would like to "Play With Paper" for any upcoming holiday, like Easter, Mother's Day, spring birthdays or even just to make personalized thank you notes, let us know. We'd be more than happy to share our paper love.

Oh yeah, and Happy Valentine's Day!