m.c. pressure greeting cards

goals

I worked at M.C. Pressure, a letterpress/specialty print studio, for about three years, and during that time I designed and illustrated several greeting cards as part of their in-house line of print goods. The M.C. Pressure brand is known for cute and cheeky illustrative stationery, featuring its fair share of cuss words.

process

New card ideas were developed as a team, through collaboration and feedback from coworkers. Once designs were finalized, the art was made into printing plates and printed on either a 1958 Original Heidelberg Letterpress, or a 1972 Original Heidelberg Foil Press. Some cards were also die cut into a custom shape.

results

All the cards are sold by M.C. Pressure and wholesaled to other retailers. “The Cat’s Out of the Bag” was also a winner at the 2026 Greeting Card Association Louie Awards, and selected for wholesale to a national retailer.