Each year, the Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA) hosts the Gold Leaf Awards to highlight creativity in the printing industry. We are so proud to share with you that we took home four awards in the FSEA’s 33rd Annual Gold Leaf Awards Competition! We are so proud of our entire Bella Figura team for bringing these beautiful designs to life. The design is exquisite, and the level of dedication and craftsmanship from our entire production team is evident in the strikingly lovely printed pieces.

Gold Leaf Award Recipient for Best Use of Special Diecut

Tomlin, designed by Katie Magee, is romantic, understated, refined, and luxurious. Blind embossing of the floral artwork on the invitation adds depth, while foil stamping brings warmth and shimmer. The invitation is lovely on its own, but a laser die-cut folder elevates the design. The folder features the same floral artwork, perfectly positioned over the blind-embossed artwork of the invitation, but this time it is brilliantly detailed with various foils.

Silver Leaf Award Recipient for Best Use of Letterpress

Valerie, by Kait White, blends modern minimalism, fine art, and skilled craftsmanship. Dramatic embossing and a custom die-cut silhouette that flows organically along the floral artwork are striking. The typography features a combination of classic serif lettering and a delicate script font for the couple’s names. The left-justified layout balances the dramatic floral edge with clean, open space, creating a design that feels contemporary, airy, and sophisticated.

Bronze Leaf Award Recipient for Best Use of Foil/Embossing Announcement/Invitation (Ensemble)

Delevingne, by Katie Magee, features a gorgeous gatefold with a romantic, classically inspired panoramic garden landscape. The gatefold unfolds to reveal the invitation, creating an almost immersive experience. Decadently deep letterpress printing highlights the typography, while a meadow of flowers in blind sculpted embossing wraps along the bottom edge of the invitation. The highly detailed sculpted embossing is stunning and creates a continuation from the garden artwork of the gatefold to the invitation.

Bronze Leaf Award Recipient for Best Use of Foil/Embossing Announcement/Invitation

Vivien, by Leslie Johnston, embodies a tropical Art Deco style, blending glamorous vintage details with refined botanical motifs and luxurious printing techniques. Tall palm fronds create a symmetrical frame that draws the eye inward. Gold-shine foil stamping lends the design a luminous, upscale finish and features an incredible level of detail, showcasing both the heavy coverage of parts of the foliage as well as the thin, wispy splits in the leaves and the delicate, looping curves of the script font. The overall aesthetic feels sophisticated, destination-inspired, and timeless.