No matter what product we are making for you, we can easily create a slipcase for it. Single unit slipcases help present a title and give it value (not to mention the fun you can have with effects!). Slipcases for multi-disc sets serve to bundle items together into one box set, providing a single, wide spine for titling.

Slipcase Versus Box:
We tend to define a slipcase as a paper stock enclosure (usually 15/16pt+) that goes around the inner packaging such as digipaks or jackets. The slipcase is usually collapsible. Slipcases can be made tube style, one spine exposed, or fully enclosed like a box. We also have rigid boxes, which are not collapsible.

Custom Made - any Dimension
These are made to order, but there are some popular sizes. We'll show you those below. 5"/cd, 7" dvd, tall jacket 7 - 9 inch, megatall 10".
We can make these to fit any type of inner packaging - jewelcases, amaray cases, digipaks, books, albums, jackets, and so forth.

Thumbnotches:
With or without thumbnotches is fine, we'll let you know if we have the die or if we can make it for a nominal cost. In most cases, slipcases are custom dimension so the thumbnotch is no charge as it is a new die.

Style - Tube style, one spine open, box style enclosed, open left, right, top or bottom

Construction: single wall or Double Wall

Materials - Full Color Paper Stock, Special Paper stocks like Fiberboard, special materials like linen and leather vinyl

We really try to limit plastic and like to recommend Digipaks over Plastic Cases, but we know that many clients have amaray cases, so here are what slipcases look like for these types of products:




Comparing single wall and double wall construction:

CD size slipcases are generally about 5 inch height. Did we mention we love doing special effects on slipcases?


See Also:
Custom CD Digipaks

Here are some examples of tall digipak slipcases. They can be made for one digipak or multiple volumes.






See also: Custom DVD Digipaks

We can make jacket sets as well, with our without spines. These types of sets are very cost effective.


See also: Custom CD Jackets

Jackets can be made in any size as they are not confined by tray sizes. Pockets, sleeves, and hubs are common to hold discs. Slipcases are made to snugly hold the inside items.


See Also: Tall Jackets

When we use two 5inch trays per panel, it creates a super tall product. These are great packages for multidisc collections and shelf presence. We have both clear plastic and recycled paper trays.


See also: MegaTall Digipaks

Although it is not our preference, we can make you just the slipcases, in case you are adding on to another already made product. We will need exact measurements, or if the inner packaging is a standard item like a jewel case or dvd amaray case with no other items, we can calculate it for you. To ship these, we simply flatten them. No glue or tap is needed for these type of slipcases as they readily collapse.

This client did monthly releases of their albums & art cards, but had us create a box set in advance of all the albums being done. Because the box cannot be collapsed, and all the products were not made yet, we needed to create a foam filler to protect the box during shipping.


See also Linen Box Sets

Leather Material (vinyl) is another popular box set material. If we make all the components inside, it is easy to ship. Although this type of construction is not strictly collapsible, we have found a special way to make them that involves peel and stick tape assembly, in case you need just the box.



See also: Deluxe Box Sets

You can choose any design — tube, box, top-load, side-load - and single walled or double (lined).

Height is usually 5 inch or 7.5 inch for Tall digipaks or Widescreen digipaks, but can also be 10 inch for Mega Tall digipaks, and can have custom widths, too.

Don't be afraid to ask about adding diecut windows to your slipcase. We do it all the time.

mega Tall Digipak, DieCut Slipcase,
Tube Loading matte lamination

Die Cut Window (quite literally) in CD Slipcase

Would you rather have a slipcase that is as pretty on the inside as it is on the outside? Not a problem! Just make it lined by using double-wall construction!

The packaging for Leonardo—makes use of a lined slipcase, and with custom diecut windows to add to the fun. With the digipak in place, you see the bird (itself a view into a window on the digipak!)

Take out the digipak and notebook, and Leo is looking out the window at you! Maybe he's studying YOU!

Some products, like linen and leather, cannot be full color printed so a good add on is a slipcase to add that color. Hardbound books are already rigid, so a lighter weight slipcase is often a good match.



See Also: CD DVD Books

Add Matte Lamination or Spot Gloss:
Matte lamination adds a beautiful "vellum like" quality to your slipcase. Ever see the box Apple puts their iPhones in? That's matte lamination. Add spot UV Gloss over the matte lam and you have a really top notch look.

This slipcase and digipak have embossing, matte lam and spot UV gloss. See that white splotch on the upper, left corner, behind the vampire?

Well, turn the piece a little and now the splotch is black! Why? Because the splotch is spot UV gloss, that's why!

Foil is always a striking effect on packaging, and don't forget about embossing, debossing, and spot gloss.


See Also: Foil Printing on Packaging

Try using a fiberboard paper stock for a different look and feel:

Cannibal Flesh Riot—6pp tall jacket with slit pocket, slipcase, mini newspaper

We don't discriminate against the, um, dead? Do *not* ask for a close up of that one. But taste aside – ew, sorry- it’s a fantastic looking title with a fiberboard slipcase. Even has spot gloss on entrails…EW!!!!! Sorry again.)