I have been foiling since the 1990’s using just my laser printer. Since the foil adheres to the toner, just print your design, words, etc. Then lay the foil over the design, attaching with a little tape on the edges. Now run it through the printer again - “printing” a blank page and that’s it. Since you already have a laser printer, no need for any other gadgets. Works for me every time! Give it a try.
@@sylviasalinas6100 If it is a laser printer... Inkjet printers do not work. I've heard some kinds of laser toner don't work - which is why I nursed my old HP4P along since the 90's. I have finally gotten a new laser printer but I've not tested it out with the foil yet.
More than once I got out my regular iron to heat up a page that jammed just before getting heated. It worked fine. I've also used my heat gun to set the toner but unless you have some heat-proof tape to hold the foil on, I'm not sure it would work for foiling. I still have my old bits and carriers for my old HP4p. Sigh. Memories! LOL!
Oh you see how she looked on the package for instructions and found NOTHING! That's my beef with the entire craft industry. Would it kill them to out instructions on the packaging so you knew what you were buying? This is why I have never foiled! Thanks for the video! Now I will try it!
Glad you found the video helpful. Sometimes there are not quite enough instructions on how to use something on items. That's why I love RUclips... can always find someone who's had a go and doesn't mind sharing their experience :D
I was doing this technique years ago before the Minc ever came out. I purchased a travel iron at a thrift shop for a few dollars, the kind that didn't have steam holes on the bottom just a flat base. I used parchment paper to place over the foil. It took awhile to determine the correct heat but worked perfectly. Best not not to move the iron in circular movements just a firm downward pressure starting at the top and working downward. Didn't always have much luck with a laminator, kept missing spots.
Thanks so much for the info Paula. I still find, even with the Minc, that my foiling can sometimes be hit and miss.. but generally I really love the outcomes. I'm always blown away with how people used to do things before someone "made a thing for it". You guys are so clever!
That fuse tool looks just like a regular old wood burner to me. I don't know if a wood burner might get too hot. But they have one's at Wal-Mart that has a temp gauge on them. I don't know what they are charging for the Fuse Tool, But the Wood Burners can be found from $10.00 & up. Plus many ends for them. Just a thought. TYFS
Thanks for sharing the tip! I think they are pretty similar, but the fuse tool might be a little less hot. If you could get an adjustable heat one that might work. Thoughts are always welcome! xx Thanks for watching!
Another good cheaper alternative to the fuse tool is a wood burner or soldering tool where most times you get a flat iron tip with the tool you can use, you can also get them with temp adjustment. I use them for image transfers so they should work with the foil.
Thanks so much for the tips Monika! There have been so many great tools for adding foil released in the last few years, but so great to know you can still go back to trusty old tools too!
Thank you for doing this project! I have some foiling strips and have never know what to do with them! Never thought of what you did! Again, thank you smart lady!
For a really organic/distressed look I have found that sprinkling laser toner powder on cardstock then placing cheap, thin, paper over top of the foil and running an iron over it, really gives some excellent results.
@@wasnae8675 Powder that is used by laser printers/copiers. You can buy it in plastic bottles for those that like to refill their cartridges. Essentially it is ink that is encapsulated in plastic that melts when lasers "zap" it. So microscopically small that you can't see it, though.
As someone said, you can use double sided adhesive sheets to cut out shapes, but besides freehand cutting, you can use a craft punch, manual or electric die cutter to get a shape or text to foil. Other foils that work with these adhesive sheets are Couture Creations, Jones Tones, Art Accentz Foilz, and icraft Decofoil by Thermoweb, who also have meltable adhesive sheets that work with foil for fabric. You can also buy adhesive craft foam to foil for a raised effect, or make you own, using adhesive sheets over the craft foam before cutting. You can apply adhesive over mini wooden or chipboard embellishments to foil them. Most of these are good ways to use up small scraps of unused foil.
I got my first heat foil in the early 90’s when we got a mono laser printer. I love that you can again get the foil - I have a stash now! LoL! The bit with the glue-stick looks more like a lot of gold/metal leaf looks. Gold was applied over a reddish color traditionally - I think to make it easier to see missed spots. There has been a glue ink pad although i don’t know if it is still made. You can use it with stamps. :D I also have some heat-activated glue for fabric, which again, I don’t know if it is still available. I do love glittery sparkle! you can paint glue on with a brush - the kind used for metal leafing. It stays tacky for a long time which is why it works so well. SO many things that are possible!
I think that fuse tool would be a great way to use the scraps left over from larger projects. I never throw my scrap foil away. I always stick bits of it onto other projects. I'm kinda frugal I guess?
it's a good idea to save them stacy @ scrapbookingmadesimple has a you tube on how to use every tint bit left on your foil sheets onto another project, if I ever get enough little bits of color, I'm going to do a Christmas tree with a ton of ornaments and lights all in many differentshiny colors
@@24get24give you can gold or any color foil with a tackle half dried glue on anything..frames, tins, plastic anything without heat using real gold foil and glue and brush. Heat foiling is a new expensive money taker. Look up gold leaf online or Etsy, Amazon.
Clever ideas! I wonder if heating up a cast iron pan that has a good amount of weight to it and placing it on top of the foil would get a good consistent transfer? My hunch is it probably would. If it covered the whole area you want foiled you wouldn't have to drag it across because the weight would provide pressure.
I hadn't tried a cast iron pan, but to be honest I don't think I have one. lol. I'll see if I can find a pan that would work and include it in a future foiling video.
Thanks very much G DeB! I do try to be a bit light and silly, and with so many tools just sitting around, why not try and see what they can do. Thanks for watching!
I know this message is a year later for this video, but I like that this video is still available for us people who see the foil but can't afford to buy just one more tool for crafting! LOL... but after seeing the one with the glue - I think if you had a glue stick that was like a pen - then you could write with it and set it aside.... or for the fuse tool - it reminds me a lot of a wood burner. I have a wood burner that is dual or multi-usage, because it has temperature gauge. I know I can use it with regular foil and wood burning as well as embossing powders. These newer foils have that plastic or vinyl that they are on, so I often wondered... I guess I will just have to test that type of foil with my woodburner and see how it does compared with my other foil, that is well... on foil.
I have recently purchased a Quickie Glue Pen which is working pretty well for just adding a fine lines of glue. A wood burner I think would also work, I just don't have one so I cant't experiment with it! Thanks so much for watching. I always leave my videos up so you can enjoy them forever! :)
Hey there, I am sure you could but I don't have a wood burner so I can't try. I would think anything that was hot and the heat can be controlled would work. Thanks for commenting!
Tally I just got an image in my head of you heatfoiling shoes, cake box, ties, books, doors because that is what I did decades ago when I discovered stamps and embossing powder. Lol. It is heaven when your head is spinning with ideas and creativity, isn’t it? 😍
YOU ARE AMAZING!! Thank you so much for these valued details! I have been searching and trying how to use hot Foil rather than hologram stickers which are so expensive. Thank you again!
Thank you. Was about to purchase a laminate.... but I am going to hold on that and use a heater. Trying to just foil a business logo on a business card. That technique is perfect for me.
It was awesome to hear a fellow Aussie! Most of the crafters I watch on RUclips are from the US, it’s hard to find Aussie craft channels. Definitely a new subscriber here. Thanks For sharing ❤️🇦🇺
Nice to know that we can use an iron. I have never used foil... yet. Thanks for sharing this DIY video. I do love your accent too :) I think everyone has an iron in the cupboard.
If you want to do more of a shape with the glue method, you can use a stencil and the dot glue. It won't be solid (though you cooould probably roll over more to fill in more spots but the dots are cute so why would you), but you can get the shape.
Have you not looked at Teflon oven Liners? I use them for sublimation and they're great at distributing the heat more evenly. May help with foiling through the laminator.
You just don't use any laminating pouches Sylvia, it just goes through with the foil and the paper. You have to use a laser printer though! Thanks for watching!
I tried using my laminator , printed from a laser printer from office depot and icraft deco foil but my foil will not stick at all . :-( ....Any suggestions?
How cool IS THAT? Oh yes it is. I just happen to have a FUSE Tool set too and have never used it. Now I may have to get out some foils and play about. I'm not sure about the foil you are using however. Textile toner foil might foil better when you are using the toner/laser blacked out rectangles. The foil is a bit different product and maybe you'd see a bit of a difference then too. I've got both types of foils however. I don't have minc but do have two similarly sold foils plus a 16 different textile/toner foil rolls so lots of foil to play with. Your demo's today are sure to get my mind wanting to try your methods out plus more. I have an old hair straightener tool but never use it for my hair. But not impressed with it as a laminator/foiling tool either. I have one of the WeRMemory foiling free style pens too besides the Fuse Tool set. So I suspect some wood burning tools if they have a means to control the temperature might also work for free style foiling. Plus there are specialized design tips that might be really fun to use. I gifted my hubby with a woodburning tool 8 years ago and I think it came with some fancy tips too. Off to search in his tools for that. (Hey he grabbed hold of my fancy top of the line jigsaw saw years ago and I've never been able to pry it away from him long enough to use so after 50 years together we share in a round about way:)) He gets to use and play with all my laminating and binding punches and supplies so we do share. He just ground down these terrible dashes/dots on a new die cutter I bought that interfered on how big I could make my cards. really it was so limiting had they left those off I could do far more wonderful things with the die. So that was so sweet of him. I foiled a whole sheet of toner black paper I'd run through my laser and then cut out designs with this new die. Really came out adorable and the lamination was like platicized the whole entire sheet of paper. Cut beautifully too. And the dies were the thin ones with slight embossing in some areas. So I'm now wanting to try this with the textile/toner foils with the Fuse tool and freestyle pen. Thanks for your shares and vidoes.
It's great to hit the stash and see what you have sometimes that might do the job instead of buying something new. I definitely need to experiment more with different foils though! Thanks for the tip!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge 💕 I do not work with cardboard or paper, my crafts are in fabrics and vinyl, imitation leather, I am looking for how to stamp names manually. The freehand technique with hot soldering iron or electric pencil is great 😍 what temperature do I need so that the Foil paper doesn't burn??? thanks for your advice greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Gracias por compartir tus conocimientos 💕 Yo no trabajo con cartulina ni papel mis manualidades son en telas y vinil,polipiel estoy buscando como estampar nombres en forma manual. La técnica de mano alzada con cautín caliente o lápiz eléctrico está genial😍que temperatura necesito para que no queme el papel Foil??? gracias por tus consejos saludos desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷
I've never had the foil paper burn on me.. but I do play with paper so that might be different. I think that the manufactures wouldn't make it so it got that hot. I think the best way is to just give it a go and see what happens, that's always my best advice! Good luck!
I have used hot glue to do a heart or flower, or ?? Then let it cool...then press the foil on, using a soft cloth. Works great! Or use Aleen's foil glue, or tacky glue...just let it dry before foiling.
'I've done this a bunch as well, what I've found works best is letting the glue get tacky, close but not completely dry, just enough so if you touch it "grips" your finger a very little bit, kind of like touching honey, it's one of the few times in life you actually want tobe tacky hehe
5:47 "I've now found a use for my iron" Sorry, you don't know me and I don't know you but this made me literally laugh out loud so hard I scared both cats! I had an iron in the early '80s when I was young and trying to make a good impression at work. In 2014 when I needed an iron for crafting, I couldn't find it. Twelve moves plus long having given up on both ironing clothes and trying to impress anyone ~ goodness only knows where it went! I had to buy a new iron for crafting. Your tone of voice when you made the statement was just the right note to tickle my funny bone. Let me know when you find a good crafting use for the crockpot my MIL gave me as a wedding present 35 years ago. Couldn't lose **that** in the moving shuffles. 15:19 Double-sided tape or tape dots: one project where this effect would be perfect is doing weathered, aged, vintage papers or journals. It looks just like foiling that has weathered the effects of time. Very good effect for specific projects. I'm definitely gonna try this as a border around a page, one tape width wide. It will be a very cool aged effect with little effort. **Suggest** that you use a burnishing tool of some sort. A spoon, bone folder also for the glue stick experiment. Would help make better contact with the foil.
If you do old house refinishing I've read that putting metal hinges and handles in a crockpot of water overnight will make painted pieces very easy to clean off. You shouldn't use the crockpot for anything food related due to possible lead or other contaminants.
@@olderendirt OMG! That is a great idea. For soaking stuff in hot water overnight and not having the water cool down! Why didn't I think of that sooner! Yes, would never use it for food after. Using a toaster oven for baking polymer clay, also wouldn't use for food after.
My crockpot or slow cooker is only every used for cooking my animal food, I dump in 2 kg of legs and it’s and it’s done by morning 😁😁😁 iv got a fussy pug 😂😂😂
There with a steam iron, you do have to make sure the areas where the holes are given heat. When I was growing up, my mother had jut a non-steam iron which would be perfect for this!
Thanks for sharing your cool experiment. I like distressed-looking foiling and I really liked the glue stick result. Foiling is such a fun effect to add to so many thing! Thanks again for sharing. :-)
I wonder if you could use a heated baking tin that was preheated in the oven? Like a cookie sheet or a9x9 Pyrex that would give more pressure straight from oven to pressing the foil. I bet it would work! Everyone has cooking dishes. Heck even a hot pan from the stove should work
I've never foiled before. But I do have a fuse tool. I'm thinking to use my geometric die cutters to trace around. Should come out well. Also, I have some cheap die cutters that don't cut well, that I'm going to heat up with the iron. Time to go play. Have fun, y'all.
thank you for this video, i have been attempting to learn how to use or apply foil laminate, in order to revamp some emblems from my car, as the foil laminate (ill assume thats what it is) has weathered and become worn and some has come off, and my cheapo single temp heat gun blew up on me last week, so its great to learn that i can use an iron or other around the house items to apply the foils thanks
You can also print on inkjet and then make a photo copy at work or an office supply store cause copy machines use toner. If you don’t want to purchase a laser printer. I purchased a cheap black ink only laser printer for like 80 USD
As the girls have said, it has to be the laser. Its that laser toner that reacts with the foil. If you go to any office supply store, they usually use laser printers so they can print anything for you.
Blessings just came across your video and I was amazed can you tell what foil is it can you use the wrapping foil for gifts just let no what can I use and thanks for sharing
Hi Karen. The foil is special heat reactive foil. You can get it from craft stores. It definitely needs to be this special foil though. I hope that helps!
You can iron a piece of fabric onto a piece of freezer paper. I use Reynolds brand. Not sure of other brands. Then I use my guilletine style paper trimmer and trim to 8.5 by 11 size. Then I place that fabric sheet into the printer.
I use a glue gun and lay down dots and etc. then put the foil directly onto glue while hot and rub down with an old potholder to protect my hands. It comes out like splashes or dots. I even hand write words and my signature. Looks cool. Learned this method back in the 90’s.
When using your iron, I wonder if part of the problem was that the steam holes in the soleplate of the iron caused the heat distribution to be a little uneven. Perhaps if you went over it a little longer you may have had better results.
Katy Bauer Maybe also use a teflon sheet or paper/parchment baking sheet over the foil, rather than regular paper. The baking paper/teflon sheet might distribute the heat more evenly.
Thanks so much for risking it all in the name of art! It encourages the timid amongst us to try some new things! I don’t have a laminator (budget) so its nice to know i could use an iron! From a few things i read seemed to say glue with high tack is good with foil. One thing i think makes your foiled fuse squibles better than markers is that you can’t get the shiny reflectivity with markers that you got with fuse + foil. 👍👍
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATIVE VIDEO!! I would like to know as well, if you need to apply the foil immediately after printing? I don't have a printer at home so I need get it printed outside first.😕
I was thinking about buying the We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill Freestyle pen - just for using in my journal, scrapbooks and for ephemera. There's no need now as I have the Fuse tool (that I rarely use). Thank you for sharing these great ideas - and saving me some money! :-)
I recently got the foil quill (not the freestyle version) and gave it a go and it is pretty good. Check out that review and then I'll say sorry for not saving you money x
Hi there. Not sure how you could do it on a book cover, but using the Minc Toner pen could work. I'm doing a review on it next week that might be able to help. I'd love to see exactly where you'd like to foil to see if I can help you out though!
What about using a Xron sticker maker? Either fussy cut the item or if you have a cutter making the shape and running it through the sticker maker and foil that?
Sadly inkjet printers do not use toner. However Some copy machines do and so if you say printed out a sheet via your inkjet printer in black print or design or outline shapes you can take to a copy machine or to Kinkos or similar copy shop and ask them to print it out in toner and return home to foil with those copies. Hope that helps out those who do not have a laser printer or laser copy machine. (I just bought a tiny older model but brandnew Brother laser just so I could play with foiling and cardmaking etc. I am thrilled so far with results. Hubby had an over 24 year old monochrome laser printer that he upgraded last year to color laser and those also work with foiling across any of the colors as it does not have to be black to react with toner sensitive foils. Anyway his new printer is sensitive and does not like cardstock. He could no longer find cartridges for his older one also a bit touchy with cardstock so I finally searched and found this printer for less than 90 dollars brandnew and small tiny foot print too. I love it and allows so far for me to pass cardstock straight through without bending to pop out the top. It's been fun foiling with a laminator to date. Yes I went with the monochrome non wifi model but they make the same machine in a wifi for 79 more dollars and a color version and a wee bit bigger for 100 plus more. I decided we don't need two color lasers and I wanted the smallest with good reviews. Funny the manufacturer said the machine was not compatible with cardstock. The bullet points listed when I bought it said it was as did some reviews so I bought it and it's great and for less than 35 dollars I bought a set of 4 full size toner cartridges generic that should last me years even though I've been playing with full sheet black out toner and foiling the entire sheet then die cutting out the plastic foiled cardstock. I found both 65 and 85 pound smooth white cardstock has been great to tone and foil this way. Did not try 110# or higher yet. I'm so pleased I doubt I'll want to go up in thickness.. Anyway a lot of paper crafters have access to copy centers in more populated areas. We live in rural Montana near Canada border and nearest would be 100 miles away. And just not worth the fuss involved at that distance. But great option for others who have one in their neighborhood so to speak.) Also I printed toner on a medium rasberry cardstock not hot pink but deeper than regular pink cardstock and foiled it and it was beautiful. I was making tags for a friend who sells sock gnomes. I just had to cut out two circles back to back using one round die cut shape that allowed me to have perfect sized circles for each side. I foiled the gnome drawing on one circle and wrote text on the other and foiled both. Had 8 tags on one sheet of 8.5 x 11 inch paper/cardstock. Cut each out with circle. Glued half way end of tags leaving a way to pop open top of the two to insert a ribbon or string to use to attach to a gnome for sale. These were not price tags but more ID tags from the seller's point of view. So one side said Peace Makers by....her name with a Peace sign in the center that foiled slightly different color than the full text in the circle I designed. Which made it really more interesting and neater. On the flip side then was a little foiled gnome drawing (I had 3 different gnome drawings in a thick outline like shape.) then I colored in all their noses and a few the dots and stripes left white on their hats and robes. They were adorable and the sparkled foils I opted for tiny star patterns and small blue blosoms for one foil just worked out really neat. I used rainbow foil for some and solids for others but the textured or tiny printed like stars worked the best as these were small tags. About 2 inches. I am making a larger size more fill in foil for a friend using a Boston French bulldog like design for her handmade yarn goods. That's my next project this week.) Anyway lots of ideas here for foiling using toner even if you don't have a laser printer...you can design on your computer and print out on your inkjet in blackwhite and take to a copy center that uses TONER copy machines and or can copy and print via toner laser printers for you. I recommend you test one or two designs before going all out to insure you do get great results. Some centers allow you to use your own paper or cardstocks too others require the options they sell you. So that varies from business to business. Good luck.
Did you print your original papers on an inkjet printer or on a laser printer? And have you tried stamping and then foiling or stamping with glue and then foiling?
Hi Cindy. These kinds of foil need to be used with laser toner to react, but I have tried lots of different ways to foil. Check out my foiling playlist for them all! Thanks for watching!
Oh THANK YOU so much dear!! Your noble efforts are very precious and i appreciate every attempt you made :) Though i didn't know that inkjet couldn't be used for hot foiling. I bought it new for nothing. Still thank you so much :)
One thing I don't get, how did the foil NOT transfer to the blank space between letters? Is that somenspecial print or the foild is picky and stiks only to ink not paper...?
the foil adheres to the toner where it has been printed. Therefore, where there is no printed image (or ink) it won't stick. I hope that explains things.
can you foil over any printed (laser or inkjet) design..if you have a background colour and black writing will it adhere to everything or just the black?
Hi Sophie. It needs to be printed with a laser printer. I haven't tried too much colour and then black, but you'd need to print the colour with an inkjet and then the writing with a laser for it to work. I hope that helps!
Hi there. I've never tried with any other colour other than black from a laser printer, but I can't see why not. As long as its toner ink it should react.
Hi, first thanks for showing the different ways to hot foils. I have a question about the nail foils.. they look the same, but do they tranfer with heating too?? I want to buy a hot foil machine, for my sentiments on making cards... and i have many nail foils, bught from aliexpress.. but not sure if i can use them..
you probably could, if they are heat reactive, or if they're on a carrier sheet (like couture creations, deco foilyou , and I'm not sure who else's can try using them w/ double stick tape, a glue pad, or pen or just painting on some regular glue, let it get a bit tacky, whichever kind of glue you use then press your foil down well and then lift it off to reveal a perfectly foiled sentiment, if you're not getting good results w/glue, run the paper through your die machine w/o a die for the added pressure
Some of the nail foils work, some the heat transfers ALL the foil, not just to the toner, and the only way to know is to try them. But even the ones that transfer all the foil work really well with the glue that stays a little tacky when dry (Tombow Mono Multi is one) or with Scor-tape (racing stripes!)
Hi There. I'm not so sure with nail foils as I've never used them. The tips from the wonderful peeps below should have helped though. As Cheryl said, if you're using glue the foil will usually transfer very well. Thanks for watching!
I'm new to foiling and don't know anything about it , on the paper that has Dream Printed On it , was it sticky ? I don't understand how it stuck to it 🥰
Hi Susana. For the foil to transfer, you need to use a laser printer. The Toner in those kind react with the foil and thats what makes it stick. I hope that helps!
I've tried printing from my 2 laser printers and foiling through my 2 laminators. The bottom line is that, for me, foiling simply DOES NOT work. I wasted 8 hours one day several months ago trying to get ANY foil to stick to ANY of my laserprinted cardstock. I also tried glue, doublesided tape, various brands of both, various cardstocks, and just about every kind of foil out there. Nothing worked. I'm done.
I am so sorry you've had so many troubles. What foil are you using? Some on the market are not heat reactive so just might be that you are not quite using the right thing. I'd love to help you though.
I discovered your videos/channel tonight, I’ve been watching you for a couple hours now 😊 I really love the relaxed and easy delivery and waiting with anticipation for the results! Picked up lots of tips - thanks 😁🇳🇿
Hey there, pages need to all be printed with a laser printer as it is the toner from the printer that reacts with the foil. Thanks so much for watching!
Hi Tiyasha. It is a regular print out, its just printed with toner ink from a laser printer. The toner reacts with the foil which makes it stick! Hope that helps!
I am trying to understand why didn't the whole foil stick to the page and only to the letters? I did not try this experiment with the iron only because I thought the foil will stick to a whole page.
The foil will react with the toner from the laser printer, which is why it won't stick to the whole page. As long as you use the laser printer you should be okay x
I have been foiling since the 1990’s using just my laser printer. Since the foil adheres to the toner, just print your design, words, etc. Then lay the foil over the design, attaching with a little tape on the edges. Now run it through the printer again - “printing” a blank page and that’s it. Since you already have a laser printer, no need for any other gadgets. Works for me every time! Give it a try.
Is that the same as home HP printers?
@@sylviasalinas6100 If it is a laser printer... Inkjet printers do not work. I've heard some kinds of laser toner don't work - which is why I nursed my old HP4P along since the 90's. I have finally gotten a new laser printer but I've not tested it out with the foil yet.
More than once I got out my regular iron to heat up a page that jammed just before getting heated. It worked fine. I've also used my heat gun to set the toner but unless you have some heat-proof tape to hold the foil on, I'm not sure it would work for foiling. I still have my old bits and carriers for my old HP4p. Sigh. Memories! LOL!
WOW! You've blown my mind Joyce! Thanks so much!
Have to leat us know how you go Kathleen!
Oh you see how she looked on the package for instructions and found NOTHING! That's my beef with the entire craft industry. Would it kill them to out instructions on the packaging so you knew what you were buying? This is why I have never foiled! Thanks for the video! Now I will try it!
Glad you found the video helpful. Sometimes there are not quite enough instructions on how to use something on items. That's why I love RUclips... can always find someone who's had a go and doesn't mind sharing their experience :D
I dont know how much money I have spent on things because of a video then can't remember what I was supposed to do with it..
Have very short hair; don't have a hair straightener 😂 the iron press is great, simple and very convenient.
I was doing this technique years ago before the Minc ever came out. I purchased a travel iron at a thrift shop for a few dollars, the kind that didn't have steam holes on the bottom just a flat base. I used parchment paper to place over the foil. It took awhile to determine the correct heat but worked perfectly. Best not not to move the iron in circular movements just a firm downward pressure starting at the top and working downward. Didn't always have much luck with a laminator, kept missing spots.
Thanks so much for the info Paula. I still find, even with the Minc, that my foiling can sometimes be hit and miss.. but generally I really love the outcomes. I'm always blown away with how people used to do things before someone "made a thing for it". You guys are so clever!
I love how she answers almost ALL her comments
I do try! I'm just a bit behind at the moment. But I'll catch up!
Well over a yr later, and I can't help but think it was people like yourself, who invented the quilling foil tool. Thanks for sharing
Karla Bostic I completely agree. I still use my Fuse Tool. Thanks Ash. ✨🎀✨
Awwww.. thanks ladies. I do have the foil quill.. I need to do a video on it!!! It's on the list!
You could use baking paper to protect the surfaces of the heat source
… maybe a sandwich press or something would work …
I was about to buy laminating machine. Now you just saved my money! Thank you!
So glad to help Ash!
I’m going to try greeting cards and invitations with my HTVRONT Mini3 heat press. Your iron worked quicker than the laminator. Great idea! Thanks!
Thanks for the information - you found a new use for my Fuse Tool, which I barely ever get out. Appreciate it!
So welcome Cindy! I'll admit mine hasn't been out in a while!
That fuse tool looks just like a regular old wood burner to me. I don't know if a wood burner might get too hot. But they have one's at Wal-Mart that has a temp gauge on them. I don't know what they are charging for the Fuse Tool, But the Wood Burners can be found from $10.00 & up. Plus many ends for them. Just a thought. TYFS
Thanks for sharing the tip! I think they are pretty similar, but the fuse tool might be a little less hot. If you could get an adjustable heat one that might work. Thoughts are always welcome! xx Thanks for watching!
Another good cheaper alternative to the fuse tool is a wood burner or soldering tool where most times you get a flat iron tip with the tool you can use, you can also get them with temp adjustment. I use them for image transfers so they should work with the foil.
Thanks so much for the tips Monika! There have been so many great tools for adding foil released in the last few years, but so great to know you can still go back to trusty old tools too!
Did you print using a laser printer or inkjet? I only have injet at home, but I may be able to use my work laser if needed
Thanks for sharing. I never thought of using an iron. I can see a lot of playing in my future.
Ha! Good luck.. let us know how you go x
Hey does it work? Actually I have never tried foiling so I was thinking the iron way
I love it when you say "wowwww" 😊😊😊
LOL! :)
heyy... Even I enjoyed that adorable "woww" she said.... Believe it or not, but I listened to it for quite a few times..😁
Thank you for doing this project! I have some foiling strips and have never know what to do with them! Never thought of what you did! Again, thank you smart lady!
Thanks Carolyn. I'm always happy to experiment for you guys!
You are really sweet ♥️ I can feel the kid in you. Creating, exploring, getting excited of the outcome.. take care of that kid. It’s wonderful ♥️
Lol. I've always been just a big kid! :D
For a really organic/distressed look I have found that sprinkling laser toner powder on cardstock then placing cheap, thin, paper over top of the foil and running an iron over it, really gives some excellent results.
Great tip! I'll have to give that a try! Thanks so much!
What is a laser powder?
@@wasnae8675 Powder that is used by laser printers/copiers. You can buy it in plastic bottles for those that like to refill their cartridges. Essentially it is ink that is encapsulated in plastic that melts when lasers "zap" it. So microscopically small that you can't see it, though.
@@goilo888 thanks A lot 😚😚
Thank you for your video I did not want to spend money for a laminated. Glad you had the iron method. Thanks so much
You can also use the blue glue. Let it dry clear and then rub over the foil.
Great tip Cherrie! Thanks!
Been foiling years before "Foiling Machines" came along. Keep watching Utube before wasting money on faughty heat foilers.
Blue glue?
Hi, how does the foil just stick to the lettering? I’m confused 😬
As someone said, you can use double sided adhesive sheets to cut out shapes, but besides freehand cutting, you can use a craft punch, manual or electric die cutter to get a shape or text to foil. Other foils that work with these adhesive sheets are Couture Creations, Jones Tones, Art Accentz Foilz, and icraft Decofoil by Thermoweb, who also have meltable adhesive sheets that work with foil for fabric. You can also buy adhesive craft foam to foil for a raised effect, or make you own, using adhesive sheets over the craft foam before cutting. You can apply adhesive over mini wooden or chipboard embellishments to foil them. Most of these are good ways to use up small scraps of unused foil.
Excellent tips! Thanks.
Fantastic tips Kathy! Thanks so much for sharing them!
I got my first heat foil in the early 90’s when we got a mono laser printer. I love that you can again get the foil - I have a stash now! LoL! The bit with the glue-stick looks more like a lot of gold/metal leaf looks. Gold was applied over a reddish color traditionally - I think to make it easier to see missed spots. There has been a glue ink pad although i don’t know if it is still made. You can use it with stamps. :D I also have some heat-activated glue for fabric, which again, I don’t know if it is still available. I do love glittery sparkle! you can paint glue on with a brush - the kind used for metal leafing. It stays tacky for a long time which is why it works so well. SO many things that are possible!
@Melissa Sullivan I actually have a couple of empty ink pads - I forgot I had them! Thanks!
Wow. What great info. Isn't it funny how crafting trends go away and come back again!
Great tip Melissa!
Ha! I am so looking forward to packing up my craft room just to see what I actually do have!
I think that fuse tool would be a great way to use the scraps left over from larger projects. I never throw my scrap foil away. I always stick bits of it onto other projects. I'm kinda frugal I guess?
it's a good idea to save them stacy @ scrapbookingmadesimple has a you tube on how to use every tint bit left on your foil sheets onto another project, if I ever get enough little bits of color, I'm going to do a Christmas tree with a ton of ornaments and lights all in many differentshiny colors
I keep most of my scraps too! I haven't thought of using it in the Christmas tree though! Thats awesome!
I keep scraps too @Lisa Leone! Nothing wrong with being frugal!
@@24get24give you can gold or any color foil with a tackle half dried glue on anything..frames, tins, plastic anything without heat using real gold foil and glue and brush. Heat foiling is a new expensive money taker. Look up gold leaf online or Etsy, Amazon.
Clever ideas! I wonder if heating up a cast iron pan that has a good amount of weight to it and placing it on top of the foil would get a good consistent transfer? My hunch is it probably would. If it covered the whole area you want foiled you wouldn't have to drag it across because the weight would provide pressure.
I hadn't tried a cast iron pan, but to be honest I don't think I have one. lol. I'll see if I can find a pan that would work and include it in a future foiling video.
IAMGiftbearer cast Iron Pan! I actually cook!
You are humorous and your video review of the different tools around the house to foil with was fun to watch. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks very much G DeB! I do try to be a bit light and silly, and with so many tools just sitting around, why not try and see what they can do. Thanks for watching!
I know this message is a year later for this video, but I like that this video is still available for us people who see the foil but can't afford to buy just one more tool for crafting! LOL... but after seeing the one with the glue - I think if you had a glue stick that was like a pen - then you could write with it and set it aside.... or for the fuse tool - it reminds me a lot of a wood burner. I have a wood burner that is dual or multi-usage, because it has temperature gauge. I know I can use it with regular foil and wood burning as well as embossing powders. These newer foils have that plastic or vinyl that they are on, so I often wondered... I guess I will just have to test that type of foil with my woodburner and see how it does compared with my other foil, that is well... on foil.
I have recently purchased a Quickie Glue Pen which is working pretty well for just adding a fine lines of glue. A wood burner I think would also work, I just don't have one so I cant't experiment with it! Thanks so much for watching. I always leave my videos up so you can enjoy them forever! :)
Thanks for your suggestion.
I was wondering if I could use my wood burner also...
Hey there, I am sure you could but I don't have a wood burner so I can't try. I would think anything that was hot and the heat can be controlled would work. Thanks for commenting!
You can foil with stamps using clear embossing, it works great!
Oh now you're giving me ideas!!! Thanks so much Dawn!
@@PlumMashable i bought clear embossing 4 days ago to try xD i'm in a crazy foil situation this week on every possible methods to applicate foil xD
Oohhh, Dawn Bostian, teach us how!! *-*
Tally I just got an image in my head of you heatfoiling shoes, cake box, ties, books, doors because that is what I did decades ago when I discovered stamps and embossing powder. Lol. It is heaven when your head is spinning with ideas and creativity, isn’t it? 😍
Do try it with laminating machine as that have even heat n consistent movement.
Also can try it out using a bottom of a heated pan (flat type)
Thanks for the comment! xx
YOU ARE AMAZING!! Thank you so much for these valued details! I have been searching and trying how to use hot Foil rather than hologram stickers which are so expensive. Thank you again!
Thanks Joseph! I'm so glad the video was helpful xx
Thank you. Was about to purchase a laminate.... but I am going to hold on that and use a heater. Trying to just foil a business logo on a business card. That technique is perfect for me.
Glad I could help Tricia!
Thank you for sharing. Instead of tape dispenser. Double sided tape works a treat. And even better with a laminater
Oooh... I'll have to try that. Thanks Catherine!
@@PlumMashable there are videos how to use the lamator and easy glue to use as the foiling tack. Find instructions also on Amazon.
Thanks for doing this tutorial...I have spent soooooo much money on all my crafts and really love ways to use what I have around the house..Great Job!
You're so welcome Louise! I hope it helped! Thanks for watching!
An electric wood burning pen would be so fun. There are so many shapes and sizes of tips! 🤯😋
I would have to see if I can find one, but great suggestion!
Really enjoyed this video! Thank you for experimenting for all of us 🤣
You're welcome. I very much love playing with things like this.
Loved it. Like a fun chat between good friends 😊
Ha! Glad it felt like that! Thanks for watching!
It was awesome to hear a fellow Aussie! Most of the crafters I watch on RUclips are from the US, it’s hard to find Aussie craft channels. Definitely a new subscriber here. Thanks For sharing ❤️🇦🇺
So glad you found me and enjoy the channel!
Nice to know that we can use an iron. I have never used foil... yet. Thanks for sharing this DIY video. I do love your accent too :) I think everyone has an iron in the cupboard.
I never use my iron. It's seriously a complete waste of space! But so glad you loved the video! :)
I loved those silver stars in the black sky...✨😀😀👌🏼✨
They did turn out very pretty! :)
If you want to do more of a shape with the glue method, you can use a stencil and the dot glue. It won't be solid (though you cooould probably roll over more to fill in more spots but the dots are cute so why would you), but you can get the shape.
Have you not looked at Teflon oven Liners? I use them for sublimation and they're great at distributing the heat more evenly. May help with foiling through the laminator.
I haven't looked at those Gary, but that is a great idea! I'll have a look into them. Thanks so much!
wow! where have you been all my crafting life:) Thank you!!!
I've been here! :) Thanks for finding me!
try using a cheap laminator. I have and it works great, you can pick them up for between $20 and $40 's
How do you use the laminator with the pouch?
Hey Lorainne. I've used one of those too, but thanks so much for the suggestion!
You just don't use any laminating pouches Sylvia, it just goes through with the foil and the paper. You have to use a laser printer though! Thanks for watching!
I tried using my laminator , printed from a laser printer from office depot and icraft deco foil but my foil will not stick at all . :-( ....Any suggestions?
How cool IS THAT? Oh yes it is. I just happen to have a FUSE Tool set too and have never used it. Now I may have to get out some foils and play about. I'm not sure about the foil you are using however. Textile toner foil might foil better when you are using the toner/laser blacked out rectangles. The foil is a bit different product and maybe you'd see a bit of a difference then too. I've got both types of foils however. I don't have minc but do have two similarly sold foils plus a 16 different textile/toner foil rolls so lots of foil to play with. Your demo's today are sure to get my mind wanting to try your methods out plus more. I have an old hair straightener tool but never use it for my hair. But not impressed with it as a laminator/foiling tool either. I have one of the WeRMemory foiling free style pens too besides the Fuse Tool set. So I suspect some wood burning tools if they have a means to control the temperature might also work for free style foiling. Plus there are specialized design tips that might be really fun to use. I gifted my hubby with a woodburning tool 8 years ago and I think it came with some fancy tips too. Off to search in his tools for that. (Hey he grabbed hold of my fancy top of the line jigsaw saw years ago and I've never been able to pry it away from him long enough to use so after 50 years together we share in a round about way:)) He gets to use and play with all my laminating and binding punches and supplies so we do share. He just ground down these terrible dashes/dots on a new die cutter I bought that interfered on how big I could make my cards. really it was so limiting had they left those off I could do far more wonderful things with the die. So that was so sweet of him. I foiled a whole sheet of toner black paper I'd run through my laser and then cut out designs with this new die. Really came out adorable and the lamination was like platicized the whole entire sheet of paper. Cut beautifully too. And the dies were the thin ones with slight embossing in some areas. So I'm now wanting to try this with the textile/toner foils with the Fuse tool and freestyle pen. Thanks for your shares and vidoes.
It's great to hit the stash and see what you have sometimes that might do the job instead of buying something new. I definitely need to experiment more with different foils though! Thanks for the tip!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge 💕 I do not work with cardboard or paper, my crafts are in fabrics and vinyl, imitation leather, I am looking for how to stamp names manually. The freehand technique with hot soldering iron or electric pencil is great 😍 what temperature do I need so that the Foil paper doesn't burn??? thanks for your advice greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Gracias por compartir tus conocimientos 💕 Yo no trabajo con cartulina ni papel mis manualidades son en telas y vinil,polipiel estoy buscando como estampar nombres en forma manual. La técnica de mano alzada con cautín caliente o lápiz eléctrico está genial😍que temperatura necesito para que no queme el papel Foil??? gracias por tus consejos saludos desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷
I've never had the foil paper burn on me.. but I do play with paper so that might be different. I think that the manufactures wouldn't make it so it got that hot. I think the best way is to just give it a go and see what happens, that's always my best advice! Good luck!
I have used hot glue to do a heart or flower, or ?? Then let it cool...then press the foil on, using a soft cloth. Works great! Or use Aleen's foil glue, or tacky glue...just let it dry before foiling.
I haven't tried that method before, but I will give it a go! Thanks for the idea!
'I've done this a bunch as well, what I've found works best is letting the glue get tacky, close but not completely dry, just enough so if you touch it "grips" your finger a very little bit, kind of like touching honey, it's one of the few times in life you actually want tobe tacky hehe
5:47 "I've now found a use for my iron"
Sorry, you don't know me and I don't know you but this made me literally laugh out loud so hard I scared both cats!
I had an iron in the early '80s when I was young and trying to make a good impression at work. In 2014 when I needed an iron for crafting, I couldn't find it. Twelve moves plus long having given up on both ironing clothes and trying to impress anyone ~ goodness only knows where it went!
I had to buy a new iron for crafting.
Your tone of voice when you made the statement was just the right note to tickle my funny bone.
Let me know when you find a good crafting use for the crockpot my MIL gave me as a wedding present 35 years ago. Couldn't lose **that** in the moving shuffles.
15:19 Double-sided tape or tape dots: one project where this effect would be perfect is doing weathered, aged, vintage papers or journals. It looks just like foiling that has weathered the effects of time. Very good effect for specific projects. I'm definitely gonna try this as a border around a page, one tape width wide. It will be a very cool aged effect with little effort.
**Suggest** that you use a burnishing tool of some sort. A spoon, bone folder also for the glue stick experiment. Would help make better contact with the foil.
I have one for the sole purpose of ironing my daughter's school uniform. Other than that it makes a great door stop lol
If you do old house refinishing I've read that putting metal hinges and handles in a crockpot of water overnight will make painted pieces very easy to clean off. You shouldn't use the crockpot for anything food related due to possible lead or other contaminants.
@@olderendirt OMG! That is a great idea. For soaking stuff in hot water overnight and not having the water cool down! Why didn't I think of that sooner!
Yes, would never use it for food after. Using a toaster oven for baking polymer clay, also wouldn't use for food after.
My crockpot or slow cooker is only every used for cooking my animal food, I dump in 2 kg of legs and it’s and it’s done by morning 😁😁😁 iv got a fussy pug 😂😂😂
HAHAHAHAHA!
When you use the iron, don’t move it over the sheet because the foil will move. Just pressure and heat.
There with a steam iron, you do have to make sure the areas where the holes are given heat. When I was growing up, my mother had jut a non-steam iron which would be perfect for this!
Thanks for the tip Deanna!
We have a heat press now too that I should give a go with foil... hmm.. ideas! Thanks for commenting Kathleen!
Thanks for sharing your cool experiment. I like distressed-looking foiling and I really liked the glue stick result. Foiling is such a fun effect to add to so many thing! Thanks again for sharing. :-)
Thanks so much Deborah! I love to experiment with things!
I wonder if you could use a heated baking tin that was preheated in the oven? Like a cookie sheet or a9x9 Pyrex that would give more pressure straight from oven to pressing the foil. I bet it would work! Everyone has cooking dishes. Heck even a hot pan from the stove should work
hmmm interesting idea, if you try it let us know how it works
Great suggestion. Would love to see if that works if you ever try it!
WRMK have heat resistant stencils for the fuse tool. Thanks for sharing
Oh! I'll have to check them out. Thanks for that Angela!
I've never foiled before. But I do have a fuse tool. I'm thinking to use my geometric die cutters to trace around. Should come out well. Also, I have some cheap die cutters that don't cut well, that I'm going to heat up with the iron. Time to go play. Have fun, y'all.
I'd love to see how that comes up! Thanks so much for watching Cat!
thank you for this video, i have been attempting to learn how to use or apply foil laminate, in order to revamp some emblems from my car, as the foil laminate (ill assume thats what it is) has weathered and become worn and some has come off, and my cheapo single temp heat gun blew up on me last week, so its great to learn that i can use an iron or other around the house items to apply the foils
thanks
These will only work with heat reactive foil on toner ink. I don't think they'll use on emblems on your car. Just be careful.
Just came across you and very pleased I did…..thank you for this video..appreciate your approach and willingness to try things out ….nice..🎉❤
Thanks so much Mary. I'm always willing to try!
Lol😂! "I've found a use for my iron!" 😂
what kind of printer did you print with? Inkjet or laser?
It only works with laser, not inkjet. It's the toner than the foil sticks to.
You can also print on inkjet and then make a photo copy at work or an office supply store cause copy machines use toner. If you don’t want to purchase a laser printer. I purchased a cheap black ink only laser printer for like 80 USD
As the girls have said, it has to be the laser. Its that laser toner that reacts with the foil. If you go to any office supply store, they usually use laser printers so they can print anything for you.
Thanks for replying for me Laura! :)
Great suggestion Rita! :)
iron didnt work. idk what else to do. id rather not spend money on another tool for the cricut but i just spent money on stuff that didnt work.
Love it at 2:40 when you see how much dust is on the iron- really not kidding about not using it!
No idea the last time I used one. Fortunately, the husband has gotten a job now where he kinda has to, so at least it's not wasted! he he he
Blessings just came across your video and I was amazed can you tell what foil is it can you use the wrapping foil for gifts just let no what can I use and thanks for sharing
Hi Karen. The foil is special heat reactive foil. You can get it from craft stores. It definitely needs to be this special foil though. I hope that helps!
Using an envelope for the hair straightener method instead of two pieces of paper will save a bit of hassle :)
Great tip! Thanks so much!
You can iron a piece of fabric onto a piece of freezer paper. I use Reynolds brand. Not sure of other brands. Then I use my guilletine style paper trimmer and trim to 8.5 by 11 size. Then I place that fabric sheet into the printer.
Thanks for the tip Faith! I'll try that!
Can we use a heat press? If so, what temperature and how much time?
Oooh.. I never tried a heat press. I'll have to give that a go! Just give it a go, its a lot of fun trying and failing! :D
You can use freezer paper to print on fabric. Iron the freezer paper on the fabric and run it threw your printer.
Oooh.. thats one I haven't heard before! I'll have to try that! thanks Sandra!
I use a glue gun and lay down dots and etc. then put the foil directly onto glue while hot and rub down with an old potholder to protect my hands. It comes out like splashes or dots. I even hand write words and my signature. Looks cool. Learned this method back in the 90’s.
That works great too! I've gotten a very thin tipped glue pen recently that does a great job. Thanks for the tip!
So.. 18:08 ..maybe if you put a print on top and trace the print with that hot rod thingy..will it work like with the iron?
Hey Mirukaze, I don't think you can print on the foil unfortunately, but stay tuned very soon for a similar video that might work like that!
Plum_Mashable oh right! I mean on paper then on top of the foil.. anyways.. can't wait!
When using your iron, I wonder if part of the problem was that the steam holes in the soleplate of the iron caused the heat distribution to be a little uneven. Perhaps if you went over it a little longer you may have had better results.
It could be Katy. Thanks so much for the tip!
Katy Bauer Maybe also use a teflon sheet or paper/parchment baking sheet over the foil, rather than regular paper. The baking paper/teflon sheet might distribute the heat more evenly.
@@NinaS___ Good idea!
Thanks so much for risking it all in the name of art! It encourages the timid amongst us to try some new things! I don’t have a laminator (budget) so its nice to know i could use an iron! From a few things i read seemed to say glue with high tack is good with foil. One thing i think makes your foiled fuse squibles better than markers is that you can’t get the shiny reflectivity with markers that you got with fuse + foil. 👍👍
Ha! It was fun! I did have to ask very nicely for permission to use the iron though in case I did ruin it! Thanks for the tip with the fuse tool! xxx
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATIVE VIDEO!!
I would like to know as well, if you need to apply the foil immediately after printing? I don't have a printer at home so I need get it printed outside first.😕
No worries at all. I've never had an issue with waiting to foil it. You could wait days or weeks in my experience :) Good luck!
I was thinking about buying the We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill Freestyle pen - just for using in my journal, scrapbooks and for ephemera. There's no need now as I have the Fuse tool (that I rarely use). Thank you for sharing these great ideas - and saving me some money! :-)
I recently got the foil quill (not the freestyle version) and gave it a go and it is pretty good. Check out that review and then I'll say sorry for not saving you money x
I'm going to try this with my heat press!
Let me know how you go Dianne!!! :)
Doll I love this! But how could I do this to a book cover - what is the print out printed with to make it stick to the foil please?
Hi there. Not sure how you could do it on a book cover, but using the Minc Toner pen could work. I'm doing a review on it next week that might be able to help. I'd love to see exactly where you'd like to foil to see if I can help you out though!
@@PlumMashable Still no answer about the kind of printer used - inkjet or laser.
@@marilynotte7059 LASER only
What about using a Xron sticker maker? Either fussy cut the item or if you have a cutter making the shape and running it through the sticker maker and foil that?
Ohh.. I didn't think of that. I'll give that a try and report back!
Thank you. You answered a lot of questions that I had. Thank you
So glad to have been of help! :)
I like the gold scissors where did you get them from,who makes them???
This is awesome! My cheapie laminator does not do well at all so I am going to try my iron!
As long as you're careful, there is no reason why you can't use anything heated!!
The heat pen tool thing would be cool to make foil signatures!
It would. There are now actual foil quills that will do that quite nicely.
@@PlumMashable oh cool!
Loved the whole of it!! I'm definitely gonna try these out. Here's a question, would an inkjet printer work for the first technique you used?
Hi there. Unfortunately, you must use a laser printer for the foil to stick. It's the toner in the ink that reacts. Have fun!
@@PlumMashable 😪
Sadly inkjet printers do not use toner. However Some copy machines do and so if you say printed out a sheet via your inkjet printer in black print or design or outline shapes you can take to a copy machine or to Kinkos or similar copy shop and ask them to print it out in toner and return home to foil with those copies. Hope that helps out those who do not have a laser printer or laser copy machine. (I just bought a tiny older model but brandnew Brother laser just so I could play with foiling and cardmaking etc. I am thrilled so far with results. Hubby had an over 24 year old monochrome laser printer that he upgraded last year to color laser and those also work with foiling across any of the colors as it does not have to be black to react with toner sensitive foils. Anyway his new printer is sensitive and does not like cardstock. He could no longer find cartridges for his older one also a bit touchy with cardstock so I finally searched and found this printer for less than 90 dollars brandnew and small tiny foot print too. I love it and allows so far for me to pass cardstock straight through without bending to pop out the top. It's been fun foiling with a laminator to date. Yes I went with the monochrome non wifi model but they make the same machine in a wifi for 79 more dollars and a color version and a wee bit bigger for 100 plus more. I decided we don't need two color lasers and I wanted the smallest with good reviews. Funny the manufacturer said the machine was not compatible with cardstock. The bullet points listed when I bought it said it was as did some reviews so I bought it and it's great and for less than 35 dollars I bought a set of 4 full size toner cartridges generic that should last me years even though I've been playing with full sheet black out toner and foiling the entire sheet then die cutting out the plastic foiled cardstock. I found both 65 and 85 pound smooth white cardstock has been great to tone and foil this way. Did not try 110# or higher yet. I'm so pleased I doubt I'll want to go up in thickness.. Anyway a lot of paper crafters have access to copy centers in more populated areas. We live in rural Montana near Canada border and nearest would be 100 miles away. And just not worth the fuss involved at that distance. But great option for others who have one in their neighborhood so to speak.) Also I printed toner on a medium rasberry cardstock not hot pink but deeper than regular pink cardstock and foiled it and it was beautiful. I was making tags for a friend who sells sock gnomes. I just
had to cut out two circles back to back using one round die cut shape that allowed me to have perfect sized circles for each side. I foiled the gnome drawing on one circle and wrote text on the other and foiled both. Had 8 tags on one sheet of 8.5 x 11 inch paper/cardstock. Cut each out with circle. Glued half way end of tags leaving a way to pop open top of the two to insert a ribbon or string to use to attach to a gnome for sale. These were not price tags but more ID tags from the seller's point of view. So one side said Peace Makers by....her name with a Peace sign
in the center that foiled slightly different color than the full text in the circle I designed. Which made it really more
interesting and neater. On the flip side then was a little foiled gnome drawing (I had 3 different gnome drawings in a thick outline like shape.) then I colored in all their noses and a few the dots and stripes left white on their hats and robes. They were adorable and the sparkled foils I opted for tiny star patterns and small blue blosoms for one foil just worked out really neat. I used rainbow foil for some and solids for others but the textured or tiny printed like stars worked the best as these were small tags. About 2 inches. I am making a larger size more fill in foil for a friend using a Boston French bulldog like design for her handmade yarn goods. That's my next project this week.) Anyway lots of ideas here for foiling using toner even if you don't have a laser printer...you can design on your computer and print out on your inkjet in blackwhite and take to a copy center that uses TONER copy machines and or can copy and print via toner laser printers for you. I recommend you test one or two designs before going all out to insure you do get great results. Some centers allow you to use your own paper or cardstocks too others require the options they sell you. So that varies from business to business. Good luck.
May i ask how to do a pattren in foil that you can watch a different shape from different angel like holographic or lenticular but on foil
Did you print your original papers on an inkjet printer or on a laser printer? And have you tried stamping and then foiling or stamping with glue and then foiling?
Hi Cindy. These kinds of foil need to be used with laser toner to react, but I have tried lots of different ways to foil. Check out my foiling playlist for them all! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for clarifying for me.
That glue technique would be great if I have a stencil to just slap the glue on over where the holo will be and peel! Thanks for the idea!
You're so welcome! I'm glad you found the video helpful! :D
Oh THANK YOU so much dear!! Your noble efforts are very precious and i appreciate every attempt you made :)
Though i didn't know that inkjet couldn't be used for hot foiling. I bought it new for nothing. Still thank you so much :)
So glad it helped Joseph x
One thing I don't get, how did the foil NOT transfer to the blank space between letters? Is that somenspecial print or the foild is picky and stiks only to ink not paper...?
the foil adheres to the toner where it has been printed. Therefore, where there is no printed image (or ink) it won't stick. I hope that explains things.
can you foil over any printed (laser or inkjet) design..if you have a background colour and black writing will it adhere to everything or just the black?
Hi Sophie. It needs to be printed with a laser printer. I haven't tried too much colour and then black, but you'd need to print the colour with an inkjet and then the writing with a laser for it to work. I hope that helps!
Have you tried wide width tear and tape instead of the little dispenser? Thanks for sharing, I’m going to find my iron again and try it.
I haven't tried that, bit I'll do some investigating. Thanks for the suggestion!
Will a toner color other than black work?
Hi there. I've never tried with any other colour other than black from a laser printer, but I can't see why not. As long as its toner ink it should react.
I’m confused do you need a lazer printer ? I only have an ink jet printer
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Thanks Jennifer. Nice to have you as part of the family! x
Hi, first thanks for showing the different ways to hot foils. I have a question about the nail foils.. they look the same, but do they tranfer with heating too?? I want to buy a hot foil machine, for my sentiments on making cards... and i have many nail foils, bught from aliexpress.. but not sure if i can use them..
you probably could, if they are heat reactive, or if they're on a carrier sheet (like couture creations, deco foilyou , and I'm not sure who else's can try using them w/ double stick tape, a glue pad, or pen or just painting on some regular glue, let it get a bit tacky, whichever kind of glue you use then press your foil down well and then lift it off to reveal a perfectly foiled sentiment, if you're not getting good results w/glue, run the paper through your die machine w/o a die for the added pressure
Some of the nail foils work, some the heat transfers ALL the foil, not just to the toner, and the only way to know is to try them. But even the ones that transfer all the foil
work really well with the glue that stays a little tacky when dry (Tombow Mono Multi is one) or with Scor-tape (racing stripes!)
Hi There. I'm not so sure with nail foils as I've never used them. The tips from the wonderful peeps below should have helped though. As Cheryl said, if you're using glue the foil will usually transfer very well. Thanks for watching!
I'm new to foiling and don't know anything about it , on the paper that has Dream Printed On it , was it sticky ? I don't understand how it stuck to it 🥰
Hi Becka. There is no sticky there, it's just that the foil reacts with the toner ink that comes from a laser printer. I hope that helps! xx
Can I use my injet printer or my sublimation printer to do the foiling ? Plz help
Love your video ! Would a laminator be too much like a mink machine to count !
A laminator is where all these ideas came from. Check out this video to see how I foil using a laminator ruclips.net/video/BNBvNzvJGH0/видео.html
Do you need to use laser printer? Would inkjet printer work?
Hola en qué impresora hizo lás impresiones? Muy bueno él vídeo
Hi Susana. For the foil to transfer, you need to use a laser printer. The Toner in those kind react with the foil and thats what makes it stick. I hope that helps!
I've tried printing from my 2 laser printers and foiling through my 2 laminators. The bottom line is that, for me, foiling simply DOES NOT work. I wasted 8 hours one day several months ago trying to get ANY foil to stick to ANY of my laserprinted cardstock. I also tried glue, doublesided tape, various brands of both, various cardstocks, and just about every kind of foil out there. Nothing worked. I'm done.
I am so sorry you've had so many troubles. What foil are you using? Some on the market are not heat reactive so just might be that you are not quite using the right thing. I'd love to help you though.
I discovered your videos/channel tonight, I’ve been watching you for a couple hours now 😊 I really love the relaxed and easy delivery and waiting with anticipation for the results!
Picked up lots of tips - thanks 😁🇳🇿
Thanks so much Rebecca! I'm so glad you found it fun!
I'm new to all this, does the pages need to be printed on ink-jet or does laser work aswell?
Hey there, pages need to all be printed with a laser printer as it is the toner from the printer that reacts with the foil. Thanks so much for watching!
Did you use a laser printer or an inkjet please?
Hey Sylvia. You need to use a laser printer for the foil to adhere. Hope this helps!
Thank you so much for getting back to me x
This was not only an awesome video, but fun to watch. ❤️ I'm a new subscriber now. 💕
Thanks so much Dibright! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
ditto!
Is it's just a regular print out? How is it sticking just to the letters and not the rest of the paper?
Curious for a project.
Hi Tiyasha. It is a regular print out, its just printed with toner ink from a laser printer. The toner reacts with the foil which makes it stick! Hope that helps!
have you thought about using a easy press, with parchment paper?
I have thought about it Bonnie. I don't have an Easy Press yet.. I wish I had one :(
I am trying to understand why didn't the whole foil stick to the page and only to the letters? I did not try this experiment with the iron only because I thought the foil will stick to a whole page.
The foil will react with the toner from the laser printer, which is why it won't stick to the whole page. As long as you use the laser printer you should be okay x