Marion what kind of laminator did yo use for this?. I have one that my daughter may be able to make use of its a normal one that you laminate documents etc with.
Marion what kind of laminator did yo use for this?. I have one that my daughter may be able to make use of its a normal one that you laminate documents etc with.
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hi sweetie, I have a normal laminator for laminating documents etc... I have bought it from lidl. It has good results in smooth paper...when I have some time I will post a picture...not soon...sorry to much work!!! I want to try laminating using my press for ironing...more heat might have better results...
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Apparently you can do the same thing with a black laser printer, foils and a travel iron.
A cheap laser printer (you can get them for £40) is on my list of things to buy when we move house (hopefully a bigger craft room!) and I have a travel iron in the loft. Just use rub on foils over the black image/text, put a sheet of copy paper on top and use the iron on low. I've seen some samples of it done and it looks great.
In the meantime, you can get the same effect using photocopied stuff. It's the toner in the machines that gets the foils to stick.
Hi all, been reading through the posts, I use a laser printer to foil (was lucky enough my daughter rescued a laser printer from outside a doctors that were throwing it away - touch wood it has worked fine since I got it - 3 years ago) x
I have recently had a letter published in Creativity mag, Issue 20 page 36 where I have done this on the insert of an envelope, I have attached a close up of the pic x It was just hot laminated x
I would definately recommend it.
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just came across this thread - also saw the hot foil demo at Newbury last year and was very tempted but my frient persuaded me to spend my money on other crafty goodies, however, most interested in the above threads. can you use ordinary foil, the sort that you use over glue pens??
I thought very long and hard before I bought the print wizard because it was a lot of money. However, now I have it I bought it at the NEC in March, I find it is wonderful, and very easy to use. I did a calligraphy course a few years ago and that maybe helped with getting on with the wizard, I do think that you need the Calligraphy nib and the fine nib though they don't come with the Wizard you have to purchase it seperately.
Hi, I bought one of the Wizard Hot Foils and found it awkward to use. Hubby ended up making me a wooden holder because as I hold pens near to the nib I found it burnt my fingers. I couldn't get the hang of it either and ended up selling it on ebay. If you can get the hang of it it's a great little machine. However, there's a new kid on the block which is a laminator with variable heat and this is fab - costs around £150 though so it's quite expensive for what it is. Have tried the household laminator with foil I kept from when I had with the Wizard hot foil pen on a print out from my laser printer but it didn't work as the heat was insufficient. It caught the foil elsewhere on the page and spoilt the image. Haven't tried the iron jobby though so must have go - do you need any special foil?
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I want to try laminating using my press for ironing...more heat might have better results...
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