I love everything about this release , normally I like the dies not all the stamps however I love the dies, stamps, stencils, foiling plates, and cover plates. An exceptional coordinating set.Awesome!
Thank you so much for giving us great instruction on using our solid plates. I learned more than I thought I would since I have already played with my plate. I am sure your tips will save much frustration and foil!
I appreciate your time and patience showing us how things work, troubleshooting some of the issues that happen while hot foiling, this lives classes help me so much😊
Thank you for all the tips! I missed the live but am watching it now. And I know I'll refer to this, once I have the equipment I need to start foiling!
Thanks so much for this video. I generally won’t sit through a video this long but you both have so much great info I didn’t want to miss a minute of it. I have the Gemini system and love it but I don’t use it much. I just bought your solid hit foil plate and want to get back to using all the beautiful supplies I have. I’ve also shared the video with my craft chat ladies. Those of them who foil will really benefit from what you have shared.
Watched the replay and wow.........so many tips and tricks! Thank you for doing these videos......they say a lot about how your company respects their customers. BRAVO!!!
I missed Friday's Live. After a two-hour Zoom meeting tonight, I rewarded myself with this Live. I expected the trouble shooting tips, but I had no idea how many other wonderful ideas you'd have. Can't wait to get back to my foiling machine again! Thanks so much!
You two are awesome on your own but together you two tag team - crafter “sisters” - you’re even more amazing! Also LOVE the information about the Toner foil - Glimmer system!
I am going to make a comment here and hope that it reaches those of you having trouble with the solid plate. I watched this video twice and I heard the mention of yupo paper at the end. Well after many trials and errors on foiling the waste I can say success!! I used yupo and then photo paper, both worked great. I learned that my system has a "cooler" spot in the center which adds to the problem of getting good even results. Leaving the foil and the paper on the machine as it heats up helps. Be careful with the photo paper. I wish I would have known that hot foiling is not just about the foil but also the paper. I don't like that I need a specialty paper to get the correct foiling results. So much for all the colored cardstock in my stash.
If there is a part of your foiling system that is not getting hot enough, you may want to contact the manufacturer and see if it is within its warranty. They also may be able to troubleshoot with you, because you certainly should be able to foil on more than just specialty papers.
Thank you so much, Lea and Heather for a great class! I haven’t used the solid foil plate yet but I’m excited try all the different ways to use it! Thank you for sharing your tips and trick with us!
I loved this demo & thanks so much for explaining so much. I am sure I will need to rewatch but that is ok. I definitely need to purchase the solid hot foil plate. Thank you both.
This was extremely informative. I learned a lot and was thrilled to know that I can use the Deco Foil and toner sheets with the solid Hot Foil Plate. Thank you.
A great tip was realizing that the foils work differently with different machines. I was having trouble with the Glimmer foil with my Gemini hot foil machine. Now I’ll try it on a hotter setting. Great tips ladies!
I just watched the replay. Thank you ladies for this class and covering the reverse foiling of the sentiment negatives. I will definitely start saving my pieces and give this a shot. Great class!!
I watched the live and it was very good. I really like several things all of what you said and showed was very useful. I have the Gemini foil press and have hardly used it because of frustration with how to do the foiling itself what paper and how to's specifically with the dies as I do not have or always have the money to purchase the foil dies even though I want to. I liked every segment but going through the paper to see which one worked the best was absolutely priceless. Thank you so very much. Also, it would be nice to win the prize.
This was another wonderful class! I know I’ll refer back to it again & again, especially when I can actually play along. I’m also super happy to have the info about using some of the toner products with a hot foil system! I really appreciate that you have done a lot of the trials & trouble shooting for us. I know each person has to figure out their own set up, but now you’ve given us solid ideas of what to try and when. Thank you, thank you 🙏🏻
Lots of great tips and ideas! The reverse sentiments look AMAZING, Heather! I can't blame you for being obsessed with those. Love the solid hot foil plate idea - big game changer & such a money saver, too! Love love love PinkFresh studio products, and I am very grateful for all your time & effort put into these classes!
Thank you so much for this. It is the first time I feel that maybe just maybe I can do this . Both of you girls did a fabulous job and both of you are great teachers and so pleasant to listen to and watch. I cannot thank you enough for this as I have been putting off buying a machine ever since they came out because everyone I know that got one struggled with how to get good results. You are the best and I am so happy that I found you (By accident BTW)...
Yes!!!! I loved your instructional Demo of this Solid Hot Foil Plate. Secretly, was afraid to use it but now I have tomorrow to myself & will try and create beautiful cards. Thank you ladies. Your instruction was excellent & funn
Watching re runs! I got my Glimmer machine in November, and saved every negative foil. Print. I was determined to figure a way to get T to work, good thing we were on the same page! I love this new clear plate! I learned some things last week and now love it even more. I die cut a new die in white, then foiled it. It was so awesome. My advice, always experiment, you never know where it will go! I do mixed media so it all works together. If you are creative, it is not hard to do slimline.
I have the Gemini Jr system and did not have good results with the silver shim and numerous paper shims. It was so frustrating trying to find the best stack. With the solid plate I get amazing results "foiling" the negatives without all the drama and guess work! thanks for addressing the guilt some of us feel about "making mistakes or wasting our foiling supplies". When I first got my solid plate I had some bloopers and felt like I had "wasted" supplies. Then it dawned on me..."This was going into the trash before I learned how to use the solid plate." As crafters we are all searching for perfection in our craft instead of just enjoying the process.
We LOVE to hear this! There is ZERO shame in troubleshooting, and learning how to use a product. We ALL have to do it! And wasting a little bit of foil equates to literal pennies, and you will have learned so much. And thank you for the two really kind comments you have left about our solid hot foil plate recently...we see it, and we appreciate it more than words can express. :)
Lots of great tips. i liked the cardstock comparison, both the white and color cardstock. Helped me know I was not nuts when I was having so much trouble glimmering. It was the cardstock's fault. 😁
This has been amazing For a solution with the negative of the toner deco foil just prepare a cardstock with a thin layer of glue like collage medium and it acts as a toner :)
Crafters Companion demo waste foiling on the Foilpress by placing the Gemini foil directly onto the pre-heated platform (low heat), shiny side down - no metal or solid plates required at all! Then place your card over the foil, followed by two card stock shims, the Gemini die cutting machine’s magnetic shim, then finally the Foilpress top plate. The whole sandwich is then heated together on the platform for 1 minute before running it through the Gemini. Works a treat! Unlike the Glimmer, the grid on the Foilpress platform does not emboss into the foil after heating and applying pressure - the result is perfect.
I missed the live so am watching the replay. Thank you for the tips with using foil to make your own paper and using even small pieces. Also loved the using the die along with the hot foil plate and piece of foil. I never thought of that. Love it.
I just received a 9x12 CC Gemini foil press platform. This is not an adapter. It is a very large platform that fits into my foil press. So excited. It’s huge!!! Go for slimline hot foils.
I’ve had the 9x12 platform since it came out as well. It is NOT an adapter as someone told Heather. You are correct. It’s actually been out for quite some time!
Thanks for all the tips! I love the look of foil but I have been struggling so much because I bought a bunch of Glimmer foils to use with my Gemini before I knew about the heat and the warping… 🤦🏽♀️
? Question for you. I heard you might have figured out a way to use your glimmer foil machine to do toner sheets? I have a fair amount of toner sheets and poly glaze sheets but my old laminator does not get hot enough anymore. I am not home at the moment so I can’t even experiment, any advice?
I am still struggling to get good images. I have new foiling and glimmer machines…Spellbinders, and the Hammermill paper. My normal foiling is perfect but the solid plate just won’t give me a good image. I have tried it alone, with one shim, then two shims. Still big white patches all over. Any other suggestions ?
I have been waiting for 2 years to buy the machine because I tried it on my sisters and we struggled thank you so much for the 2 video's but can you tell me why Lea is using Glimmer and Heather is using Gemini? I have a Big shot machine so I would like to know which one is better from both of you and why before I invest in one. Totally scared of this but love it.
Both machines are great! We were just trying to show both of the most widely available versions. Lea and Heather both started with the Glimmer, so we tend to use that one more, just because we are more familiar and comfortable with it. If you have a Big Shot, you would need the Glimmer machine to work with it, and you can't go wrong! It's a fabulous machine!
Just food for thought, I have tons of rolls of Minc foil ,toner use system. If you bring white cardstock to a print facility in your area, and have them run your white cardstock thru a laser printer, copying a black sheet of paper, you will have sheets of toner paper. Take the now toner sheets, cut dies or on your Cricut and then use this new plate to foil. This is just if you have the foil already and you are just getting use out of products you already spent money on. Besides sentiments, just back ground and even frames will give you more bang for your buck. For all methods, if you sandwich in a full sheet of copy paper on your plate, you won’t get foil on your new beautiful solid plate, or your other clear plates.
At marker 37:52 you show a solid piece of foil taken off the solid plate. There are what appears to be scratches all the way over the plate - not just at the bottom that you said was a bad foiling spot. What is causing the scratches and how do we prevent it? I seem to be getting them frequently on my plate. Thank you.
Hi Delina! I realized at that mark that my machine had started cooling down during Heather's segment. So it wasn't as hot as I thought it was. I wish I had noticed it being splotchy near the top, because I would have just popped it back on to my machine and done the process over. Hope that helps!
You say the solid plate needs more heat and pressure. To get the plate hotter wouldn't it be better if you put the plate down and put the plates on top while heating up? It just seems to make sense to cover the plate to retain more heat. Great video, sure hope you continue more videos on hot foiling.
You can do that - and I know some people do? I have been unsure if it would be too much heat for my plastic plates is the only reason I haven't tried that more?
100% acetone. Make sure it doesn't have any conditioners or fragrance. We like to give it a bath after using the acetone, because the smell can be a bit pungent. :)
When using the solid foil plate, I've noticed that my shim plate, the green one, (Glimmer system) is flaking off on the sides. It's like its too hot and is melting the shim. Anyone else have this problem??
Black toner is what a copy machine uses (not ink jet) to make the image appear. GinaK sells solid toner sheets and deco foil is not a heat transfer method that uses toner or there is a transfer gel that works with non heat foil.
I love all the ideas for additional ways to use the plate to make foil paper and foil due cuts!
Just want to say I FINALLY got my solid hot foil plate to work! Thanks!
Great class!! Thank you for covering a lot of subjects in one class. This will be my resource video.
Thank you both! Experiment! Every machine is different. I’m not losing my mind
I love everything about this release , normally I like the dies not all the stamps however I love the dies, stamps, stencils, foiling plates, and cover plates. An exceptional coordinating set.Awesome!
Thank you so much for giving us great instruction on using our solid plates. I learned more than I thought I would since I have already played with my plate. I am sure your tips will save much frustration and foil!
I appreciate your time and patience showing us how things work, troubleshooting some of the issues that happen while hot foiling, this lives classes help me so much😊
Just watching the replay of this. Oh, my gosh! I have learned SO Much ! You guys are awesome!! ♥️
Such a great session. Thanks to Heather and Lea for all of their preparation and kindness with answering questions!
Lots of wonderful tips and tricks. Thank you both so much! Also Lea...i love your sweater/wrap. It looks so soft.
watched you again on replay - great tips - thank you again
Thank you for showing the reverse foiled image in a card. Very helpful as I have a hard time turning them into cards as they are so blingy!
Fantastic class! Thanks for the details to make us more successful.
Thank you for all the tips! I missed the live but am watching it now. And I know I'll refer to this, once I have the equipment I need to start foiling!
Thanks so much for this video. I generally won’t sit through a video this long but you both have so much great info I didn’t want to miss a minute of it. I have the Gemini system and love it but I don’t use it much. I just bought your solid hit foil plate and want to get back to using all the beautiful supplies I have. I’ve also shared the video with my craft chat ladies. Those of them who foil will really benefit from what you have shared.
Thank you for this very informative video. I learned a lot and will definitely feel more confident when I use this plate.
Love all the tips, etc. THANKS for sharing. I learned alot.
Watched the replay and wow.........so many tips and tricks! Thank you for doing these videos......they say a lot about how your company respects their customers. BRAVO!!!
So much useful information; thanks so much, everyone!
So happy you have these hot foil tutorials!
I missed Friday's Live. After a two-hour Zoom meeting tonight, I rewarded myself with this Live. I expected the trouble shooting tips, but I had no idea how many other wonderful ideas you'd have. Can't wait to get back to my foiling machine again! Thanks so much!
Thank you for a wonderful class! I can't wait to try this out.
I'm so new to hot foiling. Thank you so much for your videos
You two are awesome on your own but together you two tag team - crafter “sisters” - you’re even more amazing! Also LOVE the information about the Toner foil - Glimmer system!
Interested in learning new tips. Thank you
I am going to make a comment here and hope that it reaches those of you having trouble with the solid plate. I watched this video twice and I heard the mention of yupo paper at the end. Well after many trials and errors on foiling the waste I can say success!! I used yupo and then photo paper, both worked great. I learned that my system has a "cooler" spot in the center which adds to the problem of getting good even results. Leaving the foil and the paper on the machine as it heats up helps. Be careful with the photo paper. I wish I would have known that hot foiling is not just about the foil but also the paper. I don't like that I need a specialty paper to get the correct foiling results. So much for all the colored cardstock in my stash.
If there is a part of your foiling system that is not getting hot enough, you may want to contact the manufacturer and see if it is within its warranty. They also may be able to troubleshoot with you, because you certainly should be able to foil on more than just specialty papers.
I have successfully used my hot foil on different colored card stocks. I only had trouble with black paper not evenly foiling.
well, I tried the plate one time. Colored cardstock and got a perfect result. what a fantastic product
Very informative! Great job. Just got a glimmer machine for Christmas and I am now ready to give it a try! Thank you.
Pat Hebron
Thank you so much, Lea and Heather for a great class! I haven’t used the solid foil plate yet but I’m excited try all the different ways to use it! Thank you for sharing your tips and trick with us!
Thanks for the great tips. I watched the replay and learnt a lot especially the deco foil tip.
Loved this and loving hot foil in general! Thanks so much!
I loved this demo & thanks so much for explaining so much. I am sure I will need to rewatch but that is ok. I definitely need to purchase the solid hot foil plate. Thank you both.
Super excited for the Create and Connect!!! Signed up this morning!!! I absolutely love the teaching style of Pinkfresh!!!
This was extremely informative. I learned a lot and was thrilled to know that I can use the Deco Foil and toner sheets with the solid Hot Foil Plate. Thank you.
Hi Lea and Heather late again but excited to watch
A great tip was realizing that the foils work differently with different machines. I was having trouble with the Glimmer foil with my Gemini hot foil machine. Now I’ll try it on a hotter setting. Great tips ladies!
I just watched the replay. Thank you ladies for this class and covering the reverse foiling of the sentiment negatives. I will definitely start saving my pieces and give this a shot. Great class!!
Pat hebron
Great lesson, ready to get machine out of the box and try. Just got glimmer machine for Christmas. Thank you both.
I am LOVING ALL the tips you're giving us! You two work SO WELL together! ;)
Gonna have to save to get the hot foiling system
I watched the live and it was very good. I really like several things all of what you said and showed was very useful. I have the Gemini foil press and have hardly used it because of frustration with how to do the foiling itself what paper and how to's specifically with the dies as I do not have or always have the money to purchase the foil dies even though I want to. I liked every segment but going through the paper to see which one worked the best was absolutely priceless. Thank you so very much. Also, it would be nice to win the prize.
I had all intentions to watch live but that dang work thing! Watching the catch up. :)
I learned so much on foiling from Nancy Stamps on her You Tube channel many videos there on foil types and foil machines.
Thank you-this was a VERY helpful video.
This was another wonderful class! I know I’ll refer back to it again & again, especially when I can actually play along. I’m also super happy to have the info about using some of the toner products with a hot foil system! I really appreciate that you have done a lot of the trials & trouble shooting for us. I know each person has to figure out their own set up, but now you’ve given us solid ideas of what to try and when. Thank you, thank you 🙏🏻
Lots of great tips and ideas! The reverse sentiments look AMAZING, Heather! I can't blame you for being obsessed with those. Love the solid hot foil plate idea - big game changer & such a money saver, too! Love love love PinkFresh studio products, and I am very grateful for all your time & effort put into these classes!
So many great tips! Great job to you both!
Thanks for all the tips on foiling!
Thank you so much for this. It is the first time I feel that maybe just maybe I can do this . Both of you girls did a fabulous job and both of you are great teachers and so pleasant to listen to and watch. I cannot thank you enough for this as I have been putting off buying a machine ever since they came out because everyone I know that got one struggled with how to get good results. You are the best and I am so happy that I found you (By accident BTW)...
another awesome tutorial......I hope to get the courage to take out my Gemini hot foil when I get back to NY in the spring
Yes!!!! I loved your instructional Demo of this Solid Hot Foil Plate. Secretly, was afraid to use it but now I have tomorrow to myself & will try and create beautiful cards. Thank you ladies. Your instruction was excellent & funn
Another really great tutorial girls! Thanks for all your time and effort, it really was worth it for all of us.
Great tips & tricks!!
Thanks so much for this!
Watching re runs! I got my Glimmer machine in November, and saved every negative foil. Print. I was determined to figure a way to get T to work, good thing we were on the same page! I love this new clear plate! I learned some things last week and now love it even more. I die cut a new die in white, then foiled it. It was so awesome. My advice, always experiment, you never know where it will go! I do mixed media so it all works together. If you are creative, it is not hard to do slimline.
Hi! This looks exciting!
Thank you fantastic class
Great tips!
I have the Gemini Jr system and did not have good results with the silver shim and numerous paper shims. It was so frustrating trying to find the best stack. With the solid plate I get amazing results "foiling" the negatives without all the drama and guess work! thanks for addressing the guilt some of us feel about "making mistakes or wasting our foiling supplies". When I first got my solid plate I had some bloopers and felt like I had "wasted" supplies. Then it dawned on me..."This was going into the trash before I learned how to use the solid plate." As crafters we are all searching for perfection in our craft instead of just enjoying the process.
We LOVE to hear this! There is ZERO shame in troubleshooting, and learning how to use a product. We ALL have to do it! And wasting a little bit of foil equates to literal pennies, and you will have learned so much. And thank you for the two really kind comments you have left about our solid hot foil plate recently...we see it, and we appreciate it more than words can express. :)
Lots of great tips. i liked the cardstock comparison, both the white and color cardstock. Helped me know I was not nuts when I was having so much trouble glimmering. It was the cardstock's fault. 😁
This has been amazing
For a solution with the negative of the toner deco foil just prepare a cardstock with a thin layer of glue like collage medium and it acts as a toner :)
Crafters Companion demo waste foiling on the Foilpress by placing the Gemini foil directly onto the pre-heated platform (low heat), shiny side down - no metal or solid plates required at all! Then place your card over the foil, followed by two card stock shims, the Gemini die cutting machine’s magnetic shim, then finally the Foilpress top plate. The whole sandwich is then heated together on the platform for 1 minute before running it through the Gemini. Works a treat! Unlike the Glimmer, the grid on the Foilpress platform does not emboss into the foil after heating and applying pressure - the result is perfect.
Yes I think the toner bonds with that foil with a certain temperature of heat, probably a temperature and chemical reaction
I missed the live so am watching the replay. Thank you for the tips with using foil to make your own paper and using even small pieces. Also loved the using the die along with the hot foil plate and piece of foil. I never thought of that. Love it.
THANK YOU, LADIES!!! EXCELLENT JOB!!! ;)
I just received a 9x12 CC Gemini foil press platform. This is not an adapter. It is a very large platform that fits into my foil press. So excited. It’s huge!!! Go for slimline hot foils.
I’ve had the 9x12 platform since it came out as well. It is NOT an adapter as someone told Heather. You are correct. It’s actually been out for quite some time!
Thanks for all the tips! I love the look of foil but I have been struggling so much because I bought a bunch of Glimmer foils to use with my Gemini before I knew about the heat and the warping… 🤦🏽♀️
Late to the party again. Looking forward to learning more.
? Question for you. I heard you might have figured out a way to use your glimmer foil machine to do toner sheets? I have a fair amount of toner sheets and poly glaze sheets but my old laminator does not get hot enough anymore. I am not home at the moment so I can’t even experiment, any advice?
Is the pretty side of the foil facing the plate or cardstock
Great TH-cam live! Learned so much! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! 😊
I am still struggling to get good images. I have new foiling and glimmer machines…Spellbinders, and the Hammermill paper. My normal foiling is perfect but the solid plate just won’t give me a good image. I have tried it alone, with one shim, then two shims. Still big white patches all over. Any other suggestions ?
I have been waiting for 2 years to buy the machine because I tried it on my sisters and we struggled thank you so much for the 2 video's but can you tell me why Lea is using Glimmer and Heather is using Gemini? I have a Big shot machine so I would like to know which one is better from both of you and why before I invest in one. Totally scared of this but love it.
Both machines are great! We were just trying to show both of the most widely available versions. Lea and Heather both started with the Glimmer, so we tend to use that one more, just because we are more familiar and comfortable with it. If you have a Big Shot, you would need the Glimmer machine to work with it, and you can't go wrong! It's a fabulous machine!
s.@@PinkFreshStudio Thank you so much for the response. I am watching all the video's on Hot foiling again. Thank you again for these video's..❤
What kind and weight of coloured cardstock did you use with the Opal Foil?
That was a Spellbinders cardstock - I believe it is Blue Spruce or Lagoon - so it would be 100lb :)
Just food for thought, I have tons of rolls of Minc foil ,toner use system. If you bring white cardstock to a print facility in your area, and have them run your white cardstock thru a laser printer, copying a black sheet of paper, you will have sheets of toner paper. Take the now toner sheets, cut dies or on your Cricut and then use this new plate to foil. This is just if you have the foil already and you are just getting use out of products you already spent money on. Besides sentiments, just back ground and even frames will give you more bang for your buck. For all methods, if you sandwich in a full sheet of copy paper on your plate, you won’t get foil on your new beautiful solid plate, or your other clear plates.
At marker 37:52 you show a solid piece of foil taken off the solid plate. There are what appears to be scratches all the way over the plate - not just at the bottom that you said was a bad foiling spot. What is causing the scratches and how do we prevent it? I seem to be getting them frequently on my plate. Thank you.
Hi Delina! I realized at that mark that my machine had started cooling down during Heather's segment. So it wasn't as hot as I thought it was. I wish I had noticed it being splotchy near the top, because I would have just popped it back on to my machine and done the process over. Hope that helps!
You say the solid plate needs more heat and pressure. To get the plate hotter wouldn't it be better if you put the plate down and put the plates on top while heating up? It just seems to make sense to cover the plate to retain more heat. Great video, sure hope you continue more videos on hot foiling.
You can do that - and I know some people do? I have been unsure if it would be too much heat for my plastic plates is the only reason I haven't tried that more?
How do you get foil off the plate
100% acetone. Make sure it doesn't have any conditioners or fragrance. We like to give it a bath after using the acetone, because the smell can be a bit pungent. :)
@@PinkFreshStudio thanks
When using the solid foil plate, I've noticed that my shim plate, the green one, (Glimmer system) is flaking off on the sides. It's like its too hot and is melting the shim. Anyone else have this problem??
what is toner sheets?
Black toner is what a copy machine uses (not ink jet) to make the image appear. GinaK sells solid toner sheets and deco foil is not a heat transfer method that uses toner or there is a transfer gel that works with non heat foil.