Hi everyone! Happy Friday! Today I don’t have a Freebie Friday printable for you. Instead, I have something that’s even better and I’m so excited to share! I apologize in advance for the poor photos. It is so hard to get a camera to focus on shiny things!
I previously shared these gold quote printables, and many liked the gold foil effect, but of course, if you printed it out, it wouldn’t be as pretty. What I suggested to everyone was to trace over it with a gold paint pen. However, I kept on thinking about the gold foil effect and I remembered a post I saw on Pinterest. In this post, the blogger from How About Orange experimented using laser prints, heat transfer foil paper and an iron/printer. It worked pretty well! Then I recently saw a post about a new crafting machine that just came out and it does foil printing. I looked it up and it seemed like it used the same heat transfer foil and the machine is acting like the iron. So, I decided to give this a try with my laser printer and laminator and it worked! Here’s how I did it:
First you’ll need a laser printer, a laminator, laminating foil, tape, and a sheet of cardstock or any heavyweight paper.
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First, I printed out a version of the quote without the gold foil effect. The reason why I did this was because the gold foil effect caused the laser printer to print some parts lighter than the others, and I wanted it to print in solid black. You can get the PDF for the solid black version here.
Start up your laminator now because they can take a while to heat up!
Next, I cut out a sheet of gold foil that covered the entire print and taped it down at the corners.
Then I placed a sheet on cardstock on top of the foil and taped all the corners. The cardstock is to prevent the foil from directly touching the heating element.
Once it has gone through, gently peel off the tape on the cardstock. You can see the impression of the print on the gold foil.
Gently peel the tape off the corners of the gold foil and peel the gold foil away from the print.
Ta-da! Here’s your shiny new print!
As you can see on the second “c” in “chances”, the foil was a bit wrinkled going into the laminator. However, it’s not that noticeable overall.
I hope you liked today’s tutorial! I am so excited about it, I might end up foiling everything that can fit in my laminator! Do you have any projects where you can apply this? I’d love to know if this can add some sparkle to your projects!
Have a great weekend and happy Mother’s Day!
25 Comments
TwoPlusCute
May 8, 2015 at 9:33 pmFab, simply fab!
Really, really fab.
Great tutorial Ashley. I thought project like this needed more expensive equipment but turns out laminators aren’t that costy after all.
Ash
May 10, 2015 at 12:41 pmThank you so much! Yes! I was so happy to find another use for my laminator since I probably only use it 2 times a year!
Erica
May 9, 2015 at 5:43 amWow, that looks really cool! I may need to get a laminator to try this.
Ash
May 10, 2015 at 12:41 pmThanks Erica! The other blog tried it with an iron, so maybe you could try that first!
Marie
May 9, 2015 at 12:01 pmThank you so much for posting this! It is awesome and I can’t wait to try it!
Ash
May 10, 2015 at 12:41 pmThanks so much Marie! I’d love to see what you come up with!
Carrie Groneman
May 9, 2015 at 5:03 pmAshley, you are the most creative, amazingly talented gal! Good job and thank you for sharing. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
Ash
May 10, 2015 at 12:45 pmThank you so much Carrie! You’re always so nice to me! You spoil me with compliments!
JP
May 10, 2015 at 9:44 amThis is really cool! I’m pinning!
JP
Ash
May 10, 2015 at 12:45 pmThanks so much JP!
Cyndee
May 12, 2015 at 1:24 pmLooks like fun! Good job! Found you on From Dream to Reality link party.
Ash
May 15, 2015 at 6:20 pmThank you for stopping by, Cyndee!
Melissa French, The More With Less Mom
May 13, 2015 at 1:12 pmOOoh every girl likes shiny things! Thanks for posting. Hello from Treasure Box Tuesday.
Ash
May 15, 2015 at 6:27 pmYes! I love anything gold, shiny, and glittery! Thanks for stopping by, Melissa!
Nicole
May 15, 2015 at 10:59 amSo so cool! I don’t have a laminator but I’m pinning this just for the coolness of it and because I have a feeling somewhere down the line I may need it! Thanks for sharing!
Ash
May 15, 2015 at 6:31 pmThanks so much Nicole! Some people have tried the same technique but used an iron instead. I’m not sure how well that works though. Thank you so much for pinning and visiting!
Amanda Evans | Odds & Evans
May 16, 2015 at 12:26 pmYou may the most beautiful ideas and make them so easy! Thanks for linking up at MeetUp Monday, and hope to see you again next week!
Ash
May 21, 2015 at 1:23 pmThank you so much! That’s so nice of you to say!
Lou Lou Girls
May 18, 2015 at 2:45 pmThis looks incredible! Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you taking the time to party with us. I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm.. Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
Ash
May 21, 2015 at 1:25 pmThanks so much for pinning and tweeting!
Georgia @ Silver Spiral Studio
July 12, 2015 at 12:47 amGreat tutorial!! I love the look of gold foil – so classy and elegant. We’ve done a few fun iPhone wallpapers with it: http://www.silverspiralstudio.com/gold-faux-foil-chevron-iphone-wallpaper/ Thanks so much for sharing!!
Jamie
September 12, 2015 at 7:07 amHow do you get a hand lettered print on the computer so you can print it? I hand letter prints but I have no idea how to reproduce them. Any tips for me?
Nikki
September 10, 2016 at 12:19 pmLove it! Do you have to do the foil straight after printing or could you print it one day and foil it the next? xxxx
Ash
September 10, 2016 at 1:41 pmHey Nikki! The time shouldn’t matter! 🙂
shan
October 31, 2017 at 8:48 amHI,
Do you have the file in general that we can use without having to recreate it?