Wednesday, June 3, 2015

New toy = lots of fun!


I've been watching a lot of bloggers lately making cards using Deco Foil and a heat laminator.  You can use the Deco foil with the laminator using a couple of techniques, but the one that I jumped right in for my first project was printer toner on plain white card stock.

Basically, on my computer, I created a new Word document and added a large, black rectangle that took up almost all of the page.  I printed the image several times using a laser printer.  It's important to use a laser printer because it's the toner that works as the adhesive for the Deco foil when it's sent thought the laminator.  Then I die cut several images using dies that I had on hand.

To apply the Deco foil, I placed the die cut images onto a piece of typing paper that I folded in half to create a folder to send through the laminator.  Place a piece of Deco foil cut to size on top of the black print side of die cut with colored side of Deco foil facing up.  Then I ran it through my laminator.  Amazing results - love it!