03 May 2019

Foiling - lessons learned!

Hi Everyone, I haven't bought anything expensive crafty for a long while, in fact I am on a crusade NOT to buy anything, as I have so much unused. BUT, when I saw the We R Quill foiling kit for my Silhouette Cameo, and it was on special offer - well! I HAD to have it. I used it a couple of hours after I received it, other things prevented me from using it before - drat! LOL.
flower circle sketch pattern - Silhouette Design store
font - BernardFasD

This is the result of my first attempt, I used the thickest pen - 4 lessons learned.

  1. DON'T measure it on your sticky cutting mat, the foil comes off and doesn't come off the mat, thankfully it is a well used one.
  2. Always ensure you have a "sticky" tape, making sure you have the foil fully stuck down, if the tape comes off, you don't get good adhesion of the foil and pen to paper/card. 
  3. Don't go cheap - I used the purple masking tape not the WR one included in the kit! After watching a couple of Youtube videos, most use washi tape.
  4. You CAN cut the foil in place, it cut beautifully as you can see. If it had done the sentiment properly I could have used it as a topper maybe?


This is the completed card AFTER I had redone the centre and layered it. I was going to border everything in rose gold card, then realised I haven't got any. I think it's OK as it is though?
background paper - Modern Deco Papermania
butterfly die / background die   - Tattered Lace


This shows the shine from the foil on the cut and the paper.




16 comments:

Beebeebabs said...

Absolutely beautiful - love the outcome - great job as always!!!

MagsB said...

Wow, this looks amazing, Faith! So elegant!

love Mags B x

crafty-stamper said...

A beautiful result and love the B.paper/die you used
Carol x

Mia said...

Simply gorgeous, Faith. Thank you for the advices. Kisses!!!

Shirley Young said...

Looks great Faith and thanks for the tips. I’m still trying to convince myself that I need one !!

mamapez5 said...

That's turned out really well. I had to wait for my quill because UK shops didn't get their orders in until several weeks after USA , and then it had to be sent out to me in Spain. But I have it now and am excited to try it out. I'm grateful for your tips. It may save me wasting some of my precious foil!
I hope my cards turn out as well as your has. Kate x

Linby said...

I'm resisting new things too (well mostly lol!). YOur card looks fab, I was tempted by the quill but I have a craft robo and it doesn't say it is compatible, so some money saved.

Mac Mable said...

Such a stunning and beautiful card with a wow factor Faith....you are so clever and creative x

cotnob said...

This is beautiful Faith, well worth the learning curve.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Viv said...

Ooh it looks amazing too Faith ! Not got the machine so looks like I won't be buying it lol. 😀 Xx

Crafting with Darcy said...

Gorgeous, Faith! I haven't tried foiling yet. But it's on my To Try list. I love the gorgeous butterfly, too1

Shona Erlenborn said...

Well to be honest I have no idea how you did that, even though you showed us how!! But it is a beautiful card! Love the dimension of the butterfly too.

Greta said...

Oh wow--so worth it! Totally gorgeous card!

Nancy said...

Oh, my WOW!!! It's an absolutely STUNNING card, Faith! So GORGEOUS! :o)

Carol L said...

This is simply stunning and amazingly beautiful! I love that butterfly and how it picks up the foiled background panel! Gorgeous!

Hetty said...

Foiling is very populair at the moment and yes it is not very easy as I see around the internet. Keep on trying and I am sure you will be a master soon!!