I try to teach my children the importance of a nice handwritten note. And of course, I like pretty things so when you put the two together, I decided on making some cute thank you cards. Are you a fan of snail mail? I sure am! I love getting cards in the mail and especially love if there is a handwritten note in it. Now is the time you need to add heat to transfer the foil to the ink on the card. I tried three different ways of transferring and I’ll show you what happened.

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Stay up-to-date on the latest balloon trends and news from Qualatex. Read Now icon-info-reverse How to Buy Place your image and foil in the transfer folder (or if using a laminator then use a same sized piece of grease proof paper) Made of a see-through stretchy material, Bubble Balloons are your answer to long-lasting, innovative designs. Make your own cute and beautiful foil card with three different printable thank you cards. Learn how to use deco foil to make unique cards!Use good quality smooth paper suitable for a laser printer. The paper I use is in the tools section below. I have tried to use quality smooth archival matt paper but results are not consistent and I do find I get better results with the laser printer paper. See links below for the paper I use. Your foil transfer sheet should entirely cover your image. You can only do this once (believe me I’ve tried!!!) so make sure your foil covers your whole image – there is nothing worse than getting a perfect print with a tiny edge missing.. Do NOT use a foil (auto shut-off regulator to inflate Single Bubbles, the outer bubbles of Double Bubbles, or Deco Bubbles; if you do, the foil regulator will shut off too soon and your Bubble will look more like a foil balloon. ONLY use latex regulators on these Bubbles, and keep inflating until the wrinkles and bumps are gone. Deco foil is a brand of foil transfer sheets from Therm O Web. They are meant to add a colorful pop of metallic or satin finish to a bunch of different types of craft projects. The thirty-one different colors can be added to porous surfaces like paper, wood, and fabric.

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Thank you for your blog post on foiling it is so helpful! I’m now on my third laser printer somewhere in foiling hell! Inflate with a latex balloon regulator immediately upon opening. When air inflating, use nitrogen or compressed air. Don’t be tempted to put your print through the laminator again – it will in all likelihood destroy the foiling on the other parts of the print (it takes off that lovely shine and leaves the foiled areas with a duller look). I have even tried to use my minc on a setting of 3 first time and then put the print through on a setting of 1 but this is what happens (notice the marks on the tops of the mane) As mentioned above , you will need to use a laser printer for this to work. The deco foil will not adhere to ink from an inkjet when heated. Deco foil has a few different types of adhesives to add foil to various materials. I have yet to try them but I’m excited to see what they can do!Use good quality foil – I have tried a lower quality foil but I have found it to give poor results. I now use deco foil (see bottom of the blog for link)