Second Foil Quill Post...

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I'm back with

another Foil Quill Project! I really hope you guys

don't mind all the foil cards I've been sharing...

I really enjoy playing with all the different ways

you can add elegance to your card projects

and foils are definitely up there! :)

So, there are 2 cards and they are Christmas cards!

As you know I just got the Foil Quill kit and I bought extra Foil Quill colors at

my local Tuesday Morning, so I thought it would be fun to try using different foiled

colors on a card! When I use my Laser Printer and heat foil with

my laminator, it's really hard to get different colors - especially this close together

on a project - So having the foil quill really does help with those types of details!

I started out by finding an image in the Silhouette store (#208106)

I chose to use the BOLD PEN Tip this time and I had to

go to Sketch and enlarge my image then fill it in with the

checkered pattern again, then I used the .05 spacing and then

shrunk it down to fit on a card front -

What that does is "fill inside" the outline -

Most SVG's have an outline, and if you want to "color"

the inside with foil, you need to use the Sketch fill first

otherwise, it won't color inside - 

Here's a Youtube video showing someone using this technique

with the Foil Quill - Solid Fill

I used the Red foil first and it did the 2 trees and the 1 swirl, then when it was done

I used the Gold Foil which did 3 trees then I removed it and

then I used the Green foil to finish off the last 3 trees and swirl

I made 2 of them at the same time, so it took a while to create them -

Your machine is doing all the work and getting all the details

into each image - So you need to have patience which I don't

always have but watching this work flawlessly on

both cards made me very happy - It was only my second try

using the Foil quill - I could never get this foiled with all

3 colors with my laser printer and heat foiling, so you can

imagine the massive details having the quill can provide - 

I used Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Making Memories Gold & Red Cardstock,

MCT Stitched Rectangle Frame dies, The Sentiment is from MFT,

and I used Fun Foam for added dimension

Have a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!

Theresa

Long Story, Elegant Foiling...

Hello & Happy Monday Crafty Friends!

How the heck was your weekend?

I hope you all had a chance to do something fun!

Me? Well, it started out by adding a new driver

to my computer! Earlier in the week, my computer

was kind enough to warn me that my old

hard drive was about to go out... Weird? I know!

So, I called my husband and he suggested that I

upgrade to a Digital hard drive. So Amazon Prime

to the rescue and a new hard drive arrived, thank goodness

it was easy to install and I was able to clone ALL my files

from my old drive to the new one... And the kicker...

My computer runs sooooo much better now! Who Knew?

Certainly not me! hahaha

While I was shopping at Amazon (for the driver)... I happen to run

across a crafting item, I had been wanting since last year -

So, guess who bought it? ME!!! LOL

So I spent some time playing with my new tool

and I have a card to show ya using it - 

I know, I know another foiled card! But guess what tool

I used to make this card? The FOIL QUILL!!! EEK!!!

Look at the fine details of that image! I was impressed!

I have been wanting it since I saw it at CHA last January.

Of course, I wasn't a fan of the price point at the time (99.00)

But I happen to walk into a Tuesday Morning last week and they

were selling the individual pens for $20 apiece, so I started

to investigate the price. Then I forgot to check around until

I walked into a local Walmart and they had the kit for $64.00!

I was like... WHAT? So, instead of buying it at the store, I went home

and started searching online and funny thing... Walmart.com

is selling it for $44.98! WTH? $20 cheaper than the store???

So then I went to Amazon since I needed a Hard Drive anyway and

they were selling it for the $44.98 price as well... And you know I like

a good deal, so I bought it! Just a side note - Tuesday Morning

also had the Foil Quill Foil Rolls that are $9.99 selling for $4.99

so I bought a bunch of different colors to go with my new tool!

So once I got my important stuff done - (Hard Drive, Laundry, cleaned the house)

I sat down to watch a few youtube videos on how to use

my new tool with my Cameo 3 - After all that, I jumped right in

to make this card my first project with my tool -

I used the light blue pen ( Regular point) The pink pen is the

(Fine Point) and the Dark Blue Pen is the (Bold Tip) -

I grabbed an image from the Silhouette store (#313896)

and I did a TRACE of the image before I went to foil

I tried to make 2 of them, but since it was my very first

time trying it out the first image was off. center... like by a lot and

the second image was perfect or close to it!

I used the Sketch pen setting and set my force to 3 

and kept the speed to 10

I used a portable charger I have to heat up the pen

and away it went - When I revealed the foil image

I could not believe the details! Stunning in person!

So then I wanted to add the sentiment and again

I went to the Silhouette store and got (#10893)

and that was a little trickier since I wanted to

"Fill in" the gold foil... 

Let me just start by saying THANK GOODNESS for

Youtube videos that helped! 

I enlarged my THANKS Word then

I went into "Sketch" and I grabbed the

Checkered image (That's probably not the right name of it)

But anywho, I filled the word with that image and changed the 

spacing to .05 then shrunk it down to fit - 

(It's like filling inside the word) 

Once that was done

I placed the Thanks were I wanted it under the floral design

and added the gold foil on top before sending it

thru to my cameo -  I left the settings the same as

before and then peeled away the foil to reveal

the lovely gold word -

I really love the way this turned out - and I have another

card to share with you (Well 2 more) cause

it was fun to practice and learn how

to use this new tool - It's another great way

to foil and you all know I LOVE to Foil!!! 

I used Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Making Memories Pink

Foiled cardstock, MCT Stitched Rectangle Dies, Fun Foam,

Gold foil from We R Memory Foil Quill Kit

Fushia Foil From We R Memory Foil Quill 12" x 96"

If you guys have any questions?? Feel free to shoot

me an e-mail and I'll be happy to answer your

questions as best I can!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa