I got a Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil machine a while back and I'm trying my hand at using it.
Oh, my goodness.
It's a really fun concept. You use a die or a special hot foil plate, put it on this thingy that has a removable platform that heats up. Then you put a piece of heat-reactive foil over that, put your media (paper) over that, and run it through an embossing machine. Sounds pretty impressive, yes?
In the videos on the interwebs, it sure does.
Not here. Huh uh. Not even close. Either there's too much pressure running it through the embosser (which has a hand crank, by the way, it is not electronic, you have to work for this) and foil ends up on the media where you don't want it or there's not ENOUGH pressure and the foil isn't completely pressed onto the media.
And it's the SAME DAMNED cardstock and the SAME DAMNED foil! I'd punch it in the face if it had one.
So, on I go. Practice, practice, practice.
I did some research and found that there's an eraser that would probably work for the over-foiling (I read one how-to that said to just use a brush - didn't work). The eraser is called a sand eraser. I've got one on order, should be here by the end of the week.
Something I learned today after having spent money on hot foil plates these past few months was that the dies I already have will work just fine. Oh, well. Live and learn, right?
Oh, the weather? Dry. Cloudy. A Santa Ana breeze. It's supposed to be super windy, but it hasn't hit here in the San Diego area. I have a friend who lives in north of here and she said it was pretty bad last night. And I do NOT like the cold. At all. Let's have us a warm breeze, okay? Thanks.
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