{"id":2037,"date":"2016-08-21T04:02:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T04:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2017-07-21T02:12:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T02:12:03","slug":"htgawc-diy-minc-foil-back-to-school-notebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/2016\/08\/21\/htgawc-diy-minc-foil-back-to-school-notebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"HTGAWC: DIY MINC Foil Notebooks for Back To School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ahh the hot, and I do mean hot days of summer are almost over. And that means Back To School is right around the corner. Now I&#8217;m not going back to school and my little ones are a little young for classes as well, but I do love checking out all of the BTS stationery. And that is what&#8217;s inspired this week&#8217;s htgawcrafting project &#8211; a MINC Foil Notebook.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/MINC-Foil-DIY-MINC-Notebooks-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2792 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/MINC-Foil-DIY-MINC-Notebooks-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/MINC-Foil-DIY-MINC-Notebooks-1.png 721w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/MINC-Foil-DIY-MINC-Notebooks-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Well that and this awesome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJQNA8FBBHe\/?taken-by=heidiswapp\">IG post<\/a> from Heidi Swapp. She highlighted a great tutorial on using vinyl with your MINC from Jennifer Evans at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.createoften.com\/2016\/03\/diy-minc-foiled-vinyl.html\">CreateOften.com<\/a>. Here&#8217;s how we can add some glam to\u00a0any Back To School notebooks or journal (like I did)\u00a0with this easy 8-step tutorial. Let&#8217;s go.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><em>This post contains affiliate links.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Supplies for\u00a0DIY MINC Foil Notebooks<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Notebook &#8211; I got a Cre8ed Space Pink Vinyl Cover notebook From Michaels<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29kdvFB\">Rotary Cutter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1TqJepf\">Heidi Swapp Minc Foil Applicator<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=pinkim04-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00TYNRW6Y\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joann.com\/heidi-swapp-minc-reactive-foil-12.25inx10-roll\/zprd_14195135a.html#start=1\">Heidi Swapp MINC Reactive Foil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thermowebonline.com\/c\/new-products_deco-foil_foil-transfer-sheets\">iCraft DECO Foil<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Silhouette Studio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29FdHTB\">Silhouette Cameo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2b89SkZ\">Silhouette\u00a0Glossy Permanent Vinyl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2b8Epzk\">Silhouette\u00a0Transfer Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Materials.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Materials-1024x731.png\" alt=\"htgawc - Glam BTS Notebooks_Materials\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Materials-1024x731.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Materials-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Materials-768x549.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Steps<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">To Prepare Your\u00a0Vinyl Cutout<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0In Silhouette Studio create a word or phrase\u00a0to be cut\u00a0from your vinyl.\u00a0\u00a0Adjust your cut settings to 1 for a kiss cut\u00a0and change your mat settings to &#8220;No\u00a0mat.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2040\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-1-1024x731.png\" alt=\"htgawc - Glam BTS Notebooks_Step 1\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-1-1024x731.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-1-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-1-768x549.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Feed your Glossy Permanent Vinyl into your Silhouette cutting machine with the &#8220;Load Media&#8221; function. Adjust your blade to 1. Send your design through to cut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-2-1024x731.png\" alt=\"htgawc - Glam BTS Notebooks_Step 2\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-2-1024x731.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-2-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-2-768x549.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> When you&#8217;re finished cutting, carefully\u00a0remove the excess vinyl from your word. Cut down any excess backing paper. Remove any pieces of vinyl that do not need to be foiled like the inside of letters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-3-1024x731.png\" alt=\"htgawc - Glam BTS Notebooks_Step 3\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-3-1024x731.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-3-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-3-768x549.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">For a video tutorial on\u00a0how to cut vinyl, watch this great video\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"How to Cut Vinyl With the Silhouette Cameo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TRGZ3cuO3Nc\">How to Cut Vinyl With the Silhouette Cameo<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">from\u00a0<a class=\"g-hovercard yt-uix-sessionlink spf-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCaVBwAnSYisYOn5J4ybNbMw\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDUQ4TkiEwiHqtnE09DOAhUHhJwKHU2TCq4o-B0\" data-ytid=\"UCaVBwAnSYisYOn5J4ybNbMw\">AboveRubiesStudio<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">To\u00a0Add Glam with the MINC<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Cut a piece of your\u00a0favorite MINC Toner Reactive or iCraft Deco foil large enough to cover your words. Cover your cutout\u00a0with your foil and place it inside the MINC\u00a0sleeve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-4-1024x731.png\" alt=\"htgawc - Glam BTS Notebooks_Step 4\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-4-1024x731.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-4-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-4-768x549.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Step 5: <\/strong>Set the heat setting on your\u00a0MINC Foil Applicator to 5. In the video that inspired this post, Jennifer Evans\u00a0said to use setting 4. When I did that, parts of my vinyl went unfoiled. See below. So I did it again and just cut out the word &#8220;Dream&#8221; and re-foiled on heat setting 5 and got much better coverage.\u00a0Remove your foiled word from the sleeve and get ready for the big reveal. (Ahhh, I love that feeling when you pull back the foil and see how pretty your design is.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-5-1024x731.png\" alt=\"htgawc - Glam BTS Notebooks_Step 5\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-5-1024x731.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-5-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-5-768x549.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Step 6: <\/strong>Place a piece of transfer sheet on top of your foiled word. Use your scraper to make sure the transfer paper sticks to your cut out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-6-1024x731.png\" alt=\"htgawc - Glam BTS Notebooks_Step 6\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-6-1024x731.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-6-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-6-768x549.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Step 7:<\/strong> Pull back your transfer sheet with your cutout. Place it where you want on your notebook. Use your scraper to smooth it on your cover. Pull back your transfer paper for your second big reveal &#8211; your fabulous DIY glam notebook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2046\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-7-1024x731.png\" alt=\"htgawc - Glam BTS Notebooks_Step 7\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-7-1024x731.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-7-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Step-7-768x549.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Think of all of the possibilities. If I were back in school, I would be losing my coolness left and right over making custom covers for my notebooks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Finished.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2047\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Finished-1024x731.png\" alt=\"htgawc - Glam BTS Notebooks_Finished\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Finished-1024x731.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Finished-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/htgawc-Glam-BTS-Notebooks_Finished-768x549.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>Eeek, I&#8217;m giddy over seeing the Back To School\u00a0fabulous-ness on social media. Let me know how your MINC foil notebook turn out and tag them with #htgawcrafting and #pinkimono. Happy school days!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahh the hot, and I do mean hot days of summer are almost over. And that means Back To School is right around the corner. Now I&#8217;m not going back to school and my little ones are a little young for classes as well, but I do love checking out all of the BTS stationery. And that is what&#8217;s inspired this week&#8217;s htgawcrafting project &#8211;<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/2016\/08\/21\/htgawc-diy-minc-foil-back-to-school-notebooks\/\"> <div class=\"readmorelink\"><div class=\"rmtext\">[ Read More ]<\/div><\/div><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,56],"tags":[210,11,13,14,57,58,12,180,183,209,50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2837,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/2837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}