{"id":90,"date":"2015-10-20T04:07:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T04:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2017-07-21T02:09:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T02:09:34","slug":"stretch-your-minc-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pinkimono.com\/2015\/10\/20\/stretch-your-minc-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foil Factory: How To Stretch Your MINC Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"

So if you\u2019re loving your MINC foil applicator<\/a> you\u2019re probably also pulling your hair out from time to time. I love this craft tool, but I’ve found, that it can quickly become a hefty investment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I found a little trick that will hopefully help you stretch your craft dollars too! One theme you\u2019ll find on this blog is craft thriftiness. I\u2019m all about buying high quality products, but I like to get as much out of them as I can. Using a little paper for protection will go a long way. Here’s how.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch Your Tone(r)<\/h2>\n

When I first started foiling with toner reactive foil, I was making silly, costly mistakes. The biggest one was letting areas of my work that I didn\u2019t want foiled rub off on the sleeve\/transfer folder. For example, I was working on a new set of notecards and wanted to foil different parts of the card\u00a0in gold foil and leave the rest as is. So I printed the entire card\u00a0on my\u00a0laser printer and began foiling with my favorite foil, iCraft Deco Foil<\/a> in gold. I left the areas I didn’t want to foil\u00a0uncovered and rolled it through my applicator in the sleeve. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Dotted<\/a>

Here’s my latest card set, “Dotted Greetings” printed and ready to be foiled<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Well I am happy to say the area I wanted in gold\u00a0came out fine. The other areas \u00a0I didn\u2019t want to\u00a0foil, you know the black toner parts, rubbed right off on the sleeve. Uh-oh. But I thought to myself that maybe that was supposed to happen. So I continued to foil the next areas with the next color and that\u2019s when disaster struck. The area of the sleeve that picked up the toner re-deposited the toner to my paper which clearly I\u00a0didn\u2019t want to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Toner<\/a>

Sadness! Here’s one of my early sleeves with lots of toner mistakes!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Use Paper Protection<\/span><\/h2>\n

So now there I was 11:00 at night with a dirty sleeve that would forever ruin everything I put through my pretty applicator. At first I thought, I\u2019d wait till the morning to buy another sleeve, but then craft magic hit me. I thought, let me try this again but just cover the areas I don\u2019t want to be affected by my toner faux pas with paper. So I slid a piece of paper between the dirty sleeve and a new\u00a0printout, put it through my MINC again and boom, no more toner deposits on my final work.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Use<\/a>

Here’s my MINC sleeve with a piece of paper to protect my work and the sleeve from toner & ink deposits<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Finished<\/a>

Success! The foil went where it needed to and my sleeve is still clean and ready for the next job!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The MINC Takeaway<\/span><\/h2>\n

So now when I foil I take an extra step and cover the areas I don\u2019t the toner reactive foil to adhere to with a piece of plain printer paper (parchment paper works wonders too.) This way I avoid toner deposits\u00a0where I don’t want it. I actually have found that some inkjet ink will end up\u00a0on the sleeve as well. By taking this extra step, I have lengthened the life of my sleeve and kept a few extra dollars in my pocket.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Final<\/a>

Finished pretty product – Dotted Greetings by PinkimonoPapers!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Let me know if has helped you cave a little cha-ching. Please share your thoughts and any other tips that have worked for you. Let\u2019s help each other make pretty things.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So if you\u2019re loving your MINC foil applicator you\u2019re probably also pulling your hair out from time to time. I love this craft tool, but I’ve found, that it can quickly become a hefty investment. I found a little trick that will hopefully help you stretch your craft dollars too! One theme you\u2019ll find on this blog is craft thriftiness. I\u2019m all about buying high<\/p>\n

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