nicolep
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Post by nicolep on Jan 23, 2018 15:53:12 GMT
Around Christmas time I wanted to make something fun for our little guy's Christmas party at his sitters. I saw something on Pinterest for making Play-Doh mats. I printed various 5x7" Christmas/winter images and then I sort of forgot that ummm...I didn't have a laminator lol! (Seriously, does 'after-giving birth brain' EVER go away?!) Long story short, my sweetie went and picked one up for me that night so I could finish the project. It's a 13" Scotch laminator. Anyway...I have it and I've used it several times already for crafts for our son and in my DD I used it to laminate different inserts between layout pages and that's been really fun. I would love some more ideas if you sweet peas have any!  Thanks! |
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Post by marg on Jan 23, 2018 16:01:32 GMT
Well, foiling is the obvious idea. You need some foils - Thermoweb or Heidi Swapp, for instance. If you have a laser printer you can print out your own images to foil. There is also a gel/glue that you can use for stamping, or else you can buy pre-made tags and papers that are meant to be foiled.
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Post by streetscrapper on Jan 23, 2018 16:23:12 GMT
The possibilities are endless. I saw a video where you can add a foiling to the bottom of a scarf! Go to YouTube and look up Heidi Swapp Minc. It's basically an overpriced laminator. In fact, Thermo-Web demonstrates all kinds of foiling techniques using a laminator! I love my Minc and foiling! So much so that I bought a laser printer so I could foil immediately!
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Post by myboysnme on Jan 23, 2018 16:27:18 GMT
I have a friend who laminated all of her early scrapbook pages. Big mistake. Ever since then when I hear laminator and scrapbook in the same sentence I cringe, so I'd love to see what you are doing with it. I'm not even sure what you mean about inserts between pages.
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Post by wallyagain on Jan 23, 2018 17:14:10 GMT
Foiling was huge at Creativation this past weekend. Also check out Gina K, she has products for foiling and she uses a laminator.
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Post by leeny on Jan 24, 2018 3:43:30 GMT
I second the Gina K foiling. I took a class at Scrapbook Expo just for this technique. I have a Purple Cow laminator and love having it around. Though I haven't used in scrapbooking, I have made luggage tags for family trips, backpack tags for our 9 year old DGS (Minecraft of course) and placemats for family for different holidays. nicolep - I think you have a new photo, you look great! |
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Post by live2scrap on Jan 27, 2018 2:57:04 GMT
I watched a Jennifer McGuire video where she used her laminator to make dividers for her stamps and dies. Of course, I had to do this too. I also laminate my recipe cards.
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Post by msliz on Jan 27, 2018 5:13:54 GMT
I also laminate my recipe cards. Great idea!  |
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Post by jen on Jan 27, 2018 19:07:22 GMT
I love my laminator!!! I mostly use it for making travelors notebooks & things for my planner like paper clips & page markers.
Over the years I've used it to make so many cupcake toppers it's crazy. I laminate recipe cards a ton.
As far as scrapbooking goes, I've never used it for things i directly use on layouts but i just laminated bookmarks i made using scrapbook supplies. Oh i did actually laminate tiny charms i had rubber stamped and fussy cut...then i punched tiny holes and put all together on a jump ring. I put that on a mini album.
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Post by Really Red on Jan 27, 2018 21:25:28 GMT
I just saw a laminator at Aldi's for $14.99. I am NOT going to buy it!!! |
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