How to Get THE Best Results with the Cricut Transfer Foil Kit - Part 1.

[@annewatman677]

Thank you! I found the Quicky Glue Pen, and I’m wondering if that’s a particular kind of glue. Would others work?

[@createwithdebs]

It goes on blue but dries clear which can be useful. I haven’t used others but would guess they would work too!

[@annewatman677]

@@createwithdebs Thank you! You deserve more followers-you have some great stuff here.

[@createwithdebs]

That’s kind of you to say! Thank you! It’s a hard slog on KZbin, I’m not sure how to get more exposure. Thank you for engaging with me, it makes it so much more enjoyable and worth the effort! 😁

[@anneharwood943]

@@createwithdebs There is a lot of competition on KZbin, and it can be hard to figure out what’s worthwhile. I tend to look for topics that are very specific, and then I look at the length. If they’re 5 minutes, I know I’m not going to learn much (if anything). If they’re over an hour, it usually means that there’s no editing, and I’m going to sit through a lot of repetitive information. If they want to remind me of how to put the paper on the mat, don’t take a lot of time going over than again, just refer me to another video because I’m here to see how to work with foil! Another thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of videos do not explain things very well. I was trying to figure out how to create my own SVG files using Affinity Designer. Not one of them provided everything I needed to know. They didn’t give good descriptions, or go over reasons that it might not be working. I finally figured it out, but I spent hours watching videos and experimenting. It was amazingly easy, dammit!

[@createwithdebs]

Thank you, Anne, this is really helpful to read. Linking viewers to previous videos for info is something I need to remember to do, thanks for the reminder. If you have any suggestions for video content, I’d love to hear them. Congrats on figuring out Affinity Designer. I’ve not heard of that App, do you recommend that over Procreate? I’m thinking of getting an app as Design Space is a bit limited for creating own designs. I think it’s good for sharing with other Cricut users within the DS app though.

[@charmed2284]

What about projects that have score and foil, like for a card. It scored first, then the machine says to apply the foil, w/o removing the mat which is hard, then its not taut.

[@createwithdebs]

Yes that’s a tricky situation. In that case, I would put the foil on before loading the mat, then NOT put in the scoring stylus, (or with the wheel it will want to detect it first, but you can then take it out, take off the wheel nib, then put just the housing back in the machine, then press start. It will do the scoring (without doing it), then the foiling, and then you can remove the foil, and INSTEAD of unloading, put the wheel/stylus back in, press start again and it’ll do the scoring, then you can press unload. Hope that makes sense? 🥰