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[@rneustel388]

I love how these came out! There’s so much out there available to use, some really great stuff!!

[@judyventer7737]

My idea brain is zinging, thx Tracy they are super...😊

[@lalagamma4452]

Reslly neat ideas Todays Quote: " Is more than deeds, it is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person." - Plato. Huge hugs. Namesta 🐞🐞🐞

[@CreativeTrish]

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[@TracieFoxCreative]

LOVE that quote! HUGS back to you my friend x

[@lalagamma4452]

Thank you Tracie I'm always looking for new quotes to make people smile my goal this year. 🐞💜🐞

[@francelanoue1292]

It's funny you I'd the pocket whit your laminator ,last year I was searching for a pocket for all my stamps from Tim Holt and I laminated paper from a book of news papers did whit they're news and I did a thum so I can grab my stamps, since that they day they 're all in their pockets and I loved them ! They are protected and it's perfect!😊❤

[@lenawarelius4195]

So fun and inspiring 🥰👏 lots of love from Arctic Norway 🏵️🥰🌼🌺🌸

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you so much!

[@sandikalin636]

Very cool, thx Tracie. Have a great weekend

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you! You too!

[@maryalmsberger6173]

Wonderful kits! Great project! You are amazing Tracie!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you so much!

[@karenlewis632]

all I can say is: Love them all!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad you like them!

[@jenniferwatson7118]

Clever ideas - especially the laminating!

[@danacolosimo5874]

Thank you so much for sharing 😊 love them and can’t wait to make some 😊😘❤️🇨🇦

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Hope you enjoy it x

[@lauracolacino4084]

Thank you for sharing your fantastic ideas!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad you like them!

[@natwilliams]

Love these ideas! I usually layer the card and pic then modge podge or dimensional magic over the top - these ideas are much easier and so less messy 😆😘

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thanks so much!

[@emmkaa2099]

Tracie, YAY!! I made a bunch of these using magazines, notepad cardboard, and packing tape. I actually have two laminators but they're packed away because we're moving across the country in a few weeks. Needless to say, packing tape I have PLENTY of!! I've held out the bare crafting necessities so I can relax in the evenings, so this project was absolutely spot on for me!! Thank you SSOOO much! Hugs from the southern California desert, MK 🤗❤️🌵❤️🤗

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Wonderful!

[@ozjan7927]

How fabulous darlin! Way too cool! ❤❤❤ them! 😊💚🇦🇺xxx

[@rn4neo]

Great ideas for less money! They look expensive and fancy! Lovely job!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@debiv7834]

These are incredible! Thank you for sharing!❤

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad you like them!

[@terinskiojean]

These are really neat! I will definitely try some soon! ❤

[@nicolinavincelli9369]

Tracie love all the ideas, thanks for sharing. Enjoy your day.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you! You too!

[@pamlong5914]

Great ideas, Tracie!

[@44hopeful]

Totally awesome idea! Thank you for sharing!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thanks for watching!

[@risamateo8003]

What a great way to get the baseboard feel! Love the sticky back plastic look

[@karver3440]

Great project and ideas😊

[@annieaillaud6631]

que de bonnes idées ! tout est splendide. Je vais tout tester ! merci merci merci

[@rosemareemclure3227]

I really enjoyed this video Tracie. Was good to see you using your laminator again.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thanks so much! 😊 I am addicted to using it now x

[@donnaquick5173]

Fabulous project. ❤

[@janetbennell9855]

So gorgeous. very inspiring

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you so much!

[@dawnklein106]

Excellent idea! You’re always thinking!!!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you! 😊

[@DebDunn]

Thank you for the inspiration can’t wait to try ! ❤

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Have fun!

[@vamps_rock]

These are fab😍. I almost always use some type of cardboard backing on my elements as I prefer them sturdy, but I've not yet made them really thick. I also love the sticky tape idea, but am not too fond of glossy finishes, so I am going to try these but with a) a coat of clear gesso and b) a very light sanding to the surface to see if that works better for me. I'm also going to try a brown alcohol ink on the underside of the tape to see if that works for me too. TFS 😊

[@poppydaniels9855]

Great idea 🎉

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you! 😊

[@cheralyndewet897]

Love those ideas so much. ❤

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you! 😊

[@melindamitchell6584]

Good video even with the issues. 😊

[@LovesJESUS]

Love these and your talent. ❤

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you so much!

[@SunflowersAndDors]

Very very cool, I’m in a total funk at the moment so these are great ideas to get me back up and running! Loved this video ❤

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Awesome! Thank you! and you got this x

[@suziescrapbook3574]

Really great idea!

[@louiselill1528]

What a beautiful tag

[@christinerodgers6020]

It’s a great idea I will give this a try I love them❤

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Have fun!

[@CraftroomStories]

Awesome ideas!!! I want a laminator. Lol

[@cheryltoler321]

Great ideas! ❤

[@christineskinner1706]

Great ideas tfs ❤

[@SherryRector]

What a fabulous idea as always THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR FAB IDEAS!!!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@sheilabartlett6044]

Quite amazing, thanks for sharing!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@blackcoffeeandwildflowers]

These are awesome! I just got my laminator but haven’t had a chance to play. But these will definitely be something I try! What great inspirations, thank you!! Hugs 🤗❤️

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad you like them!

[@MoiraGray]

Love them ❤❤❤

[@maureenwilson6951]

Great idea thanks ❤

[@kerrietuni4892]

Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@marylackey868]

Such a great project and ideas!! Thank you for sharing ❤❤

[@nancypyter1511]

What a great idea Tracie! This definitely is a project to do when we lose our mojo!🥰

[@TracieFoxCreative]

It really is!

[@caroltanzi29]

Tracie: clever idea. Well done! Carol from California

[@WhichCraftDoYouDo]

oh WOW, how cool are they!!! Love LOVE LOVE them,, thank you so much for showcasing your fab idea with our kits xo

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad you like them! Working with great kits make things so easy x

[@mommcaden6897]

Love this! Can't wait to give it a try! I have a lot of ephemera just begging for backing!! THANKS!!

[@BluebonnetCrafting-Shelley]

These were really interesting!

[@michelleg773]

Great idea….. TFS….. love it so cute.❤

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad you liked it!!

[@joycedemolle4565]

Great tutorial.

[@cathccheong]

Such great tips ❤

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad you think so!

[@lindaellis1584]

Fabulous video and I love everything you did. Look forward to even more.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you so much!

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

*TRACIE!!!!* *I HOPE YOU READ THIS!!!* First off all, lay your laminating pouch on a stiff piece of old card, or a cheap cutting mat, it needs to be stiff and completely flat...so it acts like a tray but without the curved edges of an actual tray ...this will help stop wrinkles! When you lay your little images face down, and cover with a spare piece of paper... Lay a SECOND SHEET OF PAPER ON TOP. Don't close the pouch....lay another layer of images all over this time FACE UP. Then close the pouch...press it firmly down and lift it flat with the card underneath, preferably do this in front of your laminator so there's less chance of movement. Slide the CLOSED SIDE of the pouch - never the open edge first - just slide the closed side of the pouch, off the edge of the card tray base, about an inch or so, enough to offer it into the laminating roller. When the roller grips the pouch, keep the card level and allow the roller to take the pouch off the card by itself...just keep that card level with the rollers until it's all gone in. This way the pouch is not being dragged upwards off the table to meet the rollers, and things can't shift around. You've now DOUBLED UP your laminating pouches. 120 pouches now makes 240 sheets of laminated images. ............ I caught your first laminating video, then missed a couple until this one, so it's possible you've since learnt some of these things but I missed it. Apologies if you already know these tips. I will just offer them anyway even if you've since found out. 🤗 1). Don't offer your pouch to the machine right to the edge of the roller because if you're not lined up squarley it will travel inwards slightly diagonally aiming at the side edge causing one side to crush. It's best before you start, to bend down and look at the rollers first, work out the dead centre, add a Sharpie dot on top of your machine showing you the centre of the rollers, then aim the centre of your pouch in line with that dot. (It's a bit like loading paper into a printer a bit squew whiff, but whereas with a printer it's best to load it lined up at the edge, with a laminator aim for dead centre) 2). Using a flat tray type base keeps everything from moving, and ensures both sides of the pouch remain directly above each other, whereas if you feed it in then drop it to the table height for it to drag the rest in, the underside half of the pouch is then a smidge longer than the top half because it's curving downwards. This will result in shifting and wrinkles. 3). To save more time: +from cutting out bits and bobs to layer +then needing to cut them again after being laminated and to lower the risk of wrinkles You can just lay two pieces of A4 printables, back to back, pretty sides facing outwards, into one pouch, so you're laminating two whole sheets at once. Then cut all four edges off to separate them, and then cut them out once. They don't need a border to cling to, you can cut right around each image. The pouch remains stuck just like tape does. Just remember this rule: *2 WHOLE A4 sheets go in together on their own!!!* *2 layers of already CUT OUT IMAGES must have two sheets of scrap paper between them!!!* 4). Don't be afraid of shoving the laminating pouches through over and over, it's perfectly fine to do so. I pull mine out and run them back through a number of times to make sure that glue is fully melted and stuck firm. Running them through plenty of times will help squash wrinkles too. On second third or fourth passes through, flip them over and feed from the opposite end so that each part of the pouch hits different parts of the rollers. The rollers are basically like a mangle, but over time it's possible one side may shift a mm or two meaning one end presses tighter than the other by a whisker, so running them back through upside down and back to front ensures even squeezing. 5). You can laminate napkins, doilies, wrapping paper, lace, pressed flowers, fabric (flat), ribbon, even hair!....just remember the *layering rule* from number 3 ^, put two sheets of paper between anything with gaps in or around them!!! Lovely to laminate some pieces of keepsake fabric from a baby or loved one to preserve it. 6). If your laminator breaks for some reason, or for those who don't have a laminator....use your iron! A laminator is just evenly applying flat pressed heat! So does an iron! The rough inside texture of the pouch is glue...heat-set glue. The laminator is just melting and reactivating the glue. Well anything warm can do that. Just remember: You want steam switched OFF You want a medium to high heat (not MAX!) And you need an ironing cloth or parchment paper to cover the pouch before ironing. 7). A suggestion... When you look at your rollers to find the centre, also measure how high the gap between the rollers is from your table. It's normally around 2" ish up from your table or work surface right? Well you could make a platform or stack of large books to the exact height, creating like a conveyor belt kind of thing. A bit like an extension table for a sewing machine, so your fabric feeds through flat, with no downward drag. You get me? That way you can just assemble the bits you want in your pouch, and slide it directly in level with the gap between the rollers. Kind of like the underneath flat card tray I mentioned, but even sturdier and flatter and right level with your machine. 8). You can cut a laminating pouch...lets say you cut it (both layers) into a 7" square just as an example ok. Take the two pieces, put them back to back shiny sides together, glue side outside, lay them inside a laminating pouch and you've created a fully clear see through pouch when cut out. 9). Laminating whole sheets of pretty paper (2 at a time so only the pretty side is laminated) they make gorgeous pouches. Fold up two thirds, cut the top into a rounded triangle, sew the two sides and around the flap, and add velcro dots or kam snaps to close them. Great for storage of stickers, labels, fussy cuts, dies, stamps etc or lovely to gift ephemera in. I hope those tips helped, and hopefully that I described them good enough to understand. Not saying you're stupid 😂 but I struggle to explain directions to others, so I hope my directions weren't like a translated from Chinese instruction sheet inside flat packed furniture! 😳 As I say, you may have since figured or tried these things out so apologies if I missed seeing you do those. Take care, Tami 😘 xxxxx

[@TracieFoxCreative]

:-D I appreciate your time so very much. \Some I have worked out but some is new and so very helpful. I have books either side of the laminator now which is working great. Thank you again xx HUGS x

[@sandraford3355]

Fabulous ideas! Going to make some chunky pieces. 🩵 New video camera works great!

[@NigezzaCreates]

Love this idea TFS 💜

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you! 😊

[@shirleylaboy603]

Wonderful idea. I will try this. Thank you for sharing, Tracie. 🙂♥️

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Have fun!

[@mariawhiddon]

Such wonderful ideas. Thank you Tracie.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thanks so much!

[@marlygracecreations1954]

I love this…

[@lma1028]

Fabulous ideas. Thank you for sharing and inspiring.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@kathyaakananabluebird]

Beautifully done~ Thanks for sharing!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you very much!

[@angiehallhaviland]

Love this and OMGoodness!!! I didn't know Matte laminate was a thing!!! I have ordered some. Can't wait

[@TracieFoxCreative]

It is a little bit fabulous x

[@JamieLOVEUMOREJOURNALS]

More adorable pieces. Love you

[@thecraftingauntie9820]

Tracey these are awesome!!! Love the techniques. Definitely going to give it a go.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Yay! Thank you!

[@thecraftingauntie9820]

@@TracieFoxCreative you’re very welcome!❤️

[@micheledore1973]

Brilliant !!❤❤❤❤

[@annemillion1501]

Wonderful project! The tag was amazing!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Thank you so much!

[@lindamollyellen1]

Thank you ❤

[@debrafazzi5382]

Ohh, fabulous, love the tape / laminate craft 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@suesettera3453]

I think I’ll try another digital for the back side instead of white card and see what happens. Maybe too many wrinkles. Back to the office for now but will try that tonite. Thanks for the great ideas!

[@fiddliedee01]

Great ideas thanks Tracie 😃

[@fluffyspit]

Tracie fab!! How about when you use the laminator pouches, put the images, then the sheet of paper then more images on the other side and the paper will act as a separator…then you’ll get the images laminated on both sides?

[@handmadebypooh]

Great idea I am going to try this thanks for sharing 🙂

[@TracieFoxCreative]

You’re welcome 😊

[@pennydouphinett4545]

Great ideas. I like to make a lot of my own ephemera as well, from kits or scratch. New subscriber.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@RaindropLila7]

What a wonderful tutorial! Thank you sir much for sharing, Tracie! ❤️

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cassidywalker4867]

Have you tried to do a second layer on the other side of the white paper with the laminator? It might not work but may be worth a try. Love your ideas!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Yes I have. I did loose the prints as the paper I print on is too thick to do 2 layers. It was worth a try though! Happy Sunday and big hugs xx

[@karenblackburn7453]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I’m thinking the pieces you use for “charms” would be great for use with 18” dolls such as American Girl dolls.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

You are so welcome!

[@judithmartin799]

I thoroughly enjoyed this idea. Thanks for the tons of fresh ideas you always have for us! I really appreciate your time, talent, and inspiration shared with all of us fellow crafters. God bless😍 JudyfromGa

[@junenic58]

Tracie don't use both sides of your laminate sheet. Simply cut the sheet into two pieces (at the fold) Then use a sheet of non stick baking paper, your cut outs and one side of the laminate, goes twice as far that way.

[@TracieFoxCreative]

I tried but because it was heavy weight paper it did not go through too well. It was not great with the copy paper as a second sheet either. It has not gone to waste. I have used the plain side that is usable x

[@LeezaJNZ]

I totally need to work on pre preparing my bits and pieces so thanks for the ideas! I'm a little confused though, why would you want them to be so thick? I try and keep things to only 2 layers if I can as the journals get so bulky. Am I missing out on something? lol Thanks!

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Hi there, Not all paper craft go into journals. Suzy from Shabby Soul has a wonderful Tag book and uses many thicker pieces. Take a look, its wonderful x

[@pippipants]

❤

[@PatWalden]

❤❤❤

[@marlygracecreations1954]

Traci, where can I get the photographs and the other 2 you used?

[@TracieFoxCreative]

The first ones? Oh they were magazine or brochure images, couldn’t tell you where sorry x

[@lornapayne2805]

Is packing tape any different to Sellotape we use in UK?

[@TracieFoxCreative]

Hello, it is the same but wider and this is in the uk hun. I get mine from Amazon. Xx

[@carolbeeding4270]

😍❤️

[@DeniseS-6867]

Fabulous🩷🪻💙

[@annettedover3602]

Awesome idea!

[@katrina6276]

❤❤❤

[@amyb82941]

💜💜💜

[@lucy7b]

❤❤❤