If you cut the outline of the moth out of a scrap of card, you could use that to mask the card as you apply your Aurora flakes. Then, perhaps, you would avoid any little crumbs or flakes sticking to the places you have taped.
Laminators are a girls best friend right at the moment. These are awesome Ann. I have the glossy pouches but would like to get the matt ones to have on hand for some of these projects. Be well & TYFS
You never cease to amaze me! I have wondered when you have time to sleep. Perhaps you have dreams which allow you to create? Thank you for all the terrific ideas and hard work. Blessings!
Who would have thought when we purchased our laminators that they would become our new favorite craft tool? Thank you so much for sharing all of these fantastic ideas!
Hi Ann! thanks for using products multiple times and in multiple ways. I’ve gotten so tired of the “one hit wonders” who push products and use them only once. Your approach to using both what we have as well as things that are new is something I really appreciate. Thank you again!
I love how your dragonfly came out, the green, blue and silver embossing flakes are stunning on it! The butterfly card is so cool looking and so beautiful. Love the "embossing powders and sequins" laminating too, so fun and cool! Such brilliant ideas for laminators and crafting! Hugs, Brenda
Maybe you could treat the cardstock with your antistatic bag, like you would before embossing. I would do it just before the laminating, because I wouldn’t want to reduce the stickiness of the pouch, you need all that to catch gilding flakes. Also, when gilding onto size, (sizing glue) I like to brush with a soft makeup blush brush. It pushes the flakes into the glue and brushes the excess off equally well, especially when I brush in small circles. This is so beautiful, thank you.
Instead of adding the scrap piece of card at the top of the pouches, have you tried placing the laminating pouches in between a piece or two pieces of copier paper like a carrier sheet? I've done that and it works really well and you don't get the wrinkles or slight bends in the laminated pieces.
@@PositivelyPapercraft we used to use carrier sheets in school to laminate the kids work Also when you use the flakes on the dragonfly, if you use a dry paint brush to take off the excess onto the white sheet and then just fold it and put the flakes back into the jar ( like you do with the embossing powder).
And there is more... your super ideas are endless, Ann. 👍 May I share a tip for when putting a floppy sheet of laminate through the laminator... If you gently slide a sheet of card underneath, this will support it in transit as it were. Obviously make sure not to let the card go through with the pouch. Margaret x
These ideas are beautiful and you make the explanations so easy to understand. Thank you so much for sharing. Please everyone don't forget to vote for our lovely lady, Ann.
Absolutely stunningly beautiful ❤️. Took it right back to basics for us all. So if we weren't sure you took the time to explain it again and simplified it again for us all. "Wonderful". Thank you so much 💖 for your patience 💗. Angel Blessings Lesley 💟
It's all about those gilding flakes!!! They're stunning. Such cool ideas! We had a laminator. I'll be asking my husband if it's been packed in our locker or donated when we moved. I can't remember!
I really enjoy your videos. I was thinking with this technique if you sandwiched the cutout with the laminate in a Minc pouch. You wouldn't have to worry about sticking. Thank you for the your great videos.
Ann, you never disappoint! :D Once again, you have added to my crafty ideas and opened up my crafty supplies to NEW opportunities! You truly are a GEM to share all of your expertise with us! I so look forward to each and every one of your videos! :) TYSM for all that you are doing! I am HAPPY to reexplore my crafty stash with all of the POSSIBILITIES that you are suggesting!
Thank you for your demonstration. I have done something similar but I put a piece of paper over the top of the die cut and then put it in the laminating folder and then laminate it. Then cut the folder sides and it just parts. Hope you understand that. x
Fabulous... :)) lots of info ... ive tried making a one sided-laminated box using scored paper-right side out-n copy paper inbetween, glitter & one(both sides of) pouch. Great result... so excited! ..lol thank u.
HI Ann,👸 My Goodness Ann, you really have got your creative head on you have worked so hard to bring your wonderful ideas to your u tube channel thanks so much I really do appreciate all your hard work 👍✨ I Loved all of your projects thanks for sharing 👍. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with on Sunday Ann, as a very modest crafter I love u & your channel ✨❤️ Lin
What a nice surprise to see a video today Thank you. Blue n green gilding flakes are gorgeous. Watching all these before I buy a laminator lol. When I use flakes etc I gently wipe things first with a tumble drier sheet but just make sure you like the smell cos it hangs around for ages.
So lovely! Makes me wonder about maybe some kind of sparkly embroidery thread in the pouch too? I’ll probably start going through my craft stash thinking “Oh! Let’s try this in a laminating pouch!” 😂
Thank you so much Ann, another awesome video. Those coloured gilding flakes are stunning and gorgeous too. I really really love ❤️ all these ideas 💡. And the snow ❄️ one is gorgeous too!!!!!!! Food for thought 💭 Eh? Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
Oh my...that moth...absolutely stunning and those colours would be perfect for aquatic or mermaid themed dies. I am definitely gonna try the snow affect for my Christmas cards. Thanks again Ann xx
Thanks Ann, another great idea. I was thinking that you only need a large enough piece of laminator pouch to adhere the die cut back into the outline shape not the whole piece of card - just an idea to stretch the use of your laminator pouches tfs
Hi Anne, I was a bit worried about putting the laminator sheet in with the stained glass cutout, so I thought I would share with you what I did. I used an office stationary transparency film sheet just a bit longer so that I could get hold of it when finished and it pulled off with no problems at all. Absolutely love you ideas, thank you so much :o)
Another outstanding performance Ann and what a Beautiful Moth, absolutely stunning. You also don’t know how excited I was when you did the Butterfly. I have that set and have never used it because I didn’t know what to do with it, WooHoo, now I know! I am also excited to try the snowflake effects in the laminator for my Christmas cards this year. I usually have my Christmas cards done by the end of January but I had my 5th foot operation in January to fuse my bones together and unfortunately it did not take so all has not been going well with trying to get around on a bad foot, but, we shall prevail with the help of my wonderful friend, Ann Melvin, on UA-cam, lol 😆 Thank you Ann for all you do and I LOVE 💕 the excitement in your voice when you get excited when something turns out perfectly! Blessings to you!
To make sure that the laminting items stay in the position I put them until they go into the machine, I put a hardcover book under the empty laminating sheet, put my items in, close it, carry the book to the machine and feed the paper in completely level with the machine. That way they make the transfer like on a conveyor belt, all smoothly.
Love these!! I want to use the method to make shakers without gluing acetate!! AND, the best way to make stencils. The new stencils these days are really, really thin. I have a lot of older ones that work much better. Thank you Ann for sharing.
I am in another lockdown *sigh* but you always brighten my day. You sound so excited when you think of a way to improve what you are demonstrating and that makes me laugh. Not laugh at you but with you, you're a treasure Ann, don't ever change. Love from Melbourne, Australia. : D
I may not know what I'm talking about but something you talked about got the wheels in my mind turning. As to what you said about the laminator sheet that shows through the cut outs being sticky at first but it doesn't stay that way. Before you laminate anything the inside of the pouch is not sticky until you run it through the laminator. The heat activates the adhesive on the sheet. Once you get the item out and it cools back down to room temperature it returns to the state it was before you ran it through the laminator. It's just a guess on my part but it kinda makes since, maybe.
Hi, Ann! I've been enjoying all of your videos. You are so talented...and a great teacher! Thanks so much for all of your wonderful work. Best of luck to you with the Best of Craft Awards. I just voted for you!
Ooooo! I have some dies like these! And bought some flakes but only works with adhesive so I am going to try this out. Love that butterfly effect! 😍😍 Great idea with the sequins! 🤩 Love these laminating techniques! Thank you Ann! 😍👏🏻🙌✌🏻💕
Wow wow, wow. I am amazed! Where can I get that eraser...makes a great difference. Thanks ever so much. I do not know if I could do as well. Well done YOU! Grace
WOW amazing ideas Ann 🥰 I love the green, blue and silver colors, the snow effect is perfect and your tutorial ❤ thanks for sharing your creativity Hugs xx
Oh Ann, the first project on black card was GORGEOUS! I have a love/hate relationship with black cardstock. I always have flecks of embossing powder (or in this case it would be gilding flakes) no matter how careful I am. (I would have to use watered down metallic paint to splatter the background to hide these. 🙄) The other projects are just as beautiful - love that layered butterfly die set! Thanks so much for so many ideas! Janet 🥰💕👍🦋
I have a question, couldn't you put the low tac tape on the back side in a hidden spot(using a small piece) and it be covered over by the laminate?? This would get rid of your small issue of the flakes sticking to the tapelines in the front I should think. Brilliant idea and lovely design!!
This is fantastic! I'm super excited to try this technique. I Wonder if this would be i cut my die shapes and assembled them then laminated it. then was able to place the laminated piece into the clear envelope. This would be so I could see my dies better. just a thought. Not sure if I explain that correctly so you could understand what I'm trying to say
Suggestion: Back your cut out which is topped with laminator pouch with a lovely variegated paper. It will make the openings in the wings colored without having to get out the pens.
If you cut the outline of the moth out of a scrap of card, you could use that to mask the card as you apply your Aurora flakes. Then, perhaps, you would avoid any little crumbs or flakes sticking to the places you have taped.
Laminators are a girls best friend right at the moment. These are awesome Ann. I have the glossy pouches but would like to get the matt ones to have on hand for some of these projects. Be well & TYFS
Those gilden flakes with the green, blue and silver. They would be beautiful for a mermaid tail or some kind of marine dies.
You are making lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, bearable. Thanks for your inspiration.😣🐨🦘
You never cease to amaze me! I have wondered when you have time to sleep. Perhaps you have dreams which allow you to create? Thank you for all the terrific ideas and hard work. Blessings!
Wow, thank you!
So stunning with the Aurora flakes. It looks just like stained glass! The idea with the butterfly is outstanding. Your mind is amazing!
Ann you are a genius. You are full of fantastic ideas. Your videos are always interesting xx
I am stunned by how beautiful that dragonfly is. I had never heard of gilding flakes before but now I must have some!
Who would have thought when we purchased our laminators that they would become our new favorite craft tool? Thank you so much for sharing all of these fantastic ideas!
You are so welcome!
I have so long wondered what more I could do with this thing and couldn’t find anything. This is waaay beyond what my imagination could conceive!
Beautiful! I wonder if you use embossing anti static bag around the moth before using gilding flakes if it would help with flakes sticking.
I thought of it too , it would repel the flakes
That's a great idea!
I like the snow on the matt pouch but the clear is my choice for sequins and glitter. sequin stars are great for a night sky over deep blue.
Hi Ann! thanks for using products multiple times and in multiple ways. I’ve gotten so tired of the “one hit wonders” who push products and use them only once. Your approach to using both what we have as well as things that are new is something I really appreciate. Thank you again!
You are so welcome! Yes i try to make my videos so that anyone can make them. I don't want it to be about products x
Oh my goodness!!!! Stunning!!!! I love your wonderful ideas!!!!!🥰🥰
Thanks so much! 😊
So beautiful Ann your ideas are marvelous what a brilliant ideas 🙏thank you
I love how your dragonfly came out, the green, blue and silver embossing flakes are stunning on it! The butterfly card is so cool looking and so beautiful. Love the "embossing powders and sequins" laminating too, so fun and cool! Such brilliant ideas for laminators and crafting! Hugs, Brenda
Thank you so much!
the dragon fly is my favorite just love it so beautiful got to get the blue green flakes to make this you are wonderful
Beautiful cards and great ideas ❤️
Maybe you could treat the cardstock with your antistatic bag, like you would before embossing. I would do it just before the laminating, because I wouldn’t want to reduce the stickiness of the pouch, you need all that to catch gilding flakes.
Also, when gilding onto size, (sizing glue) I like to brush with a soft makeup blush brush. It pushes the flakes into the glue and brushes the excess off equally well, especially when I brush in small circles. This is so beautiful, thank you.
Instead of adding the scrap piece of card at the top of the pouches, have you tried placing the laminating pouches in between a piece or two pieces of copier paper like a carrier sheet? I've done that and it works really well and you don't get the wrinkles or slight bends in the laminated pieces.
Agree.....I use a piece of folded parchment paper as a carrier sheet and it works well.
I will try it and see ;-)
@@PositivelyPapercraft we used to use carrier sheets in school to laminate the kids work
Also when you use the flakes on the dragonfly, if you use a dry paint brush to take off the excess onto the white sheet and then just fold it and put the flakes back into the jar ( like you do with the embossing powder).
And there is more... your super ideas are endless, Ann. 👍 May I share a tip for when putting a floppy sheet of laminate through the laminator... If you gently slide a sheet of card underneath, this will support it in transit as it were. Obviously make sure not to let the card go through with the pouch. Margaret x
Yes! Thank you!
These ideas are beautiful and you make the explanations so easy to understand. Thank you so much for sharing. Please everyone don't forget to vote for our lovely lady, Ann.
Thank you so much!
Queen of the laminator! Wonderful projects. 👸🏼
I really like the moth and butterfly. Thanks for sharing I will definitely try this technique when I get my laminator.
You are so welcome!
Absolutely stunningly beautiful ❤️. Took it right back to basics for us all. So if we weren't sure you took the time to explain it again and simplified it again for us all. "Wonderful". Thank you so much 💖 for your patience 💗. Angel Blessings Lesley 💟
Another super laminating video. I love the look of gilding flakes.
It's all about those gilding flakes!!! They're stunning. Such cool ideas! We had a laminator. I'll be asking my husband if it's been packed in our locker or donated when we moved. I can't remember!
Love the butterfly and moth.
I really enjoy your videos. I was thinking with this technique if you sandwiched the cutout with the laminate in a Minc pouch. You wouldn't have to worry about sticking. Thank you for the your great videos.
I love these laminator videos
I love the butterfly die! Beautiful cards fronts!
TFS! Really appreciate more ways to use the laminator!
Ann, you never disappoint! :D Once again, you have added to my crafty ideas and opened up my crafty supplies to NEW opportunities! You truly are a GEM to share all of your expertise with us! I so look forward to each and every one of your videos! :) TYSM for all that you are doing! I am HAPPY to reexplore my crafty stash with all of the POSSIBILITIES that you are suggesting!
You are so welcome!
Love your videos...great ideas and demos!
Thanks for acknowledging my idea. What a wonderful surprise! Perspective Moth turned out beautiful!! Enjoy your evening. 💚💙
You are very welcome 😊 thank you too and take care
Oh I need to rewatch this a few times, thank you so much for sharing and making this video. It rocks.
You are a fountain of knowledge Ann. An adhesive eraser would work for the sticky tape adhesive. Great ideas xx
Oh thank you!
Thank you for your demonstration. I have done something similar but I put a piece of paper over the top of the die cut and then put it in the laminating folder and then laminate it. Then cut the folder sides and it just parts. Hope you understand that. x
More brilliant ides Ann loved the black card with the gilding flakes x
Ann, you are totally awesome!!! I love this kind of video!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
Glad you liked it!!
I love watching your hacks on laminating. I bought a machine now I have more ways to use it
Wow, such beautiful items, love the butterfly
Thank you for the jam prevention strip tip. I also didn’t realize there are matte pouches… Now I’ll have to check out part one!
Fabulous... :)) lots of info ... ive tried making a one sided-laminated box using scored paper-right side out-n copy paper inbetween, glitter & one(both sides of) pouch. Great result... so excited! ..lol thank u.
Wonderful!
I know I’m late, but when adhering glitter or flakes I use a piece of wax paper. You can rub really well without pulling bits up. Just my hack x
I love the aurora flakes Ann and great hacks XXX
Ann, that black butterfly is my favorite.
Thanks for this - my laminator sits idle but not anymore - You have inspired me to get it out. xx thank you
Love your laminator tips! I use a Swiffer cloth to get excess dust and flakes off my paper.
Absolutely love the snowy effect on the laminating pouch. That can be used in so many ways. Great tips! Thanks for all you do Ann. You’re amazing!
You are so welcome!
I love your butterfly and the dragonfly
HI Ann,👸 My Goodness Ann, you really have got your creative head on you have worked so hard to bring your wonderful ideas to your u tube channel thanks so much I really do appreciate all your hard work 👍✨ I Loved all of your projects thanks for sharing 👍. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with on Sunday Ann, as a very modest crafter I love u & your channel ✨❤️ Lin
Thank you so much Linda. Thank you for taking the time to watch my videos and leaving awesome comments xxx
@@PositivelyPapercraft HI ANN, I only leave a true & honest comment & I love your channel & what u do 👍✨❤️
beautiful videos as usual Ann....love the dragon fly on black card....xxx thankyou
Very nice great tips! Thank you!
More brilliant ideas Ann thank you! x
You are so welcome!
What a nice surprise to see a video today Thank you. Blue n green gilding flakes are gorgeous. Watching all these before I buy a laminator lol. When I use flakes etc I gently wipe things first with a tumble drier sheet but just make sure you like the smell cos it hangs around for ages.
Great idea x
Lovely creations!
Just loving these laminator hacks/ideas x
Thank you xx
Truly gorgeous Ann. Thank you again for another superb tutorial. You are a great tutor.
Thanks so much 😊
Oh I do love your videos with these great ideas Ann!
Glad you like them!
That's a brilliant tip, Ann. Bless you!
Glad it was helpful!
Some great ideas x love it x
So lovely! Makes me wonder about maybe some kind of sparkly embroidery thread in the pouch too? I’ll probably start going through my craft stash thinking “Oh! Let’s try this in a laminating pouch!” 😂
Thank you so much Ann, another awesome video. Those coloured gilding flakes are stunning and gorgeous too. I really really love ❤️ all these ideas 💡. And the snow ❄️ one is gorgeous too!!!!!!! Food for thought 💭 Eh? Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
For the guilding flakes, maybe a sticky lint roller would get up the stray bits of flakes.
Another winning video Ann ,great ideas again ,thank you ,going over to your blog right now !
Oh my...that moth...absolutely stunning and those colours would be perfect for aquatic or mermaid themed dies. I am definitely gonna try the snow affect for my Christmas cards. Thanks again Ann xx
I can see using the embossing powders in aurora colors to make a cool night sky
Thanks Ann, another great idea. I was thinking that you only need a large enough piece of laminator pouch to adhere the die cut back into the outline shape not the whole piece of card - just an idea to stretch the use of your laminator pouches tfs
Hi Anne, I was a bit worried about putting the laminator sheet in with the stained glass cutout, so I thought I would share with you what I did. I used an office stationary transparency film sheet just a bit longer so that I could get hold of it when finished and it pulled off with no problems at all. Absolutely love you ideas, thank you so much :o)
I was wondering about whether glue would get through too. Great solution!
Another outstanding performance Ann and what a Beautiful Moth, absolutely stunning.
You also don’t know how excited I was when you did the Butterfly. I have that set and have never used it because I didn’t know what to do with it, WooHoo, now I know!
I am also excited to try the snowflake effects in the laminator for my Christmas cards this year. I usually have my Christmas cards done by the end of January but I had my 5th foot operation in January to fuse my bones together and unfortunately it did not take so all has not been going well with trying to get around on a bad foot, but, we shall prevail with the help of my wonderful friend, Ann Melvin, on UA-cam, lol 😆
Thank you Ann for all you do and I LOVE 💕 the excitement in your voice when you get excited when something turns out perfectly! Blessings to you!
Thankyou once again Ann, I just love your laminator hacks xx
To make sure that the laminting items stay in the position I put them until they go into the machine, I put a hardcover book under the empty laminating sheet, put my items in, close it, carry the book to the machine and feed the paper in completely level with the machine. That way they make the transfer like on a conveyor belt, all smoothly.
what fun!! thanks for sharing!
Love these!! I want to use the method to make shakers without gluing acetate!! AND, the best way to make stencils. The new stencils these days are really, really thin. I have a lot of older ones that work much better. Thank you Ann for sharing.
You are so welcome!
Love your ideas. Thank you ❤️
I am in another lockdown *sigh* but you always brighten my day. You sound so excited when you think of a way to improve what you are demonstrating and that makes me laugh. Not laugh at you but with you, you're a treasure Ann, don't ever change. Love from Melbourne, Australia. : D
Bless you, thank you so much and so sorry you are in lockdown :-(
I agree! (Love to all southern hemisphere folks)! 🙏🙏🏾
Thanks for sharing Ann, loving all these things.
You are so welcome!
Those are just wonderful ideas. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Lots of great ideas Ann .x
Thanks so much 😊
Thank for sharing these Ann, the one on the black card is truly magnificent. I have some clear pouches so will be trying out your other ideas soon.
I may not know what I'm talking about but something you talked about got the wheels in my mind turning. As to what you said about the laminator sheet that shows through the cut outs being sticky at first but it doesn't stay that way. Before you laminate anything the inside of the pouch is not sticky until you run it through the laminator. The heat activates the adhesive on the sheet. Once you get the item out and it cools back down to room temperature it returns to the state it was before you ran it through the laminator. It's just a guess on my part but it kinda makes since, maybe.
Yes, thats totally it :-)
Hi, Ann! I've been enjoying all of your videos. You are so talented...and a great teacher! Thanks so much for all of your wonderful work. Best of luck to you with the Best of Craft Awards. I just voted for you!
More fab ideas I'll have plenty to try when I get back home lol those Aurora flakes are stunning 😍 xxx
More great ideas. Thank you.x
Thank you! 😊
Ooooo! I have some dies like these! And bought some flakes but only works with adhesive so I am going to try this out. Love that butterfly effect! 😍😍 Great idea with the sequins! 🤩 Love these laminating techniques! Thank you Ann! 😍👏🏻🙌✌🏻💕
Wow, that is so beautiful 😍
Thank you! 😊
You could try a Swiffer sheet and it should take off the excess flakes. Awesome tutorial!
♥️♥️♥️ great video Ann. Thank you
You are so welcome
Voted for you Ann good luck! Another fab video. Thank you
Thanks so much 😊
Wow wow, wow. I am amazed! Where can I get that eraser...makes a great difference. Thanks ever so much. I do not know if I could do as well. Well done YOU! Grace
I got mine from Simon Says Stamp x
Beautiful. Thank you Ann
Great techniques Ann. What meanies give thumbs down to your wonderful video content? TFS, x
Thanks so much 😊 One word...Jealousy xx
Hello Ann! New subscriber here. I’ve already watched a lot of your videos and you have given me so much inspiration! Hugs from Norway!
Thanks for subbing!
WOW amazing ideas Ann 🥰 I love the green, blue and silver colors, the snow effect is perfect and your tutorial ❤ thanks for sharing your creativity Hugs xx
Thanks so much! 😊
Thank you so much for this tutorial!
Love this idea.❤️♥️❤️
Thank you for sharing your videos
Oh Ann, the first project on black card was GORGEOUS! I have a love/hate relationship with black cardstock. I always have flecks of embossing powder (or in this case it would be gilding flakes) no matter how careful I am. (I would have to use watered down metallic paint to splatter the background to hide these. 🙄) The other projects are just as beautiful - love that layered butterfly die set! Thanks so much for so many ideas! Janet 🥰💕👍🦋
Thank you so much xx
I have a question, couldn't you put the low tac tape on the back side in a hidden spot(using a small piece) and it be covered over by the laminate?? This would get rid of your small issue of the flakes sticking to the tapelines in the front I should think. Brilliant idea and lovely design!!
This is fantastic! I'm super excited to try this technique. I Wonder if this would be i cut my die shapes and assembled them then laminated it. then was able to place the laminated piece into the clear envelope. This would be so I could see my dies better. just a thought. Not sure if I explain that correctly so you could understand what I'm trying to say
Suggestion: Back your cut out which is topped with laminator pouch with a lovely variegated paper. It will make the openings in the wings colored without having to get out the pens.