What are hot foil dies?

Hot stamping (AKA foil stamping) uses heat, pressure, and photoetched and/or engraved dies to transfer a foil design to a substrate (such as paper, cartons, labels, or plastics). Hot foil stamping is used to mark and decorate thousands upon thousands of everyday products.

What is the difference between embossing and foiling?

Like foil stamping and letterpress, embossing and debossing use heat, pressure and plates. The difference is that these processes involve a blind (without ink) impression to create depth or height. Think of it like a heavy stamp, where debossing creates a recessed effect, and embossing creates a raised effect.

Can You Use Any dies with Gemini foil press?

Gemini FoilPress Dies: Foil Stamp Dies and Foil Stamp ‘N’ Cut dies have been designed specifically to be used with the Gemini Foilpress machine, to create beautiful sentiments, images and patterns.

Which hot foil machine works with the big shot?

die cut machine (or the Gemini with a special plate). It will NOT work with your Big Shot or other die cut machine. The Spellbinders hot foil machine works with the Spellbinders die cut machine and I understand from friends and videos that it also works with the Big Shot and other die cut machines.

What temperature should hot foil be?

Vertical: 120-160°C, cylinder: 145-170°C, rotary (flexo): 190-215°C and rotary (Steuer Foil jet): 220-240°C. This hot stamping foil is recommended for OPP laminates, printed, unprinted and lacquered surfaces, good abrasion and scratch resistance, has soft – medium release.

Can you emboss foil?

Place the crumpled foil over top and begin to press it down into the hills and valleys of the drawing. You can carefully use the end of a pencil eraser to emboss the aluminum into the crevices. This also takes many of the wrinkles out of the foil as you rub it lightly over the flat spaces.

What is the disadvantage of combination foiling?

The disadvantage of combination foiling, however, is that everything that is embossed is also foiled. If you wish to foil and emboss different elements in your design, you need to do it as two separate processes.

Which dies are compatible with Gemini?

The Gemini Die Cutting Machine will accept most metal dies and embossing folders including: Sizzix Thin Metal Dies, Spellbinders Dies, Cricut Cuttlebug Dies, Lawn Fawn Dies, Darice Dies, Tattered Lace Dies, Fun Stampers Journey Dies, My Favorite Things Dies, and ALL Embossing Folders including Craftwell 8.5 X 11 …