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Love Is In The Air... FREE Valentine's Day Cards

Love is in the air... FREE Valentine's printables to print at home.

It's that time of year and once again we've got some fantastic FREE Valentine's card designs for you to print off at home for that special someone in your life!

All cards come in a handy Pdf ready to print onto A4 paper / card of your choice and fold neatly into an A5 card.
To make it even easier why not pair them with one of our Greeting Card Kits and get that 'professional' look at home.

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Looking for more?

grab one of our free valentines printables from last year.

10 December 2018
how to guides , laser printing , Christmas , Crafting , Card Making , Gift Tags , Reactive Foil

Make your own professional looking metalic effect gift tags this Christmas

DIY: Reactive Foil Transfer

Our resident 'craft expert' Tom shows you how to make some fantastic looking metallic gift tags at home using your trusty laser printer, a standard laminator and inexpensive reactive foil.

We’ve even put together some fantastic Free Gift Tag printables for you to download and use:

INKredible Gift Tag Collection – Download
Merry Christmas (Light) Gift Tags – Download
Merry Christmas (Dark) Gift Tags – Download
It's Cold Outside Gift Tags – Download
White Christmas Gift Tags – Download
Merry Xmas Gift Tags – Download

If you're more of a 'visual learner' you can skip below to see the video of the process in action. If not, here's how it's done:

You Will Need:

Reactive Foil Transfer – We got Gold and Silver from Amazon here:
- Gold – http://amzn.to/2nLM52w
- Silver – http://amzn.to/2QIihEl
Laser Printer – A black only (mono) one will do, you won’t be printing in colour.
Your preferred stock – Paper, Card, we used our 130gsm Matt Photo Paper and some brown ‘Kraft’ card from Amazon:
- 130gsm Matt Photo Paper – Find it here
- 130gsm brown ‘Kraft’ Paper – http://amzn.to/2C13fSc
Scissors / Knife– To cut the foil.
2 sheets of plain paper – To protect the foil from direct contact with the laminator.
Standard office or craft laminator – The heating process is what transfers the foil to the toner and keeps it there.

How it’s Done:

1. Print your image in black onto your desired stock (card, paper etc.) using a Laser Printer.

For this process to work you must use a laser printer, images printed using an inkjet printer will not work.
As a work around you could print your image with an inkjet printer and then take this to be photocopied onto your preferred stock. Most large photocopiers use toner rather than ink.

2. Measure the amount of foil you need to cover the area you want to coat and lay it over with the ‘mirrored’ side up.

The foil will stick to any toner but not to any of the unprinted surface.
Any unused foil that goes through the laminator cannot be re-used so make sure to only cut enough to cover what you need.

3. Sandwich the Card / Foil between two sheets of standard copy paper.

This protects the foil as it goes through the laminator.

4. Send the layered assembly through the laminator.

The heat setting will depend on your laminator but we found a medium high heat worked best for us.
Too cold and the foil will not adhere properly to the toner.
To hot and the foil will ripple, and un-foiled toner areas will be damaged.
It is best to experiment with your laminator / card / foil combination before going for your final product.

5. Stand Back and admire your work!

You've done it! Now you need to resist the urge to foil everything that comes out of the printer!

6. Have Fun! Experiment with different styles!

Try different shapes, inverting the printed areas of your design or layering up different paper types.

Here’s The Video:

04 December 2018
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FREE Printables , Crafting , DIY , Kids , Schools , Christmas , Card Making

'tis the season... FREE Christmas printables to print at home.

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Want more free stuff?

Check out the Rest of our 12 Days of Christmas and see what's up for grabs.

04 April 2018
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FREE Printables , Crafting , DIY , Kids , schools

The school holidays are here, why not put your printer to work with these FREE printables to keep the kids busy.

If your house is anything like mine then there is a mountain of left over Easter chocolate and kids climbing the walls, stuck inside due to the weather!

While we may not be able to neutralise the sugar high, we can help keep them occupied with some free printables. Just download, print and let the little ~~monsters~~ angels wear themselves out with an afternoon of craft.
Our friends over at FreePrintables.net have a great selection of activities to keep kids of all ages engrossed. We've selected a few of our favourites for you to download below.

Just Click, Print and grab a well earned cuppa!

Easter Colouring Sheets

Easter Basket

Free Download

Easter Egg With Feet

Free Download

Easter Eggs

Free Download

Bunny and Chick

Free Download

Print and Colour Masks

Female Astronaut

Free Download

Male Astronaut

Free Download

Pirate Captain

Free Download

Princess

Free Download

Happy Unicorn

Free Download

Robot

Free Download

Dot to Dot pages

Bunny

Free Download

Chick Hatching

Free Download

Unicorn

Free Download

08 March 2018
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Mother's Day , FREE Printables , Crafting , Card Making , DIY

Mother's Day is just around the corner but it's not too late. Grab one our our Free cards to print at home and treat your Mum this Sunday.

All cards come in a handy Pdf, ready to print onto A4 paper / card of your choice and fold neatly into an A5 card.

To make it even easier why not pair them with one of our Greeting Card Kits and get that 'professional' look at home.

Portrait Cards

Free Download

Landscape Cards

Free Download

Valentine's Day: Free Printable Cards

Valentine's Day is upon us once again. Why not take advantage of our great, free printables and grab yourself a card to print at home.

The Watercolour Collection

Be My Valentine

Free Download

I Love You

Free Download

Forever & Always

Free Download

The Heart Collection

My Heart Is Yours

Free Download

'Love' Heart

Free Download

Flower Heart

Free Download

The Geek Collection

I Love You '2 bits'

Free Download

Be My Player 2

Free Download

06 February 2018
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how to guides , laser printing , Valentines Day , Crafting , Card Making , Reactive Foil

DIY: Reactive Foil Transfer

Did you know, you can make your own expensive looking foil coated cards and invitations at home using your trusty laser printer, a standard laminator and inexpensive transfer foil?

Neither did we until recently, so we tasked our resident 'craft expert' Tom to give it a go and let us know how it's done. If you're more of a 'visual learner' you can skip below to see the video of the process in action. If not, here's how it's done: