These remind me so much of ACEO-cards from way back haha. It's so cool to see the change in workflow that newer technology brought with it. We used to draw them by hand, glue them together or on a sheet of thicker paper and then either laminate them or put regular adhesive tape on xD. Yours ended up looking so nice! I especially love how colorful your art is, it's really pleasing to look at. I sadly only have an old printer which prints extremely pixalized, so I won't be able to try this myself. Well, maybe someday :)
Wait so I have a question for the lamination step at the end u first have to put the cold lamination on and then put it in the heated lamination machine ? Bcs I have a lamination machine put it applies the plastic for u, so you just have to put the paper in
You can just use the lamination machine and skip doing 2 steps! I apply cold laminate manually because I don't have a machine to roll it on for me, but I'm not satisfied with manually applying it so I put it through a "hot laminator" to melt the plastic against the paper so it's super clear!
I have the Epson 8500 Eco tank but I can't get a high quality like yours and I don't know why. I don't know if maybe I have the wrong paper but I tried like 4 differents paper. If I go to the printing shop their quality is much better, but I can't pay every time much money.
If it's blurry, I would check the DPI or resolution of the images you're printing and only print on photo paper. Regular paper or regular cardstock will print grainy
Hi!! I was wondering if it is safe to run the Bleidruck holographic and Avery clear laminating sheets through a heat laminator? :o Have you ever had any issues doing this? Tbh I’m a bit scared to try because I know self-laminating sheets don’t need to be run through a heat laminator!
Since the Avery and bleidruck are cold self adhesive sheets, a heat laminator is technically not required but I like to "melt" the plastic so that I don't have any bubbles. I would just check your heat settings on your laminator just in case and not have it on too high! Mine doesn't have a temperature setting so it normally melts plastic pockets 3-5mil but I haven't had any issues laminating my cards or any burning. 💞 I hope that helps! You can also just use the heat lamination pouches themselves and cut directly ☺️
should I still do the online even if I have bad quality pictures? I couldn't but a photocard set, so i wanted to make sum for me and my friend, but i only have low quality 😅
If your printer can print in color and allow borderless option you should be able to yes! From my experience inkjet printers would be recommended if you would like more vibrant, color accuracate prints and photos. Hope that helps!
I haven't tried heat laminate pockets but I imagine they'll turn out the same finish. However they might have a border and air bubble inside since the pockets aren't adhesive to the cards. 🥹👍
Thanks for sharing! but I'm also worry about the fact that I only have a cheap printer and scare that it doesn't have the quality that i want... or perhaps it can be done as long as i use greater paper quality regardless of what kind printer the printer is?
I'm not sure what kind of printer you have but from my experience with older printers, as long as it's inkjet, adjusting the settings to "high quality" and making sure you're choosing "photo paper" can make a big difference 🥹💓, and make sure your artwork or image is clear and not pixelated or blurry! Hope that helps
Hi! Since you were so nice and didn't gatekeep secrets I'm going to tell you mine: Use bopp laminate rolls. They are way, way cheaper, you can use a cheap laminator (mine costs like 40 usd, and the laminate roll has 30 meters and costs like 30 usd) Normally I cut the laminate a little bit wider than the pc for both sides (one side holo, one side matte looks cute to me) you have to do both sides at the same time, pc by pc. Cut a sheet of normal copy paper (I use old papers from my work office) in half and fold it so it's a quarter of letter size paper and put the pc sandwiched between the laminate inside the pocket. After that put it through the laminator when it's hot (wait a little bit longer after it says it's ready) and just like that they are ready. I found really useful your tips for printing
