How to use a glue pen with the Heidi swap Minc machine

When wanting to foil while using your silhouette machine and a Heidi Swapp toner pen is out always easy. I have found in the past that the toner pen is very problematic. It can run out quite quickly as it constantly needs to be primed to get ink through the tip.

So I tried to look for an alternative.  And after looking at what I had at home and one of my staples in my stash was a quickie glue pen. You can buy them from your local craft store or on Amazon .

I tried the glue pen in my silhouette 3 and it worked great.

Below is a quick tutorial on how to use it.

1- Open your software program. I am using silhouette studio software. Click on the text icon.

2- Select your design. Click OK.

3- Click on the fill icon.

4-Remove the fill color.

5- Go to the send screen. Change the action from blade to sketch tool.

6- Place the glue pen into the pen holder.

7- Send the design to the silhouette machine. The glue pen will start drawing your design.

8- You can see on the card that the design is drawn with the glue pen. Make sure the glue design dries before you prepare it to go through your minc machine.

9- Place your card in the transfer folder, then carefully place the foil on the top.

10- Turn your minc machine on and set to 2. Run through the machine.

11- Your design is foiled.