Tried & tested
This is not a sponsored review and all ndings and opinions are Ingrid Vichova’s own and unbiaseduill
What’s in the box:
Calligraphy Tip
add-on contains:● 3 USB Freestyle Pens (Fine- 0.02”, Standard - 0.06”,
Bold – 0.1”)
● 3 heat-activated 6x48”
foil rolls in gold, silver,
Rose Gold
● placement tape
● multi-lingual Instructions
● 1 USB Freestyle
Calligraphy Tip Pen
● 1 heat-activated
6x48” foil roll in goldpractice makes
perfect. Try
different strokes,
different pressures and
get a hang of it before
committing to a project. After
all, it’s so satisfying and fun!
The machine can only foil
thin at surfaces whereas
the Freestyle Pen can be
used on anything, including
bulkier items like notebook
covers, folders, wooden
boxes etc. I’ll be foiling my
cacti pots next!
There are three different
tips in the main kit
(standard, ne and bold)
and you can purchase the
Calligraphy Tip separately.
It is worth testing each tip
on different materials too. I
do not have a preference as
each of these serves its own
purpose. Eg I chose the bold
tip for outlines and the ne
tip to ‘shade’ with. I do tend
to use the standard tip the
most though, so if you’ve
not decided which one to go
for, I’d recommend this one.
If you love hand lettering,
then I would also highly
recommend the calligraphy
tip. WRMK really thought
of it all. There are some
brilliant accessories that
you can purchase separately
to assist you when working
with foil. You don’t need
them to foil so they are
totally optional. I hope
this helps you get started!
Happy foiling! V
The Foil Quill Freestyle
Pen is available from
http://www.craftstash.co.ukheat-activated foil and not a
toner-activated foil.
There are some cons too.
The digital machine can
draw any image and it will
do it beautifully! No skips or
mistakes because the same
pressure is applied throughout
the drawing of the design.
Your hand, however, can never
achieve the same consistent
pressure when working on
a larger project. It is at this
point when you need to ask
the perfectionist within, if
it is something you can get
past and what you would use
the pens for. It might not
matter as much if you intend
to use the pens on your own
projects. If, however, you’re
thinking of using them for
business purposes or on a
larger scale then you need
to take small imperfections
into consideration. They work
beautifully on a small scale
and I have seen people using
them to personalise luggage
tags and keyrings with their
beautiful hand lettering. It
doesn’t take much effort to
write a name or a word or
trace a small image, but if
you were to create a whole
large background you need to
be realistic and expect a few
skips. I nd that a light touch
and working slowly does the
trick. Too much pressure or
working too fast creates a
rubbed off foil where it didn’t
have time to melt into the
substrate and you will end up
going over it again which is not
ideal. Pray for a steady hand,
if you do! Like with everything,HOW TO: get started using
your Foil Quill Freestyle Pen1 Cut the foil easily using the
WRMK Foil Cutting kit. The
retractable rotary blade is
nice and sharp so keep it
only for cutting foil.4 The Freestyle Pens work
great with various stencil
designs so de nitely try
it out.5 The results with stencils
are awesome! You can use
these as backgrounds or
add ink, die-cut it etc. The
foil resists any dye-based ink
so this opens a whole bunch
of creative possibilities!6 You can keep the leftover
foil too and, if you have a
foiling machine, use the
leftover foil to create fun
foiled backgrounds. Refer
to the previous Tried &
Tested feature in issue 199
about Spellbinders Glimmer
machine for inspiration.2 You can use the long
magnets or a Washi tape to
hold down your project on
the magnetic Foil Quill mat.3 Try zentangling with the
Freestyle Pens, it could
be be the next big trend?
#foilquillzentangle