How to Use a Foil Quill With a Cricut Joy and Maker

September 13, 2020 Mom MD Hawaii

This article will go over how to use a Foil Quill with a Cricut Joy and Maker step by step. The Foil Quill is a special tool for dye cutting machines that allows foiling of projects to make them foiled, shiny, and eye catching. It is basically a heat pen for your Cricut that sits in the pen slot and draws designs in foil onto a wide variety of materials like cardstock, leather, and vellum.

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Step by Step Instructions For How to use a Foil Quill with a Cricut Joy

Line up the Foil Quill with a Cricut Joy pen and mark the line on the Foil Quill that corresponds to the ridge on the pen.
Add a small rubber band to the Foil Quill on that line
Place the Foil Quill in the Cricut Joy pen slot, lock in place, and plug into a USB to heat up
While heating, place the metal protective plate under to Foil Quill tip to protect the machine
Use masking or washi tape to secure the heat sensitive foil onto the material to be foiled as smoothly as possible
Choose a project using Cricut design space and feed into the machine to make it

Foil Quill and Cricut Joy Pen Aligned with Rubber band in Place

Step by Step Instructions for How to Use a Foil Quill With a Cricut Maker or Explore Air

Remove the Cricut A slot adaptor by gently pressing down until it snapped out.
Screw the “C” adaptor onto the Foil Quill and gently snap into the Cricut A pen slot until it clicks
Lock the Foil Quill in place, and plug into a USB to heat up
While heating, place the metal protective plate under to Foil Quill tip to protect the machine
Use masking or washi tape to secure the heat sensitive foil onto the material to be foiled as smoothly as possible
Choose a project using Cricut design space and make it

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The Foil Quill comes in 3 sizes: fine tip, standard tip, or bold tip. It is also available in a complete starter kit with all 3 sizes and 3 rolls of heat reactive foils. Each set contains adapters for the following die cutting machines: A Silhouette, B Brother, C Cricut, and D Sizzix. Remember to purchase some heat foil unless purchasing the starter kit!

Compatible Foil Quill Materials

What materials can you use a Foil Quill on?

Cardstock
Leather
Faux Leather
Vinyl (labels, adhesive, chalkboard)
Vellum
Fabric (test first)
Paper
Wood (needs to be thin enough to fit into the machine)
Canvas

Other great additional options for all your foiling needs are the Foil Quill Freestyle Pens and the USB drives. The pens allow for freehand drawing, and can also be used with stencils and stamps. The USB drives have collections of designs and graphics perfect for using the Foil Quill with an electronic cutting machine.

Thank you for reading about how to Use a Foil Quill With a Cricut Joy and Maker. This article is meant instruct on using the Foil Quill with Cricut machines and inspire with ideas and possibilities for all the fun and cool things that can be made with a wide variety of materials. Please let me know if you have or get a Foil Quill and if there are any questions or comments. I love to see pictures and hear about your projects. Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Linked in. The product links above are provided for your convenience with no cost or obligation to buy. I am a Cricut and Amazon affiliate and may make a small commission if you choose to use the links to buy products, at NO COST to you. All opinions are my own.