So I personally have never stamped and foiled but like you I have watched videos and I honestly like the consistent quality that Jennifer McGuire gets when using white embossing powder. Stamping with the versamark ink and melting the EP seems to work really well.
I have however used a two way glue like Tombow Multi in stencils and then used my laminator to do the foiling and it turned out quite well. You have to let the glue dry to tacky though.
I just bought a glimmer hot foil system but haven't had a chance to play with it yet. It uses a different foil than laminators do.
For foiling Heidi Swapp style I initially bought the Minc ($75) to use for my daughter's wedding invitations. My husband had to take it apart twice to unjam foil and paper from it. I don't know if it's because we were mass producing or what but it ruined several pieces of the limited quantity of the cardstock I was using. We finally went and bought just a regular laminator for a fraction of the price and breezed through the remainder of the foiling without any issues.
So, in order to keep from having to clean adhesive off your stamps I recommend the VM/Eat method that Jennifer M uses.
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