I’m Loving This Scoring Stylus – with my scoring board.

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I’m Loving This Scoring Stylus – with my scoring board

I just discovered a new tool that I love. (I know…I’m not using it as it was intended, but…)

I have been busy making a BUNCH of cards (individual cards and sets) for a craft show in December. I make my own card bases which requires a lot of scoring and folding. I had been using a Martha Stewart Scoring Board with the bone folder/scoring tool that came with it. After a while, my finger really started to hurt as I applied pressure to the top edge of the tool to score the card stock. The problem is that the tool is fairly flat, and the edge digs into my fingertip with repeated use. The other problem with this tool is that it is wearing out because it is made of plastic; I am not getting great score lines with it anymore.

I had purchased and tried several replacement bone folder/scoring tools and had not really loved any of them. Some are too big to fit in the storage compartment on my score board. Some have really sharp tips that cut my cardstock when I try to score it. Some are too wide and jump out of the channels on the score board. Others are just not real comfortable.

I was recently at the Scrapbook Expo in Somerset, NJ, and I discovered a tool for scoring that I really like – the Cricut Scoring Stylus. It is meant to be used as an attachment for the Cricut Explore machine, but I just use it by hand with my scoring board.

(as Cricut attachment )

(I use it for hand-scoring with a score board.)

It is so comfortable because it is smooth and shaped like a pen. I just started using it so I cannot speak about how long it will last, but the tip is metal, so I am guessing it will last longer than the plastic tools I’ve been using. The tip is pretty pointy if you hold it straight up and down, but if you hold it at an angle like a pen and use moderate to light pressure, it works great. And it fits in the storage compartment of my score board along with the bone folder so it’s always right there when I need it!

I still use the bone folder to flatten my folds, but this is my new score tool of choice!

You can check it out on Amazon.com (HERE).

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*Most of the images used in this post are from google images or from the amazon listing and are not my own.

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7Oct2015

Golf Photo Note Cards

Posted in Cards, Other, Thank You Cards by lisababitz

Golf Photo Note Cards

This card is part of a set of note cards that I made with photos I took at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pennsylvania. These were made to sell as boxed sets at the annual Ladies’ Holiday Boutique and Luncheon that will be held at the club for the members in December. (Thanks, Mom, for inviting me!) In addition to the hand-made cards I will be selling, I thought it would be neat to create sets of photo note cards featuring scenery from their home course.

My dad drove me around the course on a golf cart while I snapped a ton of gorgeous shots (333 photos in all!!) – thanks Dad! The hardest part was choosing which ones to use! I ended up using 20 shots (divided into 2 sets) which includes all of the holes on the course. I also made two bonus cards of their clubhouse (a front and back view) to give as a gift with the purchase of a set.

While I originally thought I’d make these cards as thank you notes, I decided to omit a greeting on the front so the cards would be suitable for any type of note. I had the cards professionally printed on white card stock at a place in Cherry Hill, NJ called dpi Copies Printing & Grahpics, Inc. (The cards look gorgeous in real life; what a difference professional printing makes!)

I purchased boxes online from BAGS Unlimited. They have a wide variety of sizes from which to choose, include shipping in their listed prices, and deliver quickly.

Each box contains a sheet showing thumbnails of each of the cards and which hole is featured.

BONUS CARDS

After cutting, scoring, folding, collating, boxing…..they’re ready to go!

(set 1 pictured above)

Hopefully the ladies at the club will like them!

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6Oct2015

I Don’t Like to Think… Jr. Legal Pad Cover

Posted in Paper Crafting Projects (other) by lisababitz

I Don’t Like to Think… Jr. Legal Pad Cover

Here is another notepad cover design I created.

The sentiment stamp on this one is called “I Don’t Like to Think Before I Speak…(RWD-107)” by Riley and Company. The image is from an Art Impressions set distributed by Hampton Arts and sold at Michaels (Item# 10325411 – Beach Babes). This set is made exclusively for Michaels and is not sold on the AI website. I stamped the sentiment and image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic Markers (chair: R05 and C4; hair: E74 and E79; drink: Y13, Y11, C1, BG10, and C1; skin: E50, E31, and E04; hat: YR15; glasses: E79) and a Sakura clear glitter pen. The “sand” is from the “Work of Art” stamp set by Stampin’ Up, stamped with Memento Desert Sand ink.

The cover was made with white card stock. Then I created a decorative panel and adhered it to the front. The printed paper is called “Colorful” from the Unwritten line by reminisce. I used this paper to paper piece her bathing suit and for one of the background panels. I also used Gina K Blue Raspberry and Sweet Mango card stock. The Sweet Mango panel was partially embossed with the Darice 5×7 “Stripes” embossing folder. A piece of sheer ribbon finished it off.

Here is the first design I previously posted. Still more notepad cover designs to come…

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5Oct2015

My Husband’s Wife… Jr. Legal Pad Cover

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My Husband’s Wife… Jr. Legal Pad Cover

I love amusing stamps (both images and greetings) and have purchased quite a few of them. Unfortunately, they are not always appropriate for birthday, anniversary, thank you, and get well cards which is what I make/send most. While they are fun as “just because” cards, I often don’t have time to create and send cards like that. I originally saw some gorgeous notepad covers created by Kathy Krug which she posted in her StampTV Gallery (sadly, this site is no longer active.) and then found a YouTube video tutorial by Melissa The Stamp Doc (HERE) showing how to make them. I thought they’d be the perfect “canvas” for some of my sillier stamps and would make great stocking stuffers so I decided to make some for the Rolling Green Golf Club’s Holiday Boutique. I have to say I had a lot of fun with this project!

I went with a simple, playful design for my covers. The sentiment stamp on this one is called “My Husband’s Wife…(RWD035)” by Riley and Company. The image is from an Art Impressions set distributed by Hampton Arts and sold at Michaels (Item# 10387640). (There is no name on this particular set, but “Aged to Perfection” or “Wine Diva” seem to work when I searched the set on google.) This set is made exclusively for Michaels and is not sold on the AI website. I stamped the sentiment and image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic Markers (chair: R89 and E49; dress: R81, R83, R85 and R89; hair: E47; Wine: Y32, E33, and E31; skin: E50, E33, E31, E04, and R21)

The cover was made with white card stock. Then I created a decorative panel and adhered it to the front. The printed paper is called “Savannah Dot” by Scrapworks. The solid card stock is Gina K Cranberry Tart and Sweet Corn. I created the pattern on the Sweet Corn card stock with a stamp called “Florentine Scroll Background” by Hero Arts and Gina K Sweet Corn ink. It’s hard to see in the photo above, but I added “texture” to the vertical Cranberry Tart strip with a stamp from the “Frame & Filler” set (retired?) by Gina K Designs and Gina K Cranberry Tart ink.

The adhesive pearls were from Michaels (in the “impulse shopping” bins by the checkout counter) and were a perfect match to the Cranberry Tart card stock!

I made a pocket (a square envelope cut in half, diagonally) with my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board and adhered it to the inside, back panel. The back, cardboard panel of the note pad slips into this pocket which holds the notepad in place and allows for easy replacement when all the paper is used.

The Jr. Legal Pad (5″ x 8″) was purchased at Staples.

This is one of several notepad cover designs I created. More to come…

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2Oct2015

Golf Ball with Santa Hat

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Golf Ball with Santa Hat

What’s black and white and red all over? This card of a golf ball wearing a Santa hat, of course! This is the second design in the series of golf-related holiday cards I made for the Rolling Green Golf Club’s Holiday Boutique and Luncheon.

The greeting stamp is from the “Winter Cheer” set by Gina K Designs. The image stamps are called “Smile Ball” and “Santa Hat” from Cracker Box Palace. (I masked the face and a portion of the top of the golf ball to add the hat.)

(original stamp designs)

I purchased these stamps unmounted so I could use my MISTI for placement and to make it easier to make more than one card. The images were stamped and colored with Memento tuxedo black ink and Copic Marker R59 on white card stock, mounted on Recollections black and then on a white card base.

The inside sentiment was computer generated and says, “and a happy new year.”

These clean and simple cards were designed to be made and packaged as boxed sets.