Roberta Recommends – Cutting Tools and Accessories

Happy Valentine’s Day and Welcome to WEEK 3 of my recommended crafting tools.  What’s covered today?

• paper trimmer
• scissors
• tweezer
• ruler

Paper Cutting with Wallpaper

I have 3 wallpaper sample books and I’m trying to figure out different ways to use the paper.  This card is the first experiment.

The key to this effect is taking your pattern, folding the paper in half, wrong side to wrong side, and then gluing them together.  This way when you roll the paper there will be pattern showing.

Materials

Wallpaper  

Glossy Accents

Glue Dots

Lace ribbon

Michaels stamp 

Martha Stewart Craft Knife

Scissors

Attention Ex-Gamblers! Chuck those chips and put in your Punches!

Poker and Punches don’t Mix!!!

Re-purposing Items Part Deux (2)

So, after my ‘sushi boat discovery’…  

I really wanted a carousel to store my pens and punches and scissors but couldn’t justify the ridiculous costs.

Just ignore Dr. Oz….

The second discovery came when I was clearing out shelves to make room for more supplies and I found 2, heavy-duty, wood, poker chip carousels.  I saw all those lovely holes, the swivel and the handle, and I thought, “Hmmmm…”.

Take out the stacks of chips and decks of cards, apply a pretty paper around the perimeter to ‘seal’ the openings, and voila!

if I take out all the chips…..”.  Well, lo and behold it was perfect except for the side opening in each hole.  There are 10 slots.  No problem; get some nice paper ( I used extra drawer liner I picked up real cheap) and now it’s perfect, AND it spins, AND it has a handle.  I found the second one and now I am very happy. 🙂