And another great idea.....

Do you own the ULtimate Crafter's Companion? If you do, then you know my frustration with everything falling out when you open it up! So, I decided to just fix that little problem!!!

First, I cut velcro to adhere the ruler/trimmer

Then I made a velcro closure for the end of it and covered it with fabric paper

Simply pull the velcro up to release the ruler/trimmer

I tied the clip to the handle so I won't keep losing it.  Of course, I'm sure you are not like me at all....you never lose a thing, huh?  ha ha!

Then I put velcro on the blade case so it won't fall out.  

Used tiny pieces of velcro to attach the stylus

And now when you open it up, everything stays in place!


Yes, I know, if you opened it with this side laying down, nothing would fall out.  But how many times did I do that? ZERO!!!  Every time I opened it, everything came tumbling out.  

Took this to the show today and modified Linda's, then several others that were purchased.  Gave out 10" strips of adhesive velco strips with each one that we sold.  I'd have to say the modifications were a huge hit!!!  I don't think I have great ideas.....I just solve problems that I have with products.  Tomorrow I'll try to post some of the things we made with this little gem today.  I don't know if I like the box making feature the best, the bow maker or what?  I love the enveloper - have for some time and it's quite nice to have everything in one place!  

Great show today!!!  Even in one of the worst spring blizzards ever.  Yep, you read that right!  Tons of snow - horrible drive home, but fun show!!!

Turn your Scor-it into an Enveloper!

OK, I have the mini Scor-it, the full sized scor-it, the Scor Pal, The Enveloper, and numerous other score boards.

Which is best???

ALL of them! LOLOL! Seriously - they all do different things.

The Scor-it does the very best score of any of them. Hands down. If you want to scor in metal, chipboard, Bazzill cardstock - you need the Scor-it.

I did a tutorial for the company showing how to turn the Scor-It into an enveloper and then using my Bind-it-All, I turned the envelopes into a cute little book!

Click HERE, then find the project named "Envelope Book" (right now it's the first project) and click on that. A pdf file will open up that you can print.

I like that the score tool is attached (that way I won't lose it - a huge problem for me!) and that you can move the stop to position you paper anywhere (not limited to pre-set grid lines)

The Enveloper makes envelopes. I did a tutorial on that. Click HERE. I like this product because I can make any sized envelope. I'll be teaching that process in San Diego!! No, you're not limited to their templates - you cut any square or rectangle card and make an envelope to fit it! Yeah!!!

This week, I'm playing with the Scor Pal. It's a full 12" x 12" with tons of score lines, so you can do just about any fold that you like without moving your piece of paper. If you stay tuned, that blog will be coming up.

It would be great if one company could come up with a board that does it all! LOLOL! But I find I use the Scor-it to do single scores or scores in thicker stuff (which obviously I use more of than anything else!) I use the enveloper to make quick envelopes and I can already tell I will use the Scor Pal when I want to make multiple scores on a single piece of thinner cardstock.

Yeah, my studio is getting quite full!

The people at Score Pal have made a lovely HUGE carrying bag and ALL of my boards will fit down inside of it - makes it easy to take them all to crops and classes!

The enveloper book

All of these "pages" are envelopes. Each one is made with the Enveloper. And then, they are bound with the bind-it-all. I was inspired by my good friend Shelly's envelope books for this project.



I used the circle nestabilities die, Ranger's white pen and a black pen for the front of this envelope. The swirl is a Quickutz die.



Cuttlebug embossing folder, Revolution (quickutz) ballerina diecut. Lots of Ranger's distress inks.



Spellbinders dies with Quickuts dies. Who says you can't layer dies from various companies?



Remember, these are all envelopes. So much fun!



quickutz swirls



I love this whole line of double sided coordinating papers. Brand new at Scrapbook Your Life! this week.




Used a crafter's Workshop stencil and black marvy marker for this envelope.



Fun paper!



The final page is not an envelope, it's just a sheet of paper. And the front is covered with a matching sized piece of clear transpanency.




What a fun project! A "book" made out of envelopes!