New To Me...New to You?

It's been a whole week I have been on the road traveling. My craft room recieved a much needed straightening before I headed out and of course while getting things back in thier places I came across a few items I had squirreled away.
Today I wanted to talk about a few of these products... they are/were new to me...perhaps they are new to you too.
Each of these products have special qualities that intrigue me. Some I have been using already and some are products I really want to try out. I'm hoping all of you, my friends will share too so please jump in and share your experiences with these products too :)

So first I'll share a favorite new to me product...The Stampin Up diagonal plate that fits the Simply Scored board. I bought it quite a while back but it just sat on the shelf until one day a few weeks ago I was in need of a specific sized envelope..."How do you go about making a custom envelope" you might ask? Well that led to the project share below... a post from several weeks ago.


 I posted a project, Simply Scored Custom Envelope Tutorial . It used the diagonal plate to teach a very useful project...the custom sized envelope. There are lots of fun things that can be done with this diagonal plate but this is by far the most helpful thing ever!

Next is a product I bought just because...you know what I'm talking about..."I have a coupon for 50% off and I'm not leaving the store until I pick something new!"
I picked the Gelatos because I a swap friend made mention this product...it was new to me so I had to pick some up. I haven't played with these as yet but I found a few places where others shared thier experiences...maybe this week?? Each of these projects sounds fun and I'm excited to play with them!

Gelato's~ A Product Review
Coloring Fabric With Gelatos
Any Occasion Card With Gelatos



I saw a video a while back and it was showing how to make your own custom sized glue dots. It used a product called Scrap Happy Sheer Glue. Some of the fun things you can use these custom sized glue dots for are making your own rosettes.
http://www.scrapitgirl.net/index.php/tag/scrap-happy-sheer-glue/

This sounds like another fun product! Around the holidays I'm always wishing I had just the right rosette or other specialty pin or jewelry. This product seems to be just the ticket for creating those pieces!

Well for now I have enough to experiment with so I'm off to the craft room...dear craftroom I've missed you so!

Simply Scored Custom Envelope Tutorial

Recently I was creating little pieces of art called ATC's or Artists Trading Cards. This particular project was actually a variation (in that the card itself was an envelope).  A standard ATC is 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"... so-ooo what size paper do I need and where do I find a template? There are quite a few templates available on the web, but still I wondered "How do I determine a custom size?"  I have been busy studying this and today I'm going to show you how it's done... Here we go!

 

Simply Scored™ Custom Envelope Tutorial

You'll need:

• Simply Scored  scoring board
• Simply Scored diagonal plate
• Paper or cardstock
• card or other rectangular art
• scissors or 1 1/4 square punch
• paper cutter or scissors
• glue to seal envelope

Now just sit back and follow along with the video :)

 

For those of you who may follow along better with written directions here you go!

Set the diagonal plate in position on the score board. Lay your card down in the upper left of the plate so its position is between tick marks (grooves) that show the same measurement at both directions. Example: card is positioned so both corners read 1 3/4".

Determining  size to cut your paper-Next, lay a piece of paper  along the bottom edge of the card aligned with left side of the score board. Note the measurement, add 1/2". That measurement is the size you cut your paper. Example: the card at its bottom edge was  4 1/4" so you would cut the paper 4 3/4" square.

 

Score narrow side- Lay the card back in position on top of the sized paper (so its position is between tick marks (grooves) that show the same measurement at both directions.) Move one tick mark over and score (1/8" away from card). Repeat with the paper rotated to opposite side.

 

Score wide side- Reposition card aligning wider side so its position is between tick marks (grooves) that show the same measurement at both directions. Move one tick mark over and score (1/8" away from card). Repeat with the paper rotated to opposite side.

 

My envelope is cut to fit  my ATC (it was 2 1/2"x 3 1/2").

The measurement when laid on the narrow side was 1 3/4".

When I laid the paper  at the bottom edge of the card the measurement was 4 1/4" so I cut my paper 1/2" larger at 4 3/4").

The measurement when laid on the narrow side was 1 3/4" so I scored it 1 7/8".

The measurement when laid on the wide side was 2 1/2" so I scored it at 2 5/8".

*Watch for a future post on ATCE's or Artist Trading Card Envelopes.