Tell me about your fave tool (enable me!)

By far my most used tool is my Tiny Attacher Stapler by Tim Holtz, I love the tiny staples perfect using on rubber and it staples through anything.

-trimmer
-cropadile
-Tim Holtz ruler
-12" Scoring mat
-WRMK 3-2-1 punch board
-36" self healing mat

My new favorite tool is my TH Glass Craft mat.

This is a great ruler blitsy.com/product/636212/advantus-tim-holtz-idea-ology-design-ruler-12

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Love, love, love my WRMK Fuse. I know it has mixed reviews. I couldn't live without my new crafting best friend. I love to make my own pockets, embellishments, shaker cards and the list goes on.

WRMK envelope board is a love too.

I just got the Brother ScannCut. I am a massive lover of fussy cutting. That Brother ScannCut changed the game for me. I can do so much with it. I don't feel limited any more with my die cutting.

I am picky about my tools. It takes four years when something comes out before I buy it. I research the thing to death before I get it. One of those is my Heidi Swapp MINC. It's been about four years I think, possibly longer since it came out and I just got it a couple of months ago. I was like "Why did I wait so long?" I can do so many pretty foiling techniques now. I did really want a foiling machine. I did research all of them in the industry. I went with Heidi's. I felt the price range was decent for what I wanted to do.

No to Cutterbee's. I love my Cutterbee's. When I say no it is a kind of no. Look at the HoneyBee's instead. They are non-stick. You can cut fussy cut sticky things.

Unusual tools I love are

Bowdabra- I just wrote that. I really did write the Bowdabra. I know some are belly laughing. DH bought me the mini one. I love it so much. Hasn't the Bowdabra been out since the 1980's? That is a serious question. I do really love mine. I love to make bows, planner bows, and I just love bows.

I love my Arc punch. Those have been around a million years too. I don't know why I waited so long to get into disc bound. That's been around since the 1980's too. I could have really used that system when I was doing RPG's by notebook. I thought I was so modern with my 3-ring hole punch back then, lol. I love being able to take my pages out of my notebooks so easily without damage and rearranging things to fit my needs.

Throw out some of your need ideas and I can probably think of a few more to enable you from die cutting to journaling.

I wish I'd gone with non stick scissors instead of these but I do love them for fussy cutting. I've always used smaller scissors (I actually used a pair of kids scissors I bought from my local office supply store for 25 cents during the going back to school sales and used them for years) so the size was something I was comfortable with already.

While not into gadgets, my favorite tools are:

Clear T-ruler
Sizzix Big Kick (& metal dies)
EK Success Honeybee scissors
American Success Thicker Alignment Guides

...& wishing for the ideal (although I'll settle for a consistently straight) paper trimmer!

Seriously wondering why I never thought to get a larger size.



Not laughing at all. Every time I want to make a tiny bow I go get a fork and wonder why I never invested in this so I could make different sizes.

My use all the time & Love:
My craft mat
ATG
WRMK Corner Chomper
WRMK big bite
A pair o f Fiskars Titanium normal sized scissors
Cutterbees
My heat gun - drying paint, wet embossing
My paper piercer

Things I love having and use frequently or should use frequently:
A stamp platform - I use the Hampton Arts one and can't believe how much I like the thing. I also have the WRMK Plus with the exchangeable pieces that I haven't used yet.
My sizzix for die cutting and embossing folders
WRMK fuse machine - love making shaker embellies and should use it more.
Various punches: I like have various sized circle punches. I also have a few favorite border punches I couldn't do without.

I had the silouette SD, and the cameo, and now the next generation cameo. I loved the first 2, but haven't been as happy with the newest model.

This is a great thread! My wide format printer (Cannon ix6820), Cutterpillar Pro paper trimer, Thickers alignment guide, fine line bottle, Brother Scan & Cut2, & Stabilo Pencil are my top favorites. The Cannon Powershot G7 Mark II, TH stamp platform, tiny attacher, Raskog cart, & glass palette would all be next. Then Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy, Xyron Adhesive 2 Inch by 2 Inch Eraser (to remove glue), & iPhone are next. The next tool I want to buy is the iPad pro with the pencil but I haven't talked myself into yet. I'm not sure I'd use enough to justify the price. Happy shopping!

Thanks! I have a similar ruler, but it's too long. It is actually made for quilting. I just ordered the TH ruler on Amazon.

I also vote for a 36" self-healing mat... it's big enough to put a 2-pg layout on, so the grid on the mat, along with using a ruler, helps to line things up on the pages, and you don't have to worry about getting your table dirty / scratched. I even take it with me to crops. I think this might be the one I have: Fiskars 36x24 cutting mat. I used a coupon at the store, so it wasn't really that bad, price-wise.

I ESPECIALLY make sure to take it to crops, since the crops at hotels usually have the tables covered with tablecloths and I can NOT craft on a tablecloth. Just be aware that if you leave it in your car too long (in the sun, or if it's HOT), on top of all your other supplies, it can sort of 'soften' up and get some weird folds / bends in... (ask me how I know, lol!) To counteract that, I lay it out on the sidewalk or asphalt for a while when I get to the hotel, so it will flatten back out.

I love the Xyron X for small pieces. I have used it consistently for probably over 10 years at least. Some people don't like the sticky residue that it can leave around the item, but I don't have a hard time pulling it off. I like the ATG gun for the bigger things.

I need those centering rulers. I cannot place anything straight.