12 x 12 cardstock question
Oct 18, 2020 14:34:59 GMT
Linda, LavenderLayoutLady, and 2 more like this
Post by stephk on Oct 18, 2020 14:34:59 GMT
First of all, I am so happy to be here! I was on the original 2Peas back in the Creating Keepsakes HOF scandal days...I remember Donna Downey and Tara Whitney and Ali before she was Ali! I remember Elsie and all the other folks. Man, those were the days. My youngest was 3 months old when I started on 2Peas, and he is a 17 yr old HS senior now. My, time flies!!
Anyway, I'm doing December Daily for the 11th year this year. Woo hoo!! I am going to do the 6x8 size, and usually print the overlays onto cardstock, and then add other pages and stuff in. I want to use white Bazzill Orange Peel textured paper, and found some on ACOT. Usually I buy 8.5 x 11 and cut it down, but they don't have that. They only have 12 x 12. I'm right that I can cut the 12 x 12 in 1/2, and the 6 x 8 templates will print on them, right?
I mean, look, I get it. That's basic math. 12 divided by 6 is 2. So I should be able to cut the larger sheets down into two 6 x 12 pieces, and print 6 x 8 on them. That's how math works, right? But ya'll? I cannot tell you how many times I would logic out something I was going to print, only to have it show up on my printer on the wrong side of the paper, be WAY too big or WAY too small, and just pretty much never what I imagined. It's like...I can do my job as an analytics consultant, raise my kids, cook, clean, etc. But ask me to cut down a piece of cardstock to the right size? Nope. No can do. Forget it. Not happening. The odds are NEVER in my favor on that. (I can't do time zone math either, for whatever it's worth.)
So. Someone confirm for me pretty please that I *can* buy the 12x12 and use that to print a 6x8 overlay?
Anyway, I'm doing December Daily for the 11th year this year. Woo hoo!! I am going to do the 6x8 size, and usually print the overlays onto cardstock, and then add other pages and stuff in. I want to use white Bazzill Orange Peel textured paper, and found some on ACOT. Usually I buy 8.5 x 11 and cut it down, but they don't have that. They only have 12 x 12. I'm right that I can cut the 12 x 12 in 1/2, and the 6 x 8 templates will print on them, right?
I mean, look, I get it. That's basic math. 12 divided by 6 is 2. So I should be able to cut the larger sheets down into two 6 x 12 pieces, and print 6 x 8 on them. That's how math works, right? But ya'll? I cannot tell you how many times I would logic out something I was going to print, only to have it show up on my printer on the wrong side of the paper, be WAY too big or WAY too small, and just pretty much never what I imagined. It's like...I can do my job as an analytics consultant, raise my kids, cook, clean, etc. But ask me to cut down a piece of cardstock to the right size? Nope. No can do. Forget it. Not happening. The odds are NEVER in my favor on that. (I can't do time zone math either, for whatever it's worth.)
So. Someone confirm for me pretty please that I *can* buy the 12x12 and use that to print a 6x8 overlay?
