oldcrow
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Post by oldcrow on Nov 7, 2014 16:51:23 GMT
I was watching some you tubes this morning and couldn't believe the number of people who seemed unconcerned by the fact that their paper trimmers were leaving ragged edges.
If I get a ragged edge I immediately change my blade and get a new piece of paper. I could not continue to work on something with ragged edges.
Are you bothered by them or is it just me?
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Post by scraphappyinjax on Nov 7, 2014 20:26:53 GMT
It bothers me too. If I didn't feel like changing the blade right then I take my scissors and clean up the edges and then move on.
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Post by scrapnnana on Nov 7, 2014 21:01:48 GMT
Yes, ragged edges really bug me!
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Post by jameynz on Nov 10, 2014 6:05:14 GMT
When I am too lazy to change my blade, I file my ragged edges - but it gets to a point, where filing dosen't even work..... shame on me. But when I do change the blade, I always think I shoulda done it sooner..,..
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Post by daisymae on Nov 12, 2014 17:19:05 GMT
I can't stand them. I also can't handle things that are out of alignment, such as cards front and back not perfectly together. Everything has to be perfectly centered, or perfectly balanced etc, etc,. In other words I drive my self nuts. My cards are not perfect in anyway, but I stew over them so long. My dh says I make 5 hour cards and sad to say he is right. Even then after I have made them I go back the next day and lookat them and see all the things that I should have done different. When I go to card classes everyone else is done making 12 cards in less than an hour and at the end of 2 hours I am maybe on card 4 and have to take the rest home to do. I always wonder what their cards actually look like when they are done that fast. In my mind I think that they must be all crooked, or have glue smuged on them or else I must be dumb because I can't do them that fast. I love to make cards and see what I have created, but I drive my self bananas doing it. Is anyone else out there like me?  ?? Please say there is! |
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Post by oldcrow on Nov 12, 2014 19:56:34 GMT
I can't stand them. I also can't handle things that are out of alignment, such as cards front and back not perfectly together. Everything has to be perfectly centered, or perfectly balanced etc, etc,. In other words I drive my self nuts. My cards are not perfect in anyway, but I stew over them so long. My dh says I make 5 hour cards and sad to say he is right. Even then after I have made them I go back the next day and lookat them and see all the things that I should have done different. When I go to card classes everyone else is done making 12 cards in less than an hour and at the end of 2 hours I am maybe on card 4 and have to take the rest home to do. I always wonder what their cards actually look like when they are done that fast. In my mind I think that they must be all crooked, or have glue smuged on them or else I must be dumb because I can't do them that fast. I love to make cards and see what I have created, but I drive my self bananas doing it. Is anyone else out there like me? ?? Please say there is! When I first started making cards I tried many different styles and said to a friend who had been doing it a long time that I didn't have a style and she said sure you do you are very exact. To this day I don't really know what she meant by that. But she is right I like things to be exact. |
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Post by Lexica on Nov 12, 2014 20:08:14 GMT
The only ragged edge that I like to see are those that are intentionally made with something like a Distress-it-all. Daisymae, I am also a perfectionist with my cards. I have to have everything perfectly lined up, even if it is something off center, it must be in the right off center spot, not too far up or down, right to left.
I belong to a card exchange group where we make 16 to 20 cards to swap with other members. We then do a group activity and I end up finishing mine at home the majority of the time because I want to do something different than everyone else is doing. I may want to ink edges or emboss something and we are only given the little kit and a pair of scissors per table. I always bring my own basic stuff like scissors, small cutter, glue, tape etc. I participate to a degree, but I never finish it because I want to use something at home before final assembly.i. I am frequently surprised to see how lopsided some leave their project, or the glue is showing or they move something because they put it somewhere other than the sample has it and rather than go with it and just redesign from there, they rip it off and re glue it, leaving a mess under the original spot. I like things to flow organically, but not haphazardly and crooked.
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Post by kate on Nov 27, 2014 4:25:13 GMT
I'm one of those messy crafters!
I try not to get glue blobs on my projects, but if something's a little off-kilter, I just figure, "It's handmade," and get on with my life.
I guess it matters whether it's a little "hello" card to my BFF who lives in another city, or a milestone birthday card for my godmother, KWIM? U give myself significantly more leeway with the former, while the latter would be pretty precise...
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Post by megs78 on Nov 27, 2014 11:44:47 GMT
I admit that I leave my blade on the trimmer a little too long. Usually I trim a couple of pieces with scissors, then realise what I'm doing and change the blade over. I've learned that I'll never finish a project if I'm too precise. And I've never had anyone give a card back to me in disgust because the mat wasn't centred exactly 1/4" on all sides!  |
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Post by woodysbetty on Nov 27, 2014 12:50:52 GMT
I usually change it pretty quick not because the edge is raggedy but because I hate when it's hard to drag the blade......it feels weird to me....okay I have issues!!!!!
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Post by Freefallfast on Dec 13, 2014 3:24:37 GMT
Couldn't stand the ragged edge so now I only use the guillotine cutters have a small one and a big one.both are Tonic brand.
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Post by doesitmatter on Dec 27, 2014 19:17:21 GMT
I can't handle ragged edges!
In in a monthly sb club where the hostess designs a layout kit and cuts all the pieces...often I have to re trim because they edges are so bad. Drives me nuts - not like you can't see the edges are bad.ugh.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Dec 28, 2014 21:18:20 GMT
I'm one of those messy crafters! I try not to get glue blobs on my projects, but if something's a little off-kilter, I just figure, "It's handmade," and get on with my life. I guess it matters whether it's a little "hello" card to my BFF who lives in another city, or a milestone birthday card for my godmother, KWIM? U give myself significantly more leeway with the former, while the latter would be pretty precise... I'm with you, I'm one of those imperfect crafters too. Luckily for us the people that receive our cards like them anyway  |
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Post by cupcakepeddler on Jan 2, 2015 7:13:34 GMT
Agreed, I was only looking through a new magazine today that I got in a multi pack and they had a feature on an electronic die cut machine and the edges were so ragged on one of the cards, drove me nuts just looking at it.
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Post by lazytown on Jan 6, 2015 17:26:34 GMT
I need to order a new blade for my trimmer . . .
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Jan 6, 2015 20:20:53 GMT
I don't like them either. I don't like my paper cutter so I gave it to my daughter. I use a craft knife and straight edge. I have 2 craft knives one for everything and one for paper this makes the blades last longer for me.
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Post by oldcrow on Jan 7, 2015 4:50:16 GMT
I don't like them either. I don't like my paper cutter so I gave it to my daughter. I use a craft knife and straight edge. I have 2 craft knives one for everything and one for paper this makes the blades last longer for me. I started out that way but ended up getting a trimmer because I was not exact enough with my measurements or something and did not get a straight cut. I have a friend who cut everything with a knife is always exact, I envy her and you. |
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Jan 7, 2015 18:22:33 GMT
Every time I used the trimmer I got crooked cuts. I think part of my problem was the trimmer we have is a small one. I think if I had one the was large enough to put a full sheet of paper on it I would have a better change of getting a straight cut. I learned how to cut straight when I cut and pasted my husbands floor plans to print for him. we had to be very precise cut and match the lines up. After doing that for him for years it came easy for me to cut Now most of the time when I want a square or rectangle for a card I cut it out on my cricut. That way I don't have to cut lines I also cut my mats for my pictures out with my cricut. I hardly ever have to cut by hand unless I am trimming a picture.
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Post by bklyngal62 on Jan 8, 2015 11:52:25 GMT
It bothers me too. If I didn't feel like changing the blade right then I take my scissors and clean up the edges and then move on. Same here ! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 15:19:30 GMT
Ragged edges? First I curse a little, then I change the blade. Because it's just a matter of time before it totally chews up a perfectly lovely piece of pattern paper that I don't have extras of.
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Post by sassiescrapper on Jan 20, 2015 4:23:21 GMT
It bothers me too! I don't like the "fuzzy" edges. If I don't have a new blade, I give my papers a "trim" with my scissors. LOL
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