"Card Holder Tutorial"

You asked for it. Here it is!!! This is a tutorial for the card holder using the Scor-Pal. If you do not have one I will also give you the measurements for the Fiskers Cutter which is what I used before I got the Scor-Pal. Printable directions are at the bottom of this post.

Step 1: Line up your paper at ¾ inch and score at 1 1/2, 2, 8, and 8 ½

Step 2: Flip paper and line up at ¼ inch and score at 3 ¼, 4, 8 ½, and 9


Step 3: Cut along the scor lines so it looks like this










Step 4: Round the corners of the smaller panel











Step 5: Flip around and put Scor-Tape on the back of the flap not rounded




















Step 6: Fold and put together

Step 7: Cut strip for mat 6 x 1 ¾ and another one you will stamp on 6 x 1 5/8

Step 8: Stamp image and adhere to mat

Step 9: Cut inches 11 ½ inches of Ribbon and adhere to the center inside of the card holder and wrap around back and adhere to front flap. I use Glue lines to secure ribbon.

Step 10: Adhere mat and stamped image to front flap and add Velcro dot to close card holder. Depending on the thickness of the cards, this card holder will hold 6 cards with envelopes.

Printable Directions for Scor-Pal
Printable Directions for Fiskers

If you can not open these in PDF form, shoot me an e-mail and I will send it to you in a word document. Let me know if you want the Scor-Pal directions or the Fiskers Cutter directions.

"Stamp-A-Ma-Jig Tutorial"

I have been asked what single product I have that I can't live without. Hands down it is my stamp-a-ma-jig. I use it every time I stamp. I had a corneal transplant a few years ago due to a serious infection which makes it hard for me to see sometimes and to stamp a straight image. I also own some stamps that I bought used that weren't mounted straight as well as some that I mounted that aren't straight. The stamp-a-ma-jig is the key. I made a tutorial for those of you who don't have one or have one that is still sitting in the box because you don't know how to use it. Mine sat in the box for about 6 months before I broke it out. I thought it looked confusing. It really isn't. So here is how you use it.

Line up two sides of the transparent sheet next to the stamp-a-ma-jig. You can do it on the right side too if you are left handed. Or on the top. It doesn't matter as long as two sides are lined up.

Slide your stamp down the side of the stamp-a-ma-jig and stamp your image on the transparent sheet

Remove the stamp and now you can see how the stamp will stamp.

Line up the transparent sheet on the cardstock that you are going to stamp on. This stamp is a little crooked because it was made this way. I don't want it to be crooked on my paper so I will line it up so the bottom of the cupcake is straight.

When you have the image where you want it, line up the stamp-a-ma-jig

Now remove the transparent sheet and hold down the stamp-a-ma-jig so it doesn't move.

Stamp your image onto the cardstock, making sure to line the stamp up on the two sides of the stamp-a-ma-jig.

Now you have a perfectly straight image.