Tuesday's Tool. A new weekly challenge of sorts!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 01:09AM Meant to post this earlier today so that it was properly Tuesday and all, but had internet issues (don't get me started, lol). So. This will have to do. :)
I've decided to start a weekly challenge. Feel free to play along, though mostly it's just an extra push for me. I find that I have a great number of scrapbooking tools that I simply "had" to have yet have barely touched. I'd guess that many of you can relate. ;) So. I'm going to pick a tool each Tuesday and push myself to actually use it. Simple as that.
For this week, I picked the Crop-A-Dile by We R Memory Keepers. I have the pretty green one, having waited until they finally came out with a model that wasn't pink, LOL! I've had it for ages; but, until this past weekend, I think I may have used it once. Really, though, it is a pretty cool little tool. Sunday I used it for the boys' Halloween costumes:
(Don't worry...I'll post pics of the boys in their costumes by the end of the week!) So. My two favorite aspects of the Crop-A-Dile as of right now:
- It punches through all sorts of materials!! For the costumes, I punched two layers of shower liner (heavy duty vinyl), and I'm so happy with how it punches chipboard.
- I can set eyelets without a hammer. This was the main thing that convinced me to buy this tool. Of course, after buying it, I stopped using as many eyelets for some reason, LOL! Guess I'll have to remedy that...I already have some Christmas gift tags in mind that will be so much better strung on a ribbon through a nice little eyelet.
Since the time when I bought mine, of course, WRMK has come out with the Big Bite version that allows you to reach further into a page or whatever material you're punching. I'm still debating whether that's worth it to me, but am definitely intrigued. :)
So, have you used your Crop-A-Dile lately? Any tips or cool finds to share?
