I bought a self healing cutting mat from Hobby Lobby from Sew-ology Quilting, that was 6 x 8″ and sells for $4.99 full price. Here’s the link to it. https://tinyurl.com/ur6r8df

Rich used my existing cutting plate and laid the new cutting mat under it and used his pocket knife to cut against the side of the existing plate until he had it well scored, then flipped it over and did the same thing with the opposite side, until it was cut deep enough to basically crack on the line. I would recommend you using a craft knife. The cutting mat wasn’t thick enough to cut well, so I took a Dollar Tree cutting mat that you get in a two pack. Here’s the link to them. https://www.dollartree.com/bulk/Cutting-Mat

I laid my old cutting plate on top of the cutting mat from the Dollar Tree, and using a pencil, drew a line along the edges of the cutting plate, and using my Tim Holtz scissors, here’s the link to them. https://tinyurl.com/we2z2qx I used tear tape to adhere this mat to the underneath of the Hobby Lobby cutting mat, and found the tear tape made the cutting mat thick enough that I didn’t need to add another piece of the Dollar Tree cutting mat, but it might not be the same for your cutting machine, and you might need a second cutting mat added from the Dollar Tree to make your plate thick enough to cut properly.

The dies I used were from Aliexpress and here’s a link to them. https://tinyurl.com/qws3l2e In an upcoming video, I’ll be using the dies to create earrings, and I hope you’ll check them out.

The cardstock I cut with is from HSN.COM and is made by Crafter’s Companion and is called Luxury Cardstock..Here’s a link to it in silver and gold, and it comes in other colors. https://tinyurl.com/y877lfmb

To cut so you don’t ruin your top plastic cutting plate, from the bottom to the top, here’s the order your sandwich should be made in: (A sandwich is what crafters call the plates, cardstock and dies that go through your cutting machine.)

My machine is a Tim Holtz Vagabond II and I recommend it highly…Link: https://tinyurl.com/saxaczg

Start with your thick plastic piece, mine is called a magnetic platform..

Next is the cutting mat you just created using the Hobby Lobby Sew-ology self healing cutting mat and one of the Dollar Tree cutting mats, adhered together with tear tape. If this doesn’t cut well enough, you should add a second Dollar Tree cutting mat layer…The Dollar Tree mats should be facing the magnetic platform, as they are not to be cut on as they aren’t as durable as the Sew-Ology mats.

Next, is your cardstock, or designer paper

Next is your die facing with the cutting surface pointed at the cardstock or designer paper.

Last is your plastic cutting plate that came with your machine. You should flip this over every other time you use it, so it doesn’t warp, but always keep your sandwich in the same order as I’ve explained above.

I bought two really ugly unfinished wood bird houses last year on clearance from Joanns.  They were shaped like an arrow and as soon as I saw them, I thought Rich could use his electric saw and cut off the front and back of the arrow, basically turning the bird house into the shape of a rectangular box.  I wanted to make a crafty project out of it and paint them and cover them with napkins, so they’re cute, but needed to make sure they would be weather-proof.  I found out that Mod Podge makes an outdoor version, and that’s all I needed to finish my houses.  Of course, right now all I have are my ideas, so nothing concrete, but hopefully, tomorrow I’ll be able to start turning the boxes into bird house masterpieces, haha..

While I had Rich busy with his saw, I had bought a cutting mat from Hobby Lobby that’s just a little bit larger than the plates that go in my Vagabond die cutting machine.  I’m tired of using the plates that warp and get cut and gouged with use, and had heard that you can make your own plates with cutting mats….so that’s what I did.  Rich said it was really easy to cut the plates down, and he said he cut the mat with his pocket knife, so I’m sure you can cut them with a craft knife.  He said it was so simple, he couldn’t believe it…So I’m going to run it through the Vagabond to see if it’s thick enough, and if it’s too thin, I’ll figure out a shim to use with it.  I can’t wait to see if it works well, because it will be such a relief to not have to continuously replace the plate for the Vagabond.  I’ll be sure to show follow up videos of it so you know if it works like I think it will.

I’m finishing the double page of my art journal where I’ve stamped a lady’s head with long flowing hair.  I’ll be painting the hair a bunch of different colors and then want to use embroidery floss to create curls and hair strands.  I’ve had this idea for a very long time, but just never took the time to put it into action, plus I lost my art journal for several months…..now I’ll be able to really get serious about finishing the art journal now.

I’ve also been working on a diamond painting I bought for us that’s called the “Tree of Life.”  It’s taken less than a week to finish, and I’m happy with the results.  I’ll be sure to show this to you once it’s done.

I found the glasses at the Dollar Tree with huge shamrocks on them. I immediately thought they’d be a perfect idea for a St Patrick’s Day card. I used a craft knife to remove the plastic glasses from the foam front. I didn’t want the shamrocks either, so cut the shamrocks off with Tim Holtz 5″ scissors link: https://tinyurl.com/r4rd7uz

Since the faux diamonds were on the shamrocks, I had to remove a few of them and using my hot glue gun, replaced the diamonds onto the glasses. My hot glue gun is a good one, made by Gorilla glue…I bought mine at Joanns using a coupon, so it was a little over $5. I found the lyrics to the song “I’m looking over a four leaf clover” online, and printed out the first line of the song using a variety of different fonts onto 90 lb cardstock in my computer printer. I cut the images down so they would fit on a 5 x 7″ card and then backed the sentiment with a green matte mirror cardstock from Crafter’s Companion (I bought on HSN.com) that I had scraps of in my stash. I also cut another piece of the same paper to 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ wide to adhere to the white card base from Recollections heavyweight white cardstock that you buy at Michaels. I find it to be the best cardstock to make card bases from, because it’s truly the weight you’d want when making a card base.

I used a white scrap of cardstock that I cut to 4 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ (I cut this down to this size later in the video) to stamp and use as my card front.

The inks I used were:

Stampin’ Up Garden Green ink (this ink is retired but available through ebay) Link: https://tinyurl.com/v9z2gwz

Gina K’s Christmas Pine

Distress Oxide ink in Lucky Clover

The peg stamps I used were:

Luck of the Irish set link: https://tinyurl.com/uxnhemk                                                                Stamp used from this set was Four Leaf Clover Veined, link: https://tinyurl.com/ry5g445

Shamrocks and Clover set link: https://tinyurl.com/um5lgwx                                           Stamp used was Four Leaf Clover, Small, link: https://tinyurl.com/vmeqqzl

I stamped the larger Four Leaf Clover, Veined stamp in the Christmas Pine Gina K ink and then stamped in the Christmas Pine and Garden Green inks to get a different color and then used the small four leaf clover stamp in Lucky Clover and stamped between the other stamped images to create a pile of clover. I stamped with the Christmas Pine using the small four leaf clover, inside the glasses, once I’d laid them where I wanted them, to make them look like the eye in the glasses.

I hot glued the glasses down and then used the copper colored make up brushes (link: https://tinyurl.com/rg2uhv3 ) to blend the Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink to turn the card green….I glued down the sentiment and stamped inside with Brutus Monroe’s Raven Black Ink “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” from a retired set from My Creative Times called “Leprechaun.”  I used tear tape to adhere the green matte mirror layer to the card base, and then used hot glue to adhere the top layer. I wanted some dimension and hot glue will give that to you..Lindsay the frugal crafter uses hot glue for dimension, and makes it look easy, but I worried I’d burn myself doing it, and was super careful to avoid burning myself.. Since I got a thumbprint on the inside of the card in black ink, use a Tombow Sand Eraser link: https://tinyurl.com/rcgbxn5. Wait for the ink to dry and then use the eraser, gently over the spot, until most, or all of it, is gone.

We went to see the new Ben Affleck movie, called “The Way Back.”  The hype on television says this is an uplifting movie, and the first “feel good movie” of 2020…I have to say that they might be leading the viewers slightly (or quite a bit) astray.  If any of you see this movie, please let me know what you think.  We found it to be kind of depressing, and not a “feel good movie.”  We went with our college friends that love movies like we do, and unfortunately, our friend had just lost his mother a couple of weeks ago, and I think, was hoping for something uplifting.  I don’t think he expected to be sad when he left the theater, but it was clear from his face, that he was.

The only upside was having lunch at Blaze Pizza.  If you have a Blaze Pizza near you and you haven’t tried them, Rich and I think they make a great pizza.  Each person chooses their own pizza, as well as the number of toppings they want.  Rich always gets a two topping pizza because he likes pepperoni and bacon.  I get the unlimited topping pizza, because I like a lot of different vegetables.  We’ve eaten there several times, and have also eaten at their location in the Cranberry Mall near Pittsburgh.  They’ve never said anything to us about the two topping pizza, but this time, when I asked the server if she could add more bacon to Rich’s pizza, the server said he’d need to change it to the unlimited topping pizza if she added more.  I’ve never heard anyone say anything like that to us before, and we both were a little bit unhappy with her response.  If I had to guess, I’d say she was either having a bad day, or was just really bad at her job.  I know I should have said something to a manager, but we never complain.   I read once that for every person who has a bad experience in a retail establishment/restaurant, they’ll tell thirty people about it, but if they have a good experience, they will only tell six.

Once I heard that statistic, I decided every time I had a really good experience at a business, I’d make sure I told someone there in management, and would fill out any kind of response card to give the employee kudos.  I can’t tell you the number of times that managers have come to talk to me, and I can see on their face that they expect the worst, only to have me tell them what a great job their employee has done.  Let’s face it, the people who are doing these jobs aren’t paid exceptionally well, and receiving praise for a job well done, or receiving special recognition from management, would give them a little boost in their work day.  In the world we live in today, we can all use a little more of that…

I’m a little bit disappointed that only a few viewers have asked for me to send them one of the cards I made.  It’s not that I think my cards are exceptional, I just hoped that viewers would find one that they might like to have as their very own.  I probably should have made the offer earlier in the video, as they probably fast forwarded and didn’t hear the offer.  I did add a message under the video, as well as on Facebook, to let people know about it after I posted the video..

Today I decided I had to get serious about my St Patrick’s Day cards.  I wanted to make one with a pair of sunglasses with huge shamrocks attached that I bought at the Dollar Tree…They were perfect when I paired them with an old song that starts out, “I’m looking over a four leaf clover that I overlooked before….”  The song came to me when I was trying to sleep last night, so I got up and wrote it down so I wouldn’t forget, and then I still couldn’t sleep, so cleaned my craft room a little more.  It’s getting to the point where I’m not embarrassed looking inside as I walk by the doorway.  I used to keep the door closed, as it was so horrible to look at.  At least now I can leave the door open without feeling bad about it’s condition….one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind….

The second card I made came from a YouTube channel called Mixed Up Crafts.  I love all of the ideas Sam, the crafter from that channel, makes.  She’s very talented and does a lot of three-D projects as well.  The card I’m making is called a Pull and Slide Card and here’s a link to her video.  I recommend her and her channel highly…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWY-lF1Ua0I   I’m going to do a collaboration with Rebecca Walton from Rubber Stamp Tapestry, the peg stamp company where we both make a pull and slide card and both use some peg stamps on our card.  I finished both cards tonight and am really happy with the results.  I hope all of you will be too.

Below you’ll find as many details from the video as I could recreate….Thanks to my friends for the nice Christmas cards I was sent..

I had colored the images four years ago and I don’t know where some of the stamps came from, but will include as many as I can find..

Carolyn Shores Wright Cardinal stamp link on ebay: https://tinyurl.com/wy487jn Michael’s Card Bases: https://tinyurl.com/qotczsl

Dog with tie…Penny Black Bubbly stamp set link: https://tinyurl.com/yx73tg24

Stampin’ Up Send a Celebration (Envelope with umbrella and Envelope with candles & envelope with flowers) stamp link: https://tinyurl.com/t7h5h8b

Tim Holtz Treats (Soda Pop, Popcorn and Gumball Machine) Stamp Set link: https://tinyurl.com/rmtypk2

House Mouse Signing a Card Stamp link: https://tinyurl.com/wk7tzz2

Metallic rub ons link: https://tinyurl.com/uysuee9

Elephants with flowers—I know I got this at a stamp show, but can’t remember who made it sorry..

Carolyn Shores Wright Robin Stamp link: https://tinyurl.com/upk3x4c

Zig Two Way Glue Pen link: https://pegstamps.com/product/zig-glue-pen-fine-tip-two-way/

Nail Art diamonds: https://tinyurl.com/vh56obg

Hedgehog Gifts of Apples stamp link: https://tinyurl.com/rkv5lz4

Inky Antics Flamingo Stamp link: https://tinyurl.com/shlwtwv

Cat with balloons from Penny Black Bubbly stamp set: https://tinyurl.com/yx73tg24 Penny Black hedgehogs with gifts—retired, couldn’t find a link to it

Hedgehog with butterfly stamp Penny Black Flutterby Link: https://tinyurl.com/u6w9jq4 Rabbit with frog–Stampabilities House Mouse Puddle Fun stamp link: https://tinyurl.com/vtnkg9u

Dog with tie from Penny Black Bubbly stamp set link: https://tinyurl.com/yx73tg24 Envelope w/ heart & flowers Stampin Up Send a Celebration set link: https://tinyurl.com/uelzalc

Flowers in a Circle–Just for fun, Mums in a circle stamp (no longer available that I could find)

Frog with Flowers stamp bought at a stamp show but don’t remember which store, sorry.

Carolyn Shores Wright four blue birds stamp–no longer available unless you keep checking ebay for it.

Reindeer from Stampin’ Up set called Holiday Lineup…not available currently, but keep checking on ebay..here’s the link: https://tinyurl.com/urxmptp

Baby Bird–Holly Berry House Stamps #1347L-1 I’m not sure if this stamp is still available for sale, but here’s a link to the page where you can still see it, near the bottom of the page. http://hollyberryhouse.com/blog/?page_id=852

Kadomaru Pro corner rounder link: https://tinyurl.com/rnmn7db

I tried to include as many of the items I used to create these cards. If you’d like to have one of the cards, I’d be happy to mail one to you. Please email me at saundralparker@yahoo.com and please let me know if you’d like a specific card and I’ll try to send that card to you.

Last night, I finished making cards with the images I’d colored while off with hip replacement surgery four years ago.  OK, maybe it was three years ago, I’m just not quite sure.  I found a big Ziploc bag full of the images I’d colored, and thought it was high time I did something with them.  I didn’t realize how many images there were, and by the end of this process, figured out there were a lot more than I anticipated.  I made a video showing all of the cards and if I had to guess, I’d say there are at least forty cards…I didn’t count them, which was kind of foolish, because I just keep guessing at the number, but there are a lot of them.  I’d patting myself on the back for coming up with a plan and following it through to completion.  The only thing I didn’t do (yet,) is to decorate the envelopes I’ll be mailing them in.
I thought it was a great idea to allow viewers to have whichever card they wanted, so left it open in the video, for viewers to email me the card of their choice, and I’ll send it to them.  I’m not sure how many cards I’ll be sending, but I’m always happy to mail viewers cards, and now that I have a ton of cards available, I’m hoping viewers take me up on my offer.  I don’t think I’ll write in the cards I send, but will include a post-it note instead, with my note to them, so the recipient can re-use the card if they so choose.

Shortly after I started my YouTube channel, I bought an address book so I could keep viewers addresses, so I’d be able to send them a surprise card at a moment’s notice.  I have a lot of addresses in the book, and sadly, I’ve misplaced it.  It’s killing me to admit that, because today I cleaned my craft room, and still haven’t located it.  I’m hoping that I’ll be able to start a new address book with this card offer.

One good thing that came out of my craft room cleaning,  I found my art journal.  It’s been bothering me, because I’ve had an idea I’d like to try in the journal, and couldn’t locate it anywhere.  It never occurred to me that I would have put it in a shoe box when I sprayed gesso on the last few pages I need to finish.  And then I put the shoe box on top of one of my storage cabinets, where I never look….Ohhh, if I had a dollar for every item I’ve lost in my craft room, I’d be rolling in dollars.  That’s a slight exaggeration…I’d have at least $10…so it’s more than a “slight exaggeration”…it’s a huge exaggeration.

I can finally see most of the floor of my craft room, something that’s been missing for a long time.  The tops of the counters are still cluttered, but it’s a lot better than it was before I started weeding it out.  I’m still missing the address book, which was one of the main reasons for my search.  I’m thinking it’s either caught in a drawer and is now stuck inside the cabinet, or has been misfiled with a bunch of other documents.  I thought I always kept it with my first address book, and if that’s the case, it’s definitely jammed into the back of the drawer, and I haven’t figured out how to remove the drawer to check if something is behind it.  I’m hoping there’s a way to pop the drawer out, but if there is, I haven’t figured it out yet.

I think I’ll leave it for tomorrow and maybe work on a diamond painting..  I know that diamond painting will relax me, and after spending several hours cleaning my craft room, I need a little bit of relaxation.   (If you saw the state of my craft room before I tackled it, you’d understand why.)  And more importantly, if you saw how bad the room still looks, you’d definitely know why I need to relax.  I’ll bet Jennifer McGuire never worries about a crazy dirty craft room, but then again, I picture her having a helper that follows along behind Jennifer, cleaning her messes and leaving her craft room looking spotless..  I need to find someone to do that for me..Rich?

The nice people at Fansells.com sent me several of their products to try. I was able to choose the products I was sent, and focused on non-diamond paintings since I don’t have much wall space available.

I started by showing what Fansells calls a “boarding pass,” in their search listing, but in reality, it’s a luggage tag. I wasn’t sure how practical the luggage tag would be to use on standard luggage, so came up with an alternative use for it. I made it into a paper pad. You can use it for a luggage tag, and I’d probably only use it on my carry on luggage, as I wouldn’t want to ruin the pretty Mandala image.

Luggage Tag:

Diamond Painting Special Shape Mandala Pattern Luggage Boarding Pass Link: https://tinyurl.com/rnaqasz   I cut copy paper to 2 1/8″ wide by 4 5/8″ long and used my Kadomaru Corner rounder (link on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/s9tl5a8) to round the corners on the largest setting. I took an old Stampin’ Up horizontal slot punch (it’s retired, so the links I found are on ebay: https://tinyurl.com/tssh7gh) and laid the first paper up to the luggage tag and making sure it was centered and the paper wasn’t visible from the back of the luggage tag, drew a mark where the horizontal slot was, then using the slot punch upside down, punched the entire mark I’d drawn. I also made a back cover for the luggage tag paper pad I was making, by cutting thin cardboard (backing from a paper pad) to 2 1/4″ wide x 4 3/4″ long and rounded the corners, then drew the hole by lining it up with the luggage tag, making a mark for the hole, then cutting the hole with my horizontal slot punch. I covered the cardboard with two pieces of patterned paper and followed the same steps, rounding the corners and cutting the slot. I adhered the patterned paper to the cardboard with tear tape and Tombow Mono Glue to allow me to move the paper if it was laid down imperfectly (and you know that happens.)

Notebooks:

Mandala Special Shaped Diamond Painting 50 Pages Sketchbook A5 Notebook Link: https://tinyurl.com/rtw4b7x

Peafowl Special Shaped Diamond Painting 50 Pages A5 Students Sketchbook (Peacock) Link: https://tinyurl.com/vtxmps7

I wanted to share my storage system with you.

For small diamond projects,  I bought a box from the Dollar Tree                                         link: https://tinyurl.com/unyywe9  and wrote on the inside of the box with a black Sharpie, a number for each opening. I then put the small baggies of diamonds you get in a small project like the luggage tag and notebooks inside, to keep me organized and allow me to easily find the correct diamonds.

For larger diamond paintings, you’ll get a lot of different diamond colors (usually under 40) and you’ll need to keep them organized and in small covered bottles to allow you to find and distribute them easily.  You’ll need to keep the round drills separate from the square drills, and you’ll want to use the code for the painting they came with as well as the embroidery floss codes on the bottles (to be able to combine the colors with other diamonds you have left over.

I bought two different systems. One on ebay for $2.67 that has 28 compartments (link: https://tinyurl.com/wt22s5c) and a larger storage system from Joanns (mine had 30 bottles, but I couldn’t find it online at Joanns) Here’s the same system with fewer compartments than mine. link: https://tinyurl.com/qrh3dz6

All of Fansells.com “diamond paintings” (which covers everything I’m showing in this video,) will always come with a tray for your drills (the proper term for diamonds,) a small piece of wax, and a pen to pick the diamonds up with. Any true diamond paintings will also come with a few extra small plastic bags (in case you need them for diamond storage.)

Passport Cover:

Special Shaped Diamond Painting Travel Passport Protective Cover Crafts Link: https://tinyurl.com/wbs75m5

Diamond Paintings:

Tree of Life 30 x 40 cm Link: https://tinyurl.com/u69z8w7 Round Drills

5D DIY Full Drill Diamond Painting Words Embroidery Mosaic Craft Kit Decor, 30 x 30Round Drills,  Someone we love is in heaven: link: https://tinyurl.com/u62ovrm

I’d like to thank the wonderful people at Fansells.com for sending me these great diamond painting items, and hope you’ll go to their website and see the wide selection they offer.

I’m glad February is almost behind us, as spring is just around the corner (in my mind.)  With that being said, the groundhog’s prediction for an early spring has not proven accurate…We are in the middle of a winter storm advisory with anticipated snow fall up to 12″…that doesn’t sound very springy to me.  We’ve already gotten about four inches, but it’s the wind that’s been causing issues..  Snow is falling almost horizontally, making visibility impossible in certain spots.  It’s days like this that I’m so happy we’re retired and don’t have to venture out unless we need something.

It’s also a great day to get into the craft room.  Unfortunately, Honey hates the wind, and hates me being in the craft room even more…She finds Rich and sits beside him, crying.  It’s so sad to watch.  I wish I knew why she hates the craft room, maybe it’s the horrible state of messiness it which it normally can be found.  I wish I knew, so I could ease her anxiety.

I’ve been seriously working on the “simple” cards I wanted to make out of the images I’ve colored.  So far, I’ve worked on them for three nights and have only made ten cards.  Yep, ten.  I think the reason it’s been going so slowly, is the first night I took each image and die cut it, and cut frames and other papers to layer with.   The second night, I went through my scrap box of cardstock and patterned papers and found ones that might work well with the stack, and then last night I really worked at making cards in earnest.

Maybe the word “simple” isn’t in my vocabulary, because I thought I’d stick to a few embellishments and make the process streamlined, by using those and rub-on sentiments I had in my stash.  I chose to tackle the pile of images from the top to the bottom, rather than looking through the pile with each new card I was making, thinking that would make things more efficient.  What I’ve found is that I can try to do the steps I’ve outlined, but ultimately I’ll think of another embellishment that would work well with a particular image, or I’d find a card could use some ribbon, and my embellishment stack continues to grow.   I know Kristina Werner is working with just a few craft essentials for her February cards, but just realized that wouldn’t work for me.  I wish I could do that, and this video was an attempt at that, but it isn’t my style.  “I have a ton of craft supplies so why not use them?”  That’s what I’m telling myself is the reason for my failure.  Ultimately, though, I think the reason Kristina’s system works for her is because she designs her cards before she makes them, so she can design them around the supplies she’s using.  I never design anything before making it.  I will follow a fun fold card design as far as the workings of the card, but never plan the papers or embellishments or overall look of my cards.  I wonder if you plan out your cards, or if you’re more like me?

Rich is running errands, so I won’t be able to do anything with the cards until he gets home.  I have to hang with Honey, and believe me, she’s not happy with the wind.  I just looked outside and saw five male Cardinals and one female in one pear tree.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many of them hanging out with each other like that.  It’s really beautiful and if I thought they’d sit there long enough for me to get a camera, I’d take a photo and upload it so you could enjoy them too.

Alas, already I’m down to three Cardinals left, and now there are two.  Lucky I didn’t run around looking for my camera….

I spent the day today practicing interviewing with the college seniors from the college Rich and I attended.  It’s always fun to give back, and hopefully, the students will get good jobs with their newly improved interviewing skills.

Last night, I worked on the images I want to turn into cards.  I die cut a ton of frames for the images with different dies, and put them in piles to now turn into cards.  My goal for tomorrow is to finish them, and since it took all evening to die cut the frames, it should give me a lot of cards to use going forward.

I made this diamond painting for my sister, who is Catholic.  She fell a couple of weeks ago and had to have surgery on her wrist, and I thought she’d really like this image.

I wanted to surprise my sister with this gift, and hope she really likes it.  I’m trying to find something that is large enough to mail this and the larger diamond painting I made of my nephew and his bride on the beach.  It’s almost double the size of Mother Mary.

I’ve been having so much fun with diamond painting and finding ways to diamond paint on things that aren’t painting, and hope some of you will give this craft a try.  I can’t recommend it more highly.  You don’t have to buy a bunch of extra tools, the ones you need come with every new kit you buy.  It’s inexpensive too, and I like that as well..