I shared a card shaped like a purse that I made for a friend who just turned 17. She wanted a purse for her birthday and I thought it would be fun to make the gift bag to fit the purse perfectly.

I used a paper pad I bought at Michael’s called Silver Foil by Craft Smith. It’s no longer sold by Michaels but I did find it on Ebay link: https://tinyurl.com/8f2jsfnp and here is more silver foil paper I found link: https://tinyurl.com/vpdkbmzk or https://tinyurl.com/zw4xt7xr

You’ll need two sheets of 12 x 12″ cardstock as well as two pieces of 4 x 12″ cardstock that will coordinate with the 12 x 12 pieces. These papers can’t be lightweight, as this bag needs to be sturdy enough to hold the purse. I score on the back of my paper to make sure it folds easily.

4 x 12″ pieces–score on the 4″ length at 1/2″ and 3 1/2″ on the back of the paper, on both. Then, on the 12″ length, score at 3″ on both pieces. You’ll need to cut from the 3″ score, cut out the two side rectangles and cut a small diagonal notch from the sides of the center piece that’s left behind and also cut a small notch out of the 1/2″ and 3 1/2″ scored area on the top and bottom of those areas. Sorry I can’t think of a better way to explain this.. The reason you do this is to ensure that when you put the bag together, the sides and bottom will fit together easily and you won’t see any paper sticking over the top when you adhere them.

Next fold and burnish the scores, making sure the side 1/2″ scores are folded at a 90 degree angle. My bone folder is made by Fiskars and here’s ones I’ve found https://tinyurl.com/7mjrnnuc. Add tear tape to the face (the patterned side of the paper) from the 1/2″ scored areas to the edge of the paper, as well as on the face of the 3″ scored area on the sides (4 x 12″ pieces). Add tear tape and wet glue to the underside of the 3″ score area of them.

Add tear tape to the white side of one of the 12 x 12″ pieces from the 3″ score to the edge of the paper and add wet glue to the same spot, to ensure if you have an issue attaching it, you can pull it back off. Add tear tape to the patterned side of the other 12 x 12″ piece below the 3″ score. Take the 12 x 12″ piece that you’ve put tear tape on the white side and attach one side to it by adding wet glue to one of the 4 x 12″ pieces, 1/2 and 3 1/2″ scores where you put tear tape. Lay one of the 1/2″ scores onto the left or right edge of the 12″ x 12″ piece so the score of the side piece lays flush with the edge of the 12 x 12″ piece, making sure the bottom score on the 12 x 12″ piece is also the bottom edge of the side piece you’re attaching. Leave the 3″ score of the 12 x 12″ piece alone until you’ve adhered both the front and back to the bag. Take the other 4 x 12″ piece and adhere it to the other 12 x 12″ piece the same as you’ve done above. After both sides are attached, fold up inside the bag, the 12 x 12″ 3″ score of the piece that has glue on the white side. If you are like me and want to reinforce your bag, add a piece of cardboard that is 11 x 2″ and lay it under the 12″ folded piece. Then fold in both side flaps so they adhere to the white piece, making sure the 4″ score line on the sides are lined up with the score line of the 12 x 12″ piece. After both side flaps are attached, fold the other 12″ x 12 score up to complete the bag.

Handle: Made by taking two dies from a rectangular set with the larger die 4 5/8″ across on the narrower side and one that was 4 1/8″ across, and adhering them so they line up with the same space between them all the way around. Lay these face down on the mirror side of silver paper and cut them out, You’ll need two sets of these and glue them together silver side facing out (I forgot to do this so my handles don’t look finished, to me.) Then cut them in half to make two sets of handles. I lined mine up so they were about 3 3/4″ from the edges of the bag and about 1″ from the bottom of the handle and adhered them. Using my Crop a Dile, I punched a hole through the handle and the bag then put a rhinestone brad link: https://tinyurl.com/289btx9n through the hole. I wanted to cover the back to make the bag look more finished and sturdy, so added a strip of white cardstock that is 3″ x 11 15/16″ to the top inside of the bag on both sides.

I made a tag from dies/stamps from Fun Stampers Journey Pennant Numbers SS0065 and DI0087 and silver embossing powder over Veramark ink to make the tag match the bag. Used old stickers called Lace Borders link: https://tinyurl.com/2s3pwzk and ran them down both sides of the pennant. Added satin ribbon, knotted it to bag.

Size 9 x 12 x 3″

I’m giving a purse to a young friend for her birthday and I thought it would be fun to make a purse shaped card to go with it.

Start with a piece of 5″ x 12″ cardstock (I used American Crafts link: https://tinyurl.com/36jxsjfz) score it on the 12″ length at 5″ and 7″ and then flip the paper over and score it again on the 12″ length at 6″. Fold and burnish the paper. Make the two outer scores into mountains and the center score a valley so the card looks like an “M” when you turn it on its side.

For the flap of the purse, you’ll need another piece of the same cardstock as was used for the 5 x 12″ piece… This piece is 2 1/2″ x 5″ wide and scored on the 2 1/2″ length at 1/2″. Fold the 1/2″ score under and put wet glue or tear tape on the inside of the flap in the 1/2″ scored area. To adhere to the card, open the score so the score line is flat on your table, and sit the top of the back of the card onto the opening, making sure the score line is NOT inside the “purse”. I used the Kadomaru Pro Corner Rounder to round the bottom two edges of the flap.

I cut two pieces of patterned paper to 4 3/4″ x 4 3/4″ square for the front and back of the purse card. If you use directional patterned paper, make sure they face up toward the top opening of the card. I wouldn’t adhere these papers until you’ve attached the flap and the handle, as it makes it a lot easier to figure out the direction the patterns should go and you’ll end up with a more finished looking card, since you’ll be covering the handle and the spot on the back where you attached the flap of the purse.

Add a small piece of Velcro about 1/2″ from the bottom of the flap centered from side to side at 2 1/4″ from sides.

You’ll need a piece of patterned paper that is 1 3/4″ x 4 3/4″ for the outside of the flap of the purse. (My paper is smaller because that was all I had left of that pattern.) I added a thin strip of pink foil paper on top near the bottom of the flap and added a die cut of Happy Birthday with pink foil near the bottom of the purse. I added some small pink pearls beside Happy Birthday and inside the purse on the sentiment I die cut with an oval for the upper portion of the purse.

You’ll need two more pieces for inside the card. I used a piece of pink mirror cardstock for the top section that I also used the inside of to cut the handles out of with two circle dies. One circle die is 4 1/2″ across and the other is 3 3/4″ at the center, so the handle has some width.. The mirror cardstock is cut to 4 7/8 x 4 7/8″ and after I removed the handle from the center, added a piece of 4 3/4″ x 4 3/4″ patterned paper over it and glued it in place. The patterned paper I used on the bottom section was 4 7/8″ x 4 7/8″ to match the width of the mirrored card stock used on the top section.

NOTE: I had a little issue with the directions I glued these papers in…You need to remember that when the purse is closed, the part of the purse furthest from the scoring, is the top of the card, so when the purse is open, the patterns on the bottom and top section both face upward.

I have Wink of Stella pens, but wanted a bright red Christmas color and thought it would be fun to try to make our own with products we already have on hand.

First off, I bought a set of glitter markers from Amazon but could no longer find them there, but was able to find them on Aliexpress, and here’s a link to them. https://tinyurl.com/2y98zwmr

Ways I tried to make my own Wink of Stella coloring..

1. Metallic markers scribbled onto a watercolor palette and mixed with a small amount of water. Link to the markers: https://tinyurl.com/rc5db87f

2. Stickles with a small amount of water. Lavender Stickles Link: https://tinyurl.com/4spmprek

3. Ken Oliver Liquid Metals link: https://tinyurl.com/rw59a5u2

4. Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigment in Marigold they no longer seem to offer Marigold, but I found a similar color called Gilded, link: https://tinyurl.com/95ed7nrw

5. Nail pigment from Aliexpress, mixed with Gum Arabic link: https://tinyurl.com/y998pka4

6. Mica Powder mixed with Gum Arabic link: https://tinyurl.com/xnct4ekt

7. Metallic watercolors: https://tinyurl.com/ffweabtp

8. Liquitex Professional Iridescent Medium link: https://tinyurl.com/f66p4z2x

To make a Wink of Stella Pen out of a waterbrush…using Liquitex Professional iridescent Medium, a few drops into a waterbrush that’s filled about 1/2 full with water and then add Stampin Up reinker in Real Red, 10 drops, put the top back on the water pen and shake. You’ll need to keep adding both reinker and the iridescent medium until you get the right shade of red and the right amount of shimmer.

I think these would be great for craft fairs…I bought my small composition books in a set of three from the Dollar Tree link: ttps://tinyurl.com/2nyn5p2c

I used napkin that I bought at the Christmas Tree Store last spring and removed the back layers by using a piece of washi tape on the back of the napkin edge, and pulling the front of the napkin away from the backing. Then I glued the napkin to a piece of copier paper with Tombow Aqua Glue, but any glue will work. I only glued the copy paper onto the napkin so the paper would block the color on the front of the composition book, but you could also just paint the notepad cover so you don’t need to do this step. After the napkin is adhered to the copy paper, you’ll want to trim the napkin that overlaps the edges.

I used a matte laminating pouch that I bought from Amazon, link: https://tinyurl.com/4zabwpjd. And put a second piece of copy paper behind the one with the napkin glued to it before putting it into the laminating pouch. Make sure the napkin front is face up inside the laminating pouch, then run it through your laminator. If you don’t think the napkin is well sealed to the laminating pouch, run it through the laminator a second time.

You’ll want to cut the edges off of the laminated napkin so you can separate the back of the laminating pouch that you won’t use, as well as the second sheet of copy paper that is attached to the back of the pouch.

The measurements of the composition book are 3 1/4″ wide by 4 1/2″ tall and the spine is 1/8″ thick. Each composition book is a little bit off of these measurements, so make sure you measure yours before cutting the laminated napkin. I ended up laying the composition book onto the napkin (for height) and gave myself about 1/8″ extra at the bottom then cut it straight across with my guillotine paper trimmer link: https://tinyurl.com/smd9wdaf. Trim the width to 7 3/4″ wide, and it will work no matter what your composition book’s measurements are.

To glue the napkin to the composition book, I covered my entire notebook with tear tape, link: https://tinyurl.com/47j9dm2w and then using the right edge of the napkin, I adhered it to the right side of the front of the notebook and then making sure there are no creases, continued to wrap the napkin around the notebook. You may need to trim the edges, and I did this with my Hay Phi scissors. You should end up with about 1 1/4″ of extra napkin on the right side. You’ll want to add a piece of cardstock that matches the back of the napkin (measure the extra piece of napkin and subtract 1/8″ from the total). You’ll need a strip of cardstock that is as tall as the napkin and is 1/8″ narrower than the napkin and you’ll use tear tape to adhere this paper strip to the underside of the napkin on the right edge of the napkin. This is what will become the flap that will allow you to add a snap to close the front of your notebook.

I also made a pocket for inside the front cover with some of the leftover laminated napkin. It is 3 1/4″ wide by 2″ tall. I added tear tape to the bottom edge and the right edge. You might want to trim this a little bit so it fits perfectly into the right side cover of the notebook and make sure you do this before putting it inside the notebook.

I took my snap making tool link: https://tinyurl.com/yj3y8sey to add a snap to the front cover. You’ll need two pieces that look like a thumbtack and a piece that looks like an innie, and one piece that looks like an outie. You’ll need to poke holes in the front cover and in the flap that wraps around the notebook. Make sure you don’t poke the holes any further than 3/4″ away from the edge, as the snap tool won’t work for more than 3/4″.

After you’ve poked the holes (making sure that the front flap hole lays directly over the hole you’ve poked on the front cover of the notebook), put a thumbtack piece through the flap with the top of the thumbtack on the top of the flap (so it’s on the face of the napkin) and then put either an innie or an outie piece through the bottom of the thumbtack and then using the tool squeeze it in place. Note: You’ll want to flip the tool over from the way I describe it in the video, or it won’t work right. Then put another thumbtack under the front cover of the notebook so the point of the thumbtack is facing up through the cover and add the other piece (innie or outie, whichever you didn’t use on the flap) and then squeeze it so it’s attached.

I ended up rounding the front cover by using my corner rounder that wouldn’t go through the thickness involved, but did give me a good line to follow with my scissors..

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Our new puppy’s name is Izzabella…Rich named her after his girl, Bella, and we’re calling the puppy Izzy. Bella is 11, Honey is almost 6 and in this video, Izzy is 9 weeks old..She’s now 13 weeks old, and much larger than when we made the video. After I made the video, I handed it to Rich with some notes I wrote, and the video and notes disappeared until earlier today, when he found them inside a cardboard box…It’s a man thing…haha.. I’m just glad he found it.

A lot of things have changed since making this video. Izzy now loves Bella and Honey and plays with both of them often. She thinks Rich is the greatest, which he is.. She’s still going for car rides, but not nearly as often as in the first week. A lot of things have changed since making this video. Izzy now loves Bella and Honey and plays with both of them often. She’s still going for car rides, but not nearly as often as in the first week. She sleeps most of the night, but by 5AM, she’s ready for trouble, and loves that time of day, and getting into trouble by herself, especially under our bed. She’s now about 20 pounds, so almost double in size from this video and unfortunately, and saddest of all, Honey’s cancerous bump on her nose, has come back. We’re hoping it chooses to go down again, like it did the first time, but we can’t count on that, so we’re enjoying the time we have with Honey. On a really bright note, Honey and Izzy are very close. We had to get a puppy because Honey wouldn’t have accepted another full grown dog into our house, and we were afraid she wouldn’t like Izzy, but after a few days, it was clear that she would be a great play pal for Honey. Honey has high anxiety and has had it since she came home with us from a “farm” that was actually a horrible puppy mill. At the time, I tried to have them shut down, but our county didn’t have anyone in the role to do so, and since, they have hired a lovely woman, who is keeping a very close eye on that farm, much to my relief. If you are wondering why we didn’t adopt from our animal shelter, our county does a really wonderful job and they never have puppies, and rarely keep dogs for more than a few days. I did check our local newspaper/facebook/etc and couldn’t find any puppies, and only found Izzy by chance, when my brother-in-law came to visit and mentioned his brother (who lives near us) had gotten a puppy that looked like Honey about a year ago. He got the breeder information from his brother and the rest is history. She sleeps most of the night, but by 5AM, she’s ready for action, and loves that time of day, and getting into trouble by herself, especially under our bed. She’s now about 20+ pounds, so almost double in size from this video and unfortunately, and saddest of all, Honey’s cancerous bump on her nose, has come back. We’re hoping it chooses to go down again, like it did the first time, but we can’t count on that, so we’re enjoying the time we have with Honey. On a really bright note, Honey and Izzy are very close. We had to get a puppy because Honey wouldn’t have accepted another full grown dog into our house, and we were afraid she wouldn’t like Izzy, but after a few days, it was clear that she would be a great play pal for Honey. Honey has high anxiety and has had it since she came home with us from a “farm” that was actually a horrible puppy mill. At the time, I tried to have them shut down, but our county didn’t have anyone in the role to do so, and since, they have hired a lovely woman, who is keeping a very close eye on that farm, much to my relief. If you are wondering why we didn’t adopt from our animal shelter, our county does a really wonderful job and they never have puppies, and rarely keep dogs for more than a few days. I did check our local paper/facebook/etc and couldn’t find any puppies, and only found Izzy by chance, when my brother-in-law came to visit and mentioned his brother (who lives near us) had gotten a puppy that looked like Honey about a year ago. He got the breeder information from his brother and the rest is history.

If you follow my YouTube channel, you know I try to post two videos every week, but in the last few weeks, I’ve been lax. That’s primarily because of this little girl.

Her name is Izzy, a cream colored Golden Retriever, she’s a joy and a real handful. We got her when she was eight weeks old, and she’s three months old now. She gets into everything and creates havoc wherever she goes. She’s kept our other two dogs exhausted and at times, trying to find places they can hide from her.

I made a video of her and it was really cute, but somehow between me writing notes about it for my editor-in-chief, Rich, and handing the notes to him, the video and notes, disappeared. We’ve spent a week looking for them, and you’d think after not finding it within a day or two, I would have made a new video, but no, we just kept looking. That’s why it’s been almost two weeks between videos, I’m ashamed to say. I promise I won’t let it happen again, but seriously, you know I can’t be help accountable to my promise, haha….

Since I didn’t post a video, one of my viewers contacted me because she was sure something had to be wrong. I never imagined, when starting a YouTube channel so many years ago, that anyone would be concerned if I didn’t post a video. In fact, when we got to fifty subscribers, we couldn’t believe our good fortune. And in the last month, we hit a milestone, 20,000 subscribers…Who would have ever imagined that many people being interested in anything I have to say? It’s an honor and a privilege to make these videos for all of you, and Rich and I never take that for granted. I’m going to do a nice giveaway for hitting 20,000 subscribers, and that video should be up shortly. And by shortly, I mean three or four day (or a week) from now.

Thanks for hanging in there with us and for being so wonderful. We never expected YouTube viewers to treat us so kindly. Oh, and here’s one more Izzy photo for the road.

I saw Sam Calcott make a similar bag and thought it would be fun to make. I’ve made a similar bag out of 12 x 12″ papers, but wanted to try this in a little smaller size.

The papers I used were from The Paper Tree called Nature’s Song and I found mine on Ebay, but also looked today and found them here. https://tinyurl.com/77kx42sz I really liked this pad for making smaller gift bags for birthdays, baby and wedding showers and for any gift giving occasion. The patterns are lovely and the pad includes some toppers that are perfect for decorating your bags.

You’ll need two pieces of 8 x 8″ paper and if you don’t have 8 x 8″ pads, you could cut down 12 x 12″ paper to use instead, and use the leftover 4″ to make your bottom or one side. Score the papers (if they have a direction to the pattern) with the top of the paper facing your right side when in the score board. Score the piece that you’ll use for the back at 1 1/2″ and 7 1/8″. The other sheet of 8 x 8″ will be the front and you only need to score it at 7 1/8″ making sure the pattern (if directional) should face the right.

You’ll need three pieces of 4 x8″ paper, two for the sides and one for the bottom.

The bottom piece on the 4″ length, score at 1/2″ and 3 1/2″

The sides on the 8″ side score at 1″ and 2 1/2″ and turn to the 4″ length, (making sure our first scores are now near the bottom of the paper) score at 1/2″ and 3 1/2″ and 2″ down to the 2 1/2″ score near the bottom. Then take them out of the score board and using a ruler and a stylus (scoring tool), score on the box you’ve scored near the bottom, score from that center 2″ score diagonally to the left side bottom of the box that’s scored, and diagonally on the right. Hopefully you can see it on the video so it makes more sense.

You’ll now take the two sides and cut the bottom corners that are scored as rectangles and cut out these boxes and cut a small diagonal slice out of the paper left so it’s a little smaller and easier to fit into place easier. If you follow the way I show to cut these, it will be easier. You’ll fold the two sides so that the sides fold under and the middle score becomes a valley and the bottom folds under and the diagonal scores are valley folds.

I used tear tape on this bag, and put one line of tear tape closest to the score line (but not over it) on the bottom and sides, and then used Bearly Art Glue to cover the rest of the scored areas on the sides and bottom. Link: https://tinyurl.com/h6ru2pkn Lay the bottom of your bag in front of you and take one side and lay the bottom piece of one side flat over the bottom lining it up so the score lines of the side matches the score lines of the bottom, and the piece of the side that you glue onto the bottom, it’s score is not on the bottom, but as close as you can get to the bottom piece. Glue the other side down the same way. Then take the front (this piece has only one score at 7 1/8″) of the bag (make sure the 7 1/8″ fold is at the top) and glue the bottom of it to the folded up side of the bottom and pull one side up and holding it as straight as possible and lining up the score of the side with the front piece, glue them together, then do the same with the other side. Then take the back of the bag and glue it in place the same as the front.

The ribbons are 10 1/2″ long and you’ll need 2. Mine were 5/8″ wide. Folding down the 7 1/8″ flap, on the front and back of the bag, measure in 2 1/2″ from each side and put a small mark on the fold. Then using a hole punch, punch a half circle on the fold as when you open the flap, it will create a full circle. Pull the ribbon through and leave only enough ribbon so it can be adhered with tear tape under the flap (less than 3/4″).. Pull the ribbon through the other hole on the same side and put tear tape under the length of the flap closest to the edge and put tear tape beneath each hole you made to lay your ribbon on and to hold it in place. Do the same to the back side of the bag with ribbon.

I decorated mine with a topper that came in the 8 x 8 paper pad and cut it with a die, then laid it on a piece of black paper and cut it with two sizes bigger of the die family and put it on foam squares to adhere to the front of the bag. I also found a Happy Birthday sentiment in the paper pad and put it on the flap and added Nuvo Dream Drops in Super Nova (I can’t find that color, but here are the ones I did find.) https://tinyurl.com/48c3bhta and added some dots to the center embellishment and to the sides of Happy Birthday on the flap at the top.

You can make this as a 12 x 12″ bag too, and I have a video showing you how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oklXF8466c

To make this bag sturdier, I’d add a piece of cardboard inside the bottom of the bag that is 2 7/8″ wide and 7 7/8″ long .

I’ve seen a lot of these on You Tube and I modified them to make it the way I like it.

I found three junior legal pads for $1 at the Dollar Tree and mine are 8 x 5″ so make sure you follow my measurements on how to modify the sizes.

Start with cardboard (I used a backing for a paper pad) that is 8″ by 6″ so if whatever height your legal pad is, make the cardboard that height and add one inch to the width.

The paper (I used Stampin’ Up cardstock) you use to cover the cardboard is 1″ wider and 1″ taller than your cardboard, so mine is 9 x 6″. Put tear tape to cover one side of your cardboard and lay it in the center of this paper, then score the cardboard edges and put tear tape on the edges of the paper and cut out the corners about 1/8″ away from the corner of the cardboard. Fold the paper onto the cardboard and this is the back of our pad.

Using the same paper, you’ll need a piece that is 8 x 7″ or the same height as your legal pad and 2″ wider, if yours is a different size than mine. (In the video, I used the cardboard as the measurement for other size legal pads and said it’s 1″ wider and the same height and that’s correct). Score it on the 7″ length score at 1/2″, 1 1/2″ and 2″. Then take a pen and center it on the 8″ length on the second score line (sorry I said third on the video)..fold the paper under at the second score ( 1 1/2″) and make a mark where the inside of the top of the clip of the pen will go, and near the bottom of the clip make another mark, and then cut both marks to the next score (at 2″) line but NOT over that score. Make sure to erase the marks when you’re done cutting. I put tear tape on the back of the cut out for the pen and added a strip of Tyvek (from a used postal envelope) to that spot so when you pull the pen in and out, the pen holder won’t tear.

Put tear tape before the 1/2″ score and fold that piece of paper under so there’s a finished edge on the left side. Fold the second score the 1 1/2″ score, as a valley and the third score, the 2″, as a mountain. Add tear tape to the left side of the paper starting where you folded over the first score, to the second score line, it should be about an 1″, but don’t put any where your pen cut out is. Take a small piece of the same paper the same size as the opening for the pen (sorry I didn’t give measurements as it will depend on the size of your pen opening) and put tear tape on the back of it and lay it with the tear tape facing down under the opening for the pen, so when your pad is finished, you won’t see white cardboard under the pen. (Note, this is optional.)

Then lining up the left side of your paper on the left side of the cardboard, lay the pad in place at the top of the right side of your holder.

Take a piece of the same paper that is 11 x 1 1/2″ tall and wrap it around the cardboard of your legal pad centering it. Put tear tape on the pieces that are on the back of the cardboard and then lay it inside the cover so the legal pad is closest to the left fold of the paper . This allows you to reuse the folder after this legal pad is used.

To decorate the front of the cover, I used paper from Joann’s, Park Lane’s Watercolor Florals link: https://tinyurl.com/yzypuf4z. It is 1/4″ narrower and 1/4″ shorter than your legal pad, mine is 4 3/4″ x 7 3/4″ I used Bearly Art Glue to adhere the decorated paper. If you have a direction to your pattern, on the 7 3/4″ length, the pattern needs to face up.

To make a pocket, use the same green paper (non-decorated paper,) that is 4 x 6″ score at 1/2″, 5 1/2″ on the 6″ side and turn it and score at 1/2″ and you’ll fold and burnish these scores, and cut out the bottom corners (there should be small boxes that you’ll cut out.) Put decorated paper that is 4 3/4″ x 3 1/4″ on the front of the pocket.. put tear tape on the backs of the scored areas and adhere it to the inside left side of the cover.

I added a strip of decorated paper that is 7 3/4 x 1/4″ to the left side where the pen is. After I was done on the video, I added a butterfly and some purple Tonic Nuvo Drops to the centers of the flowers.

These are the scissors I find most useful in day to day crafting.

Tonic Studios TITANIUM FINE CONTROL CRAFTERS SNIP / SCISSORS 4″ Link on Ebay: https://tinyurl.com/yv6r29rs I use these scissors for fussy cutting and so far they work well. I like the small finger guides at the bottom to give more stability while I’m cutting. I haven’t had these for a long time, so don’t know how well they will hold up, but for now, I like them a lot.

Stampin Up Snips: For some reason, I couldn’t get their website to upload…go to stampinup.com and in the search bar, type snips. If you can’t get their site to work, you could go to ebay and find them there When I’m fussy cutting, these thin blades do an excellent job and I’ve had these scissors for several years and they still work great. The alternative to these would be EK Success Cutterbee scissors. They are supposed to be the same scissors, only marketed by a different company.

EK Success Cutterbee Scissors.…I guess these are no longer sold at retailers, but I did find them on Ebay..here’s the link to them. https://tinyurl.com/92zs6vnt These are supposed to be the same as the Stampin Up snips, and should work the same, and for less money.

Tim Holtz Tonic 5″ Scissors link: https://tinyurl.com/5xj29z3w I use these for cutting red rubber stamps, for cardboard and twine, and they work great. I like the small size, as I find they are lightweight and easy to hold.

Tim Holtz 6 1/2″ Scissors (they made these scissors a little smaller than mine) link: https://tinyurl.com/ck38nas7 These are a little bit sturdier than the 5″ snips and I use them for the same jobs as the 5″ ones. If you are new to crafts, I recommend you buy either the Stampin’ Up snips or the EK Success Cutterbee scissors and one of the Tim Holtz Tonic scissors, as these two scissors should cover all of your scissor needs.

Hay Phi Scissors: link https://us.hay.com/sale/special-offers/phi-scissors/2538553.html?lang=en_US I bought these for when I need a long cut, as when you use a short scissor and need to make a long cut, it’s often not straight and has marks when I start and stop. These are high quality scissors made in Italy and are worth the investment.

If you are new to crafts, I recommend you buy either the Stampin’ Up snips or the EK Success Cutterbee scissors and one of the Tim Holtz Tonic scissors, as these two scissors should cover all of your scissor needs.