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What is the dimension of the Grid Paper Pad? 10x10, 12x12, etc? It says 100 sheets and the price, but no dimensions.
Thanks for your help.
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That grid paper is awesome and it lasts forever. I have had mine well over a year and I still have more than enough to last. You won't regret buying it!
o.k. ladies... WHAT can you use it for? I have seen it and I have no clue what to do with it?!?!? Thanks!
You use it as a stamping pad. The grid helps you line up things straight and where you want them.
You also use it as scratch paper, a place to test an image before you stamp it on your "good" paper, a place to stamp off if you want an image lighter, a place to wipe your blender pen clean between colors . . . . you get the idea.
Oh, I love the grid paper. That's the first thing I always check in the new catty every summer ~ do they still carry the grid paper??! ;) I agree with Barbara that it's the most overlooked tool...no more smeared ink images on the back of my cards, there's always a 'scratch pad' available for notes when brilliance strikes (or what passes for brilliance in my craft room!), someplace handy to test the ink level on a stamp, a super handy ruler, place to catch the fly-away embossing powder, etc., etc.
I've never understood why demos don't hype this more. I've had mine for well over a year and I'm not even CLOSE to running out. Worth every stinkin' penny!
Give it a try. You won't be sorry!
Kat
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You can check if a stamp is mounted straight by stamping with the long edge of the wooden block resting right along one of the lines. If the letters line up, you're golden. If they don't, you'll know which way to tilt the stamp when you stamp for real.
You can also use it for making sure layers and ribbons are lined up properly by lining up your base cardstock, then using the same line on each side as a guide.
You can check if a stamp is mounted straight by stamping with the long edge of the wooden block resting right along one of the lines. If the letters line up, you're golden. If they don't, you'll know which way to tilt the stamp when you stamp for real.
You can also use it for making sure layers and ribbons are lined up properly by lining up your base cardstock, then using the same line on each side as a guide.
That's EXACTLY what I do!
We must be twins! ;)
I am so totally lost if I'm stamping without my grid paper. I need the squares, I use the ruler at the bottom ...
Sometimes I'll sketch a card on it (because I have no sense of dimension, so I need everything drawn out as it would be on the card).
Grid paper is also excellent if you are tutoring math ... together with the SU! markers ... lots of space to show how to complete problems, and the results end up looking artistic, instead of 'math-like'. (Can you tell I was helping two very talented artists try to pass Gr. 12 math?)
I am so totally lost if I'm stamping without my grid paper. I need the squares, I use the ruler at the bottom ...
Sometimes I'll sketch a card on it (because I have no sense of dimension, so I need everything drawn out as it would be on the card).
Grid paper is also excellent if you are tutoring math ... together with the SU! markers ... lots of space to show how to complete problems, and the results end up looking artistic, instead of 'math-like'. (Can you tell I was helping two very talented artists try to pass Gr. 12 math?)
I bet they passed. You sound like a fun mom. Or "mum" eh?
You can check if a stamp is mounted straight by stamping with the long edge of the wooden block resting right along one of the lines. If the letters line up, you're golden. If they don't, you'll know which way to tilt the stamp when you stamp for real.
You can also use it for making sure layers and ribbons are lined up properly by lining up your base cardstock, then using the same line on each side as a guide.
I do this with my grid paper too. I use it like a a very rudimentry Stamp-a-ma-jig when I've been too lazy to get it out.
I also use it to map out and design a template for a card box. No need to get a ruler out, it's already printed into the paper.
I also use it for jotting down notes, mapping out card sketches and of course scratch paper.
Another vote for the grid paper!! I love mine! I use it to keep the surface of my workspace from getting dirty - I use it to test stamp and see if I like the way something looks - I use the lines on it to make sure that I've put the paper on straight or stamping the image straight. I especially use it to make myself notes on what I want to do on my project. Its great cuz if it gets too messy - you just tear it off and throw it away .
Oh and it makes for a soft surface to stamp on which helps make a good impression. In case you can't tell - I love it! Andrea
I have a good share of what is in the stampin up catalog and I have never purchased the grid paper! After reading your posts I'll be putting it on my next order. Sometimes I haven't gotten the stamps on perfectly straight on the wood and it drives me nuts. I think simple grid paper is going to solve that problem!! Where was I??? Hiding behind a rock?
I'm in a slightly cramped work space for now, so I trim the right side of one sheet of the grid paper so it fits in the Scor Pal on top of the mat, then I store it under the mat. I can flip it over and use the blank side as well. I've had a pad for a year and a half and barely a third of the way through it. It lasts forever, they'd be nuts to discontinue it!
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