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Is there a piercing tool that pierces a row at one time? Even with a ruler my line is crooked. And it would be great if you could adjust the line to make it as long or short as you want or to do a piercing around a corner.
So if there is nothing like this can someone make it? And I'll gladly take royalties for the idea!!!
I have a Tim Holtz ruler with holes in it for this. Stampin Up used to have piercing templates with different designs, but I don't have one. Try a Google search for piercing templates.
I have a Tim Holtz ruler with holes in it for this. Stampin Up used to have piercing templates with different designs, but I don't have one. Try a Google search for piercing templates.
I have this ruler but still manage to get the line crooked. I'm looking for the needle part to be a row of needles so I can pierce one entire row at a time.
I use pieces of plastic canvas to make lines of piercing. It works great for going around corners, making multiple lines... You can even get round pieces of plastic canvas and make circles and curves.
For any other straight edges, I line up the ruler on the straight edge and pierce every hole or every other hole. It will stay straight if you put the line on the ruler on the edge of the paper.
I don't own this tool, but have read a lot about it. It is a rolling piercing tool by We R Memory Keepers. You need to get the tool, and also the special mat to use with it. It's called the Sew Easy, and you can sew into the holes after you pierce them, but you don't have to, if you just want the holes: Check it out at this link:
I too was going to say a tracing wheel found in most craft and fabric stores. Depending on which you purchase they can be a cheap purchase too. I have one as well as a distressing wheel which was part of a kit I received as a gift many years ago and they work the same. So why go the more expensive craft route, just check out the "notions" section of any sewing department or store .
Just wanted to jump in and mention that - if you go the tracing wheel route - putting the paper on your scoring tool (ScorPal, ScorBuddy, Martha Stewart score board, etc.), you can run the wheel along the same groove you'd run the stylus and it will stay straight - you can use it to ensure that you're the same distance from the edge all the way around, too...
I have considered using the rotary sewing piercing wheel for paper crafting as well. Even with a ruler or a piercing mat, unless I put my piercing tool down in the precisely identical spot in each opening the finished product looks messy and uneven. It's not that the line of holes is obviously crooked, or straying from the pattern. It's more a slight "wonkiness" that repeated over and over along the line becomes obvious.
I am not OCD or a perfectionist. I always like the look of piercing on other's work. But mine does not come out looking as nice.
The holes are not the same size depending on how much pressure I use. The piercing tool is not a single diameter all the way up. Or if I angle my hand to one side or the other the hole looks more like a sideways teardrop.
All this to say that I agree with the OP. I would love a tool that made a whole row of piercing in one shot. But something adjustable for length, and able to form a corner when needed.
Something that functioned like the Misti, or your basic stamp press; but with piercing.
Until some brilliant person invents this...I may have to give the sewing tool a go. ��
Okay, okay - pardon my "senior moment"... I have THESE, and they work better than the sewing tool. One is a double row of piercing, the other is a single row. Ask me how often I remember that I have them so I can use them... Doh!
Okay, okay - pardon my "senior moment"... I have THESE, and they work better than the sewing tool. One is a double row of piercing, the other is a single row. Ask me how often I remember that I have them so I can use them... Doh!
Sue, I have those same tools, and remember them about as often as you do It's a shame, because with a score board, they work really well. Although they don't really pierce the paper, it's more embossed - but it would be easy to go back over the dents with a piercing tool if someone really felt they needed the holes
To the OP: I've printed piercing patterns that have just the black dots; stick them down with some low-tack tape and then pierce thru the dots. It would be easy to print out strips of dots that are spaced the way you want, stick them down to your cardstock, pierce thru the dots and remove the guide.
Although you'll want to make sure you always stick the piercing tool thru to the same depth. One thing I've found that makes my piercing look uneven is if I try to go too fast and don't stick the tool all the way down each time. When you do that, some of the holes are smaller than the other (because the tip of the tool is tapered).
I have these dies by Papertrey and I love them! If you're doing size A2 cards, there's one to fit whatever you want to do.
__________________ Linda E
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I am not sure this is the look you are thinking of or not, but if you have a sewing machine you could sew without thread in the needle or bobbin. It would give you evenly spaced holes and going around the corner could be done easily by simply leaving your needle in the down position and turning the paper.
Okay, okay - pardon my "senior moment"... I have THESE, and they work better than the sewing tool. One is a double row of piercing, the other is a single row. Ask me how often I remember that I have them so I can use them... Doh!
This made me giggle! I have these too and I have never used them! I need to get with the program!
Pam
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Okay, okay - pardon my "senior moment"... I have THESE, and they work better than the sewing tool. One is a double row of piercing, the other is a single row. Ask me how often I remember that I have them so I can use them... Doh!
Don't have them. Pretty sure now that I need them. LoL.
Dea
I have the Cutter Bee Piercing Bugs too and they really came through for me last year when I had to make custom perforated tickets for my husband's fraternity weekend. I had 12 tickets on a page and used the Cutter Bee tool with my ScorPal. 2000 tickets later I was done.
is there anything like this..
