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juliery
juliery		 another chipboard idea....
Feb 8 2008, 10:54 AM EST
This works best for the larger letters and shapes....but I have NEVER used an original piece of chipboard if the letter/image is larger than say 2 inches tall/wide or so.....I save ALL the chipboard type boards from packaging and also buy chipboard in packaged sheets. At Hobby Lobby you can get a package of ten sheets of 8.5x11 inch chipboard in raw or white for like $3.59. With the sets of shapes or letters I turn them upside down and trace the shape with a pencil (this will be the backside of your shape/letter), then I cut the letters/shapes out with a good sharp pair of scissors, I like the Cutter Bee Titanium scissors or any small micro tip scissor. It is no problem to cut out the middle of letters like a, o, e, b, etc. If the middle is small then I use a craft knife. This not only saves a TON of money as I never use the original set of chipboard, but also allows you to customize the colors and patterns without paying extra money to get them that way. I fell in love with Stampin Up!'s line of On Board chipboard simon lower letters and they are like $13 for the set, but I have used it over and over and over by using them basically as templates. Also last Christmas I made sets of personalized monogram notecards for all the adults I had to give gifts and I used the appropriate letter, only traced them onto cardstock, then ran them through a crimper and tied ribbon and fibers around each letter before mounting them onto the background stamped cards. They were a HUGE hit. A neighbor of mine who isn't a scrapbooker or crafter at all made thank you cards by borrowing my letter "t" and making similar cards. So you can even swap chipboard shapes and letters utilizing this method. I just write my initials on the back of the original chipboard piece. This is a bit difficult to do on smaller letters/shapes, but still doable if you use small really sharp scissors. 6  out of 7 found this valuable. Do you?    

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