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One reader asks how to get the best results when folding cards. Do you have a favorite tool or method that you use?

Hanna W. writes: "I am just getting into card making and have noticed the different tools that people use to score their cards before folding. What is your favorite tool for this?"

Editor's Comments

Hanna,
There are a few different tools that may be used. My favorite tool and method is to place my cardstock into my paper trimmer and use a Bone Folding Tool to score my card. Sometimes if my bone folder is not handy I may also reach for an embossing stylus. There is a recessed area on my trimmer in which the blade normally travels in, and that is where I run my bone folder along. The paper trimmer I am referring to is a Fiskars® paper trimmer with a push-style blade and not a rotary blade. I find that I always have success with this method.

Many paper trimmers have scoring blades as well. This is another option; just be careful about the pressure used. On occasion I have seen some scoring blades poke through the cardstock. Another helpful tool is a scoring board; there is a variety available that work very well. One that I have used and that Annie's also carries is the Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board. I hope this has provided you with a few different options.
-- Sharon

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