The Slice ™ Safety Cutter—Great for Wrapping Paper

The Slice ™ Safety Cutter is small and you can’t see its blade, but it’s might. It uses a small ceramic blade that is über-sharp, making the “Slice ™ Safety Cutter – great for couponers.”

When I received the Slice, I immediately began cutting paper with it. My husband proceeded to see if you really could not cut yourself with the blade, as the packaging advertises. But, if you press the blade down REALLY hard onto your skin, you will draw blood. I tested the Slice on the following paper types:

• Regular copy paper—works well
• Cardstock—works okay if your press hard
• Cardboard—does not work well
• Plastic packaging—works well
• Cellophane on envelopes—works well

I found it difficult to cut in a straight line using the Slice, but love it for opening envelopes. Another feature I really like about the Slice is that it has a built-in magnet, which allows me to keep it within reach at my desk because I have a magnetic board next to it. There is also a small hole on the cutter so you can hang it on a key chain or lanyard.

All in all, I like the Slice™ safety cutter and recommend it for cutting wrapping paper or crafting.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Personalized Stickers Review

I recently received stickers I made from StickerYou. Once you create an account, you use premade art, brand designs or upload your own photos or images to create vinyl, die-cut stickers. StickerYou is a Toronto-based startup that developed the online Sticker Maker, a user-friendly web-interface that allows people to create and order stickers.

StickerYou provides you with an experience. One of my favorite things about the product was creating the stickers I wanted to order. The company offers a lot of designs and backgrounds, allows you to add text to your stickers and has fun ways to incorporate your own photos with frames. The interface was very easy to use and you can save one or multiple sheets of stickers to your account. This service was great for creating stickers with my personal business logo and those for my craft projects. 

The sticker sheet is made from a strong 3M material, which I am not sure is available in stores. All the stickers were perfectly die-cut and easy to remove from the sheet. I hate cutting paper, so I really like the die-cut feature. The only disappointment is in the quality of photograph stickers I created with pictures of my husband and me for stationery—the images look grainy. Otherwise, the others turned out great. 

If you stick the stickers on a wall, they peel off easily and still have enough adhesive left to re-stick somewhere else a few times. If you place a sticker on a piece of paper, however, it is stuck there forever (which is what I like). I was considering using a sticker on a luggage tag, over the plastic cover, but I think the sticker may come off.

Sticker-You is a great product for promoting your brand, crafting and personalizing your items.

Learn more about StickerYou at www.stickeryou.com. Find them on Twitter (http://twitter.com/StickerYou) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/stickeryou).





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My Latest Crafts

I did a lot of craft these last couple of weeks. I made a wrist rest for my office at work, jewelry for my sister-in-law, and a couple of "paper doll" cards. Click on any of the pictures to see it larger (like the jewelry).

WRIST REST


This is non-slip stuff so the wrist rest doesn't slide off your desk.











Pick out a favorite piece of fabric.








Pet your cat. Mine was looking at me all crazy.







Cut out a rectangle that is twice the length of the desired wrist rest length.




Pin the grippy stuff to it and hand sew it to the fabric. I couldn't put it in the sewing machine because it was too grippy.








Take a mini tortilla break.









Sew it all up, right sides together. Flip right-side-out and fill with rice. All done!





JEWELRY for my SISTER-IN-LAW


I made a set with shell earrings and the other beads are all glass and some stone.























PAPER DOLL CARDS



I drew and colored the dolls and dressed them up with fabric, lace ribbon, silk flowers, and handmade paper that has flower petals in it. The pink doll is holding a mini-card.

Some Cool Stuff I Found Online!

I love good ideas and free things and I found some in the last couple of days.

Let me share:

Scherenschnittie: Paper cutting art
Cut stuff out that looks cool...basically. If you can handle yourself with scissors and/or a exact-o knife, you can do this!


















Free Paterns at Amy Butler DesignsMy favorites are the cat pillow, portfolio covers, and scarves.










A Steno Pad for My Thoughts: Cute downloads
I love this type of simple stuff...and it's stuff I can use.
Check out this business card: