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I'm thinking hard about buying an envelope punch board, but when I look at threads on the topic here, it's clear there are some with problems. Maybe those are in the rear-view mirror now, but I don't want to waste my money or take a chance. Which boards do y'all use and why do you love/hate them? Thanks!
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I'm with Lydia. I love mine, too. We R Memory Keepers makes it, and I think Stampin' Up has one just like it, rebranded.
It's a great way to use up those patterned papers in the big stack packs that didn't quite work out for cards. Almost any pattern is nice on the inside of an envelope, with the white outside.
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Really get a lot out of my we r memory keepers board. Especially good for gift card sized envies and those odd ones I sometimes need. Used a coupon at Michael's years ago to get mine. measurements are accurate.
There are some tools you get and they just do not get used. I know as I have bought just about all of them. My WRMK envelope board is the best ever. And handy as all get out. I liked it so much that when they came out with the new and improved one (the one where you can swing an arm out and score a longer line when making a larger envelope) I bought it. I have never had any problems with it. And if I made an envelope wrong it was me and not the board.
(The other tool I am happy with is the Tool N One that pokes tiny little bits out of your die cuts and even helps get the die cut out of the die.)
There are some tools you get and they just do not get used. I know as I have bought just about all of them. My WRMK envelope board is the best ever. And handy as all get out. I liked it so much that when they came out with the new and improved one (the one where you can swing an arm out and score a longer line when making a larger envelope) I bought it. I have never had any problems with it. And if I made an envelope wrong it was me and not the board.
(The other tool I am happy with is the Tool N One that pokes tiny little bits out of your die cuts and even helps get the die cut out of the die.)
I just bought a WRMK envelope board from Walmart online a couple of weeks ago and it doesn't have the swing out arm. :(. I will have to check it out since you love yours. (Thank you sweet enabler!)
I really like my WRMK envelope punch board, and use it more to make boxes than envelopes. They have a punch board made to do boxes, envelopes and other stuff, but I found it more confusing than the envelope punch-board.
Michaels sells the one with the swing out arm, and it also makes bows and boxes. I think its called the three in one. I love my regular one, but a swing out arm would have been helpful.
I bought the 1-2-3 Punchboard and returned it since it was broken in the container, but swapped it for the envelope board.
The reason I decided to stick with the envelope punch board for at least the time being, is because so many of the video tutorials I was seeing for various boxes use the envelope punch board, not the 1-2-3. I thought it might be confusing to watch a video using one while using the other.
That said, I didn't have time to carefully check if my assumption was correct, since I had to bring the punch board to a little class the day I bought it. So I might be wrong.
Just my luck that scrapbook.com had the 123 punch board on sale, so I took the plunge. Thanks for everyone's input - it's one of many things I love about this forum!
__________________ Diana B
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Just my luck that scrapbook.com had the 123 punch board on sale, so I took the plunge. Thanks for everyone's input - it's one of many things I love about this forum!
I have the 1-2-3 and love it because of the extended score bar. I had the envelope only one before and gave it to a friend.
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I love my 123 punch board, with the extendable arm, because i make most of my cards 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 or 5 3/4 x 8, guess I like the bigger cards to go with my Sue Wilson dies. Instead of using the measurements on the board i use a site called box buster so i can make box envelopes for my paper flower cards. I keep a chart for the various height I generally use so i don't have to look it up on the website. I also devised forms to fit inside these envelopes so the sides are perfectly square. I made these forms out of 2mm funny foam sheets ( i thisk thats what they are called ) which one is about 1/4 thick. I make my envelopes 1/4 wider then my cards so this fun foam is cut to those sizes. I leave one sheet desperate and the other two with envelope adhesive tape together for the 1/2 height. This works out great and every envelope comes out perfectly squared. I generally make cards 1/4, 1/2, and sometimes 3/4 inch in height, check my gallery for some of the cards.
I received my 123 punch board (which a number of you recommended) a couple of days ago and am really enjoying working with it. I especially love that I can make dimensional envelopes (really, just very flat boxes) for cards with lots of layers or embellishments. Thanks, y'all!
__________________ Diana B
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I use my 1-2-3 to make those flat boxes to house my gift card sets. I make the box using a 12x12 inch sheet of paper - love that. It is so fast and easy to crank one of these out and decorate it to match the cards.
I did turn a lot of really cheap/thin DSP into envelopes, but make those boxes the most.
What's the best envelope punch board & why?
