When should I use a crease pad? | Kristine McNickle - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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When should I use a crease pad?

Big Shot

Stampin' Up! recommends the Premium Crease Pads and Extended Premium Crease Pads when using steel-ruled dies with score lines. The crease pads provide a flexible cutting surface that produces clean cuts and well-defined score lines. When using the crease pads, you should layer your sandwich to pass through the Big Shot in the following way...

Sandwich (starting from the bottom):

Standard or Extended Cutting Pad*
Shim (optional)
Die, blade up
Material to be cut
Standard or Extended Premium Crease Pad*

*Use the Standard Cutting Pad and Premium Crease Pad with Originals or Bigz dies. Use the Extended Cutting Pad and Extended Premium Crease Pad with Bigz XL dies.

Shims are used to add thickness to the sandwich passing through the Big Shot machine, applying more pressure to the die and resulting in deeper score lines and embossed images. Plastic shims are included with each crease pad, but you can also use text-weight paper or card stock as a shim.

Click HERE to see a really helpful Crease Pad tutorial by Patty Bennett.

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The much anticipated - Simply Scored!

New, innovative dies and folders for
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Kristine

Kristine McNickle
Hamilton, Waikato
New Zealand

I am a stay-at-home mum with three kids and a wonderfully supportive husband. I love craft, but stamping and card-making is my passion. I also enjoy extending card-making and stamping techniques to create 3-D projects and gifts.

I was introduced to Stampin' Up! a few years ago and I quickly fell in love with their co-ordinating products and, soon after, became an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. I now hold regular workshops in my home focussing on the fabulous paper-craft products Stampin' Up! has to offer.

I enjoy sharing what I know with others and inspiring their stamping creativity.

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