![]() ![]() If you draw guidelines on the card stock, you won't need to draw them on the sleeve with a permanent marker and then remove them later with an alcohol swab. To cut slits, use the pointed tip and insert a piece of card stock into the sleeve to protect the back side and prevent cutting/melting all the way through both layers.Not only that, pliers with "teeth" can chew up/damage the tips. Take care to screw them in "finger-tight" if you use pliers to tighten the tips, they will more than likely get stuck and then you'll have great difficulty removing them.Always begin with an unplugged and cool tool when attaching the tips.You can make as many pockets as you like, of course, but if you want to be able to fold the sleeve and fit it into an A-2 envelope, you do have to keep that in mind as you plan out your pockets. I cut a piece of card stock that would fit inside the storage sleeve and used a ruler to draw vertical and horizontal lines on it, for determining where to cut and fuse the sleeve to create 4 equally sized small pockets. Sidebar: OK, I'm not gonna lie in a fit of giggles and chortles (I may have even snorted, too.) we started calling them "Hot Pockets®". The page protector is then folded into thirds and fits inside a #10 envelope.Īs card-makers, ever on the look-out for fun ways to send out happy mail to friends and family, we realized that the Avery Elle and Essentials by Ellen storage sleeves could be customized, using the FUSE, and when folded in half, slipped into an A-2 envelope! The difference is that baseball card protector sleeves are decorated with inserts and can have items tucked inside the pockets. In a nutshell, Pocket Letters™ are a way for pen pals to exchange/swap fun organizer and other scrapbook/paper craft goodies with each other, reminiscent of the card and ATC swaps many of us have engaged in at one time or another. Initially, we were super excited at the prospect of how easy it would be to create shaker cards with this tool, but more recently, we were introduced to a super fun concept called Pocket Letters™, created by Janette Lane! *Because the tips get very hot and both they and the extended barrel end are exposed, I also want to emphasize that this tool is NOT recommended for children under the age of 14. I'll say right up front from a safety stand-point* that the stand is flimsy and the fun foam helped only slightly, if at all I'm looking for a sturdier/reliable alternative. You never want the tips of the FUSE touching your cutting mat due to the high heat it generates.Īdditionally, when you watch the video that accompanies this article, you'll see that I custom cut and glued pieces of fun foam to the bottom of the included stand, to help prevent it from sliding around on the glass surface. The other tip features a wheel with small spikes this is used to weld or fuse layers the plastic layers together to create pockets or seal your pockets shut ( these lines will be dashed, similar to the seams already there on the pre-fab protector)Īs I mention in the video, you can also purchase a glass mat separately, which features helpful grid lines in quarter inch measurements, and I highly recommend it for protecting your work surface. The tips are interchangeable one is pointed and can be used to "cut" and fuse at the same time. That's right-no sewing whatsoever involved! It comes with the tool handle, two tips, a metal ruler/guide and a stand. The FUSE is a spiffy heat tool, designed to make quick/easy work out of making your own custom pockets on your scrapbook page protectors. It meant there could be a whole lotta' shakin' goin' on! *fist pump*īefore I get ahead of myself, let me start at the beginning. When Ellen and I saw the FUSE by We R Memory Keepers, at CHA this year, we got kinda giddy-oh, the potential! Oh, the EASE!!!
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