Circle Cutters

My friends swear by the cutterbee circle cutter. I don't have that. I am quite happy with the Hot off the Press Circle template and the Martha circle cutter. But I don't use the cutter attachment. I usually trace with with my pencil and cut with my scissors. Works for me. I have purchased the fiskars circle cutter and the Making Memories circle cutter as well. But I kind of lean toward my circles system.

Scissors

My hands down favorite Tonic Scissors. It cuts chipboard like butter. It doesn't hurt my hands with prolonged cutting.

Cutter bee scissors are sharp! They can cut thru any tight spot, and very small details. My second favourite scissors.

The huge Fiskars scissors, I use this for cutting fabric.

And Fiskars spring tip scissors. I would probably use this more if I am not so gung-ho about the Tonic one.

So there you have it. Who knew that even in scissors there would be favoritism?

Paper Trimmers

Yes, may sanib ako ng paper trimmer. You see, I have to purchase most of them so i can tell you if it's any good. So please, learn from my mistakes.

The Provo is a great paper trimmer for beginners.

Pros: Great starter price too.

Con: The blade gets dull quickly. Perfect if you want the distressed or feathery look.

The Purple cows. I have two of these.

Very sharp. But not very portable. I mostly leave them on the table. After 2 years, my often used guillotine is starting to dull!! Arghhh! Disaster.

Fiskars rotary black paper trimmer donated to my hubby's office because it is the same as the one below.

The Fiskars Rock Paper Trimmer. Rotary Paper Trimmer with the added bonus of speakers for my Ipod. Yup, but who has time to go fetch the ipod, when I am already scrapping?

The Carl Craft personal trimmer. I like this, this is very light weight and portable. But I don't like it, because I got the Japanese version. No inches, only in cm. And for some reason, the cut is not straight.

Tonic personal paper trimmer. Very sharp. But with the amount of paper I cut, on average maybe 1 replacement blade every 1 - 1.5 months. This, I leave inside my scrap bag. Great for when I don't want to deal with the bulk of the purple cows.

So which one is your favorite?

My Fave Adhesive

So far, my fave adhesive for speed scrapping. I finished 1 roll the whole day at the Scrap lauriat. The ATG is just too bulky, but perfect for attaching pics to pages.

Another fave is the Kokuyo tape runners. But quite pricey.

And Uhu glue for no budge for life permanent adhesive. Cheap and plentiful.