Scallop borders with Decorative Scissors
I have been asked several times how I get such an even scallop with decorative scissors. My answer would have to be, I cut REAL slow. Here is a a quick tutorial for it.
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Supplies:
- Punched out saying or image
- Decorative scissors
- Cardstock for layer
- Adhesive
- Regular scissors
Step One:
Tape your punched out cardstock on coordinating cardstock.
Step Two:
Use your regular scissors to cut a straight line right up to your main cardstock.
Step Three:
Insert your decorative scissor, line the end of the scallops (or whatever you design you choose) with your cardstock and start cutting.
Step Four:
Continue to cut slowly around the cardstock. Make sure you keep lining up the end of the scissor decor with the beginning of the cardstock.
Step Five:
Go super slow around the corner, repositioning the scissor often.
Step Six:
At the end, try to line up your last with your first scallop. It doesn’t always work perfectly. You might have to use the regular scissors to cut the last bit off.
With the large Oval Punch from Stampin’ Up! and my no brand Scallop Scissor (from Michael’s I believe) it matches up great.
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Comments
Thanks for another great tutorial, Beate! You rock!!!
Posted by: Teresa | May 30th, 2007 12:50
Thanks for posting that! I have some of those no-name scissors from M’s and they don’t seem to work as well as yours - I wish SU still made theirs, they seem to be better from what I’ve seen folks do with them. I will keep practicing.
Posted by: Jackie in NC | May 30th, 2007 13:42
Thanks Beate!!!!!
Posted by: marja | May 30th, 2007 13:57
Very cool tutorial. I’ll have to try this when I get home tonight.
Once again - you ROCK!
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Posted by: Ashley Dean | May 30th, 2007 14:14
Great tutorial, thanks! I cut only one or two scallops at a time. (Thank goodness my scallop punch finally arrived in the mail!)
Posted by: Toni Whitnell | May 30th, 2007 14:27
Thanks for the info! I will have to try this! Thanks for all your kind comments!
Posted by: Michele | May 30th, 2007 15:31
This is a great tip. I just found your blog. I will definitely be back!
Posted by: Suzie | May 30th, 2007 15:47
you are such a gem!! i just pulled out a set of scalloped scissors today…wow!! haven’t used them in forever…but i struggled…thank you…you make everything look so easy!! thanks!!
Posted by: jen | May 30th, 2007 16:07
oh, wow….. eine tolle Idee, so eine Schere habe ich auch… das wede ich mal testen…..
Posted by: Finja | May 30th, 2007 16:38
Oh, man! I look at your tutorial and think…
why didn’t I think of that?
Such a simple solution, but it never crossed my mind.
Thanks, Beate!
You always seem to know just what we need
Posted by: Pat S. | May 30th, 2007 17:14
wow…who needs scallop punches. Now if I can just cut straight and even lines! ha!! I’ll give this a try!
Posted by: care-in | May 30th, 2007 19:49
Thanks for the tutorial Beate! Now just need to practice!
Posted by: Linda (LSN on SCS) | May 30th, 2007 20:46
Thanks Beate!! My fiskars must be dull!! I can’t get them to cut through SU! cardstock without fraying the edges!! You and Piris make this look so easy!!
Posted by: Otter | May 30th, 2007 21:49
Seriously, you make everything look so easy.
Posted by: Rochelle Wick | May 31st, 2007 01:27
Beate thanks for the great tutorial…I have so many decorative
scissors and can never line it up properly. I used a pencil line
and screwed it up….I’ll have to try this. You ROCK!!!
Posted by: Terry Molineux | May 31st, 2007 05:49
Thanks for sharing with us. I am going to do a card today and try to line up.
Posted by: Connie Good | May 31st, 2007 06:38
Funny, the reason I’ve never used these scissors was that I never got even lines. This is awsome, at least now I don’t have to stick with standard punch sizes!thanks allot
Posted by: Sophia Landry | May 31st, 2007 07:35
You are too talented! Thanks for the tip!
Posted by: Lois Michael | May 31st, 2007 09:30
This is great since I can’t seem to get these punches anywhere!!!
Posted by: Pat Hines | May 31st, 2007 18:18
Thanks for the great tutorial.
Posted by: lacyquilter | May 31st, 2007 20:06
Thanks for the great tutorial! I’ve been wanting to copy the scalloped punch look without spending the bitty cash that I have, on something I can’t demo as a demo…this is a much cheaper alternative for something to play with on my own & not worry about spending a fortune on punches!
Posted by: Crystal | June 1st, 2007 00:13
what a great idea for the decorative scissors, do you have any ideas on what to use the other decorative scissors for? i have so many of them but just don’t know how to use them.
again thanks for the great tutorial
Posted by: elsie | June 2nd, 2007 02:26
[…] The image is from Little Hello’s, another cute set that will retire next month. I stamped it with Black Palette ink on shimmery white cardstock and colored it in with Aqua painter and classic inks: Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa and Bashful Blue. I punched it out with a 1 1/2″ circle punch and taped it on to a scrap piece of black cardstock. I used my decorated scissors to make the scallop border. […]
Posted by: fresh & fun » Sweet Kitty | June 2nd, 2007 09:30
What a fantastic tutorial!! It’s too bad I didn’t read it before I used up a SHEET of cardstock trying to do this, lol. TFS.
Posted by: Juanita | June 3rd, 2007 11:29
[…] Palette ink and colored with Rose Red and Certainly Celery ink pads and aqua painter. I used my decorative scissors to make the scallop border around […]
Posted by: fresh & fun » Quick A Muse card | June 5th, 2007 15:26
This is so wonderful, thank you for the tutorial. I just tried it and it actually worked! I was shocked that I was able to do it! Thanks for the guidance!
Posted by: Heather | June 20th, 2007 22:28
Hope you had a wonderful trip home. I just wanted to tell you how great this tutorial is and that I successfully, well almost, cut out a circle. I didn’t figure the last scallop out because, as is my habit, I didn’t read the final instructions. BUT having said that I used it to do a card for SC129 and it turned out great. Thanks for blessing my day.
Posted by: Shari Winterstein | June 26th, 2007 16:27
I found that you make scissor for scalloped shape. You show it is simple to make beautiful oval scalloped. Thank you for your sharing
Smile
Posted by: Roberta Noddin | July 23rd, 2007 22:11