There are a recent uproar of the use of the Fuse tool. I myself bought one from Simon Says Stamp once I saw it on the sneak peek in this year CHA. Only after 3 months did I receive it from SSS, probably due to the high demand and low supplies.
I have tons of ideas i wish to try out with this tool, say triangle pages, and creating my own page protector design from a plain 12x12. What bugs me is that, I will not be able to manipulate my pages after I weld/seal the pages. What happen to the back side of the pages? What happen if I have extra photos to add? What if I want to shift the photos around ? So I put it off for a rainy day.
I finally pluck up my courage and took some really old page protectors and sit down for a good hour , planning how to cut and weld the pages so that they remain manipulatable. It took about 4 tries to get things right. And I'm happy to say that I finally SUCCEEDED in changing a 6x12 full sized page protector into one that have Eight 3x3 square pockets :)
Click on the pictures below to go to the shop which sell each of the following fuse tool. They are essentially the same, but differ in color :)
Here is a short (speed up) process video that demonstrate how I put these pages together.
Here are the picture of the projects
Spread 1 - Cafe and food and the Little Things
Page 2 - Outing with friends
Page 4 - my Selfie scrapbook
Some close ups
Thanks for looking. Till next time. Ciao!
Hi! Sooooo I just found you looking for more people doing 6x12 (always see Kelly Purkey but not much more!) and I'm loving your PL! I haven't started yet and this will be my first PL album ever. After the initial frustration because of huge shipping costs from Studio Calico / ABM to Spain (my plan was to buy 9x12 square and vertical page protectors and chop them off) I've been a bit frustrated about only having two models to choose from, so finding this on Pinterest was perfect!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering, how did you manage to cut them in order to change things if wanted without breaking the page? I saw the video but didn't quite understand that part, sorry!
Greetings,
Camila.
Hi Camila, Thanks for your comment. Apologies for getting back to you this late. I cut the pages using a craft knife with a chipboard or anything hard slot inside the page protector, so that it doesn't cut through the backside of the page protector as well. So I create this opening on one side of the page protector. there is quite abit of Math involved when I try to manipulate the pages because i need to account for where I want to be able to slot the pages in and etc. I also did some trial and error with older page protectors to make sure the configuration works :) Drawing the layout onto a piece of paper helps too!
ReplyDeleteFor this particular one, i cut a 6inch horizontal line in the middle of the 6x6 pocket, then i seal the vertical and the horizontal. When sealing the horizontal, i'm actually sealing back the same place that I originally cut, but that seal is the bottom of the top pocket (i hope it make sense!) So I still have the opening :) I see if there is anyway i can send u a picture to explain this! Once again, thanks!
Hi Camila, Thanks for your comment. Apologies for getting back to you this late. I cut the pages using a craft knife with a chipboard or anything hard slot inside the page protector, so that it doesn't cut through the backside of the page protector as well. So I create this opening on one side of the page protector. there is quite abit of Math involved when I try to manipulate the pages because i need to account for where I want to be able to slot the pages in and etc. I also did some trial and error with older page protectors to make sure the configuration works :) Drawing the layout onto a piece of paper helps too!
ReplyDeleteFor this particular one, i cut a 6inch horizontal line in the middle of the 6x6 pocket, then i seal the vertical and the horizontal. When sealing the horizontal, i'm actually sealing back the same place that I originally cut, but that seal is the bottom of the top pocket (i hope it make sense!) So I still have the opening :) I see if there is anyway i can send u a picture to explain this! Once again, thanks!