Excellent tip! I often thought that I did not have my cardstock aligned correctly. Also the tip scoring on both sides of cardstock to prevent cracking is priceless. Thank you soooo much.
Thank you for sharing this May May, I as many of the others in comments below thought that I was just doing something wrong lol. It's comforting to know that I am not the only one to experience BOTH of these issues! Again, thank you and GOD bless.
I always make sure that I have got a longer layer on the top of the card as this makes it easier to open. So often you see people struggling to open a card when they are the same measurements. It is called a *leading edge* and I really like it. (I may be the only one, but that is fine with me!)
Thank you. I struggle with that all the time. That tip should help. About the frayed edge at the fold, Gina K said, after you score fold backwards instead of forwards like we usually do. That works too. Thanks again.
I don't have an issue with my cards having the gap, nor do I have an issue with SU card stock tearing when folded. But, I do have an issue with cards not wanting to lay flat, when I use the really heavy, nice card stocks. The tip of scoring on both sides of the card stock is great, I'll be using it from now on!
Thank you!! As a relatively new cardmaker, this ALWAYS happened to me. I thought it was my scoreboard! Now, I see it's the "scoreboard operator" that's responsible!! Another commenter said she always cut that little edge off - me too!! Not any more!!
I’m making my first card, bless you girl…this is exactly what I needed. I love your channel. I hope you’re doing okay, as you work through that hard one day at a time without your mom. I’ve been thinking about you. 😘
I've always folded my cards so that the bump is on the inside and that's how I teach as well. But I have watched you push your card into the side of the scoreboard and force it to fold where you want it to, and I've been doing that for quite a while now. That's a great tip!
I am so glad I saw this video. That pesky edge has been driving me insane and my cutter has been getting a workout trimming it off. THANK YOU for not only explaining where it came from but how to get rid of it!!
I had that problem a couple of years ago and I used the stop to line up cardstock and then gently pressed down on the score line and the use the bone folder to get that nice crease. I love the idea of scoring on the backside of thick cardstock.
OMG! Thank you! I really thought I was doing something wrong or my rulers were off. This really helped, as did your tip of scoring both sides of heavy cardstock! So obvious, but you are the angel to help! No more jagged edges! 😁 That really bugged me. You deserve an award for "best tips ever" in my book! Thank you!
I actually kinda liked the extra little bit hanging over the edge of the card, and made that longer edge the front of the card. It helped me to be able to open the card easier. BUT, if I do want both sides to be perfectly even, yours is a great tip! Thanks!
I've been using your tip to fold on the scoreboard for a while now and randomly started doing this "force the edge" technique. I also find it helps if I score, turn paper over and rotate 90* then score again. Thank you for these tips.
Thanks, Maymay, especially for the tip to score the card on both sides! Brilliant! I will be doing that from now on! Until I watched you fold your cards right in the scoreboard, but was also having problems with the gap on the edge. Now I know why you do that!
Thank you SO MUCH. I’ve got a stack of folded bases w that crazy gap and I started thinking both of my score boards were off! 😅 Such a simple fix but I hadn’t thought of it, so I appreciate your help! ❤
Yes, I have always hated that little bit hanging over the edge, try to make even and made it worse. I will defintely be trying these great tips. Thanks MAYMAY for all you do and by being you!!
When scoring, I flip the card base over (end over end) then score the second time. This allows me to really butt up the two ends and fold where I want. This sort of tip really helped me get even bases. :D
Thank you, I had that trouble with each and every piece of the 3" x 6" pieces for the Mini Album Ornaments, and I made a dozen of them. Thank you so very much, once again. That tearing happens a lot with Carta Bella Cardstock. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Thanks for the great tips, Maymay. Love all your videos. Can you give any tips when working with card layers. It seems almost every time I have a layer to place onto another color on the card front, it always seems to end up crooked. Thank you! Hope you and family are having a great week.
Great tips!!! I did have the problem like you fixed on the first one, but I started doing what you just showed cause mine was always uneven, too. So I looked at it to see what I could do to change it. I have had the second, also, but didn't know how to fix that one. TFS :) Big hugs!
Thank you!!! I always thought my card stock was not always square. So, with that in mind I seem to have the same issue with my trimmers. Thank you also for tip on how to avoid the cracked fold!
These are great tips. Thanks! Also, I've found that some of my heavier cardstock isn't cut to exact size. For example, I have a pack of recollection 110lb that I use for bases. I noticed that it was coming out wonky on all the sides. After going through several sheets and making sure I was doing everything correctly, I got a ruler and started measuring. Between the top and the bottom, the width was off a 1/16th of an inch. And it makes a huge difference. So instead of using it just for coloring stamped images (cause it's really good for that), I'm still using it for bases and just trimming slivers as needed.
Good morning MayMay, I love watching your videos and all your creations and wonderful tips on how to make life easier while crafting 😁 Saw your tip this morning on folding and I'm wondering if you could please give me a tip on how to make my cutting cardstock better or making sure it is even...I always use my cutting board or either my guillotine but for whatever reason I'm off by a fraction...PLEASEEEE help...I only started making cards when the pandemic started❣🤗
Thank you May May! That will help a lot. One thing I am struggling with now is making Christmas cards A2 size, but they are so thick, they don’t fit in an a2 envelope I make on my punch board. So, I am making them individually by using a diagonal square 8x8 and trying to get them centered well. They never are and my flaps aren’t even. Ugh!
I noticed that same problem lately - I score with my Stampin’up trimmer, turn and push against the left edge of the trimmer where there is a little kind of lip and then I fold over and burnish - same thing as you do only that I use my trimmer
I definitely don't use the Teflon bone folder to score, too wide. I use a scoring tool. Then folding to the corner of the score board is how I finish, like you😊
When I saw the word "gap" in the title, I thought of Great Britain. In the subways, there is a strip in front of the track, that as the trains come in, a voice comes over the loudspeaker and tells everyone to "Mind the Gap." So, now I know we need to "mind the gap" with cards too. I wonder if G thought of the same thing. :-)
Thank you, I could never figure out how to fix the cracking on my paper. Great tip. Can you give tips on cutting card bases? I always seem to be slightly off when I cut the paper regardless of what paper trimmer I use. Should I put the paper at the edge of the line, in the middle, in front.... Please help?
Yes please! I have one with the wire guide and my cuts are usually a bit off. Line placement is the perfect question, I just never knew how to phrase it. 🙃
Scoring very gently multiple times can help too. Otherwise instead of stretching the paper fibers, we’re cracking them. Paper quality has an effect too, in my experience.
Oh my goodness. Lol. I too was trimming that edge off, well no more because Maymay fixed it. I am so hoping Maymay or her team sees this, I have a question/request. All caps for attention I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CUTTING BOARDS, ALL HAVE SHARP BLADES. I THINK THEY ARE ALL MISALIGNED FROM THE COMPANIES MAKING THEM. I LINE THE TOP OF CARDSTOCK/PAPER AT VERY TOP AND I KID YOU NOT MY PAPER IS ALWAYS CUT SLIGHTLY CROOKED. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? HELLLLP. THANK YOU
I have always been backwards. I know it is a topic of discussion. But, in my opinion. When you press the fibers away from the score and fold this way you don’t have that bead in the card. I do not like to have the fold bead line inside the card. I find my cards don’t lay as flat as I like when I score that way. I have done my cards this way for years and many people tell me I’m doing it wrong but I just do things the way that works for me. It has never made sense to me to build the bulk inside the card. It doesn’t work when I double score but when I single fold it does. I’ll do a video on it to explain it. Hope that explains it!
Yes - mountain fold (the bump) inside, valley outside. It’s SOP. And for top-folding cards they may stand up more easily that way. But Maymay’s hint still works perfectly. : )
@@Marilynlovesebiking Every instructor I’ve had, including pros in the field for decades, shop owners, etc., have taught mountain fold (bump) on the inside. It’s the industry standard, and cards have been done that way at gallery and museum shops I’ve visited where handmade cards are sold. I think that little bead - when done well - actually looks really neat. But there are no fold police so doing it the way that makes each person happy is fine.
That gap never bothered me. I feel it helps people open the card. I could be wrong, and that justifies not stressing about it, but I don’t think it matters. If someone were to point it out...”no cards for you!” Lol
Excellent tip! I often thought that I did not have my cardstock aligned correctly. Also the tip scoring on both sides of cardstock to prevent cracking is priceless. Thank you soooo much.
Thank you for sharing this May May, I as many of the others in comments below thought that I was just doing something wrong lol. It's comforting to know that I am not the only one to experience BOTH of these issues! Again, thank you and GOD bless.
I always make sure that I have got a longer layer on the top of the card as this makes it easier to open. So often you see people struggling to open a card when they are the same measurements. It is called a *leading edge* and I really like it. (I may be the only one, but that is fine with me!)
Thank you. I struggle with that all the time. That tip should help. About the frayed edge at the fold, Gina K said, after you score fold backwards instead of forwards like we usually do. That works too. Thanks again.
No more chopped or ripped card bases, thank you so much for sharing 🤗❤️🤗
Both of these problems have frustrated me in the past. Thanks for showing us how to eliminate these issues with your easy fixes. Great video.
Wow! Light bulb moment! TY Maymay!!
I don't have an issue with my cards having the gap, nor do I have an issue with SU card stock tearing when folded. But, I do have an issue with cards not wanting to lay flat, when I use the really heavy, nice card stocks. The tip of scoring on both sides of the card stock is great, I'll be using it from now on!
Game changer! Thank you
MayMay for sharing this valuable tip with us. Blessings 💞
Thank you!! As a relatively new cardmaker, this ALWAYS happened to me. I thought it was my scoreboard! Now, I see it's the "scoreboard operator" that's responsible!! Another commenter said she always cut that little edge off - me too!! Not any more!!
I’m making my first card, bless you girl…this is exactly what I needed. I love your channel. I hope you’re doing okay, as you work through that hard one day at a time without your mom. I’ve been thinking about you. 😘
Thank you! I thought I was doing something wrong and I’d just trim it off.
I've always folded my cards so that the bump is on the inside and that's how I teach as well. But I have watched you push your card into the side of the scoreboard and force it to fold where you want it to, and I've been doing that for quite a while now. That's a great tip!
I am so glad I saw this video. That pesky edge has been driving me insane and my cutter has been getting a workout trimming it off. THANK YOU for not only explaining where it came from but how to get rid of it!!
I had that problem a couple of years ago and I used the stop to line up cardstock and then gently pressed down on the score line and the use the bone folder to get that nice crease.
I love the idea of scoring on the backside of thick cardstock.
Thank you SO much!! This is a problem that I have had with my cards for YEARS and you just fixed it for me in 6 MINUTES!! You are simply amazing!!
This video was so helpful. I was looking for a solution to my uneven cards and here it is. Thank you so much!
Great tip! I needed this!! Thank you so much for sharing! Hugs and have a blessed day!
OMG! Thank you! I really thought I was doing something wrong or my rulers were off. This really helped, as did your tip of scoring both sides of heavy cardstock! So obvious, but you are the angel to help! No more jagged edges! 😁 That really bugged me. You deserve an award for "best tips ever" in my book! Thank you!
I actually kinda liked the extra little bit hanging over the edge of the card, and made that longer edge the front of the card. It helped me to be able to open the card easier. BUT, if I do want both sides to be perfectly even, yours is a great tip! Thanks!
I've been using your tip to fold on the scoreboard for a while now and randomly started doing this "force the edge" technique. I also find it helps if I score, turn paper over and rotate 90* then score again. Thank you for these tips.
Thank you!! I was having that problem of uneven folds. Now I understand it all "about score-fold lines."..
I love both these tips. I always score and fold the way you do. The double score is good for the thicker paper is a great one.
Thanks, Maymay, especially for the tip to score the card on both sides! Brilliant! I will be doing that from now on! Until I watched you fold your cards right in the scoreboard, but was also having problems with the gap on the edge. Now I know why you do that!
Thank you SO MUCH. I’ve got a stack of folded bases w that crazy gap and I started thinking both of my score boards were off! 😅 Such a simple fix but I hadn’t thought of it, so I appreciate your help! ❤
Yes, I have always hated that little bit hanging over the edge, try to make even and made it worse. I will defintely be trying these great tips. Thanks MAYMAY for all you do and by being you!!
I feel so much better now ❣️ thanks Maymay ☺️
Thank you so much! I was just trimming it off.
Thanks, Maymay! Great tip.
When scoring, I flip the card base over (end over end) then score the second time. This allows me to really butt up the two ends and fold where I want. This sort of tip really helped me get even bases. :D
Thank you MayMay ...that's a big help!
Seriously this frustrates me too! Great tips! Thank you
Thank you, I had that trouble with each and every piece of the 3" x 6" pieces for the Mini Album Ornaments, and I made a dozen of them. Thank you so very much, once again.
That tearing happens a lot with Carta Bella Cardstock. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Thanks for the great tips, Maymay. Love all your videos. Can you give any tips when working with card layers. It seems almost every time I have a layer to place onto another color on the card front, it always seems to end up crooked. Thank you! Hope you and family are having a great week.
Thanks Maymay. I'd given up on scoring because I always had to trim the edge and this was a problem with heavy cardstock.
Thank you for sharing those simple awesome tips.
Thank you MayMay. I hope you and Everyone is having a wonderful day ❤️
Great tips!!! I did have the problem like you fixed on the first one, but I started doing what you just showed cause mine was always uneven, too. So I looked at it to see what I could do to change it. I have had the second, also, but didn't know how to fix that one. TFS :) Big hugs!
This has frustrated me for years. Thank you so much.
Just also saw someone who said to fold paper the other way, downwards instead of towards you, after making crease
Wow! Thanks! I have struggled with those 2 issues a lot.
Thanks MayMay for this wonderful tip, that happens to me all the time.
This has been driving me crazy for ages. THANK YOU!!!!!#
I was beginning to think my scoreboard was off! Thanks Maymay, such a simple fix. 😘
Thank you so much! I have dealt with both of those problems!
Great tips, especially the one about flipping the cardstock over to score then flip it back to fold.
Thanks Maymay :)
🧐🤓 I love it! Thanks I hate jagged edges I am a newbie and have ruined so many cards
Thank you so much Maymay ive always struggled with this
Thank you MayMay you are the bomb!
Thank you!! I’ve run into that tearing issue making pockets - what a great tip for the fix!👍🏼
This will save me from having to do additional trimming and losing my mat borders**Thank You
Thank you for sharing these great tips!
Love love those scoreing tips. Always wondered if it was me. Lol. TFS
Thank you so much!!! I have struggling with this for a while!!!
I love this tip! I also have an issue with my card stock tearing when I’m using embossing folders.
Try misting the front of your card stock very lightly with water before embossing.
Yes, I always have a problem getting the fold straight at the edge of the card base!
THANK YOU!! I didn’t know what I was doing wrong!
These tips are SO helpful!
Thank you for the great tip!
It was always frustrating with the ruff fold. ❣️
Excellent tips! Thank you!
Thank you for the great tip! Here I’m thinking what am I doing wrong!
Great tip! Thank you!
Ohhhhhhh!!!! That is good to know. I have struggled with this.
Thank you!!! I always thought my card stock was not always square. So, with that in mind I seem to have the same issue with my trimmers. Thank you also for tip on how to avoid the cracked fold!
Thanks for the tip!
BEST. 👏🏻 TIP. 👏🏻 EVER. 👏🏻
Thank you, thank you for these tips! These solve many frustrations I've run into!
These are great tips. Thanks! Also, I've found that some of my heavier cardstock isn't cut to exact size. For example, I have a pack of recollection 110lb that I use for bases. I noticed that it was coming out wonky on all the sides. After going through several sheets and making sure I was doing everything correctly, I got a ruler and started measuring. Between the top and the bottom, the width was off a 1/16th of an inch. And it makes a huge difference. So instead of using it just for coloring stamped images (cause it's really good for that), I'm still using it for bases and just trimming slivers as needed.
Thanks will save me from trimming off edges
Thank you I was having this problem.
Thanks so much for sharing this tip I have been having trouble getting my card folded straight
Oh my goodness, thank you so much.
I don't mind the difference as I use the slightly longer side as the front of the card. It makes it easier to open the card.
The cards the stores sell do this too! You just have to build the card so the difference makes it easier to open the way you want it to open.
I have always used the edge of the scoreboard to Line up and then fold.
me too!
Bless you! I thought I was going crazy!
Good morning MayMay,
I love watching your videos and all your creations and wonderful tips on how to make life easier while crafting 😁
Saw your tip this morning on folding and I'm wondering if you could please give me a tip on how to make my cutting cardstock better or making sure it is even...I always use my cutting board or either my guillotine but for whatever reason I'm off by a fraction...PLEASEEEE help...I only started making cards when the pandemic started❣🤗
Thank you May May! That will help a lot. One thing I am struggling with now is making Christmas cards A2 size, but they are so thick, they don’t fit in an a2 envelope I make on my punch board. So, I am making them individually by using a diagonal square 8x8 and trying to get them centered well. They never are and my flaps aren’t even. Ugh!
Excellent. Thank you. 😍
Maymay, could you do a wooden jewelry box with Mintay paper,
You're amazing!! Thanks for this!
I noticed that same problem lately - I score with my Stampin’up trimmer, turn and push against the left edge of the trimmer where there is a little kind of lip and then I fold over and burnish - same thing as you do only that I use my trimmer
Super tips, thank you!
I can’t thank you enough for this!
Thanks that was so useful, I started cutting the bottom off. I don’t mind the bead inside it’s how I place my insert.
Thank you that would help a lot my question is how do we store and organize our stamps thank you for all you do for us God bless you and your family
Thank you!!! Any tricks for lining up card mats?
TY I tried it and love it.
I definitely don't use the Teflon bone folder to score, too wide. I use a scoring tool. Then folding to the corner of the score board is how I finish, like you😊
Great tips.
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
When I saw the word "gap" in the title, I thought of Great Britain. In the subways, there is a strip in front of the track, that as the trains come in, a voice comes over the loudspeaker and tells everyone to "Mind the Gap." So, now I know we need to "mind the gap" with cards too. I wonder if G thought of the same thing. :-)
Same thing in New Jersey/NewYork City. “Watch the gap” the voice says.
thanks for this ...great tip...one of my issues is that using liquid glue with dies sometimes leaves residue on the cards...shiny and sticky
Thank you, I always thought my score board was slittle off!! Or just alot of user error!!
Thank you, I could never figure out how to fix the cracking on my paper. Great tip. Can you give tips on cutting card bases? I always seem to be slightly off when I cut the paper regardless of what paper trimmer I use. Should I put the paper at the edge of the line, in the middle, in front.... Please help?
Yes please! I have one with the wire guide and my cuts are usually a bit off. Line placement is the perfect question, I just never knew how to phrase it. 🙃
Scoring very gently multiple times can help too. Otherwise instead of stretching the paper fibers, we’re cracking them. Paper quality has an effect too, in my experience.
Oh my goodness. Lol. I too was trimming that edge off, well no more because Maymay fixed it. I am so hoping Maymay or her team sees this, I have a question/request. All caps for attention
I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CUTTING BOARDS, ALL HAVE SHARP BLADES. I THINK THEY ARE ALL MISALIGNED FROM THE COMPANIES MAKING THEM. I LINE THE TOP OF CARDSTOCK/PAPER AT VERY TOP AND I KID YOU NOT MY PAPER IS ALWAYS CUT SLIGHTLY CROOKED. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? HELLLLP. THANK YOU
I thought that when you scored you were supposed to turn it over and fold away from the score line. That’s what all the other card makers I watch do.
I have always been backwards. I know it is a topic of discussion. But, in my opinion. When you press the fibers away from the score and fold this way you don’t have that bead in the card. I do not like to have the fold bead line inside the card. I find my cards don’t lay as flat as I like when I score that way. I have done my cards this way for years and many people tell me I’m doing it wrong but I just do things the way that works for me. It has never made sense to me to build the bulk inside the card. It doesn’t work when I double score but when I single fold it does. I’ll do a video on it to explain it. Hope that explains it!
@@MaymayMadeIt I agree with you, Maymay. It makes sense to fold the card where the valley is inside and the bump on the outside. Looks much better.
Yes - mountain fold (the bump) inside, valley outside. It’s SOP. And for top-folding cards they may stand up more easily that way. But Maymay’s hint still works perfectly. : )
It also helps to stop cracking on the fold! I score and turn the card over to fold and have no problems. Found this trick on a few videos also.
@@Marilynlovesebiking Every instructor I’ve had, including pros in the field for decades, shop owners, etc., have taught mountain fold (bump) on the inside. It’s the industry standard, and cards have been done that way at gallery and museum shops I’ve visited where handmade cards are sold. I think that little bead - when done well - actually looks really neat. But there are no fold police so doing it the way that makes each person happy is fine.
Thank you! I thought I was losing my mind. Lol.
Thanks 🙏 I needed that
I love this! But I still have trouble scoring for gatefold cards. I always get a gap. How do you fix this?
That gap never bothered me. I feel it helps people open the card. I could be wrong, and that justifies not stressing about it, but I don’t think it matters. If someone were to point it out...”no cards for you!” Lol
Lol