Not Your Mamma’s Hole Punch…
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I have so many favorite tools – this is another, the Crop-A-Dile Big Bite II by We R Memory Keepers. I love this thing – it makes incorporating brads and eyelets into my scrapbook pages and cards soooo easy. Here are some things that make this tool an essential:
1. It punches two different sized holes – 1/8″ and 3/16″. That pretty much takes care of any hole you’ll ever need to punch for a little embellishment!
2. It sets eyelets, snaps, and gromlets/grommets.
3. It has a 6″ reach, which means you can punch a whole anywhere you want on a 12×12 piece of paper rather than just along the edge.
4. It is strong! You can use the Big Bite to punch through paper, of course, but also leather, fabric, plastic, thin tin, chipboard and lots more. Think of the possibilities…
Because the Big Bite is strong, I realized I can use it to make the little Japanese Stab books I wrote a tutorial about awhile ago. This tool saves me about 5 minutes because I can punch a small enough hole through all the layers at once rather than doing it with an awl. It’s wonderful!
I’m sure there are many more applications I will discover in the future! For now, I love it for eyelets especially…
The Big Bite II really does open up tons of possibilities for embellishing all sorts of craft projects. You can get it at Roberts Arts & Crafts…
{Photos taken with the Canon Rebel XSi}
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This is one thing I have never been any good at. Setting these darn eyelets is just too hard for me. I just make a mess.
Wow, I’ve never seen such a thing. I guess you can tell I don’t scrap book.
Love it that the hole punch is multi-tasking. I never saw the product before. Fabulous!
Ok, so I don’t scrapbook, but after seeing this on here, I had to have it! It happened to be on sale at my local Jo-ann store and I think I’m in love! I told my husband “Man, if the women in my ward knew I had this, they’d be so jealous! Ha Ha Ha!” I was kidding, of course! But it is AWESOME!! And, I’m pretty much the collest kid on the block, thanks to you! :)
I have wanted one of these forever.Thanks for telling me more about it.I HAVE to get one now!
I need that big bite.. THe crop a dile, is not as strong for thicker things..
Thanks for sharing this product
I have the original Cropadile and I love it but the Big Bite is even better since you can set eyelets and punch in the middle of sheets of paper. I went to a crop recently where someone brought hers and I tried it out. It’s bulky (for storage) but so easy to use! Love it!