Duct Tape/Parcel Tape Journal

I did a Duct Tape Tutorial back in February ( Duct Tape tutorial )

and I wanted to give you a few more tips that I discovered while making some yesterday and today. The ones I did yesterday and today were 8 1/4 x 6 inch in finished size, so card stock cut to

12 x 8 1/4 and then folded down the middle.

The first tip I want to give you was given to me by my dear friend Vanessa, after I had complained my folds were not very accurate despite using a score board. I had thought once you had scored down the middle and then folded, it should be accurate. Obviously you need to keep the card up against the side and bottom edges, when you score, but what I was doing was picking the card up and folding it and then using the bone folder to finish.

Tip 1 What you actually need to do is this. Score the card, then keeping the card against the edges, fold it over so the opposite edge also butts up to the left and bottom edge. Once you are confident all edges are correct, hold the left side down and use your right hand to fold the crease.

Tip 2 When you place your tape over the middle pages, don't do what I was doing, which was trying to cut the tape with scissors, close to the edge. Allow an overlap each side, which makes keeping straight easier.

Tip 3 Then flip over the pages. Fold over your surplus tape, and take the pages to the guillotine to trim. If your edges are off, trim them now. I was leaving it till the end and then trying to cut the whole thing with my guillotine. If your folding is neat you shouldn't have hardly anything to trim.