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Post by magpaks on Oct 19, 2010 10:06:02 GMT -5
 I have a stupid question. I am getting my materials together for the CK Scap & Play that I am going to this weekend. They have a list of suggested items to bring. One is a bone folder? Can someone please tell me what that is? I've never heard that term. Also, is anyone from the board going to this? Thanks! Cindy
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Post by scrapkatze on Oct 19, 2010 10:22:59 GMT -5
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Post by milamemories on Oct 19, 2010 10:24:07 GMT -5
It is a tool that helps you score paper, as well as fold paper. The creases are much nicer then just using your fingers.
Hugs,
Mila
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Post by boxofcolours on Oct 19, 2010 16:05:38 GMT -5
Its name is derived from the fact that some are indeed made of bone.
Supposedly, genuine bone folders are the tool of choice for bookbinders and conservators - I have a real bone folder & it works really really well as its heavier than the plastic versions, is very smooth & glides over the cardstock, but some people don't like the idea of using real bone, hence alot are now plastic.
That said, these days I tend to do most of my card creasing with my scorpal which comes with its own tool.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2010 16:33:21 GMT -5
My DH has a "real" bone folder, which I borrow from time to time, but I use the Scor-pal more often.
I do like the feel of the bone folder, though!
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Post by Dania on Oct 19, 2010 17:06:46 GMT -5
No question is stupid. Last year Susan had to explain to me what an A2 card was. As explained above, if you own a ScorPal it's the white tool you use to scor and sharpen the fold on a crease. You can can buy bone tools on their own.  Have a blast! |
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Post by Susan on Oct 19, 2010 18:00:02 GMT -5
No question is stupid. Last year Susan had to explain to me what an A2 card was. As explained above, if you own a ScorPal it's the white tool you use to scor and sharpen the fold on a crease. You can can buy bone tools on their own. Have a blast! cute story... When my son was about 4 - he LOVED scrappin' with me! He'd sticker and color and punch! So he knew the names of lots of tools. One afternoon my neighbor and I were tri-folding a bunch of newsletters for our neighborhood and she said "this folding is hard work!" Thomas heard that and ran out of the kitchen and into my scrap room. As he ran back in he was chattering "here Miss Tammy - I have a boner for you!" and he was carrying my bone folder! LOL!! We could not stop laughing, and of course that hurt his feelings! Poor little guy!!!! We bring that story up all the time, and of course the 6' 3" dude just LOVES hearing me tell it! HAHAHAH!!! |
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Post by Cat on Oct 19, 2010 18:12:37 GMT -5
There are No Stupid Questions. How are we suppose to know unless we ask questions? If we don't know the answer we will find out the answer. That's what friends do for each other!  Cat |
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Post by Cat on Oct 19, 2010 18:15:20 GMT -5
Very Cute Story Susan! Cat |
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Post by Diane in NH on Oct 19, 2010 18:19:32 GMT -5
cute story... When my son was about 4 - he LOVED scrappin' with me! He'd sticker and color and punch! So he knew the names of lots of tools. One afternoon my neighbor and I were tri-folding a bunch of newsletters for our neighborhood and she said "this folding is hard work!" Thomas heard that and ran out of the kitchen and into my scrap room. As he ran back in he was chattering "here Miss Tammy - I have a boner for you!" and he was carrying my bone folder! LOL!! We could not stop laughing, and of course that hurt his feelings! Poor little guy!!!! We bring that story up all the time, and of course the 6' 3" dude just LOVES hearing me tell it! Susan, that happened to me but it was ME who said it. I was hosting a Stampin' Up party and asked someone to pass me the boner. Boy, that set the tone for the evening, let me tell you. But my face was VERY red! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2010 18:50:37 GMT -5
Nobody knows EVERYTHING! That's what we Divas are here for...to help each other! |
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Post by Karen W on Oct 19, 2010 18:55:16 GMT -5
No stupid questions here, Cindy. The SL Divas are always here to help.
Karen
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Post by Basketlady on Oct 19, 2010 21:38:55 GMT -5
Susan, you made me spit out my Coke!  I did something similar years ago. I was at a quilting class given by Ginny Beyer. She's pretty well known in the quilting community and there were a ton of people in the class. DH and I had just been to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. If anyone has ever been to Lancaster county, you know how strange the names of the towns are. Blue Ball, Fertility, Intercourse... Well, my friend and I were talking about quilt shops in the area and I just gushed out, "I just love Intercourse." (they have a great shop!) Of course, it was dead quiet in the room and no one but two of us knew what I was referring to, but everyone heard my declaration. There were plenty of giggles! We still laugh about it and it's been at least 15 years! Michelle |
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Post by Susan on Oct 19, 2010 21:59:43 GMT -5
OH - gotta love Intercourse, PA!!! My Godparents gave me a gorgeous rocking chair for my 1st birthday - hand painted, black painted wood, tole flowers, etc....LOVED IT my entire childhood as it was MY SIZE! I now have it sitting high on a shelf in my scrap room. It wasn't until I put it there {12 years ago} that I noticed for the first time ever that the bottom of the chair is stamped "Intercourse, PA"! I called my Godmother, who at the time was in her 70s, and giggled at her in the phone...as I said "Aunt Phyl, I didn't know I had a souveneir from Intercourse!!" and after 30 some years she knew EXACTLY what I was talking about!!!!! To this day, we still laugh about my little rocking chair! What fun stories - from totally normal conversations!!!! Why does that one part of the country have such unusual names? Fertility??? Seriously? !!!!!! LOL |
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Post by Basketlady on Oct 19, 2010 22:04:22 GMT -5
The Amish have only one thing on their minds??? Who knows. But it does seem rather strange for a community that we think of as so prim and proper!
Michelle
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2010 22:52:00 GMT -5
It would be interesting to know the origination (or the "why" ...well, maybe we already know  of such provocative names! We were recently in an Amish community near Bloomfield, IA...not nearly so...uh... exciting a name! |
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Post by Basketlady on Oct 20, 2010 6:02:42 GMT -5
Well, not quite as entertaining as our 12 year old boy minds may think... or maybe that's just the spin they have put on the story?  From Wickipedia: Intercourse, PA"Another theory concerns two famous roads that crossed here. The Old King's highway from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh (now the Old Philadelphia Pike) ran east and west through the center of the town. The road from Wilmington to Erie intersected in the middle. The joining of these two roads is claimed by some to be the basis for the town 'Cross Keys' or eventually 'Intercourse'.[1] A final idea comes from the use of language during the early days of the Village. The word 'intercourse' was commonly used to describe the 'fellowship' and 'social interaction and support' shared in the community of faith, which was much a part of a rural village like this one."
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Post by magpaks on Oct 20, 2010 13:48:01 GMT -5
Thanks for all the great responses.
Susan I'm with Michelle....I almost spit out my soda as well when I read that story.
I live not far from Amish Country in PA so everytime we go riding through there we all have the same interesting conversations about the names of the towns.
You wouldn't believe the things that were going through my mind when I read the list and was trying to figure out what that was.
I do have a scorpal so I am just going to take that with me. That is going to start another topic I am getting ready to post a question on....
Thanks!
Cindy
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Post by Dania on Oct 20, 2010 15:46:53 GMT -5
OK! interesting turn of events on this thread! Great stories and thanks for the a good laugh Susan. |
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Post by Basketlady on Oct 20, 2010 16:17:39 GMT -5
Dania, I was just thinking of the same thing!
We lived near Philadelphia for several years. I made lots of trips to Amish Country! A very different culture!
Michelle
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Post by crazy4pink on Oct 22, 2010 22:56:45 GMT -5
ok--- I am gone for a week and what do I come back to--intercorse, boner, fertility??? am I on the right web site?? hehehe  Cindy |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2010 9:33:56 GMT -5
ok--- I am gone for a week and what do I come back to--intercorse, boner, fertility??? am I on the right web site?? hehehe Cindy That's up to you to decide! |
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Post by Dania on Oct 23, 2010 9:41:20 GMT -5
Dania, I was just thinking of the same thing! We lived near Philadelphia for several years. I made lots of trips to Amish Country! A very different culture! Michelle Actually the Amish amaze me. I've read a ton of Beverly Lewis books and they live such interesting lives. Can you imagine all of us living together and helping with baking and cleaning each others house. AND we can have a scrapping bee. Of course there will be no computers, so no Scrapyland. But Dani can open one in the middle of the community and we can pay with vegatables from our garden. But honestly I do respect them and sometimes I yearn for a more simple life. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2010 10:13:16 GMT -5
Even though we were in Bloomfield, IA only briefly, (and the Amish community is slightly west of there), I wish we could have spent more time. We were there just as school was getting out, so there were several buggies and obviously well-care-for horses, as well as children walking on the roads. A couple of the buggy drivers didn't mind that I took their pictures, but I didn't photograph those who were walking. My favorite photo is of a horse and buggy coming toward me...with a traditional "STOP" sign and a yellow-and-black "Horse-drawn vehicles on road" sign in the background.
Just think...no problems with TV, telephones, what to wear the next day, etc. There are a lot of "positives" to that lifestyle.
But Dani WOULD have to set up a warehouse in the middle of town!
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Post by susie on Oct 23, 2010 10:43:57 GMT -5
Actually the Amish amaze me. I've read a ton of Beverly Lewis books and they live such interesting lives. Can you imagine all of us living together and helping with baking and cleaning each others house. AND we can have a scrapping bee. Of course there will be no computers, so no Scrapyland. But Dani can open one in the middle of the community and we can pay with vegatables from our garden. But honestly I do respect them and sometimes I yearn for a more simple life. Dania, I haven't read Beverly Lewis books but we have a number of Amish communities near Madison and here in the midwest. I, too, admire them for their ability to live more simply than myself. There is something in their culture I long for! But having said that, I so appreciate the community we have here. I love the idea of paying Rose & Dani with vegetables from our garden! I hear she is a very healthy eater! But it would require Dani setting up Scrapy Lands all over the world!!!  You are too funny! susie |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2010 11:26:32 GMT -5
But it would require Dani setting up Scrapy Lands all over the world!!! susie What a great idea! When do we start? |
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Post by Cat on Oct 23, 2010 12:38:15 GMT -5
I would love living in a community with all you ladies. Scrapping bees, quilting bees and canning our garden vegetables. What fun! I could have my chickens. Eugene grew up milking. Only thing I want to wear pants. I grew up having to wear dresses all the time and it was the pits. Try swing on the monkey bars in a dress or climbing a tree. It doesn't work! Besides walking home from school in sand storms in a dress causes your legs to feel like they been sand papered, and just try keeping a full skirt from being blown over your head and to think "they " thought dresses was more "lady" like I vote for simpler..... home baked bread, home canned vegetables, gardens, chickens (I love chickens) scrapping bee type community and ScrapyLand smack in the middle of it all. Heaven! Cat |
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Post by Basketlady on Oct 24, 2010 9:27:18 GMT -5
Ok, I've got to ask because I'm really wondering... would the Amish scrapbook? Because they don't take pictures of people. But do they take pictures of things?
What I would like are the quilting bees. I've never mastered the art of quilting in a frame away from myself. I use a hoop on my lap and I'm always turning it. I try to force myself to quilt without turning the hoop, but my stitches are huge and wonky and I just rip them out.
So that is my dream. To some day quilt with the Amish and learn the art of quilting in a frame!
Michelle
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2010 11:26:52 GMT -5
Ok, I've got to ask because I'm really wondering... would the Amish scrapbook? Because they don't take pictures of people. But do they take pictures of things? Michelle I'm guessing that the Old Order Amish probably wouldn't even own cameras. But would they draw/stetch or keep diaries? |
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Post by AnnaMatrix on Oct 24, 2010 13:06:23 GMT -5
Perhaps the answer is to start our own community, with its own rules - could we be "Scrappish" ? ;D Then we could do all the community things with scrapping, gardens, quilting, canning, etc, but we wouldn't need to give up the internet, wearing pants or taking pictures... We could name our towns things like Starting Blox, Scrapyland, and Quickutz! Gail |
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Have a blast!
of such provocative names!
