Card craft tool essentials - Scissors

Scissors

It seems unsurprising to find scissors in a crafters tool kit, but what I have seen on a number of occasions is the wrong sort of scissors. I am not talking fancy bladed scissors that are give a lovely fancy edged cut; I am talking about larger and small pair of crafting scissors.

Do not be tempted just to raid the kitchen drawers or the home office for a set of scissors, the scissors you have around the house however sharp will tend to be quite stiff to use. If they do not seem stiff at first you will find after ten minutes of cutting things out that you would have wished for a better pair. I have just bought two new pairs of scissors and miraculously my hands no longer seize up on me after two minutes of cutting out.

There are all sorts of other scissors available for the dedicated crafter but to start with focus on the essential basic craft scissors. As at January 2012 a pair of craft scissors is between £5 and £10 depending on the make and the supplier.

I would suggest starting with two pairs of scissors, one large pair of blades which enable you to cut across a sheet of A4 paper in a couple of snips, and the other to have small blades to enable you to undertake fine cutting out work.  Believe me when I say its next to impossible to do fine cutting out with large scissors and cutting a long perfect line with small scissors is tougher than it sounds too!!