do you have a crop a dile and do you like it?

[Grumpy's Gal]

Ok - trying to decide how to spend my Michael's 50% coupon.....

do you have one and do you like it?

[PrincessNancy96]

Yep!
I like mine alot..
I use it just to punch through paper bags for the paper bag albums..and it works great punching through 4 paper bags folded in half.. right through with one punch!

I haven't tried the eyelet setter yet....I like doing it the old fashion hammer way...

[AlexWyattMommy]

I got mine for paperbag swap specifically. I didn't think I would like it, but I use it more than the hammer set now. I only use the hammer set for those eyelets that are too far on the page to use the crop-a-dile.

[Faerie]

Love mine! It's the best thing EVER! I could never get the hammer to work for eyelets and now I use them all the time since my Crop-a-dile sets them like it's nothing

[rlovew]

I love it. It even punches through thick chipboard in albums and the clear acetate albums. I use it all the time unless I can't reach the spot I need it to go.

Rebecca

[New England Eeyore]

I love mine. I thought I'd use it more for eyelets, but it turns out I use the hole punch a lot more, especially since I hate my hand-held hole punches. Definitely a good investment.

[BernardandMissBianca]

love it, love it, love it!!!!

[ddavis860]

Yup, love mine too :goodvibes

[fakereadhed]

I think everyone should have one just to have around the house. :thumbsup2 I used it today to punch an extra hole in a belt and to punch a hole in the side of a tin can for an art project. Great tool for scrapbooking, too. ;)

[MazdaUK]

Love it for eyeles and hole punching - especialy bigger holes for ribbons :goodvibes

[Faerie]

It goes through CDs beautifully too! I made a CD album and it worked perfect!

[Honeybehr1]

It goes through CDs beautifully too! I made a CD album and it worked perfect!

That sounds interesting. Do you have any pictures?

[rgionet]

I have one and I love it! No better way to set an eyelet and it's great on hole punching!

[jmlaw]

I just got mine recently and wasn't sure how much I'd use it, but I absolutely adore it. I have used it a ton already!!!

[red1der1]

I love my CAD. I use it for many things, even some not scrap related. I think everyone should get one.

[moikturtle]

I'm in the minority here, because I'm really not all that fond of it. I'm just glad that I ended up buying it with a 50% off coupon instead of paying anymore than that for it because I've been very unhappy with it. The hole punches are useful, yes, but the eyelet portion is nothing but a headache for me. I wish there was something on it that would indicate what matches up with what, because I can never figure it out. I know that it said on the back of the packaging, but I've lost that little piece of cardboard in the years since I purchased it. And no, you cannot just match up A with 1, B with 2 and so forth. I tried that trick once and ended up getting the one I had it turned to destroyed. The little thing on C got jammed inside itself. Add to that the fact that I can never seem to get it all balanced together long enough to set the eyelet and I'd rather just use the old fashioned tool with the hammer. I've yet to have a problem with the old way.

Sorry, just my honest experiences with it.

[Faerie]

You can view/print the instructions here (http://www.weronthenet.com/products/newproducts.shtml?crop-a-dile)

[GBShorts]

Don't forget you can use it to make "dots" on a page-embossed bubbles. ;)

I love "tool demonstration day" at my LSS. they explain all sorts of fun things I'd have never thought of ;)

[aroyer]

Now that I figured out the best way to use the thing- I LOVE it! :love:

[rlovew]

Don't forget you can use it to make "dots" on a page-embossed bubbles. ;)

How do you do that?

Rebecca

[MissMet]

I am also thinking about purchasing one, but my only worry is if it's hard to use. I have weak wrists & any amount of pressure hurts. Do you really have to grip it hard or is it on the easier side??

Thanks guys!

[GBShorts]

How do you do that?

Rebecca

If you use the eyelet setter part on paper without holes in it and press lightly, it will leave an embossed circle. You can choose the size from the two there.

It takes a delicate touch, but it works!

[pixiescraper]

Oh yes I like and use mine alot.....I did not get one until just a month ago...Thought "what do I need another tool for???" but let me tell ya I use it alot and it is reall great for those BIG Mickey head eylets......I'd buymit just for that.....

so I would buy it again ...great tool...

Angie

[fakereadhed]

I am also thinking about purchasing one, but my only worry is if it's hard to use. I have weak wrists & any amount of pressure hurts. Do you really have to grip it hard or is it on the easier side??

Thanks guys!

It is really easy on the hands. Much easier to punch through metal with it than using a standard hole punch on paper.

[MazdaUK]

I have really bad carpal tunnel syndrome and I couldn't dream of using anyhting else for setting eyelets:goodvibes There's no "shock", and if your wrists are rreally weak (as mine get in a bad attack) you can sort of balance it together and use both hands :thumbsup2 My DS(7) can manage it too! Its his favourite thing:rotfl:

[MissMet]

Thanks guys! Now I can't wait to get one.

I'm new to the whole scrapbooking thing. My birthday is Tuesday & my best friend threw me a Creative Memories party, so now I have EVERYTHING imaginable from creative memories & no clue how to use any of it. :laughing: My friend is an art school graduate, so she's helping me out. I'm actually looking forward to getting home from WDW/DCL so I can start my first album! :rolleyes:

[BernardandMissBianca]

I always say it is as smooth as buttah. It cuts like a dream, I punched metal the other day and it was a breeze.

[LuvMV50]

I love, love, love my CAD! I use it for so much more then just scrapping! Just this morning, I used it to make a notch in my daughters belt before school! :) It is the absolute easiest way to set eyelets too! I would never go back to the "manual" ;) way of pounding them in!! :):)

[GBShorts]

I just need to add that my cousin's 4yo (just turned 4) son was able to use my crop-a-dile to punch through these little pails we used for my grandmother's party.

once I squeezed the handles close enough together for his little hands to reach around, he did all the punching himself-on like 60 pails!!

So, if a 4yo can do it...anybody can. ;)