Multi-Purpose Craft Tool Burnishing Technique

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Create crisp, professional-looking score lines on your cardstock projects using a warming burnishing technique. This guide demonstrates how to use a Teflon multi-purpose craft tool that warms in your hands and becomes flexible, allowing you to create shiny, perfectly folded edges on cream-coloured cardstock. The technique produces clean, sharp creases ideal for card making and paper crafting.

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Step by step

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   Score a line on your cardstock using a scoring tool or bone folder. Position the tool along where you want the fold line and draw it firmly across the card to create a crisp crease.

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2. Warm the multi-purpose craft tool between your hands by rubbing it gently to increase its flexibility and make it easier to work with. ▶ watch 40:30
3. 

   Use the flat tip of the tool to burnish along the score line on the black card. Press firmly and work back and forth to create a smooth, defined fold.

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4. 

   Continue warming and burnishing the fold line until you achieve a crisp, defined crease with a smooth finish. Work along the entire length of the fold, applying even pressure with the burnishing tool.

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5. 

   For 3D crafts and book-making projects, repeat the burnishing process multiple times along the scored lines to achieve a beautiful, professional finish. The more you burnish, the crisper and more defined your folds will be.

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Tips from the show

• The Teflon coating is non-stick and ergonomic to hold.
• Warming the tool in your hands makes it more flexible and effective for burnishing.
• The tool warms the fibres of the card as you use it, helping to create crisp finishes.

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