Make Your Own Perforated Pages

Do you need a custom perforated line for your scrapbook? Is your Make Mini Notebooks perforation line not ripping properly? Don't waste money on over-priced specialty paper - you can make perforated pages with most types of ordinary paper!

Steps

Hand Method

  1. Place your sheet of paper on a Cutting Mat.
  2. Place a ruler along the line you wish to perforate. (if the line is curved, you can cut a cardstock or plastic "guide" to use.)
  3. Press the point of a large-headed Quilting Pin through the paper every 1/16th of an inch or less along your line.

Make a Tool - Method #1

  1. Obtain a rotary pizza cutter.
  2. Mark 5 degree increments along the outer edge with permanent marker.
  3. File or grind away the edge between the marks using a Dremel bit or a hand file.
  4. Leave small, sharp edges/points every 5 degrees.
  5. Roll your tool along the line to be perforated.

Make a Tool - Method #2

  1. Obtain a rotary Pizza or Pastry cutter.
  2. Mark 5 degree increments along the outer edge with Permanent Marker.
  3. Place sewing pins in a radial pattern so that their points overlap the edge by approximately {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}}.
  4. Attach the pins to the rotary cutter by one of the following methods:
    • Superglue (will break of used on anything thicker than a single layer of construction paper)
    • Spot Welding (Can last a very long time)
    • Duct tape (can use only a few times on thin paper)
  5. Roll your tool along the line to be perforated.

Easy Method

  1. Get a pattern tracing wheel and use it to draw a line across your paper.
  2. The tracing wheel has small spikes on it, so it will make tiny holes on the line, making it easy to tear paper.

Warnings

  • Take appropriate precautions when using edged tools.

Things You'll Need

  • Cutting Mat
  • Large Head Quilting or Sewing Pins.
  • Rotary Pizza cutter
  • Protractor to measure angles
  • Dremel or hand grinding tool
  • Super Glue
  • Welding equipment
  • Duct Tape
  • Paper

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