Tim Holtz idea-ology Design Ruler

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Reported by Heather Voinski

Tim Holtz products happen to be a favorite of mine! I need to admit now that I am in love with all of his Distress Ink pads and Distress Crackle Paints...they are absolutely my favorite products in my entire craft area. (OK...enough gushing, you get the picture)

Tim Holtz has a full line of Inks, Paints, Stamps, Tools, Fasteners, Findings, Books, and Grunge board that he has created for the artist in all of us.

The Tim Holtz Design Ruler is a 12 inch clear acrylic ruler "with a straight edge and grid for drawling lines and measuring lengths, a metal strip for cutting, and evenly spaced holes for piercing."

What attracted me to this ruler first were the gridlines. I am always using the gridlines on my paper trimmer and on my craft mat that covers my desk, but they are both a pain to use for drawling lines. I picked this ruler up with hopes that my problems were solved.

I frequently make my own journaling boxes (I love making little handmade notebook paper to journal on) and drawling the lines using this ruler could not have been simpler. It was easy to do thanks to the gridlines, and was wayyyy faster than my old way.
The second thing that attracted me to this ruler were the holes for piercing!! I used to stitch a lot on my scrapbook pages and handmade cards. Over time I have not done it as much because it was time consuming getting my holes lined up right and getting it to look evenly spaced. I put this ruler to the test to see if it could help.

Using my paper piercer and lining the center of my stitching area up with the "0" on the ruler, I was able to evenly poke my holes for stitching. This ruler definitely made it a much quicker process and I have to say I love the way things come out using it. I'm going to try it on my scrapbook pages next!

After using this ruler in my craft area I removed the others that I had there because this one does the job of all of the others. I am that pleased with it, and urge you to try it for yourself.

The Tim Holtz Design Ruler retails for $6.99 and is available online and in your most of your local chain craft stores.

Pros:

• Made of clear acrylic for durability
• Low price makes it very affordable
• Large numbers for ease of use
• Gridlines make it easy to measure accurately

Cons:

• Length...I would love it to be a little bit longer
  

So what do you think? Are you going to give it ago? Don't be shy, leave us a comment and tell us what you think...and if you already have this ruler we would love to hear your thoughts!