Teri Anderson
It’s time for another installment of Tooling Around with Teri!
Last time I was here, many of you wanted to know more about the Distrezz-It-All and scoring boards.
I’m going to spend the next two days here exploring these cool tools. Hopefully, you’ll learn a little bit about them and leave with some new ideas.
Let kick off things today by distressing it with the Distrezz-it-All from Zutter:
This is a cool tool that is quite addictive, if I do say so myself. Once you start using the Distrezz-it-All, it’s hard to stop.
It is a simple but powerful tool that allows you to distress paper, chipboard, wood, cardboard and more with the flick of a button.
This tool has a blade you turn on by plugging the tool into an electrical outlet and holding down a button on the side. The blade is hidden in an opening that you slide what you want to distress through. The blade will distress the edge by shredding and nicking it.
Here’s how it works:
1. Plug the Distrezz-it-All in an outlet. Hold down the white button on the side:
2. Slide a piece of paper through the opening and over the blade:
3. Repeat the second step until the paper is distressed to your taste:
4. Unplug the tool. Turn it over and remove door to remove paper waste:
In addition to sliding paper over the blade, you can also pounce it on the blade. This will give will give you a slightly different look.
Here are some projects I made with this tool:
I distressed five different patterned papers at the same time with the Distrezz-it-All for this card. One of the beauties of the tool is you can distress a stack of papers at the same time and get a fairly uniform look with the distressing.
I also distressed the chipboard frame. It took a little practice, but I was able to slowly turn the frame over the blade to distress the edges.
I simply decorated a thick piece of chipboard here and distressed it with the tool. I also distressed the bottom edges the chipboard letters. To add to the look, I finished distressing them by scuffing them with my scissors.
I used the tool to distress the wood panel you see here. I used a thin Balsa wood so the tool nicked the edges rather than distressing it more uniformly. I also used the tool to distress the edge of my card.
Leave a comment and I’ll pick one of you to win the Distrezz-It-All from Zutter! All comments must be received by midnight (MST) on Wednesday, Feb. 2.
Let’s hear it for the Distrezz-it-All,
Teri Anderson,
Paper Crafts Go-to-Gal
P.S. Hit my blog today to see some more projects made with the Distrezz-it-All. And tune in tomorrow to hear all about scoring boards!
This is the first time I’ve seen this tool and it looks really neat. I love the projects you did with it. It seems to be a super easy way to distress. Thanks for the chance to win this great tool.
Oh man, one more cool tool I need to get my hands on! I will be distressed if I can’t find the Distrezz-it-All!!!
Another tool I’m going to love! Love these cards and the cute little red-nosed bunny on your blog. Too cute! Thanks for this opportunity!
I think if I had this tool, I would be tempted to distress everything in our house! How fun!!!
What a fun & awesome tool! I’ve heard people talk about this a few
times but didn’t really understand (I’m a little slow to absorb some-
times)! This looks like the perfect distressing tool!!!! I’ve tried doing
the distress look & I’m just not too great at achieving this with the
tools I have…. so this is an AMAZING giveaway!
Thank you for sharing this info & your amazing creations!!!
~Ola
okj83 at live dot com
zloe.blogspot.com
This tool looks really fun. I’ve always used water and a paint brush to fray edges on cards to give that distressed look. I think this tool would give more control when distressing the edges, and you can distress all kinds of things! Cute projects-thanks for sharing.
Oh wow, this is amazing seeing what this super cool machine can do. I never realised it could be so versatile with its distressing. The projects you used it on are just super cute. Thanks for sharing!!
Great tool! I gotta have it! I love the projects!
Cute!
What a great and nifty tool! This is the first time that I had seen it. I like the hello flower card the best. I would like to see some more demos of tools of what they are like and how they work etc. TFS.
I’ve never tried anything like this. I love the way your layered the paper in the frame. It would be fun to try this tool. Thanks for a chance to win!
Oh how nice Teri! I’ve wanted one of these since I first saw it! I do hope I win. Thanks for sharing. Now I’m off to check out your blog.
Cool product! I have been intrigued by recent distressed projects but not too keen on the ways to go about it, this product is right up my alley, quick yet customizable.
I’ve thought this tool looked super cool but hadn’t seen it reviewed by anyone other than the maker! Thanks for a chance to win!
I’m looking to expand the branding for our photography studio by creating custom tags and cards. We really like the vintage feel right now and this tool will be perfect to create fun and unique items to go with our album and print orders!
I’m new to the card making world but am loving it. I really would like to win this awesome machine! I’m slowly but steady (HAAAAAAAAAAAA) collecting tools to make all this wonderful stuff.
This looks awesome!! I love the extra touch it adds to these projects!!
what a great little tool to distress/shabby chic- easy peasy and SO FAB!!!Great cards Teri!!:)LindaK
I saw this tool on a video at scrapbook.com and was mesmerized! This has to be the coolest tool I have seen in a while! I LOVE to distress! Just about every piece of paper I use on a project has some sort of distressing added to it! I just love the look. I KNOW this tool would for sure come in handy for me!
Good luck to everyone entering!!!
Neat looking tool!
How very cool! I always have problems getting the corners of my cardstock to distress as well as the rest of the piece by just using my scoring blade. Cool tool!
how cool! would love to distress in a flash!
Hmm, an electric distresser … well, scissors have always worked well enough on cardstock for me. But I see on the product packaging that it works on leather and wood as well – now that sounds interesting!
And as always, fantastic cards! Thanks for sharing!
Just think how fast I could distress the edges of my chipboard boardbooks!! I would love it if it was just for that. I am going to have to get one.
Thanks for this post I love learning about cool new tools.
This looks awesome!
Distress Balsa wood??!!!! WOW – your creativity never stops!!
Love the new tool! I am a tool junkie! Can’t wait to try this one!
This tool is a must have for me! I distress all the time and how great would it be to have this to help me out! Love it!!!…thanks for the FYI! {SMILES}
This looks like it would be a neat tool to use for adding some nice touches to your crafting projects, cards, etc. Would love to try it and will be looking for it in the stores. Thanks for showing how it works and some of the things you’ve created using it….
What a neat tool! I’m all for any kind of timesaver. Your cards are stunning!!
Looks like I need to add this to my “must have tools” list.
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This looks like a cool tool. I won’t be showing my 13 year old daughter, she loves the distressed look on her projects. We would be out shopping until we found one. I don’t think any of our local craft stores have this tool. Thanks for sharing what it can do.
Looks like something I need in my tool collection. Thank you for showing how to use it.