My husband and I do all our cutting together. For cutting strips we like the ruler and cutter from GraceFrame.com. The ruler has a ridge on it and the cutter runs along the ridge. Makes cutting strips accurately much easier. We have a lot of their other square rulers but did not care for them as much for subcutting. We do love their SureGrip rubberized little things to put on the back of your rulers. We have them on all of ours. I also like the rougher OLFA mat for cutting.