I wanted to make some flowers using the Sweet Centers stamp set. Here is what I made. I used the leaves from the Leaves #2 die instead of the ones in the set. As much as I liked how this turned out I was not ready to cut out another set of petals. Here is…
I needed to make some graduation cards. I didn"t know the school colors for one of the cards I needed to make so I went through my paper choices and found some retired Designer paper called Prestwick. Why didn't I order more of this paper? It works so well for manly cards, let that be a…
Love this stamp set. I keep returning to it whenever I get a chance to sit and stamp. I used the punch trick I featured in this post. This time I started with a 3 1/2" square and punched each side. Stamps: Friends 24-7 Ink: Basic Brown, Creamy Caramel, Baja Breeze, So saffron Paper: Shimmery White,…
Did you receive Week 9 of my 12 Weeks of Christmas? If you are not on my mailing list you need to sign up in the upper left hand corner. Here is another idea using the Scallop Edge punch. In this post I showed you how to make the scallop edge squares but it was…
Isn't he cute?! I think I was trying to avoid doing some chore and decided that making a snowman out of punches was way more important! The snowman was made using the same technique used to make the pumpkins in this post. The only difference was I punched a small circle and glued it to…
Here is another example of the gift card holder featured in Week 6 of the 12 Weeks of Christmas. For the frame I used the punch trick from the 11/11 and 11/12 post. I started with a 2 3/4" square and centered the paper in the punch and punched every side. I threaded the ribbon…
Here are some samples of how the punch trick I showed you yesterday looks when you start with different sized squares. Tomorrow I will have a sample that uses the 2 3/4" square. I will also be sending the 7th Week of Christmas email so make sure you are on my newsletter email…
I really like punches and think everyone should have lots of them on their stamping shelves. Here is a little trick to try with your Scallop edge punch (112091). To make the scallop square layer, you need to cut a 2 1/2" square. Insert your paper into the scallop edge punch so…