Punches

Box in a Card 2-8-14

February 10, 2014February 9, 2014

Box in a Card? Card in a Box? Either way, this project is fun! It fits in a standard medium envelope. When you take the card out of the envelope it pops into a box, open with hearts floating up. I showed one with balloons too.

I love the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder! You can’t buy it… at least not now. But you can get it FREE during Sale-a-bration through March 31, 2014! Or you can wait and pay your hard-earned money when the next annual catalog comes out in June.

We inked the folder with a brayer to color the background of the embossing. This can be done with any folder. The banner reads “You make me happy.” This card/box makes me happy!

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Box in a Card 2-8-14

Petite Petals Treat Holder 2-8-14

February 9, 2014

So quick and so elegant! The Tag Topper Punch makes them quick and easy. We used the same gold embossing powder, gold foil, sequins, and Washi Tape on all of them, but everyone made them in different colors of card stock. They all looked great! I think they would look great in Real Red or really any dark color. I can see making hundreds of these for wedding or party favors.

The Night of Navy sample has a wider bottom and they fit a Hershey’s Nuggets just right. Even better, the ones with Almonds come in a matching gold wrapper!

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Petite Petals Treat Holder 2-8-14

Springtime Hello with Hexagon Hive 1-11-14

February 10, 2014February 9, 2014

What a sweet card! It must be honey from bee that makes it so sweet. The Hexagon Hive Thinlit makes it easy. Tip: Use wax paper from the kitchen between the card stock and the die so the pieces will pop out. Use the cut out hexagons to decorate this card or another one. The hexagon punch works well to show off the flower from the Springtime Hello stamp set.

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Springtime Hello Card 1-11-14

Watercolor Card 1-11-14

February 9, 2014

This is another one of those thrifty cards using every little bit of paper. The Designer Series Paper uses measurements evenly divided by 12, the dimensions of the paper. The Tangerine Tango is also just about 1/8′ of a sheet of card stock. The 2 poppies that are cut out came from the portion hidden by the Whisper White layer. There was even enough to cut out slivers with the Word Window Punch to frame the greeting. The Whisper White is just a bit smaller than that, but the left-over strip is used for the greeting cut with the Word Window Punch. If you decide to use the Decorative Label Punch for the greeting instead, you can take it from a layer inside the card and then replace that with a punch from the Tangerine Tango.

And isn’t this stamp set wonderful? I sure hope this gets carried over into the new annual catalog! I think it’s a keeper!

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Watercolor Card 1-11-14

Got Mistletoe? Tag or Ornament 12-7-13

February 10, 2014February 9, 2014

So easy, yet so wonderful! Yep. It’s aluminum flashing again. Don’t get tempted by the aluminum shingles which are just the right size. You’ll need the roll of flashing. The dies cut it just fine. It works great with the embossing folders. If you need to make hundreds of them, you may need to replace your folder eventually. I made a couple dozen of these ornaments and my customers made them too. My folder is just fine!

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Got Mistletoe Tag or Ornament

Snowman Favor 12-7-13

February 10, 2014February 9, 2014

This was an outright copy of Jackie Topa’s snowman. It was made with the Envelope Punch Board! It even used the scraps from punching to make the mouth and eyes. Jackie used the tiny ornament punch for the nose. Since I don’t own that set of punches, I searched for a substitute. What could I make a carrot with? I found the tail feathers of the Bird Builder Punch made a pretty good carrot.

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Snowman Favor 12-7-13

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