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Pretty Punches

By Jane Hunt

All the cards shown here have been

made using paper punches, some of

which are available through Craft

Creations while others can be found in

craft, art and even toy shops. A large

variety are available and with so many

papers to choose from the possibilities

are endless.

All you will need to make these cards

are: a selection of card mounts, plain

coloured or patterned papers, mulberry

paper, paper

punches, a glue

pen (easier

than glue), and a little

spare time.

Decorative ‘finishers’

are also useful, deckle

edge scissors now come

with a great range of

different pattern edges,

and motifs, peel off

stickers and sequins

add that extra special

touch.

Above: The flowerpots are cut from brown paper and

the leaves are small hearts which have been cut in half.

Far Left: Punch a cat from the centre of a 4cm square

piece of turquoise paper which has been cut with deckle

scissors. Glue a piece of silver paper behind the cut out

and mount onto a

5cm square of mul-

berry paper. The

turquoise cat can

also be saved to use

on another design.

Left: A blue and

white design is

always effective.

Large and small

flower punch-outs

placed symmetri-

cally round the card

with punched cir-

cles for the centres.

Left and Right:

Gingham checks,

one in pastels

and one in pri-

mary colours. To

get the checks

nice and straight

turn the punch

upside down

then you can

see the pattern

through the

flower aperture

and line it up

carefully before

punching.

Above: For a baby gift tag, punch out small pastel bears

and add the lettering using a silver pen. The card is cut

using deckled scissors and finished with a narrow bow.

Below: Choose a card and some paper with strong con-

trasting colours. Using decorative scissors cut a paper

oblong to fit onto the card leaving an even border all

round. Punch out three butterflies along the bottom

edge of the paper using a silhouette punch. Punch a

fourth butterfly from a piece of paper in the same colour

as the card (or from a spare card in the same colour).

Carefully cut the butterfly away from the circle frame.

Glue the punched paper onto the card and the loose

butterfly at an angle onto this leaving the wings free.

Add a suitable peel off greeting to finish.

Left:

Large flowers

made from

toning shades

and placed in

a circle with a

motif greeting

in the centre.

Above: Because I wanted a deckled edge I have cut a

63mm circle in the front of a single fold card. If you use

a straight edged card you can simply cut one panel off

an aperture card and get the same result. The spare

piece of card can be used to make background squares

or punch-outs in

the same colour

as the card.

Position the

daisies around

the aperture with

three petals of

each flower over

the aperture

space, they can

also overlap each

other just a little

at the sides, glue

them into place.

Add the peel

off bow and

wording to suit.

Right:

The teddy has

been punched

from pink paper

and mounted diagonally onto a

square of pink gingham paper. Using

a peel off sticker greeting to finish.

You may be sur-

prised at the very

different results which

can be obtained by

using the same punch

with various types of

paper. Most of the

time I use coloured

writing paper, back-

ground papers,

gummed and foil

squares, but gift wrap

and the patterned

inside of envelopes

can also give interest-

ing results. I find myself constantly on the

lookout for new papers.

I have used 7mm circles for the daisies and

12mm circles for the centres of the large flowers,

but if you haven’t got these punches a little bit

of improvisation is sure to give equally pleasing

results.

On this page are several more designs just

using simple punched shapes with mulberry

paper or deckled panels. Christmas designs look

great punched from metallic papers or foils.

Just as a tempter, I have made a little sample

card using sun and snowflake punches as flower

centres to show how effective they can be.

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