Hometown

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Designer:  Lisa Storms

Punches are such versatile tools and are typically used to quickly punch a shape from whatever paper works best for your project.  However, here are two other quick ideas to consider to get the most from these staples.  First, try punching only part of the design.  Here I took one of my favorite punches, an arrow, and punched only the triangle portion, to create instant photo corners to coordinate with my layout.  Secondly, look at the design in a different light.  What else could it be?  Here I turned the same arrow punch into a row of houses to fit my layout's theme.  See what you can come up with your favorite punches!

Difficulty rating

• Required supplies:
• Adhesive Foam Set
• One Way - Large
• Desktop Rotary Trimmer
• 28mm Scallop Rotary Blade - Blade Style F
• 12" x 18" Self-Healing Cutting Mat
• Clouds Paper Edgers
• No. 5 Non-Stick™ Scissors
• Threading Water border punch
• Cloud 9 "sunrise smoothie" papers and stickers
• other- cardstock

Instructions (Print version)

1.  Adhere blue cardstock at top left.
2.  Run Threading Water border punch along green cardstock and adhere at bottom left layered above two smaller punched strips raised slightly with foam adhesive dots.
3.  Add strip of photos to right with scalloped strip of striped paper.
4.  Punch several houses from neutral cardstock and one from yellow patterned paper.  Punch whole shape, with a flat roof, or a single story.  Add detailing to yellow house and adhere all to layout.
5.  Punch four triangles from orange patterend paper and adhere as photo corners.
6.  Print text onto arrow by formatting in word processing program and adhering punched arrow to sample-printed paper with temporary adhesive.  Run back through printer and adhere to layout with foam adhesive dots.
7.  Compete layout with clouds cut with paper edgers, journaling strips, and letter sticker title.