| Punches of all kinds have been a staple tool in the | | | | You can also use punch outs from the same card |
| scrapbooker's kit for more than a decade. The fact is | | | | stock as your background, and it will look as if your |
| that they have been around so long that they tend to | | | | layout has been dry embossed. In this way you can |
| be left unused in the back of drawers. With all the | | | | create your own unique backgrounds that nobody else |
| wonderful new embellishments that are available for | | | | will have. |
| pages nowadays, the punches seem to be a thing of | | | | You could also use a theme with your punch outs. For |
| the past. | | | | example, photos of a country side walk could be |
| There are a lot of ways to breathe new life into your | | | | enhanced by using punches of dark green leaves. |
| old punches that will have your layouts looking modern | | | | Idea Number 3: |
| and stunning. | | | | Another pretty idea that I saw, was punch outs |
| Idea Number 1: | | | | attached together by threading string through them like |
| Paint your white card stock or one of the cards that | | | | they were beads and you can use the string to hold |
| you take out of a new album in a color, pattern or | | | | up your journaling or photos. |
| technique of your choice. Use two background pages | | | | Idea Number 4: |
| for a single page layout and three for a double layout. | | | | Use a punched out shape to attach string by punching |
| Punch your pieces out of one of the painted pages | | | | a hole in the middle of it and attaching to your page |
| and use them to embellish and add final touches to | | | | with an eyelet, and then threading string through the |
| your finished master piece. It looks great if you leave | | | | middle for whatever purpose. |
| the punched out pieces popping up on the page by | | | | Idea Number 5: |
| sticking them down with spongy backings. Your punch | | | | If you have a flower design on one of your punches, |
| outs will match your background. If you don't do | | | | you could punch out a few flowers and place them |
| painting, you could do the same thing with any of your | | | | one on top of the other to make a pretty 3D flower |
| background paper choices. | | | | embellishment. All you do then to finish it off is punch a |
| Idea Number 2: | | | | small hole in the middle and stick the flower down with |
| A plain sheet of card stock looks great decorated with | | | | a brad. You could then bend the petals up towards |
| a mixture your punch outs and those same shapes | | | | you to make the flower stand out. |
| cut out of the middle of small squares of paper. | | | | So scrappers, don't let those punches lie around in |
| Positioning punch outs on the background of your card | | | | drawers unused, with a little imagination, you can make |
| stock gives a 3D effect and ads interest to your page. | | | | them go a long way. |