At one time I purchased quite a few punches. Then all those punches just sat in drawers in my craft room. I recently pulled out a punch I purchased and came up with an alternative use for the design.
Because I have been creating Christmas cards lately, I was thinking of a Christmas tree and looked at the punch and a light went off!! Sorry for the lousy picture, my camera broke and I had to scan this card. Haven't been able to edit the picture better. I'm going to pull out more punches and think outside of the box. Can you guess what this punch is ? It is a Fiskars small hand punch. Great for using for kids cards, but also can be used to create a Christmas tree!! The thumb is hidden under the layers and I just cut the thumb off when I came to the edge of tree.
I started by die cutting a Christmas tree base from the Create a Critter cartridge. The reindeer page had a tree which was perfect for my card. I used green and light green glitter paper from Joann's Fabrics and Crafts. Then I started punching out lots of hands. I covered the tree base with adhesive so my hands would stick well. Starting at the bottom, I layered hand alternating the colors. I had red and white pearls which worked great as Christmas balls. I used my embossing folder to creat the white dotted background and found some great snowflake acetate stickers for snowflakes. I cut a strip of white card stock to create the hill and added a strip of glue and glitter for some snow. I popped up my snow bank because I love dimension on my cards. I just love the way this tree came out.
Because I have been creating Christmas cards lately, I was thinking of a Christmas tree and looked at the punch and a light went off!! Sorry for the lousy picture, my camera broke and I had to scan this card. Haven't been able to edit the picture better. I'm going to pull out more punches and think outside of the box. Can you guess what this punch is ? It is a Fiskars small hand punch. Great for using for kids cards, but also can be used to create a Christmas tree!! The thumb is hidden under the layers and I just cut the thumb off when I came to the edge of tree.
I started by die cutting a Christmas tree base from the Create a Critter cartridge. The reindeer page had a tree which was perfect for my card. I used green and light green glitter paper from Joann's Fabrics and Crafts. Then I started punching out lots of hands. I covered the tree base with adhesive so my hands would stick well. Starting at the bottom, I layered hand alternating the colors. I had red and white pearls which worked great as Christmas balls. I used my embossing folder to creat the white dotted background and found some great snowflake acetate stickers for snowflakes. I cut a strip of white card stock to create the hill and added a strip of glue and glitter for some snow. I popped up my snow bank because I love dimension on my cards. I just love the way this tree came out.
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