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April
1999
Welcome to the monthly Punch Art section of
TSIN. My name is Jenna Beegle, known to some as Scrap Lady, and I'll be responsible
for most of the ideas you'll be seeing here each month. Each month, we'll change the
theme of the punch art so there's always something new. But don't worry - the old
ideas will always be available in TSIN's archive. If you use any of these ideas in
your own books, we'd love to see your pages. Submit them and Jennia will get them up
here to share with the other scrappers. And we'll also have other punch artists
contributing their ideas. I think this is going to be a lot of fun!
Note from Jennia Hart: Be sure to keep an eye out for the new Hot Off the Press Book "Making
Wonderful Scrapbook Pages" which Jenna contributed to. Also serious
punch artists will want to take a look at Jenna's
Way Cool Punch Machine
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What do all of these borders have in common? Can you see? They are all
started with a strip of paper! Trick question, because you can't see the paper
underneath the circle flower border. They are simple to make, easy to
coordinate with your page and definitely fun.
Remember, if you use any of these ideas, or if you have any ideas you'd like to
share, send them in. We'd love to show them off.
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Circle Flower Border I laid down a strip
of black paper to camouflage any spaces behind the flowers and leaves. The
flowers are made with a jumbo circle punch and a 1/4" circle punch in the
center. The leaves are also made with a jumbo circle, but the circles are
repunched to make the wedges. Then you simply have to place them along the
line, with the leaves between the flowers. Add stitch marks for
definition.
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Daisy Border: : There is a trick to this
border. You could put on the flowers and then cut the paper, but sometimes the
punches won't stay, or they turn and don't cut straight. Instead, Cut out your
background, punch the daisies and then trim the daisies with scissors. Lay that
straight edge against the edge of the paper. Combining patterns finishes the
border and draws attention to the cut daisies. Mixing sizes has lots of
appeal.
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ME style border: I love
Mary Engelbreit, but until she writes a punch art book, I'll try my best. The
red flowers are made with a medium circle punch for the base yellow circle and
the red crescents. I also used a medium circle punch to make the same kind of
leaves as in the circle flower border. The yellow flower is made from a jumbo
flower punch. Add the center, a 1/2" circle, then from a triangular shape at
each indentation, going right to the center. Putting the center on first gives
it an even look. The blue flower is a small flower punch with a 1/4" circle
flower. Connecting the sides is the classic black and white check pattern that
always makes me think of Mary Engelbriet.
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| Saint Patrick's Day border: I obviously started with a spring green
gingham strip of paper. The shamrocks are punched from suede paper, which I
really like. It has a lot of depth in real life and makes the border a little
more special. The final touch is the repeated St. Patrick's Day written above
and below. You could change this basic idea and have a birthday border with
cakes punched out, Christmas with trees and Easter with bunnies - whatever you
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If you have any questions or comments email me
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