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| Fireworks! by Jenna Beegle These fireworks are
actually my sister's idea, but I think they are neat. I used a Medium Star and
Medium Snowflake punch, but I would have added a Mini Sun if I had had it. The only
trick is to spread them out in the way that fireworks explode - not a circle, but a n oval
or star. Then, use a white opaque pen to connect them. I think you could also
use glue with micro-glitter to make it more energetic. Also, you could break this up
into sections that would accent your own layout.
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Sunflower by Jenna Beegle Sunflowers are very
popular and deservedly so. They are bright and colorful and come in so many sizes
and variations. That also makes them great for punch art! For this I used a
Jumbo Circle for the center and a Medium Maple Leaf for the petals. I use a
patterned paper for the petals to give more dimension. Just arrange the petals with
the stem end of the leaf under the circle. I like to make it more free-form, but you
can be as precise as you want. The stem is cut freehand and the leaves are the Jumbo
Birch Leaf.
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Palm Tree by Jenna Beegle The palm tree is one of my
new favorites. The brown trunk is cut freehand. The Top, though, is trimmed
from a Jumbo Sun. You can see how in the sun on the right. The smaller piece
goes down first, then the trunk, then the larger piece on the very top. Be careful to
cover the top of the trunk. It's simple, but I like it better than stickers.
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Sailboat by Jenna Beegle This sailboat is made with
a Jumbo House punch and a Jumbo Bell. You can see in the picture how I trimmed the house
and the bell to get the usable parts. I think what makes this one so cute is the
patterned paper. Perfect for the park or the bath tub. I think it would be great
tucked in with other vehicles as part of a border or on top of drawn, sponged or paper
waves.
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| Waves by Jenna Beegle These waves are actually very
simple, though the idea of cutting them by hand would make me sick. You need a
Medium Spiral punch. I measured even distances on the back of my blue paper,
both across and up and down. Then I punched on each of those places so
the spirals are evenly spaced. Then, you cut from one spiral to the other to leave
behind the wave. I drew a line on the sample where you need to cut. Basically,
you take off the top half of the strip of paper. Voila, waves.
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She Sells Sea Shells Border by Jenna Beegle What
would summer be without the beach? To make this border, I first drew on the waves
with a colored pencils. These are freehand, but you can use a ruler.
Then, I added the shells. To make the scallop shells, I
used a Jumbo Scalloped Oval punch. which I trimmed as shown in the detail. Then I
drew on lines like a real scallop with a brown pencils and gently bent the shell along
those lines with my finger nail so that the piece curved inward like a scallop. Be
sure to do this on a diagonal so that all the folds go to the center bottom. When I
glued these down, I only glued the bottom edge, so I wouldn't loose the dimension.
You could also use pop dots. For the spiral shells, I punched a dark
brown Medium Spiral and a light brown Medium (5/8") Circle. I glued the spiral
on the circle and then cut the circle so that the end of the spiral becomes the edge of
the shell. That's it.
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Picnic Border by Jenna Beegle This border is bright
and fun, but reminds me of my least favorite part of picnics. I used a Medium Square
punch to make the checked table cloth around the two sides. (If this were a 2-page
spread I would probably only have it on one side and across the entire border.
The ants are made with a Small Strawberry and 1/4" Circle. The small
strawberry is trimmed as shown in the detail to make the abdomen. The head and
thorax are simply the small circles. The I drew on the legs and antennae. When you lay out
your ants, be sure some are not entirely on the page and that they move in a loose line
the way ants do. Maybe you could even perch one on top of your title, or have one or
two walking around your pictures! Ants do get everywhere!
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Tropical Scene by Easter Christopher Palm Tree:
Trunk - birthday cakes with candles cut off
Leaves - large birch leaves
Bear: Side view bear punched in brown, then punched in patterned paper and cut
to make bikini
The island is cut free hand and the waves are a wavy ruler.
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