A Tuesday tip -layering punches

A few of my recent posts have featured cards where more than one punch was used to make an element.

For example, on this card you can see that I double-punched a heart:

(Perhaps that is an even better title for this technique - "Double Punching".

After all, you're technically not layering punched shapes on top of one another...)

So ,we will go with that!

Okay... the heart. How do you do it?

First, you punch a small part in the middle of a strip of scrap paper. I say "middle" - not near the edge - because you want to allow some room for the larger punch to fit around it.

For the sample I used the new Confetti Heart Border punch and then a small heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack.

It will also work with the Heart Border punch, if you have that!

On the robot card for tomorrow's scheduled punch class, I used circle punches to create his hands.

Again, by punching the smaller one first more towards the middle of your scrap and then surrounding it with a larger circle:

Then, of course, it needed to be cut in half so he has two hands!

For the mouth, a similar method was used, except that instead of punching the smaller circle towards the middle of the scrap, you take a "bite" out of the edge of the paper:

The larger circle surrounds it and then takes a bigger "bite"!

Then you have a smile that you can use on any project!

Be sure to try this technique with any punches that you may have that are similar designs/shapes yet different in size (ovals, squares, labels, butterflies, etc.)

(By the way I CASEd this card after watching a "how to" tutorial video by it's creator Dawn O. I will be sure to post a link to the video when I post the punch class projects!)

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For this card, when I was making alternative projects with the My Paper Pumpkin kit, I used only the Decorative Label punch. But, there is a trick to cutting it so that you can layer it to make it look like you used a larger punch!

First, punch out the piece that you wish to use as the "layer". Then, it's just a matter of drawing a few lines and cutting it!

(Please excuse my shaky lines...)

Once you have your lines drawn, just cut out using your lines as a guide.

Next, you're going to glue it to the back of your main piece, but slightly separate the sections:

Turn it over and voilà! 

You only had one punch, but it looks like you had two!

Have fun trying this with other punches!