Scrapbooks etc. - May/June 2009

leslie’s take This tool is so user-friendly

and compact! While you need to use the Tonic Studios punches with this tool, you’ll find many uses for them on

their own, too.

I created a repeating heart design across the page with a standard Tonic punch. Then I backed the design with a strip of purple cardstock.

To create a decorative pocket for my tag, I punched a border across a block of pink cardstock, folded over the design, and adhered the bottom and sides of the block to my page.

I spaced my pinwheels far enough apart that the bottom strip would remain intact. You could overlap them slightly so the designs pull apart to

create a scalloped edge (see the step-by-step, opposite).

SOURCES Cardstock, flowers: Hero Arts. Patterned paper: Autumn Leaves (teal), BasicGrey (all other). Font: Corbel o the Internet. Rub-on: BasicGrey. Gems: Westrim Crafts. String: Me and My Big Ideas. Punches:

Tonic Studios.

erica’s take The built-in ruler and markers make it a breeze to punch straight, evenly spaced borders.

^After ^I ^punchedscallops along this strip, I used a second punch to add a ^{star pattern.}

I punched a scalloped border around my photo mat, and then used a second punch to create a star-shape hole to house a brad.

Before I discarded the leftover negative strip from my yellow punched mat, I used it as a mask to ink the edges of my page.

SOURCES Cardstock: American Crafts (pink), Bazzill Basics Paper (yellow). Font: Tzaristane Normal o the Internet. Transparency: 3M. Brads: BasicGrey (blue, green), Making Memories (star). Ink: Clearsnap. Punches: Tonic Studios.