Allison Cope is back with us today with two fun patriotic projects using all those fabulous and fun edge punches we love! Here's her project:
To celebrate some Canada Day and Independence Day fun with some of my scrappy friends, I made some holiday cards to send them this year. I love using all kinds of edge punches so I thought I would incorporate them into my card designs.
1. Punch a variety of strips of white cardstock and cut them into strips the desired width.
2. Adhere the punched edge strips overlapping them. Use guidelines on your paper to help keep them straight as you adhere them down.
3. Machine stitch the edges of your card.
4. Place your layered edge punch section on your card and embellish and finish your card as desired.
Happy Summer
By Allison Cope
Here's a little close up of my edge punch detail:
supplies: patterned papers, My Mind’s Eye; cardstock, Prism, Bazzill; edge punch, Martha Stewart; leaf embossing die and die cut, Provo Craft; ink, Ranger; label die, Spellbinder’s; stamp, Papertrey Ink; jute, Stampin’ Up!; other, thread.
I used the same procedure to create my Independence Day card too.
Here are the punches strips I used for this card.
Here are all my strips adhered down on a matching off white cardstock base.
Here’s my completed card:
Let’s Celebrate
By Allison Cope
supplies: patterned papers, My Mind’s Eye, Creative Imaginations; cardstock, Prism; edge punch, Fiskars; ink, Ranger; label die, Spellbinder’s; stamps, myStamp BOX, Stampin’ Up!; jute, Stampin’ Up!; other, thread.
Happy Canada Day and Happy 4th of July to all our Canadian and American readers!
Allison those are great!!
Posted by: KathyT | June 30, 2009 at 07:31 AM
so pretty! I NEED a punch like that!
Posted by: Lisa Kisch | June 30, 2009 at 08:43 AM
I love how you used the punches! Beautiful cards. Thanks for the tips.
Posted by: conniemelancon | June 30, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Just awesome Ally! Great instructions too.
Posted by: tara thynne | June 30, 2009 at 12:03 PM
These are fantastic!! I never thought to layer my border punched papers. Great job and thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Diana | June 30, 2009 at 01:18 PM
Allison, these are simply AMAZING and so very inspiring!!! What a wonderful use of punches. TFS
Posted by: TraceyT | June 30, 2009 at 01:57 PM
what a great idea, thanks!
Posted by: Nancy L. | June 30, 2009 at 03:50 PM
What a creative way to use the border punches! Esp. love the flag card. Thanks for the ideas!
Posted by: Cynthia | June 30, 2009 at 07:09 PM
Lovely cards...
Posted by: Carolyn | June 30, 2009 at 08:47 PM
OMG that's too cute!
Posted by: Elaine | June 30, 2009 at 09:00 PM
These are such fun cards. Love how the punched borders look layered on top of each other. I really like the "Flag" card a lot.
Posted by: Ida | July 01, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Awesome!!!!
Posted by: Jacquelin Green | July 01, 2009 at 02:36 AM
Allison your cards are just beautiful !!!
Posted by: Marielle | July 01, 2009 at 09:09 AM
Oh1 What a great idea! thanks to share.
Posted by: Magdalena | July 01, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Love these creative tips. Thankyou for sharing your ideas with us.
Posted by: mrayD | July 01, 2009 at 11:24 PM
What a beautiful card. I have two of these punches and can't wait to try it out.
Posted by: Jean Saporito | July 25, 2009 at 09:25 AM