Today's tip is an oldie but goodie. And it's so simple but always worth repeating: Stamp first, then punch.
Simple, right? One of my favorite tools both for scrapbooking and card making is the punch. What I love about Stampin' Up! is they not only have your typical punches but they also have many punches that coordinate with their stamps. This makes creating a project that looks like it took tons of time and effort very simple. You can see several examples of this in the card below. First, the scalloped triangle banner from the Pennant Parade stamp set was punched using the Petite Pennant punch. Then I used a 3/4" circle punch to cut a perfect circle around the "6". And, finally, the Extra Large Oval Punch fits around the sentiment from the Perfect Punches stamp set. Each stamp in that set has a matching punch and it is on the retiring list.
If you haven't used this tip before you might be wondering how to line up the stamped image with the punch. That's the key to this tip. You have to just turn the punch over and use it upside down. Then you can slide your paper in and get a perfectly aligned punched shape.
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