Saturday, August 14, 2010

Latest Fave- star punch

I tend to get into certain design "phases," where I will get on a kick with using certain layout designs or certain elements all the time.

Right now my latest fave is my Fiskars Medium Star Squeeze Punch. I bought mine at the Tuesday Morning store (do y'all have those everywhere?). It was only $4!

I love the way it looks as a negative punch out of a square or strip of paper, and as a punch out.


It's a nice element that adds a sense of sharp, graphic edges to a layout. I tend to reach for "softer" shapes, like hearts, flowers, and scalloped circles, so I think that it adds a nice contrast to those.

I'm fairly particular about my star shapes- I like them to be nice & crisp... I don't like a star with rounded corners. I know. I'm strange. :) *All layouts in this post made with the Office Party Kit (only 1 left!)!

Make sure to get your preorder in for the Sweet Sue kit... I suspect this one's going to be going FAST!
Here's a couple of sneak peeks at some of my favorite parts of it!

3 comments:

Maggie Massey said...

Virginia! I am completely right there with you!!! I hate my stars to be "off," too...they need to be perfectly symmetrical...;) I have the same exact punch and use it almost all the time on the layouts I do for my boys. Thanks so much for the gorgeous inspiration!!!

Noel said...

I think I may do a little punch shopping today...although I already have at least twenty (blush).

Your "in between" LO is one of my favorites of all time!

Heather Innusa said...

Love these pages!! Your kits look so FULL of goodies!!