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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.
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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. :)
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!
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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!!!
ReplyDeleteI think I may do a little punch shopping today...although I already have at least twenty (blush).
ReplyDeleteYour "in between" LO is one of my favorites of all time!
Love these pages!! Your kits look so FULL of goodies!!
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