One of my favorite things about the Kreaxions punches is their versatility.  I know I talk about it all the time, but it really is true!  I needed to do a few Halloween projects in green and purple for a new design team I’m on.  (For more information please go to my blog – link on the left.)  I don’t have much in the way of Halloween supplies so I had to get creative.  I saw the Kreaxions Triangle Punch #906 and it reminded me of bat’s wings!  So I used all of the pieces from my border to embellish my page!  First I used Template A to punch two 12” borders.  I placed these on top of the strip of purple paper.  Then I added the cut away part to the bottom of the border and used my pen and drew some “x” marks to look like stitching.  It still needed a little something and I saw the punch again and punched a few more pieces without a template to create the “bat” border!  I didn’t have to use any extra papers, didn’t have to buy more stickers, and it looks like I actually PLANNED the page to look like this! 

Materials – Cardstock – Unknown; Patterned Paper – Basic Grey; Stickers, Rhinestones – Joann’s; Stickles – Ranger; Pen – Sharpie; Letter Stickers – Cosmo Cricket

So my challenge to you this week is to look at your punches from a different perspective.  The holidays are fast approaching and you might just have the perfect embellishment for your project right there in your punches!

One of my favorite things about the Kreaxions punches is their versatility.  I know I talk about it all the time, but it really is true!  I needed to do a few Halloween projects in green and purple for a new design team I’m on.  (For more information please go to my blog – link on the left.)  I don’t have much in the way of Halloween supplies so I had to get creative.  I saw the Kreaxions Triangle Punch #906 and it reminded me of bat’s wings!  So I used all of the pieces from my border to embellish my page!  First I used Template A to punch two 12” borders.  I placed these on top of the strip of purple paper.  Then I added the cut away part to the bottom of the border and used my pen and drew some “x” marks to look like stitching.  It still needed a little something and I saw the punch again and punched a few more pieces without a template to create the “bat” border!  I didn’t have to use any extra papers, didn’t have to buy more stickers, and it looks like I actually PLANNED the page to look like this! 

Materials – Cardstock – Unknown; Patterned Paper – Basic Grey; Stickers, Rhinestones – Joann’s; Stickles – Ranger; Pen – Sharpie; Letter Stickers – Cosmo Cricket

So my challenge to you this week is to look at your punches from a different perspective.  The holidays are fast approaching and you might just have the perfect embellishment for your project right there in your punches!