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Username Post: Fold Over Punches?        (Topic#1581003)
wiccan333
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  • Posted on 09-23-12 04:33 PM

A local TJ Maxx store had a clearance bin full of scrapbooking items. I bought 14 EK Success punches for under $13. Some were in their packaging and others were not.

I got several that I couldn't find on the site here to show you, especially the two punches I have questions about. There are enough scrapbook Diva's on this site that I am sure one of you will know what these are.

I know what you are going to say, why did I buy them if I didn't know what they were. Well, you try to walk away from an EK Success punch for 50 cents!

The first punch is a pink lever punch that has a heart outline. One half of the heart is solid silver and the other was just the silver outline. On the bottom of the punch shows the heart again inside of a silver outlined circle centered on cross hairs.
When I punch it out, only one side of the heart is cut but it is still attached to the paper on the side. I tried folding the paper over and sticking it in and it makes the whole heart with a tiny heart that gets punched out.
Is this a 3D punch? I notice if I fold the heart out from the fold in the card it sticks up a bit.
The closest I can find online for this calls it a Paper Shapers Fold Over Heart Punch.

If any of you have this one, can you tell me how to use it?

The next one is a hand punch (just squeeze it in your hand) It has the lock on it to hold it closed. I couldn't find it online.

The design on top is a pink circle, a little under 1/2" inside of the circle is a kind of a crescent moon. When I punch it out, the design is an odd crescent. The inside of the crescent is round, but the outside is flat on the "bottom" of the crescent then angles up to make the points. The punched out piece is not usable at all.
I could use this one as a corner rounder, but I have no idea what it is. It's price was $0.25, so I thought is was worth the chance.

Any help or thoughts on these stamps?
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GMFTS
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  • Posted on 09-23-12 05:45 PM
In response to wiccan333

I can help on the first one: you used it just as it was meant..you can fold the cut piece over the unpunched side.

I have one of those in a leaf pattern...used it once for a class and that was it but for .25 or .50 what the heck you will use it right? Experiment.


 
aquabunny
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  • Posted on 09-24-12 04:50 AM
In response to GMFTS

Could the second one be for making slots to tuck the corners of photos into?


 
Bxr-Linda
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  • Posted on 09-24-12 11:17 AM
In response to aquabunny

Aquabunny may be right. Is the second one a corner punch?

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stick
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  • Posted on 09-24-12 11:19 AM
In response to Bxr-Linda

I imagine the fold-over heart one might make a nice 3-D effect, especially if the paper has different patterns or colors on each side.


 
wiccan333
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  • Posted on 09-26-12 04:41 PM
In response to stick

Now that I look at really close, I think Linda and Aquabunny may be right! I made the cuts into a piece of paper and was able to tuck another piece into the cuts! I have a basketweave pattern EK paper shapers card creator punch that came with directions on how to turn the paper to punch out popped on the same side to insert the photos or whatever.
So I now have a crescent one too.

As to the 3d punch, I can think of a few ways to use it now that I know what it is. It will get a lot of use for weddings and V-day.
Thank you all for your help!


 
wiccan333
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  • Posted on 09-26-12 04:43 PM
In response to GMFTS

Thank you for your help!!


 
wiccan333
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  • Posted on 09-26-12 04:44 PM
In response to aquabunny

Thank you for your help!


 
wiccan333
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  • Posted on 09-26-12 04:45 PM
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Thank you for your help!


 
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