CREATE A MONOGRAM – EMILY

SUPPLIES:  Cardstock: (Kraft, Sweet Blush) Papertrey Ink  Paper: (white)  Clear stamps: (Simple Alphabet; butterfly from Butterfly Kisses set) Papertrey Ink  Dye ink: (Antique Linen) Ranger Industries  Pigment ink: (Pink Grapefruit) Tsukineko  Accents: (clear rhinestones) Hero Arts  Fibers: (coral ribbon) Papertrey Ink; (white ribbon) May Arts  Font: (Porcelain) www.dafont.com  Adhesive: (foam tape)  Finished size: 2" x  3 1/2"

1 Make tag from cardstock.
2 Print monogram on paper. Align tag behind it and pierce around monogram and tag edges.
3 Stamp butterfly and name on cardstock; trim and adhere with foam tape.
4 Adhere rhinestones. Punch tag and tie ribbon.

PIERCE A LINE AND HAND STITCH – BEE MINE

SUPPLIES:  Cardstock: (Kraft, Lemon Tart, white) Papertrey Ink  Clear stamps: (sentiment, bee from Honey Bees set) Papertrey Ink  Dye ink: (Antique Linen, Pebble) Ranger Industries  Color medium: (gray, orange, yellow markers) Copic Marker  Accents: (iridescent glitter glue) Ranger Industries; (clear glitter) Stampin’ Up!  Fibers: (yellow ribbon) Papertrey Ink; (white ribbon) May Arts; (gold floss, cord)  Adhesive: (foam tape)  Die: (mini tag) Spellbinders  Tool: (die cut machine) Spellbinders  Finished size: 2" x  3 1/2"

1 Make tag from cardstock.
2 Pierce honeycomb pattern; stitch with floss.
3 Stamp bee on cardstock; color with markers. Apply glitter glue and glitter. Trim and adhere with foam tape.
4 Die-cut mini tag from cardstock; stamp sentiment. Color with marker and tie on cord. 
5 Punch tag. Tie ribbon and mini tag cord.

PIERCE AND EMBOSS VELLUM – FOREVER AND ALWAYS

SUPPLIES:  Cardstock: (Kraft, Spring Moss) Papertrey Ink  Vellum;  Rubber stamp: (swirl from Beautiful set) Cornish Heritage Farms  Clear stamp: (sentiment from Wedding Day set) Papertrey Ink  Dye ink: (Antique Linen) Ranger Industries  Specialty ink: (brown, white hybrid) Stewart Superior Corp.  Accents: (green pearls)  Fibers: (green ribbon) Papertrey Ink; (white ribbon) May Arts  Adhesives: (foam tape)  Tool: (embossing stylus)  Finished size: 2" x  3 1/2"

1 Make tag from cardstock.
2 Stamp image in white ink on back of vellum; dry-emboss vines.
3 Pierce flowers. Note: Pierce small flowers with narrower tool.
4 Trim vellum slightly smaller than tag; adhere.
5 Stamp sentiment on cardstock; trim, ink edges, and adhere with foam tape.
6 Adhere pearls. Punch tag and tie ribbon.

Looking for more ways to incorporate paper piercing into your paper crafts? Check out the “Tips Tools, & Techniques” column in the March/April 2009 issue of Paper Crafts magazine.

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March/April 2009