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More hats from the Flourish Square punch
I’ve created some more “print and punch” designs for the EK Tools Flourish Square Large punch, this time hats with a Father’s Day and Summer Vacation theme. I’ve included a guideline on the portion opposite the hat to help you line up the punch, and you’ll need to finish off each hat with a scissor cut along the dotted line.
Flourish squares to pirate hats
Here’s another in my series of “print and punch” designs. You will need the EK Tools Flourish Square Large punch for this. There’s actually a little more than print and punch to this one so I’ve included some extra pictures with steps below.
Print out at 100% size and separate into strips. Center image carefully inside punch shape and punch.
Fold resulting punchout over along the diagonal and cut along the dotted line.
Each punchout yields 2 single-sided hats or 1 double-sided hat. Alternately, glue 2 hats back to back around a toothpick to make a cupcake stake.
Mothers Day digis to punch
My first set of digis to match the EK Tools “Real Estate Sign” Punch was so popular that I decided to share some more. Most are for Mothers Day but a few different takes for Fathers Day, too. I’d love to link to a card you make with one of these, so let me hear from you if you are able to use these.
Download the PDF note: this is an update. Be sure you have “ekresmday2.pdf”
Confused about how these work and/or want the first set, too? See this previous post.
Want a cut file to shadow this punch shape (not shown)? See this previous post.
Where are the digistamps to match punches?
The big name stamping catalogs have all these great rubber and/or acrylic stamps to match punches and vice versa, but what about all those other punches and nesting dies we already have? Surely some artistic folks have put together digistamps to go with those. I mean, with these old school tools you avoid all the print and cut issues inherent with the newer technologies. Just line ‘em up and punch ‘em out. It could hardly be easier. So digital images and templates to match popular punches must be plentiful, right? Umm, no. In fact, I couldn’t find any. Instead I found all kinds of complicated instructions about how to measure and make your own MSWord etc. docs for sentiments. This seems woefully inefficient to my engineer brain, so today I am doing something about it and sharing the files I use with one of my favorite punches, the “Real Estate Sign” from EK Tools. If you own this punch, please download and enjoy this file and let me see what you do with it. If you have punch-coordinating files of your own, I hope you’ll post them and let me know so I can link you up here. And if you are a punch or die manufacturer, you can thank me later.
Update: I did find one other PDF printable to match this punch here.
Another update: I found digistamps to match some Stampin Up punches for sale here.
Yet another update: I am so happy that I have my first “taker” in my challenge to make and post your own coordinating files. Michelle at StonySilence.com not only made a fantastic universal file that will work with many of your punches, but she made a great video, that will demonstrate both her designs and mine. Thank you Michelle!
