The anticipation is over my punches are here! I am just now getting them out to play with. Here is a picture of the spiral punch in the middle of a job.
Now here is the my first paper art project I have made using the spiral punch. This is the front of a little baby boy book.
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April 4th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Hi Kari!
How does this punch work? Do you punch and then feed the spiral through or do both occur at once? If it’s the former, where do you buy the spiral itself?
Your baby boy book looks so sweet.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:48 am
The punch just makes the punch in the paper. You would have to by the spiral yourself. I am not sure if you can get spiral anywhere I will have to research that for you. I used ribbon. I do know the office stores are starting to carry these spiral rings they are little circles grooved to hold any paper you have spiral punched. I have a notebook that uses them and I can just pull them out if I want. Another, idea I have seen is people use regular spiral notebook and tear of the cover and replace with their own cover the made. Oh! and also this spiral punch is the exact size for putting on a roll’a'dex. That is the main reason I bought it I just haven’t been able to make a sample to show yet. Hopefully this weekend. I hope that helped answer some questions. After I research the spiral itslef I will put what i find out on my blog. I am tempted to save the wire from some of the notebooks my girls have used all the paper from and cut it to fit whatever size books I make.
April 5th, 2007 at 4:17 am
I adore holepunchers. I don’t make elegant things with them, I just love punching interesting holes. My friends all drag me *away* from the display stand when we visit the craft shop.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Thanks Kari
April 16th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
LOVE the punch. Can you tell me the mfg or website that you purchased from?
April 16th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Susanab,
I got this punch from my Stampin’ Up distributor it is in their 2007 spring mini catalog. It is called a spiral punch $9.95 US currency. You can go to http://www.stampinup.com to find a distributor near you. I have not seen it at the craft stores yet but I’ll keep an eye out.
July 25th, 2007 at 10:05 am
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