How-To Punch Awkward Shapes With A Circle Punch

Learn how-to punch awkward shapes with a circle punch in #TechniqueTuesday with Tracy May from Bedlam & Butterflies.

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  Step 1

  Step 1: Stamp out your image onto paper/card stock, then line up inside the circle punch. I used a giraffe image where the head and top part of the neck are too long to fit inside the circle.

  Draw a faint pencil line at the edge of the circle where the image no longer fits, then cut around the image above this line.

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  Step 2

  Step 2: Line up the image inside the circle punch again and bend the extended part of the image up and out of the way.

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  Step 3

  Step 3: Punch out your circle and remove from the punch. Carefully flatten out the part you had to bend up out of the way.

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  Step 4

  Step 4: Add your image to your card.

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