Who’s Hooting Now? Two Step Owl Punch

Whether you like the whole bird motif or not, I think you’ll find it hard to resist this fabulous new Stampin’ Up! punch!!  Check out the new Two Step Owl Punch — it’s basically 6 punches for the price of one, which is not only a great deal, but also easy to store and super-convenient to use.

I think this is going to take a Video Tutorial to truly show the cool-factor, but for now you’ll have to settle for some pictures and tips.  (check my past Video Tutorials)

First of all, you need to see the actual punch to get an idea of how this works.

See how the little pieces of the Owl all fit together?  To use the punch you can either punch all the pieces in every color paper/card stock, or you can punch just the pieces you need.

For example, on the little Poppy Parade heart (see the sticky Jewels Basic Rhinestone?!), I stuck a little corner of Poppy Parade card stock into my punch and punched just the little heart piece.

Another favorite part of this On Board Briefcase mini album project is the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Extra Large punched from Peach Parfait card stock.

Were you wondering how I got that cool stamped design on the scallop punch piece?  Here’s my trick:

**TIP** To use the Homemade stamp as a border stamp, try Rocking & Rolling the stamp on your ink pad, rather than normal inking.  Check to be sure you ink the entire scallop and dot ring, plus a small amount of the center image, but don’t ink as far as the “homemade & to die for” sentiment.

This album is one of my July Stamp Club with Meg projects–we still have one session left in July–it’s Wednesday, July 12th.  Let me know if you’re in central Illinois and you’d like to join us!  You can see some other fun chipboard projects here, including another On Board Briefcase album here.

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Stamps: Homemade (116978), Itty Bitty Bits (117056 wood mount or 120060 clear mount), Printed Petals (116679 wood mount or 120444 clear mount)
Ink: Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait
Paper: Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper (117167), Chocolate Chip, Peach Parfait, Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Poppy Parade
Accessories: Two Step Owl Punch (118074), 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch (118874), On Board Books Briefcase (118766), Poppy Parade Poly-Twill Ribbon (119263), Very Vanilla 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon (119960), Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (118309), Jewels Basic Rhinestones (119246)