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I would love to have a paper piercing template, but already have the other items in the mat pack. Does any one know where I could get a similar template without having to spend money for items I don't need? Thanks.
Dandee Images.com has lots of different templates for piercing. Paper piercing page
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...the patterns I have used are made of paper.... designs by Carla Prediger. Size of her patterns varies.... not quarter sheet. I just run them through the copier (which also makes it easy to enlarge or shrink a bit), then tape the cardstock to an old mouse-pad, tape the pattern over the cardstock, and stick holes through both. Got them in a local store years ago. They are available online here...
I have ordered the mat pack but it won't get here for a few more days. What I have been using are plastic canvas pieces and sheets with small openings. You can get them at Michael's and other craft stores. I have some that are round, square, heart shaped, and then some full sheets that you can design your own shapes on - cheap, too!
I have ordered the mat pack but it won't get here for a few more days. What I have been using are plastic canvas pieces and sheets with small openings. You can get them at Michael's and other craft stores. I have some that are round, square, heart shaped, and then some full sheets that you can design your own shapes on - cheap, too!
DUH!
This is brilliant! I wish I had though of this!!
I bought a sheet of plastic canvas at Michael's for 69 centes, but it the size of the card front and just lay in down, and punch away. I have discovered to punch every other hole, and try to always punch in the same corner of the hole--I use bottom right--to keep your "stitches" in line. Works great, but I ordered the matt pack today at the workshop I went to. I'll see which one works best and report back.
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I have a paper piercing book that I got at a local stampping store. the company is called timeless touches. www.timelesstouches.net
they have allkinds of fun piercing templates here is what you can get from them
they have alphabet templates
hearts
fiber friends is a template with straight lines
theres a leave template
stars
daisies
pine trees.sun,mountains
corners
borders,
and another border template
tags
sports I and II
baby
they have all kinds of shapes.probably even more now than when I was buying them
they also have a idea book that you can purchase it's awesome has loads of ideas on how to use them in incorporate them into your scrapbook pages,cards,tags,whatever.
trees
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Oh thanks for asking this question..I too want the template to do faux stitching (cause freehand, it just doesn't work really well!) , but have the other stuff already..have searched many websites and not found what I am looking for..not interested in fancy templates for paper piercing..guess I will have to resort to the plastic canvas!! Anybody else have other ideas?
Thank you Theresa Romani for the brilliant idea of using plastic canvas to use as a guide to pierce holes in paper. It works great for me as all I wanted to do was pierce holes for straight faux stitching. I would never have thought of using plastic canvas, but it certainly does the trick. Thank you!!!!!
I made my own. I use a push pin tack instead of a needle because I like the size hole it makes. Take a piece of graph paper the size of a card front and with the teeniest hole punch they make punch out any place where you might want to make a hold in the future. Glue a piece of acetate to it and punch again through the acetate. You now have a template! I made these for friends for a stamp club project and gave them to them. They use them all the time.
Paper piercing template
YES!
