Happy Thursday everyone, Kim here! Border strips are all the rage in scrapbooking these days. Whether they be premade borders or homemade borders, they add instant interest and dimension to every layout! Sure, you can buy some fabulous border punches these days, but what about creating your own? After all, we all have a stash of regular punches laying around collecting dust! Why not put them to good use and create your own borders?
Example #1:
Can you spot the three different punches used on this layout to create borders? Well, let's take a close up look:
The stars are the easy one --- a basic star punch all lined up with one tip of the star overlapping -- pretty cute, huh? What about that fun scallop border? Any guesses on what shape I used? It's an old Fiskar's heart punch that I have had laying around for years --- with the hearts upside down!
Here's another closeup:
This one is easy too - but one of my favorites to use - circles! Circles make fun borders no matter what size they are. Here is another example with a circle punch used to make borders:
No closeups necessary with this one -- but look how fun those circles are! For these half circles, I placed my circle punch half way in on one edge of my paper and punched. Of course, you can also achieve the same look by cutting them in half or tucking them under the edge of your paper.
Almost any shape can be used to create fun borders -- flowers would be fabulous, tickets would be terrific, scallops would be super --- well, you get the idea! Just experiment with what you have in your stash!
I can't wait to see what you come up with!
Products Used:
My Mind's Eye - Abbey Road Collection - http://www.awalkdownmemorylane.net/store/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=62&sort=20a&filter_id=619&alpha_filter_id=0
Crate Paper School Spirit - on Pre-order in the store - http://www.awalkdownmemorylane.net/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=School+Spirit
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