Quick Tip: how to align stamps to use with coordinating punch

today I thought I would share a quick tip with you that I used when making yesterdays card.

My mum taught me "waste not, want not" when she was showing me how to lay out patterns when dress making (she never purchased the suggested amount of material, always less), and this tip is how to make the most of your card stock when stamping items when cutting with a coordinating punch.

Step 1

Grap a piece of cardstock and make a template for the punch - I store this in the case with the stamps for future use.

Step 2

Using the template as a guide, position the coordinating stamps and push onto a clear block

Step 3

Stamp the image on cardstock. In this case I only stamped and punched the flowers as I wasn't using the leaves in my finished project. You can stamp the images multiple times if you are making lots of the punched item, this can also save a lot of time!

Step 4

Now all that is left to do is Punch! Your image is spaced/lined up perfectly :)

Here's a look at the finished card:

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