weekly challenge | April Foster and Lisa Truesdell

Hey everyone! This is Lisa Truesdell, and April Foster and I are here with this week's challenge. We're keeping it simple this week - we want you to break out your punches! Even with my Silhouette around, I've still kept most of my basic punches. They're a great way to add a little something extra to any project you're working on.

(Supplies - Lyra add-on; Martha Stewart glue pen; Foam dots; Precision Pen; Glue Glider Pro; square punches)

April gave her square punches a workout on this page - first she punched squares from strips of patterned paper, and then she went back and filled them with words, photos and contrasting paper. She popped the inner squares up on popdots to add some dimension. I love how the squares aren't perfectly lined up on her layout!

(Supplies -Studio Calico Atlantic 6x6 paper pad, cork circles, cork arrows, sequins, 12x12 sticker sheet, glittered stars, star stickers, printables & printable labels; 4x6 More Grid Cards; Planetarium Project Life kit; Darling Dear calendar pockets; punches - Fiskars (circles, star, arrow);other - tiny attacher, washi tape, star clip, date stamps, tags and enamel dots)

I don't always remember to grab my punches when I work on Project Life - but they really are a great fit. Punched paper doesn't add any bulk to the pockets, and it's a fun way to add accents to the empty space on your journaling cards or photos. I stuck with my three favorite shapes - circles, arrows and stars - and repeated them throughout my week.

We can't wait to see how you'll use punches!! Make a project for this challenge, then share it in the Studio Calico gallery. Leave us a link to your project by May 27th in the comments here to be entered to win a $5 GC to the Studio Calico Shop.

Comments

[KimberlyMarie]

Great idea for a challenge! I think I use my punches on almost every layout I do ;)

[Kathleen]

I mostly forget about my punches when I create a layout, but for this one I almost only used my heart punch: http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/89941-morning-ritual :)

[cannycrafter]

I just uploaded my pages for last week's project life and used my cloud punches to help document the weather
http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/89880-project-life-2013-week-18

[Toni From]

Here is my layout. I used a Jenni Bowlin tab punch and a Martha Stewart pinked circle punch.

http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/90027-3

[Jessy Christopher]

I used my circle punches :)
What a great challenge!
http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/90011-xoxo-you

[Neela]

I used a little heart punch to punch out the hearts and scatter them around the layout.
http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/90155-you-are-my-sunshine

[KimberlyMarie]

Hear is mine http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/90472-a-girl-and-her-dog

Thanks for a great challenge!

[Leah]

I made a card with my circle punches.
http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/90495-weekly-and-loaw-3-challenges

[Cristina]

Thanks for the challenge! I used a star punch for this page:
http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/90533-life-is-good

[Leah]

I used my trusty star punch for this card
http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/90579-happy-mew-year-sunday-sketch-card