For my Fiskars Friday post I am going to talk about the Oval Border Punches. I know they aren't new but it is a new tool for me.
I have started to play with my Fiskars Oval Border Punch. It comes with templates like the Circle Border Punches do. These are called a Thick and Thin Oval. One side of the punch you cut the Thick size Oval and the other side the Thin. I am showing in the picture the punch itself and both templates with each one cut out of paper. I drew in the lines all the way across and top to bottom so you could see easier. You need to have the marks to be able to line up the side mark with the mark on the punch. It takes 3 punches for each side. I was able to complete the Thick oval without to much trouble. But when I went to do the Thin side I couldn't line it up right. I think it has something to do with working from the left side. I need to give it some more tries.
Has anyone else punched with one of these Oval punches? If so if you have any hints please add a comment to this post. I will be back with more after some more practice.
These are completed Thick and Thin Ovals using the Roses are Red Oval Border Punch. A fellow friend and Fiskateer, Sandi # 4159 and I worked for a few hours on just how to punch these out so they were still an oval when we got done and just what the steps were to accomplish this task. This is what we came up. Thank you Sandi for brain storming with me. If anyone else has another way or any other suggestions please comment here.To Make The Thin Oval:
- Step 1 Put the point of the oval into the punch with the Right side aligned with the tick mark on the paper matching the mark on the punch. The Left side of the paper is aligned with the ridge titled Thin Oval Alignment. This is below the area with the design printed.
- Step 2: Turn the paper to the Left and match up the design and punch.
- Step 3: Turn the paper 1 more time aligning the design up and punch for the 3rd time. You now should have 1/2 of your oval punched.
- Step 4: Repeat steps 1,2, and 3 above just reversing and going the opposite direction.
- Note: If you want the designs to match up exactly before you do the second half of the oval you would have to turn th epaper over. The only thing with this is that that half of the design will the back side of the punch. It looks like a rougher edge. If you were to sand it down a little you couldn't use white core paper as that would show when you sanded.
I hope this makes sense to you. This punch in my opinion is not near as easy as the circle Border punches are. One other thing that makes the Oval not as easy or smooth to do is that you have to hand trace and hand cut with a template. The shape of the oval is not the same as the Oval cutter by Fiskars nor any other cutting system I have checked.
If you have a tool that you would like me to feature leave a comment here and I will do it if I can .
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