The Handmade Element {EK Tools Review}

There is nothing quite like receiving a card in the mail from someone you love, and it's even better when it's handmade! The handmade element makes any card a gift of it's own. Today, I'm reviewing the Snowflake Garland Punch from the ektools line from eksuccessbrands. Punches are one of my prefered paper crafting tools, and this one is a new favorite! This large snowflake can be used to make a festive garland by simply interlocking the snowflakes or by adhering them together. The punches from ek tools are great because they will lay flat and are stack-able! Plus, I love that you can see the image right on the front of the punch so finding the punch you're looking for couldn't be easier! I decided to use this punch to make some festive Winter cards.

When making my holiday cards I love using non-traditional colors, and this year I went with a celery green and gray color scheme. First I chose my designer paper, then I coordinated with a matching green card stock, and I chose white for the snowflake punch out.

1. Choose your color scheme, paper and cardstock.
2. Make your cuts, I made this in a standard notecard size 5 1/2" x 4 1/4 " (when folded) cutting my designer paper to 2" x 4 1/4". 
3. Adhere the designer paper.
4. Use the ektools Snowflake Garland Punch on white cardstock.
5. I chose to use an antiqued brad to attach the snowflake.
6. Use a stamp for your greeting. I used a simple "Winter" greeting. 
7. Now that I have my design I can create a small assembly line of sorts and create several cards to send to those on my mailing list! 

 

I had so much fun playing with the Garland Punch! Here is another quick creation I came up with using designer paper to punch my snowflake this little note card/gift tag has some pizazz! Using a brad again to attach the snowflake, and this time I mounted on a punched circle to help the snowflake pop from the background. I love that this punch is so versatile, and can be used to make so many different holiday and winter themed projects. Simply switching from card stock to pretty papers you can come up with tons of new creation ideas.

 Whatever you're crafting using punches from EK Tools will give your project a pretty punch!

Thanks for reading my review of the Snowflake Garland Punch.
Happy Crafting ~Becky

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The above mentioned punch was given to me for free for the purpose of review, all opinions are my own honest evaluations. 

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