I have found that most punches, no matter how expensive, do not like to punch through lightweight papers. Vellum is especially tricky. Adding a layer of a stiffer paper behind it usually solves that problem. It's always fun to watch you having fun.
When you put the round body on the heart butterfly, I saw the beginnings of an angel! A cone shape under the "head" for the robe? And a gold halo? IDK...you get my imagination flowing! Cute ideas...TFS🤗
Today's episode is about paper punches, in where Pam wonders aloud whether caterpillars have feet. Only here are such riveting and esoteric questions pondered - aloud - and then drawn into life complete with a smile. You made my day. ~ Lisa
You are so fun to watch!! You can forget about life's heartaches & strife and have fun. Love your butterfly & caterpillar!! Maybe he had a rough night & couldn't hold his head up!! thanks for a fun video. I'm my church's secretary & the passed 2 weeks have been horrible-nothing but calls from people asking for prayers for loved ones with COVID. It's nice to plug in to my You Tube friends & listen to happy people like you, Pam. You fiends be safe out there. Prayers for all of you.
Hi Pam, I missed having my cuppa with you this morning. It's now 9:00 pm here in TEXAS. I absolutely could not go to bed without my Pam Paper Outpost (PPO). The beginning of my day was just not the same. Love all my punches. TFS You are my day starter!
Omg Pam! My circle punch been doing this - and certainly cuts better sometimes when I use scrapbooking Papier instead of coffee dyed paper. Now I know why. Thanks to you.
I have also used the negative shapes as a stencil, the thickness of the paper will determine how many times the image can be used. Sometimes, if the paper has held up after stenciling, I use that as an accent on a page.
Somewhere along my crafting journey, I too joined the ‘must buy a bazillion punches’ brigade. Thanks for the tips and the reminder to actually use the darn things. At this very moment I am punching leaves out of colorful fall pictures in a magazine. 🍁🍂 Enjoyed the video as always. Thank you for sharing your talent and time with us. 👍
With the flower you made at the beginning of this video, instead of drawing leaves, you could cut out a heart and then cut that in half lengthwise and use each half as a leaf. Just a thought.
I enjoy when you say "create with recluse abandon". I may have told you that before. I also love seeing your messy desk. So much inspiration all around you.
Pam: boy you had fun! Your tip of doubling up to punch so it doesn’t get stuck was s good one. A good reminder as what to do with punches. Super! Carol from California
I try to watch other you tubers to learn like you suggested but I can’t enjoy them. They are not YOU. The amazing simple tips and the reckless abandon are unique to this channel. The topping on the paper cake is Sunny and your happy laughter. 😊
I had a punch I hadn't used in a long while and it wouldn't squeeze all the way. I sprayed it with some WD 40 ( water dispersant) and, after lots of squeezes on scrap paper to remove the excess spray, the punch was as good as new!
I have a small punch of a cat walking and I punched the whole side of the page and put a different color pocket on the page behind it. It turned out really cute. I used the little ones I punched out randomly thru the rest of the journal lol I gave it to my daughter who is a crazy cat lady ;) It is fun sometimes just to experiment and see what you get. Thank you for sharing with us Pam!
Punching tin foil sharpens them and gets the glue off when I’m impatient (which is often)…Sunny is the sweetest and I love his new friend …great tips Pam!
The tin foil thing has never worked for me. I’ve hauled out a dozen or so to create a ready stash of hearts, leaves, stars and blossoms. Thanks for the reminder!
Hey sis n sunny n papa n feathers , iv been filling up 6 ephemera books today , remembered all your birds n flowers iv got in the past now I can see them all xx sp
Aluminum foil sharpens scissors ✂️ make sure the shiny side is up while cutting long narrow strips. My neighbor friend worked at hallmark store gave me the tip! Thanks Pam & Sunny
Wow what a great idea to use paper punches I have a die cut for the hearts I will use it to make flowers and butterflies thanks for the tips Sonny is a great fur baby I have a Chihuahua and he brings smile and laughs to us too
Hello Pam! I just love cute as a button Sunny with his Lamb, just made my morning! Great ideas with the punches and it reminds me I have a box of the scissors that cut all different shapes I forget about them to. Hope you week is going good so far, hubby and I celebrated out 41 years of marriage yesterday. Take care!
Love...and I hated red tide when we lived there. And my husband worked on home water softners the beaches and it would kick his tail... I just love your videos. And that little guy Sonny! 🥰
Your videos really encourage " playing" with supplies . I think that can inspire creativity and inspiration!! I don't do that enough ,I don't have natural artistic talent, always rely on examples from others!
Thanks for sharing Pam. I have 2 circle punches that I was thinking of getting rid of once we get moved and they're unpacked I'll give him a shot with doubling up the paper! I'm glad I waited they're practically new punches it just started not working as well!! I have so few items I can't take the chance of throwing something away if I can fix it. Namesta my sweet friend 🤗🐞🥰
I must definitely get a circle punch they are so versatile. Another fun and informative video. You are always a delight to watch Pam. You make crafting such fun. Sunny is adorable. Blessings to you.
Lots of cute ideas, Pam. Thanks for the reminder to revisit our punches (and even other crafting tools) and use them in new ways. TFS. From Cheryl in AZ.
I love using my punches...you can use your negative hole punch to put pictures behind them or small flowers or leaves...but I adore your Caterpillar...haven't done that yet but will be ! So so cute 🥰
I got out my punches just last week, this is very timely for me. New ideas are always fun, thank you. I read somewhere that using waxed paper by punching through it several times, help to lubricate and it really does work well, has sure helped me. Aluminum foil will not sharpen punches. I have seen on amazon some sellers do say to use foil for sharpening, anyone that knows metals will tell you different,
Punches I love them and I hate them, well maybe not hate, but they frustrate me when the punches 'stick'! YOU just gave me a solution, and it works!! Thank you, Pam! 🥰 Hi Sunny Buns! and Lamb Chop! whom I remember from childhood 🤣 hello from rain-stormy Denmark 🌸 🌱
Great tips in your video, thank you. I also found that the thinner the paper the more you will have to use 2 or more pieces of paper to use those punches. Regular photo copy paper is not that thick, so doubling up is a great idea :)
Enjoyed the video while de-contructing old books for future projects. I'm in the Tampa Bay area and wonder if the red tide, mold from all the rain, or old book dust is causing my allergies to explode....I know I've been talking and hearing funny for weeks.....thanksfor the fun.... Carolyn
WOW! Thanks for sharing. My craft area is filled with thrifted or used things like punches and ink pads. I just tried your tip using my pitiful circle punch and it worked! YAY!
This was fun! At the start I was thinking (worried) that I was gonna have to go purchase a bunch of different punches but then you got busy with the one inch circles and I breathed a sigh of relief, cuz THAT I have. Whew! That was close! I've seen those mega-punches before - the kind like your heart punch - and was wondering if maybe it's for punching lots of papers at once, even more than the two or three pages that "fix" the smaller punches (brilliant point, I might add). Don't have a bigger punch like your heart one... it was just my thought. Thank you sweetie, from the SoCal desert, MK 🤗❤🏜
Morning Pam from Denver CO! This video could not be more timely. I was just thinking about buying new circle punch and corner rounder, but after doing what you suggest, VOILA! Good to go and don't have to spend any more dough! I also find that if I glue two pieces of paper together and don't wait until they dry, the punches don't work so good. Thanks also for the ideas for combining shapes and using the negatives!
I have to give you a 👍-I have about 6 or7 punches in the drawer & most of them are duds..I will try your techniques & oh that caterpillar is so cute....thanks Pam-margy
looks nice and I can do this good nowe because the first thing I make from one paper its go wrong and it makes me sad that I buy it and dit not howe to do it then I do it with 2 papers and yesss it makes my day ! Its always trying again over and over I love it bye Pam ❤
Just a word of caution about those punches with the handles .... if the paper is too thick the handles can snap right off... mine did just on a plain piece of cardstock! I have a huge collection of punches and that style is my least favorite. Thank you for all the great ideas! Lots of love and Happy Punching 😁
You have a video about making small paper boxes. Those boxes would be a great way to store a surplus of punched birds, leaves, stars, tulips…and how cute on a shelf or cabinet top.
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I have found that most punches, no matter how expensive, do not like to punch through lightweight papers. Vellum is especially tricky. Adding a layer of a stiffer paper behind it usually solves that problem. It's always fun to watch you having fun.
When you put the round body on the heart butterfly, I saw the beginnings of an angel! A cone shape under the "head" for the robe? And a gold halo? IDK...you get my imagination flowing! Cute ideas...TFS🤗
Today's episode is about paper punches, in where Pam wonders aloud whether caterpillars have feet. Only here are such riveting and esoteric questions pondered - aloud - and then drawn into life complete with a smile. You made my day. ~ Lisa
Pam you have to keep doing this when you are 102, your joy of creating is inspiring. Thank you lovely for sharing hugs from Colleen NZ
You are so fun to watch!! You can forget about life's heartaches & strife and have fun. Love your butterfly & caterpillar!! Maybe he had a rough night & couldn't hold his head up!! thanks for a fun video. I'm my church's secretary & the passed 2 weeks have been horrible-nothing but calls from people asking for prayers for loved ones with COVID. It's nice to plug in to my You Tube friends & listen to happy people like you, Pam. You fiends be safe out there. Prayers for all of you.
Hi Pam, I missed having my cuppa with you this morning. It's now 9:00 pm here in TEXAS. I absolutely could not go to bed without my Pam Paper Outpost (PPO). The beginning of my day was just not the same. Love all my punches. TFS You are my day starter!
Omg Pam! My circle punch been doing this - and certainly cuts better sometimes when I use scrapbooking Papier instead of coffee dyed paper. Now I know why. Thanks to you.
I have also used the negative shapes as a stencil, the thickness of the paper will determine how many times the image can be used. Sometimes, if the paper has held up after stenciling, I use that as an accent on a page.
If you mod podge or varnish the negative it lasts a long, long time. I hang my most often-used stencils on a peg board behind my work table.
Somewhere along my crafting journey, I too joined the ‘must buy a bazillion punches’ brigade. Thanks for the tips and the reminder to actually use the darn things. At this very moment I am punching leaves out of colorful fall pictures in a magazine. 🍁🍂 Enjoyed the video as always. Thank you for sharing your talent and time with us. 👍
With the flower you made at the beginning of this video, instead of drawing leaves, you could cut out a heart and then cut that in half lengthwise and use each half as a leaf. Just a thought.
Love the heart punch border idea!!! So clever and cute!
Your caterpillar is adorable! Thanks so much for the ideas 😁 I only own a circle and butterfly punch, and you just gave them new life.
Thank you Pam , great fun to use punishes. Sometimes you just forget to use them. 🙏
I find I can get into a rut when remembering to use my punches. Hmm! Thanks 4 stirring-the-pot of endless creating! You rock!😊🌻
Sunny and Lammy...so huggable and sweet!
I am learning so much from you! The journey is enjoyable. Thank you so much
A new perspective on punches, love it.
Makes a lot of sense to all the junk journaling people.there's no wrong way to make a journal.
Love the caterpillar! ❤️. Great suggestion of doubling paper and it sure seemed to solve the problem. Hi Sweet Sunny! 🥰
I enjoy when you say "create with recluse abandon". I may have told you that before. I also love seeing your messy desk. So much inspiration all around you.
Pam: boy you had fun! Your tip of doubling up to punch so it doesn’t get stuck was s good one. A good reminder as what to do with punches. Super! Carol from California
I have some old creative memories punches that I realized I can use!! Thanks!
I try to watch other you tubers to learn like you suggested but I can’t enjoy them. They are not YOU. The amazing simple tips and the reckless abandon are unique to this channel. The topping on the paper cake is Sunny and your happy laughter. 😊
You’re the best, Pam! You crack me up 😄
Great tips on what to do with our punches, always enjoy your videos and Sunny well what can I say ❤️❤️😍😍 love him ❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍
I had a punch I hadn't used in a long while and it wouldn't squeeze all the way. I sprayed it with some WD 40 ( water dispersant) and, after lots of squeezes on scrap paper to remove the excess spray, the punch was as good as new!
Sunny!! I had a little lamb too!! Her name was Lulu and I used to introduce her to all my moms friends. Thanks for the memory. ❤🐑 MK
Your personality is just delightful and I just love your fun nature, oh and your creativity!!!
SOOO FUN-LOVE YOUR IDEAS/TIPS-AND A HUG FOR LITTLE SUNSHINE-HE IS THE CUTEST LITTLE BABY-TFS-HUGS/BLESSINGS
Brilliant Pam. Your videos always make me smile. No lollygagging
Pam: Your videos are such an inspiration to get crafting. Thank you so much!
I have a small punch of a cat walking and I punched the whole side of the page and put a different color pocket on the page behind it. It turned out really cute. I used the little ones I punched out randomly thru the rest of the journal lol I gave it to my daughter who is a crazy cat lady ;) It is fun sometimes just to experiment and see what you get. Thank you for sharing with us Pam!
Another 'Pam's Wisdom' tutorial hits the spot 🤩
Punching tin foil sharpens them and gets the glue off when I’m impatient (which is often)…Sunny is the sweetest and I love his new friend …great tips Pam!
Thanks for sharing!!
The tin foil thing has never worked for me. I’ve hauled out a dozen or so to create a ready stash of hearts, leaves, stars and blossoms. Thanks for the reminder!
Great tips and reminders Pam. I love the caterpillar, it’s adorable! But Sunny and Lamy are more adorable! Big hugs! ❤️
What an easy solution to a problem,! And I'm not being sarcastic! Won't throw out my paper punches anymore! Thanks, Pam!
I'd just like to Thank you for always making sure we can see the details. Awesome tips for punches! Have a great day🤎🤎🤎
Good mid morning all! Will have to get out my old punches and try these tips! Haven't used them in awhile. Thanks for the reminder! 💕
I really like the negative space in the paper left after punching a series. I think they make great page edging. Thanks Pam!!
Hey sis n sunny n papa n feathers , iv been filling up 6 ephemera books today , remembered all your birds n flowers iv got in the past now I can see them all xx sp
Hope your day is well Miss Sweet Pea!
Aluminum foil sharpens scissors ✂️ make sure the shiny side is up while cutting long narrow strips. My neighbor friend worked at hallmark store gave me the tip! Thanks Pam & Sunny
Wow what a great idea to use paper punches I have a die cut for the hearts I will use it to make flowers and butterflies thanks for the tips Sonny is a great fur baby I have a Chihuahua and he brings smile and laughs to us too
Hello Pam!
I just love cute as a button Sunny with his Lamb, just made my morning!
Great ideas with the punches and it reminds me I have a box of the scissors that cut all different shapes I forget about them to. Hope you week is going good so far, hubby and I celebrated out 41 years of marriage yesterday. Take care!
Love...and I hated red tide when we lived there. And my husband worked on home water softners the beaches and it would kick his tail...
I just love your videos.
And that little guy Sonny! 🥰
The impromptu Caterpillar guy is great! You really have any eye to make things look..." right"!
Your videos really encourage " playing" with supplies . I think that can inspire creativity and inspiration!! I don't do that enough ,I don't have natural artistic talent, always rely on examples from others!
Thanks for sharing Pam. I have 2 circle punches that I was thinking of getting rid of once we get moved and they're unpacked I'll give him a shot with doubling up the paper! I'm glad I waited they're practically new punches it just started not working as well!! I have so few items I can't take the chance of throwing something away if I can fix it. Namesta my sweet friend 🤗🐞🥰
Excellent tip on doubling the paper! I think that might solve a problem I’ve been having.
❤️ Shirley
I had one that wouldn't work on so I used sand paper and it's working great. Great tips. Enjoyed watching. Carry on.
😭😭😭 I wish I had seen this before I threw mine away.. Great video! I'll know more later 🥰❤
I was willing you to put a smile on that caterpillar. 😂
I must definitely get a circle punch they are so versatile. Another fun and informative video. You are always a delight to watch Pam. You make crafting such fun. Sunny is adorable. Blessings to you.
Lots of cute ideas, Pam. Thanks for the reminder to revisit our punches (and even other crafting tools) and use them in new ways. TFS. From Cheryl in AZ.
Thanks, I didn't think about using paper double. I bought a very expensive punch that doesn't work. Love your Chanel!❤️Ellen
I think the caterpillar is precious!
The butterfly you made from hearts and the circle reminded me of a wrapped up piece of candy when it was situated in the center position. :) -Kryste
Just love your inspiration, and baseball worms! Too cute! Always look fwd to your videos!
Ooh lots of good fun Pam. Thanks for sharing the tips.
I have a bunch of the little punches and I too thought some of them did not work. Thanks for the tip! Sonny and you always add sunshine to my day!
I love using my punches...you can use your negative hole punch to put pictures behind them or small flowers or leaves...but I adore your Caterpillar...haven't done that yet but will be ! So so cute 🥰
I got out my punches just last week, this is very timely for me. New ideas are always fun, thank you. I read somewhere that using waxed paper by punching through it several times, help to lubricate and it really does work well, has sure helped me. Aluminum foil will not sharpen punches. I have seen on amazon some sellers do say to use foil for sharpening, anyone that knows metals will tell you different,
You are so much fun! Thank you for all the tips and tricks!
Punches I love them and I hate them, well maybe not hate, but they frustrate me when the punches 'stick'!
YOU just gave me a solution, and it works!! Thank you, Pam! 🥰
Hi Sunny Buns! and Lamb Chop! whom I remember from childhood 🤣
hello from rain-stormy Denmark 🌸 🌱
Great tips in your video, thank you. I also found that the thinner the paper the more you will have to use 2 or more pieces of paper to use those punches. Regular photo copy paper is not that thick, so doubling up is a great idea :)
I have a tons of used ones that I cannot bear to part with! And you just gave me some brand new ideas to use them for!
That's a junk journal worm lol.love it
Cool idea with folding the paper. Got some new ideas.
punches are really useful tools, if only they're not too bulky. Nice tip on doubling the paper, thanks😊💕
Nice easy ideas for using our punches, thanks so much..
Good to know about the punches....thank for sharing
Some awesome ideas with punches. The little caterpillar is gorgeous another fab video. Thanks for sharing. 🥰
Glad you liked it!!
Enjoyed the video while de-contructing old books for future projects. I'm in the Tampa Bay area and wonder if the red tide, mold from all the rain, or old book dust is causing my allergies to explode....I know I've been talking and hearing funny for weeks.....thanksfor the fun....
Carolyn
Cuteness!!
I need to get some of those BIG paper clips. I just love them! I am an office supply hoarder 😆 LOL
Love all your tips Pam❤ thanks for bringing joy to all of us...hugs from Michigan
Awe thanks Barb! Big hugs back!
More hugs from Michigan!
Wow thanks Pam these ideas are endless I get alot of my paper punches at the thirft store
WOW! Thanks for sharing. My craft area is filled with thrifted or used things like punches and ink pads. I just tried your tip using my pitiful circle punch and it worked! YAY!
Hi Pam and Sunny, I love my punches lol sending hugs from Aus 💖
Fantastic!
Awesome tips Pam!!!Thank you!!! From Southeast Texas 🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘
This was fun! At the start I was thinking (worried) that I was gonna have to go purchase a bunch of different punches but then you got busy with the one inch circles and I breathed a sigh of relief, cuz THAT I have. Whew! That was close!
I've seen those mega-punches before - the kind like your heart punch - and was wondering if maybe it's for punching lots of papers at once, even more than the two or three pages that "fix" the smaller punches (brilliant point, I might add). Don't have a bigger punch like your heart one... it was just my thought.
Thank you sweetie, from the SoCal desert, MK 🤗❤🏜
That’s a bookworm!❤️
Yip ;)
Good Morning ☀️
So deliciously creative ❤️
Thank you Pam :)
OMGoodness your tip on thicker paper just saved my large @ stamp from hitting the trash can! Thank you for sharing with us. 💚
Glad it was helpful!
Great cutting tip! Thank you.
Love your lamby, love all your projects.
Morning Pam from Denver CO! This video could not be more timely. I was just thinking about buying new circle punch and corner rounder, but after doing what you suggest, VOILA! Good to go and don't have to spend any more dough! I also find that if I glue two pieces of paper together and don't wait until they dry, the punches don't work so good. Thanks also for the ideas for combining shapes and using the negatives!
I have to give you a 👍-I have about 6 or7 punches in the drawer & most of them are duds..I will try your techniques & oh that caterpillar is so cute....thanks Pam-margy
Amazing ideas dear as always 😍😍 thank you so much for sharing ❤️❤️
Love my punches.Precursor to the Cricuit but so versatile and much easier to use.
Looks like fun, must play!
I love my punches , but I don’t make use of all of them. TFS your ideas.. 😍😍😍
Another fun and interesting video. Love the caterpillar. My little dog has a “lambie”
Thank you for all the great tips!! I love all my paper punches.
Your videos are fun and your Wedding ring is beautiful !
Love the caterpillar!!! So adorable 😍
looks nice and I can do this good nowe because the first thing I make from one paper its go wrong and it makes me sad that I buy it and dit not howe to do it then I do it with 2 papers and yesss it makes my day !
Its always trying again over and over I love it bye Pam ❤
Loved this. Thank you for sharing ❤️🇬🇧🌸
ty for sharing i really enjoying you using the punches. im making a purple journal so im going to use some punches.....LOL
Just a word of caution about those punches with the handles .... if the paper is too thick the handles can snap right off... mine did just on a plain piece of cardstock! I have a huge collection of punches and that style is my least favorite.
Thank you for all the great ideas! Lots of love and Happy Punching 😁
You have a video about making small paper boxes. Those boxes would be a great way to store a surplus of punched birds, leaves, stars, tulips…and how cute on a shelf or cabinet top.
Still love watching you everyday your on.
Which video for making paper boxes? Very interested.
@@deborahdouville3926 It is episode 62.
@@lonnicollins-pratt4438 thank you very much. They will make great boxes for earrings!!
Thanks for many new ideas. And tips on those crazy punches. I have that problem a lot.
Omg, Sonny is just so cute ,looks so tiny shaved ,probably saying " Mom , I feel very weird, love you anyways, have a great day all🤗💕💕🐾🐾
He brings so many smiles to my days ;)