From 2014-2016 I chronicled my crafty endeavors on the site Adventures-in-Making. I’ve selected a few of those DIY’s, Recipes, and other posts to share on the site.
I ask a lot of my tools, which is why I forgive my paper punches when they hesitate to punch happily through yet another piece of cardstock.
Instead, I grab a piece of aluminum foil, fold it several times, flatten and…
punch through it again and again until I have a foil mess…
and a cleaner punch.
Tip shared.
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The inner foil or peel off lids from food containers (or cat food) work wonderfully for this as they are a bit thicker and save folding – I do most of my punches as soon as they begin to get “grumpy”.
Doing the same thing with waxed paper helps if the punch is sticky or got glue or other residue on it while crafting!