I'm hand punching papers from some very old books. The paper is heavy and full of cotton. The color is naturally aged.
Flower circles are punched 1 1/2", 3", and 3 1/2" with scalloped edging as well as scalloped edge ovals 3" and 3 1/2".
These paper edgings are made from the same book. The side edge was wide enough to cut a border and hand punch using a Martha Stewart lace edge punch. The paper is heavy weight making it difficult to punch more than one strip at a time. The edge is so sweet and the color charming.
I've been punching paper lace strips from vintage school tablets for many years now. The first ones sold in 2008. These are my most popular paper edge strips. Size varies some from tablet to tablet. The most recent strips are a little longer and the lines are a little wider spaced. The color is a beautiful aged manila.
Paper punches can be used to embellish cards, scrapbooks, packages, envelopes and used for artful collage.
What have you punched lately? Have you tried any of my paper lace strips or shapes in your artful projects? Comment below and I will share a 30% off coupon code for your next purchase at Triple Trouble.
Old books are one of my favorite collectibles. I love the color and the texture of the old covers with cloth and leather, the worn corners and spine, and the sepia color of the pages inside.
The illustrations and fonts are always interesting. This illustration is so sweet. I've bathed a lot of babies in my time and I have never bathed one so still they could lay on their belly like this. Isn't this the sweetest illustration!
The curls on the baby's head make me all smiley inside!
And there are plenty of photographic images inside this awesome Baby Book! If only I could find a child seat with an umbrella like this...
Children's clothing from the fifties is adorable! The little boys and girls in rompers and patent leather shoes... oh sooo cute!
How sweet is this! Mommy feeding baby from a glass bottle! Images like these capture the kind of day my own mother had feeding her babies. Most of my siblings were born in the fifties. I was born in 1958. My brother, Chuck, was born in 1954. I could imagine this my mom holding Chuck and hopefully smiling, with my sister Becky, age 1, and my brother Jimmy, age two... LOL... maybe she wasn't smiling! Maybe she was crying... LOL!
