Paper piercing curves
I love working with circles and ovals and I love paper piercing. Here is a quick and easy tutorial on how to paper pierce curves.
Supplies:
- Paper piercing tools
- curved cardstock
Step one:
Begin by lining up your guide line with the end of your cardstock. I lined the second, thinner line up with the end of the white cardstock.
Step two:
Paper pierce until the guide line doesn’t connect with the end of the white cardstock anymore. Keep the paper piercing tool in the last pierced hole and move the paper piercing template over until the guide line lines up with the cardstock again.
Step three:
Continue to pierce and turn.
Step four:
Continue until you paper pierced your entire curve, circle or oval this way.
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Comments
I was playing with this myself yesterday. Thanks for helping me out!
Posted by: Ann | July 1st, 2007 18:42
Another stellar tutorial! Thank you, Beate!!!!
Posted by: Teresa | July 1st, 2007 19:40
Very cool! I will have to give this a try!
Posted by: Charmaine | July 1st, 2007 19:48
Thank you for the demo. You make it look so easy!
Posted by: Patti | July 1st, 2007 21:01
I have another idea on my blog for you. I have since realized that it’s called plastic canvas, but this tool is inexpensive and super easy!
http://paperjewels.blogspot.com/2007/06/piercing-dotting-and-stitching-with.html
Posted by: Jewels (Julie Griffith) | July 1st, 2007 21:22
Great tutorial Beate! I took me a second or two to realize what line you were talking about in your first step, but I finally got it. Thanks for the great pics and the great tutorial!
Linda
Posted by: Linda (LSN on SCS) | July 1st, 2007 21:49
That’s exactly how I do it, B — great tutorial!
Posted by: StamperSharon | July 1st, 2007 22:39
Thankyou Beate! And thanks Jewel, will have to look out for some of that.
Posted by: Carol | July 2nd, 2007 00:19
This is awesome! Thank you, thank you for sharing this!
frannyb
Posted by: frannyb | July 2nd, 2007 12:58
Great tutorial. I’ll definately have to try this one. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: doverdi | July 3rd, 2007 06:39
Thank you so much Beate for the tutorial. I can always rely on your tutorials to work out really well.
Posted by: Anna | July 3rd, 2007 10:44
Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial. I can’t wait to try it. You so inspire me!!
Posted by: Ann | July 3rd, 2007 21:50
Roberta says:
The circle is good perfect. The measure is helping any pattern. Thank you for your tutorial. Pierce is the right needle.
Posted by: Roberta Noddin | July 7th, 2007 00:16
Thanks for sharing this Beate. It’s so simple, yet I never thought of it!
Posted by: Jimi Fiedler | October 14th, 2007 11:27
Beate,
I love your work. What a beautiful kind spitit you have, so many people benifet from your talents
Thank you
& Blessings
Judy
Posted by: Judy Saunders | March 6th, 2008 10:33
Brilliant! I free handed it and my customers wanted a trick or technique to do it easier and straighter and I didn’t have this tutorial…Now I know! thanks bunches!
Posted by: Kiki (Christine) | April 15th, 2008 13:49
Too cool ~TFS~!!!
Posted by: Silke Ledlow | May 9th, 2008 13:46
What a great tip! Thanks so much!
Posted by: Tanya | May 9th, 2008 19:12
Hi Beate,
Thank you for answering my e-mail and directing me to your tutorial. Circle piercing makes sense to me now.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful work.
Pam
Posted by: Pam | June 4th, 2008 23:40
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Posted by: Cherry Birthday Card | Vera Stamps | April 21st, 2009 17:02
Hi Beate,
Great tutorial - might want to add an r to the title so we know its piercing when we check the links not to mention so google will find your most excellent tutorial.
Hugs and blessings - Jean
Posted by: Jean Fitch | April 22nd, 2009 13:04
[…] Sparkle used a lot of glitter on her card (how appropriate!), but I used the shiny white pin stripe paper from the Taste of Textiles package instead. The patterned paper is from the Bella Birds DSP package, and the baby buggy image from the Puns from the Past set. To get the piercing along the edge of the circle panel looking even, I again used Beate’s wonderful tip on paper piercing curves. […]
Posted by: Featured Stamper: Sparkle Smith | Vera Stamps | May 3rd, 2009 10:21
[…] on a 3″ Baja Breeze circle that was matted with a die-cut scalloped circle. Again, I used Beate’s handy trick to do the piercing on the […]
Posted by: Big Little Felt Flurry | Vera Stamps | May 28th, 2009 18:09
Oh I am so glad I found this tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing how to paper pierce small circles! I have a Bazzill template but it is not for circles this small!
Posted by: Mona L. Pendleton | August 28th, 2009 14:05