You can use your Stampin' Up! square punches to make zigzag designs!!! I used my 1/4" square punch on this card to create the zigzag strip. See below for some photos showing how I did this.
I used Bashful Blue as my card base, Purely Pomegranate, Certainly Celery and the Cutie Pie Designer Paper for the top border. I stamped the butterflies from Priceless in So Saffron, Purely Pomegranate and Certainly Celery and cut them out. I bent their wings up and attached them to the card with the adhesive on their bodies to give them dimension.
How to make the Zigzags - I used the 3/4" Square Punch in these two photos. You line up the corners of the punch with the edge of the cardstock and punch out a triangle. Continue doing this all along the edge of the cardstock to create the zigzag design in various sizes.
This photo shows me using the 1/4" Square Punch in the same manner to make the zigzag pattern on the above greeting card.
Hope this makes sense, if not, leave me a comment and I will try to explain it a little better.
Thanks for looking!!!
Another great idea and another great way to use the punches. I don't have the vision that you do to use the punches in a different way. Thanks for helping me see how versatile they are.
Posted by: Angela | February 22, 2008 at 11:21 PM
The zigzag is a nice highlight on this already very striking card! Thanks for sharing :-)
Posted by: Kimberley Morris | February 23, 2008 at 08:43 AM
Hi Barb. I'm amazed how you envision ways to use things and share your gifts with us. Thanks so much. I look at your blog each day with Google Reader. Thanks!! Karen
Posted by: Karen Rose | February 23, 2008 at 09:13 AM
What a super cute card!! I love the zig zag too!
Posted by: Amy B | February 24, 2008 at 11:13 PM
What a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing this great tip.
Posted by: Regina Davis | February 27, 2008 at 11:10 AM
What a great idea! Why didn't I think of that :)
Posted by: Pat S. | February 27, 2008 at 11:16 AM
This is great! I love punches and this makes them even more valuable.
Posted by: Shelley | February 27, 2008 at 04:02 PM
What a fab idea. I love the zig zag edge. Now all I need is the smaller square punches to make the aus SU catty! Thanks for sharing the idea.
Posted by: Di B | February 29, 2008 at 03:33 AM
COOL!!! At first I thought you were going to tell me to punch a bunch of squares and turn them sideways!! What a great technique!!! Thanks for sharing. I'll definitely be trying this!
Amanda
Posted by: Amanda Currier | April 07, 2008 at 04:10 PM
Congratulations on 100,000 hits, Barb! Thanks for the opportunity for blog candy! This is one of my favorite color combos and I love how the butterflies look when they have been cut out and then posted on the card. Have fun reading all the comments! :)
Posted by: Arian | May 30, 2008 at 11:56 AM
I love your creative punch ideas! I never in a million years would have come up with this zig zag technique...and it really is quite simple. Thanks for your wonderful blog!
Posted by: Lisa Plummer | May 30, 2008 at 01:33 PM
Brilliante! :o) TFS!
Posted by: Wilma Stern-Cavalcante | June 13, 2008 at 03:55 PM