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- Everyone knows the standard hole punch,

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but they actually come in a range of sizes,

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from really tiny to really large, and you can even get

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paper punches in custom shapes.

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Your standard hole punch that you might have in an office

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is actually a quarter of an inch,

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that's the diameter of the hole.

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And these usually have about a one to two inch reach.

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That means that I can only punch in from the edge

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somewhere between one and two inches.

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And you get this very standard hole,

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just like you would in a piece of binder paper.

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But that can be a little clunky for a lot of crafting,

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it's a pretty large hole.

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And luckily you can also find hand punches

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that are in smaller holes.

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This one is 1/8 of an inch,

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which gives you a nice clean smaller hole.

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This could be used for a brad,

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or lacing something think like leather or yarn.

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And for a really tiny little punch,

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there's a mini punch that's 1/16 of an inch,

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that just gives you a really small hole,

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something that you might use for actually sewing with thread

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or a wax thread even, something that's gonna be fairly thin.

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And it's also good for really small mini-brads.

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Now if you wanna make a hole in the middle of the page

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or anywhere longer beyond the reach of your handheld punch,

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you can use something like an awl, which is essentially like

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a really thick needle, almost like an icepick

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at the end of a handle.

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And sometimes they have a tapered edge

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and then they just get fatter and fatter and fatter.

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Or sometimes the shaft is one continuous width,

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and just the tip is tapered.

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And you punch this just straight through the paper.

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It's nice to work on top of something,

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like a piece of cardboard.

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You could also use like a cutting mat.

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And you just punch right through and that's gonna give you

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a very small hole initially, but you can also press the

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awl through there to increase the size of your hole.

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And that's gonna give you a pretty clean punch also.

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Now unlike the hand punches that actually punch out a shape,

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this is just pushing the paper, and so you do get

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what we call an exit wound.

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It's where you get this little paper

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that splays on the back.

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You're not removing paper, you're just punching through it,

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so it creates that little fuzziness back there.

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Now let's say you wanna make a larger hole, or you wanna

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punch through something much thicker than paper.

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There are other types of hand punches,

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something like a screw punch, this is called a zenith.

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Sometimes they have removable tips for different size holes.

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Sorta of like those screwdrivers

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where you can change the tips.

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And this you twist to punch through.

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And you definitely wanna be working on something

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because I can also punch the cardboard with this.

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You get a bigger exit wound, just 'cause this is cardboard.

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But it does actually punch a pretty nice hole.

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This works better for something like book board,

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something that's meant for crafting,

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not necessarily cardboard that tears a little bit.

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There are also large punches and decorative punches,

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and these you can usually find in the craft store

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with scrapbooking or memorymaking,

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even just with paper crafts in general.

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You can get something that's small like a decorative punch,

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something that's a shape.

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It could be a silhouette of an animal,

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or it could be a flower.

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And you can use these two ways.

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Originally they were meant to just slide into your paper.

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They also have a limitation on how far they can reach in

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from the edge of the paper.

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And you would just press down to punch.

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And you wind up with a negative shape and a positive shape,

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so you can make confetti this way

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or you can punch out shapes into something.

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This works best on text-weight paper.

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What's nice about these punches though too

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is that you can flip them over,

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and use them in the opposite way.

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This paper's all black, but let's say I had paper

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that had a specific word on it, or I was using a magazine

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page that had a face or something I wanted to capture.

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By sliding my punch upside down around

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I can really specifically choose where I'm gonna punch.

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Whereas if I use it in this orientation, I can't really see

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exactly where that shape is gonna punch out.

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You'll really understand that more when we get to something

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like these larger hole punches.

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I always use these upside down, because I can really

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choose where I'm gonna punch.

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So you can see, if I was just gonna punch it like this

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and I wanted to center that little negative flower shape,

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I really can't see.

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But if I flip it over, I can perfectly line up

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where that negative flower shape is gonna be

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and just punch it right out.

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And often these have a little sliding back

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to save those little punched pieces.

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These come in all shapes and sizes.

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I really love using something like the circle

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or a rectangle, 'cause then you can punch 'em out

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in different sizes and really layer them together.

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I can really see, I have this tiny margin here

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where there's paper, so I wanna make sure that I

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capture all of that, and by holding this upside down

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I can really see that.

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And then just punch.

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Then I get that cool shape.

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Now as you use your punches the blades

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will actually start to dull.

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And so there are two little tricks for that,

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and the first is using tinfoil, just store bought,

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grocery store tinfoil.

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If you punch this is can actually sharpen your blade.

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And you can do this a couple of times.

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Because it is so flexible, sometimes it gets stuck in there

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so you just wanna peel them out.

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And you can lubricate these guys by just punching wax paper.

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And you have to be careful because the wax paper

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can also tear, so you don't wanna get it stuck in there.

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If it doesn't make a perfectly clean cut, that's okay.

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You just wanna punch a little bit on the wax paper

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so that you're lubricating those blades just a tad.

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Just pop that out.

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Now this trick will only last for the lifetime of the punch.

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Eventually if you're using these punches all the time,

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especially with really thin tissue papers

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that are more prone to tearing,

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or really thick things like cardstock,

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this will only last a certain number of punches.

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Before craft punches were really popular,

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you actually had to use die cutting machines

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and they were really inaccessible and clunky

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and really expensive.

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But now with this popularity, you can get punches

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in all shapes and sizes, which allow you

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to create things really quickly.

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You can make confetti, gift tags,

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you can even whip up a bunting or a garland

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with just paper and a punch.

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