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A multi-use hole-punch rather than a hand-held individually-sized punch will give you total flexibility to punch a hole anywhere in your paper. An individual hole-punch will limit you to holes punched in as far as the punch will reach. You will need a small tap hammer to use the multi-use hole punch and a resilient piece of thick cardboard or scrap mat board to absorb the indent when punching so your table does not!
Brads When punching a hole for the brads we carry, only use a 1/16th hole size. When opening the prongs on the brad after inserting through the hole, use a large pin or needle to separate the prongs rather than your lovely nails. They are tight together and can split your nails or remove your lovely nail polish!
Brads They are both decorative and useful. They are easily removed, unlike eyelets which are permanent. They will secure papers and vellum in place, fibers can easily be wrapped around a single brad head, you need two eyelets to go in one and out the other. When the prongs are opened and flattened at the back, the fibers are held quite securely in placed. You may note we do not offer eyelets on line as we personally use brads only now. Eyelets are not foolproof, brads are.
Buttons Mounting the little buttons is difficult. We have been most successful using the mini dots. Place the button down onto the dot, press and lift then apply the button with the glue dot attached to the paper. Buttons make a great accent for the center of flowers, stamped or punched image. If you wish to "fake" the attachment of papers together in the corners without punching and applying a brad, simply use a button for effect. You can also take as many strands of embroidery floss as you wish, we only usually use 3 strands, and thread them through the button holes, tying in a knot at the front and trimming off short. This can add another color to the button accent and another texture, added interest.
Mini design punches are both easy to use and effective. However, not all punches are versatile, most of them can be punched out of the paper giving you both the punched-out image in the paper and the punch-out to use on another project or elsewhere on the page. Some of the punches punch out the image in separate pieces like the purse punch so they can only be used as an open image, you do not get a purse punched out to use individually. The tip is, look carefully at the punch image you are purchasing so you know what your limitations are. We overcome that by using small strips of paper, punching out the image and cutting the strip into a square to mount with the image intact. There is usually an answer to achieving the result you require, it sometimes just takes thinking through.

An option for mounting the buttons is to use the Pergakit glue, apply with a toothpick, press down in place, and usually some of the glue oozes out around the button, sprinkle with the fine glitter Diamond Dust. This option adds interest and is an easy alternative if you do not have small enough glue dots.
Dimensional Glaze Another multi-use product, if you know how.

Use as a glue base to attach mini beads for embellishing. It dries clear and shiny, perfect for dropping those little seed beads and bugles onto. They are much more secure than applied to any double-sided tape.

Applied with two coats it forms a smooth, dimensional and shiny glass-like finish to any image. Great to coat stamped images such as a glass, mirror, water, etc. for a realistic finish.
Nostalgic Corner Scissors. True, you automatically think of them as a decorative corner detail. Expand that thought and keep the corner cut-offs. These make perfect corners when you need them to detail a photograph for scrapbooking which then looks anchored in place. Check out the Free Design Gallery for the appropriate scrapbook page sample.
Glitter Glue Just squeeze and use, or squeeze onto waxed paper and pick up with a round brush and apply to your project with the brush for a finer application that dries a lot quicker. Other uses include using as a glue to attach small buttons and other small items that are difficult to attach. Squeeze out a generous amount of the glitter glue and press your button, sequin, rhinestone, etc. into the glitter glue so it spreads out around both securing in place and edging with glitter all around. Best product feature no loose sparkle.
Mount metal tags by applying a small amount of Perga-kit glue with a toothpick to the back of the metal, being sure not to use too much, it will ooze out around the metal when pressed down the glue will dry clear but shiny and will show up.