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Wow-I really have no idea my exact number. I have all of the CM punches, Marvy Giga and Mega in 4 shapes, plus some SU punches-ticket corner, slit, slot, scalloped, small tag, word window, designer label, round tab, plus 2 McGill punches.
So my guess would be around 40 or 50 punches. My SU punch collection is doing well considering I only started shopping with SU in Sept 07.
Well I am another one who started out as a scrapbooker. Does anyone here remember Family Treasures? Well I own every punch they sold.
Remember Punch Bunch....yep I got all of them .....all of them.
Fiskars Border punches? PaperShapers? Emaginations? McGill? Corner Punches? Ribbon Weave Punches?
Yep Yep Yep
I got 'em all. I loved punch art when it was popular.
Really Sad
I have not used them in years.
Oh and I have all the StampinUp ones too.
Ah, I feel better about it now LOL Yes, I have the scalloped hearts and squares from Family Treasures...and the alphabet paper shapers...several of the border punches (which are practically impossible to use)..McGill trees and moose....it all seemed like a must have at the time. :rolleyes:
I consider myself a collector and use the punches whenever I can. Especially the corner and border punches. I have 3 four dawer tool boxes full and have started on a 3 drawer plastic stack. Does Sizzix, cuttlebug, wizzard, and quickutz count? I have a lot of them also.
I really like the punches that match rubber stamps such as the ones Stampin Up has. Also Purple Daisy stamps in Greencastle, Pa. makes rubber stamps to match punches.
36 of 38 current SU punches (don't have the new arrow or boho punches yet)
an extra each of the 1/16" and 1/8"
probably 8-10 retired SU punches
Marvy Giga scalloped oval and Mega plain oval
I know I'm not supposed to "covet my neighbors goods" but eeash! I think I have 10 punches...and that includes a basic hole punch people use to punch a ticket on the bus!!! :lol: I am just getting into long gazes at the SU catalog pages of punches...now I can tell my DH that I easily need another 20 just to have the bare minimum, right? :rolleyes:
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I'm NOT counting mine! LOL I have most of the CM ones, some EkSucess, some McGill, only 1 SU, 6 Fiskars borders, a few small Christmas ones, some from dollar store too, mostly for use in my scrapbooks though..
I started out with scrapbooking and have been scrapping since 1997. In the late 90s punches and punch art were all the rage (kind of like die cuts are now). I have over 100 of them but can't say I really use many of them any more other than the basic shapes...I really should get rid of them but sometimes I find myself digging through the drawer looking for one of them.
I could have written the above post except that I keep my seldom used punches in a few of those over the door punch holders. I have well over 100 but I can't seem to part with them.
I absolutely love punches and use mine all the time. I also have most of the family treasures, McGill (use tree and trout all the time). I have 3 sets of alphabets (upper and lower case). I have all of SU punches and most CM. I have many EK shapers and all the disney ones I could find. I estimate that I have over 300 punches and buy more all the time. I just finished a 50th anniversary album and used most of my 25 heart punches in it. I also am a red hatter and use the punches that are the shoe, dress, and hand bag many times a month. And I know that there are other punches out there that I do not have ....yet.
Why? What have you heard? Did my husband call? ;-) lol
I have too many punches and keep getting more. Currently I count;
32 SU! and Paper Shaper thumb style punches.
3 Jumbo (blue) Clever Lever (circle, oval and scalloped rectangle)
7 Mega (pink) Clever Lever (circle, square, oval, rectangle and scalloped circle, oval, square)
6 Giga (purple) Clever Lever (circle, oval and scalloped circle, oval, square, rectangle)
3 Fiskars Boarder Punches
1 Crop-a-Dile (it counts! it punches holes! )
Lots and Lots of small punches (flowers, Mickey, heart, bear, foot, boy, girl, cat, train, swirl, cow. . .)
A few hand held punches and others I�m sure that are lurking in the corners of my craft supplies!
Now that I have confessed to you all how many punches I have, please do not tell my husband!!!
I know this goes along the vein of the recent threads about no. of ribbon, stamps, etc. However I am curious, how many paper punches do YOU have? I have a tiny stash-
1 Fiskars 4 corner punch
3 miniature punches in heart, butterfly, and spiral
1 flower punch
and 1 circle punch.
Can't wait to hear some responses!
I stopped counting at 700+. That's why I'm Punchaddict!!!!! I've written two books on punchart in year's past and had an online store so it fed my addiction. I still use many of them, but not like used to. There are still lots of uses for punches with our stamping!
I stopped counting at 700+. That's why I'm Punchaddict!!!!! I've written two books on punchart in year's past and had an online store so it fed my addiction. I still use many of them, but not like used to. There are still lots of uses for punches with our stamping!
Wow, I didn't even know that many punches existed. I should definitely buy more!!
Like Peebsmama, I have collected a lot of punches, close to 200. I haven't counted them in over a year and I have added to the collection. I still do some punch art in my scrapbooks and on my cards. I use a punched flower most of the time when I want a flower for embellishment because I can have the color I want or need easily.
I have 50 with several more on there way.
Plus I have a ton of Colozzle templates, CM cutting system and a ton of templates that they don't even make anymore, Quickutz and cuttlebug and a ton of dies for each and a cricut.
I also just sold about 15 punches the other day and really wish that I would have kept them.
Hee hee - does anyone remember the EK Punchkins? The ones I didn't have went on clearence at Hobby Lobby a few years back and that only added to mass amount I already had! I would say at least 180 and along with others, I have coluzzle, sizzix, quickutz, cuttlebug, SU,CM etc.......... And rule of thumb here is you can store it forever and it will grow dust but the minute you get rid of it, you will need almost immediately!!
Hmmm!
I think I have about 20 different punches, and I feel guilty cause I don't use them very often! Except the SU Word Window Punch and Horizontal slot punch;) those I use very regularly
well, i had to count... i have nearly 40 [including 4 handheld fiskars 'hole' punches, and my cropadile]. but, i use them for my business, so the remaining all SU! ones don't count, right ;)
oh, and i have three sets of nestibility dies. i know they're not punches, but they actually replace what WOULD be punches!
About 35-40. I have 25 SU punches and a dozen marvies. Plus a handful of misc. small punches. That doesn't include my hand punches for the 1/16, 1/8 and 1/4 hole punches and small tab punch.
hmmm.....
I have 2 border punches, 25 large punches, 20+ medium punches, and 40 or so smaller punches. How many do I use? maybe 10 frequently. :rolleyes:
Let's see -
CM: lg circle, sm circle, lg square, lg hex, sm hex, dbl leaves, stars lg and sm, hearts lg and sm, some cutesy heart and squiggle (?), corner rounder, fancy corner rounder
SU: Wrought Iron corner, Word Window, Five petal flower, Three small flower from set,
Misc.: flower, butterfly, grass, even fancier corner cutter,
Oops - have the 1/8 inch hole punch with purple handle, a ribbon punch with green handle (or vice versa) and a mini punch with a circle not sure of the size - so 25 I can think of without dragging myself upstairs to actually look!!
I just went and counted and I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 punches. I actually use most of them pretty regularly, but there are one or two that I don't ever use.
I have 12 handheld punches (unsure what brand)
But as far as SU is concerned, I am just starting out, so my stash is a little small, about 10 so far, but I am trying to order a new one with each order I place
Wellll, let's see. I have two desk drawers full and just ordered two from Frugalities. Probably at least fifty. I have the Nestabilities too, but punches are just so darn FAST!
Gulp - I wouldn't like to count. I have 11 circle punches, to start with, 14 jumbo and giant punches, two each Fiskars border and corner ones. And I am not going to count the other box - I don't want to know, LOL. But I use a lot of them regularly, there are very few I could weed out.
