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Are you speaking of paper piercing or paper piecing? Piercing is using a needle like tool to make tiny holes resembling sewing or patterns. Piecing is using bits of paper to make a design, sort of like piecing a quilt.
Yes, you can make any kind of a pattern--straight line, circle, whatever using a piercing tool. The holes created in the paper resemble those that needles leave in fabric. Have you ever seen punched tin? Same idea. SOOO Cute!!
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I'll be honest I needed the piercing piecing clarification myself! For piecing does everyone have a favorite set of scissors they use? Seems like you might want something specific for that since I could see where detail is important.
No trick, but it is a little more difficult if your stamp is very detailed. For me, it's better if the stamp has open areas (not bold). Also, the number of layers you piece can add to difficulty. I find it immensely helpful to use a good, sharp scissor (like SU's paper snips) when piecing - I'm just not that good with the exacto knife. Here's another couple of examples:
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