Stampin' Up! Punches - Stamping Together At Monika's Place

I’m sure that everyone has noticed the new Punch Style that Stampin’ Up! has switched to. They are designed to be space-saving with greater cutting precision and leverage. With the new style some of the punches that we have had in the past have a new name. And the terminology for large or small punch means something different with this new style. So I thought I would take the time to explain and to give you the new names of the old punches (I’m still using the old names most of the time – I haven’t really learned the new ones yet).

First of all the new punches come in four sizes – the size Extra-Large, Large, Medium, and Small refer to the body of the punch not the punched image (used to it was the image – like large oval, small oval).

So in this picture I have all four sizes lined up for you to see side by side – the Two-Step Owl is an example of an Extra-Large Punch, the Bitty Bat is an example of a Large Punch, the 3/4″ x 15/16″ Oval (from the Holiday Mini) is an example of a Medium Punch, and the Itty Bitty Punches are considered Small punches.

Then there are Border and Corner punches – they look like this:

The Border punches have the “Wings” on the sides that have a guide to help you line up a row of them. The Corner punches are designed so you can punch on the corner – you need to hold your paper in the corner guide – or on the edge of the paper – giving a unique punched effect.

So here is a list of the punches with their old names and their new names that had more of a change than just adding the size of the punch to the name :

Jumbo Snowflake became Snowflake Extra-Large
Scallop Edge became Scallop Edge Border
Spiral became Spiral Border
Scallop Circle became 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle Extra-Large
3/16″ Corner Rounder became 3/16″ Corner Small
Large Star became Star Extra-Large
Tag became Extra-Large Tag
Small Tag became Large Tag
Wide Oval became 2″ x 1-3/8″ Oval Extra-Large
Large Oval became 1-3/4″ x 7/8″ Oval Large
Small Oval became 1-3/8″ x 5/8″ Oval Large

I hope that is helpful information to you.

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