Some of the items in the cards below may not have been Stampin’ Up! products or they were made with retired stamp sets, ribbon, etc., but the designs are easily adapted to newer product.
Below is a tutorial I did for Splitcoast on a little starburst I invented using the two tag punches from Stampin’ Up! I first made these 2 years ago, but really didn’t post anything with it until November of 2007. It was my first submission to Splitcoast and I was so nervous about submitting anything that I did it in the middle of the night, hoping it would get lost in the shuffle. Little did I know what an uproar it would cause! By noon the next day I had 150 emails in my box asking how it was done. There have been 120 comments posted about it. I’ve done a mini tutorial on it and a full-sized one for them. It’s been copied on blogs all over the place — I’ve had to just sit back and be amazed as it took on a life of its own.
This is the little card that started the whole thing:

Tag Punch Star Tutorial

 by Donna Moore

 Make a stellar focal point for any paper project with a few tools.

 Supplies

• Stampin’ Up! Large Tag Punch
• SU Small Tag Punch
• SU 2-way Glue Pen
• SU Dimensionals
• Cardstock for frame
• Mulberry, Vellum or other light-weight paper for inner parts of the starburst
• SU Paper Snips 

 

1. Step 1

   Punch 16 small tags out of cardstock, leaving about 1/4″ between each one.

   Using the large tag punch, go back over the holes made by the small punch.

   Line up the punch so that you can see an evenly spaced frame around each hole. Punch out 16 frames. 

   

2. Step 2

   Each layer of the star will consist of 4 frames. Apply two-way glue evenly over the back of a few frames at a time.

   Put the sheet of lighter weight paper face-side up and carefully apply your frames in a cross-shaped pattern. 

   

3. Step 3

   Follow the same process for attaching the next layer of 4 frames to the base layer.

   The second layer is attached to fill in the empty areas of the first cross-shaped layer. 

   

4. Step 4

   The points of the star will be visible when the second layer is attached. Use paper snips to trim away the excess.

   

5. Step 5

   Repeat Steps 2-5 to make another star. Use dimensionals to adhere the two stars.

   

6. Step 6

   Finish your project.