Heart Shaped Hole Punch

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Heart Shaped Paper Punches are Perfect for Valentine's Day Crafts | Styles, Prices & Examples

Looking for heart shaped paper punches? Hearts are the perfect shape for all sorts of love-themed occasions like Valentine's Day and Weddings. If you need to cut lots of hearts in a limited amount of time, a heart hole punch can be a life saver. Or if you simply need heart shapes in a consistent size, these are the tools for you.

Check out all the examples of heart shaped punches on this page - I've made them from my own punch collection. I'm also sharing styles and where to buy. Enjoy!
Heart Shaped Paper Hole Punch Out Samples

Popular Heart Paper Punches

2.5 inches Heart Punch Craft Tool

Heart Shaped Punch for Paper Projects

heart shaped punchEk Success PSPXL002 X-Large Heart Punch


Thumb punch design is easy on the hands. Great for card making and scrapbooking for Valentine's Day, weddings or any love related theme.
Extra Large punches measure 2-1/2-inch, but the actual punched shape is slightly less than 2-1/2-inch.

Approx 1 inch Heart Shaped Decorative Craft Punch

Standard 1 inch Paper Punch

Paper Punches Heart ShapeMartha Stewart Heart Punch


This craft tool makes a nice, crisp heart shape in a
1 x 1 1/8 inches size.
These Martha Stewart punches stand upright for easy storage (see photo).

Versatile Heart Punches - What Piece will You Use?

Paper Heart or Punched Shaped Hole?

Valentines Heart Shaped Card Window and Punch OutIt's important to note and consider that each punch will give you 2 useful results. You'll get a nice heart shaped hole in your paper, but you'll also get a perfect punched out paper heart.

With decorative designed punches, you may have LOTS of little loose hearts. Think about it. Each separate hole punched in the paper will result in a small paper heart. Those can be used in lots of ways or even for heart confetti.

Standard Heart Paper Punches by Size

Here's a very small 1/4 inch Hand Punch

Fiskars 23607097 Hand Punch, 1/4-Inch, Heart

Amazon Price: $2.49 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

Probably too small for using the heart that is "punched-out" (at least for the littlest of hands to grasp and/or glue down craft-wise), the resulting heart shaped hole left in the paper will be petite and cute.
Also perfect for when you need to punch a loyalty card, club card etc. with a special shape.

You need it even smaller? I just located this 1/8 inch size.

5/8" Paper Punch in the Shape of a Heart

Uchida LV-CP01 Clever Lever Craft Punch, Heart

Amazon Price: $7.27 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

Just a little larger than 1/2", lots and lots of these hearts will fit on a greeting card.

Homemade Card Idea with Punched Hearts

Horizontal Design

Using punched hearts to make homemade valentine

Here, we punched a row of hearts and added a contrasting paper behind. Personally I like the look of patterned paper paired with solid colors.

2, 2.5 and 3 inch Heart Punches

Lever style punches

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It's important to note...

Punches make beautiful patterns around the edges of paper but won't reach to the center of a big piece of paper. They are like staplers - you know how a stapler will only reach as far in on a sheet of paper as the stapler neck is "deep?" Well, it's the same thing with punches. You can get around this by cutting a large square window in your paper and then gluing a heart window on top of it. This won't matter at all if you only need the punched out hearts.

Folk Art Style Heart - Narrower and Asymmetrical

Ek Success Paper Shapers Small Punch, Folk Heart

Amazon Price: $3.00 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

Measures 1-1/4-inch by 2-1/2-inch.

This design is quickly becoming my favorite because it's unique (kids will probably like the perfect symmetrical hearts though). See examples of this style heart below.

Hearts shapes punched out of paper

Specialty Punches

Punches Two Hearts at One Time

2 for 1

Double Heart Craft PunchPaper Shapers Medium Punch - Double Heart


Very neat idea to make a punch that cuts out 2 paper hearts at once. The inner hearts can be pasted to the paper, while the punched out shape will leave a nice design in the paper.

Example of Heart Punches Used On Valentine's Card

Mix 'em up

Card decorated with heart punch outsHere's a card we decorated using our heart punches. The base card is 9"x6" folded in half (with this size you get exactly 2 pieces out of a 9'x12" piece of construction paper). The large hearts are about 2" at the widest part and the smaller ones are about 1".

Although I've only layered 2 pieces here (heart over the white greeting), I usually layer more pieces to create depth and interest on the card. Paper is 2 dimensional, but there are lots and lots of things you can do to create depth and layers. Craft punches and embossers are excellent tools for accomplishing this goal.

Specialty Punch Cuts Half a Heart to Fold Up

3D Effect

Paper Punch Outs with Scalloped Edges

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Related Craft Supplies for Valentine's Day

Heart Shaped Paper Embosser

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Awesome Valentine's Day Scapbook Paper

Bright Colors - Pinks, Reds and Whites

Valentine's Day Scrapbook Paper

I love bright beautiful papers and these are my faves for Valentine's Day. If you need some nice Valentine's Day themed paper, I've added some options below.

Valentine's Day Scrapbook Paper Pads

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What do you think of these craft tools for punching out fabulous heart shapes?

  • alibilal May 1, 2012 @ 10:27 pm | delete
    Funny paper punch. Thanks for sharing.
  • Wednesday_Elf Feb 14, 2012 @ 3:53 pm | delete
    Plenty of hearts for Valentine's Day here! Happy heart-punches to you too. (:>
  • bakerwoman Feb 10, 2012 @ 12:14 pm | delete
    This is the first time I have seen the heart-shaped hole punchers. These are really nifty tools which can turn a ho-hum letter or note card into something special. Thanks for sharing.
  • Sylvestermouse Jul 20, 2011 @ 1:28 pm | delete
    I love the shaped hole punchers! I wish they made them sharp enough to punch through felt. I have never seen the embosser and I really like it too. Awesome
  • A-Redneck Jun 7, 2011 @ 7:56 am | delete
    My sister has been a member of creative memories for years and scrapbooks constantly. My daughter was going to punch out the 4 leaf clovers for her wedding table confetti. I love the heart punches they would be amazing as wedding confetti....oh oh now I feel a new lens coming on. Best wishes ;)
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Popular 2" Heart Paper Punch Out 

Lever Style Heart Punch 

Punches approx. 2.5 inch hearts

EK Success Paper Shapers X-Large Heart Punch

Amazon Price: $13.70 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

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