I get my cardstock..turn the punch upside down and push the punch all the way up the paper...as far as it can go. I think punch the slit punch and keep moving to the right...it takes some practice at first I was overlapping them..but after doing it a few times you get the feel for where you need to punch the next slit and you keep going until you reach the end of the cardstock. Trim and adhere on.... here was another post at one time along the same lines
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