Hand held punches for use in making individual jewelry display cards and kit encompassing same

A personal hand held punch for making a jewelry display card on which to mount at least one article of jewelry, the hand held punch comprising:

• a housing having a base and an upper housing;
• a U-shaped frame having an upper member and a lower member, said lower member being disposed on the base of the housing;
• an upper template and a lower template, said upper template being mounted on the upper member of the U-shaped frame and said lower template being mounted on the lower member of the U-shaped frame such that said upper template is disposed directly above said lower template, said upper and lower templates being spaced apart sufficiently to admit a piece of cardstock therebetween and having at least two apertures therethrough, the at least two apertures in the upper template being identical to and in substantial registry with the at least two apertures in the lower template, said at least two apertures configured to yield the same at least two apertures in the piece of cardstock thereby enabling said piece of cardstock to be usable to mount and display the at least one article of jewelry;
• a spring biased movable member disposed above the upper and lower templates, at least two elongate cutting elements extending from the spring biased movable member and corresponding to and configured to pass through the at least two apertures in said upper and lower templates with minimal tolerances thereby producing the at least two apertures in the piece of cardstock and simultaneously generating waste pieces of cardstock;
• means for biasing said movable member away from the upper and lower templates, the means for biasing said movable member being in contact with the spring biased movable member and an upper surface of the upper member of the U-shaped frame;
• an activation lever hingedly mounted on said upper member of the U-shaped frame and extending above said movable member such that when said activation lever is depressed, the activation lever displaces the movable member downward which causes the at least two elongate cutting elements to pass through the at least two apertures in the upper and lower templates and cut through the cardstock placed between the upper and lower templates, the activation lever having a hinged portion and an activation portion;
• wherein the upper housing contains the upper member of the U-shaped frame, the movable member, the biasing means, and the hinged portion of the activation lever, and the actuation portion extends outward and beyond the upper housing;
• and
• a waste reservoir in the housing base beneath the lower template.