Michelle,
Editting: RANT ? Oh, it just dawned on me that you were referring to the Wonder Woman stamp, my comment about it in relation to the USPS, and the recent thread bashing/praising the USPS. Dumb me !
With regard to your abalone pen:
I jumped ahead and assumed you used the recangular punch for making the abalone glue-ons. But I had no idea that you can buy sheets of abalone .... I still don't know if it is "real" or if it is just printed onto sheets ...
... in this era of 3-D printing you never know !!