Paper Cutting

Hi!

About a month ago I took a paper cutting workshop from Bmore Papercuts.  It was so much fun and ever since then I've been wanting to try more!  For my birthday I got a set of x-acto knives and a cutting mat, so that was perfect!

The other day I cut up some kraft card stock into 4x6 cards and decided to just start cutting.  I had found some cute (short!) quotes on Pinterest so I tried using what I had learned at the workshop to cut some cute stuff!  And I did!

I can't post pictures of most of them yet, but here's one I did with some lyrics from a Sondre Lerche song that I love called Modern Nature :)

I practiced doing negative and positive space with the lettering.  Writing backwards is a little hard but I got pretty good at it since I did so many that day :)

Here's one that I made for Alex for Christmas!  Don't worry, I already gave it to him!

I need to get a frame for it and put some colored paper behind it, and we'll be good to go!

I had so much fun and I'm getting lots of ideas of things I want to try.  When I went to the Last Stop Hops-n-Shop show the other night, I looked closely at Annie's papercuts (from Bmore Papercuts) that were for sale to get some ideas, too!  She does such small details and all of her cuts look so smooth!  I need to practice a ton!

Thanks for reading!

Paper Cutting Workshop!

Hi!

The exciting workshop that I went to tonight was a paper cutting workshop with Annie Howe of Bmore Papercuts!

It was so fun!!  It was a two-hour workshop at Artifact Coffee, which is such a cute place!  Alex and I need to go there soon for coffee.  There were probably about 25 people there and when I got there I checked in and got a goodie bag with a personalized name tag!

There was one of these adorable tea towels with a paper cut print on it in each bag!!  So pretty :)

Each seat had a cutting board, an x-acto knife, a cute little bag of candy, and an envelope with instructions, etc. in it.  The tables were decorated with candles in blue jars and flowers, too!

Annie demonstrated how to cut the templates she provided (there were four that she designed) and then we got to choose one and start working!  I picked a template with cute mushrooms on it, but they were all adorable!  She showed us how to add our own details, like words, and how to cut the letters in negative and positive space.  Annie is so nice and she and the woman helping her were so helpful throughout the whole workshop!

It was harder than I thought it would be!  Especially cutting the really tiny details.  It's important to cut out the little shapes first so the paper doesn't move around (which it does when the larger parts are cut out).  To do anything with letters, you write them backwards since you end up turning the paper over when you frame it.  I added "Home is wherever I'm with you" to my template.  It was hard to do the letters but I'm so glad I did!  I finished my paper cut right at the last second!  We got to pick the color of paper for the background and they put them in frames for us!  We also got to take an extra template home with us to try later.  

Look how cute it turned out!!

I love it so much and I can't wait to hang it up!  I'm going to buy an x-acto knife and cutting board soon so I can make my own at home!

I'm so glad I took this workshop!  Everyone that I met there was so nice and it was in such a neat place!!

Thanks for reading!