Tuesday, March 1, 2011

for gigi...

so i'm kind of in love with papercutting. i've been doing regular scherenschnitte (usually black cutouts on white paper) for several years, and then this year, for my wedding, i did some less traditional profiles of husband and me which turned out pretty well. i'm currently working on a project for my mama. here's what i did: first, i found a picture online that i liked that worked with mama's theme.

then i did a simple sketch of the image in the size i wanted it. i used an exacto knife and self-healing mat and scissors to cut out each item in the picture using the appropriate color paper. then i glued it all together and mounted it on white cardstock with gingham borders. you can't tell, but all of it is mounted on foam core covered in brown wrapping paper.  







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