Cutting Mats

Ironically, the thing that takes the longest to do is cut the big pieces of mat to the 8x10 size. Not that the actual cutting is what takes the time, it's the time it takes me to summon up the energy to clear the floor, and wrestle with cutting the mats by hand. I have a small guillotine, but it won't help with the big pieces. I have 6 papercuts ready to be mounted, but I haven't sat and gotten them cut. Maybe it's worth an extra trip to somewhere that will cut them for me.

New Papercuts on Etsy

There are three new papercuts on my etsy site, mounted and ready to go!

Tree Silhouette Papercut

This papercut is based on a picture that I took of this really big, twisty tree. It's about 5"x4", cut completely by hand with an exacto knife on grey cardstock. I will mount it on matboard, then put it up in my shop. It's the first papercut to go up in my shop, the first of many!

Latest Papercuts

I'm concentrating more on papercutting, lately. I like it because it's fun, and I can also do it while I'm watching a movie! Here's a few I've done in the last few days.


This one is from origami paper, easy to cut and nice to get small details from. You can also sketch your design on the other side, as it's white.


This one is from an old dictionary page. Somewhat stylized, but that's what makes it fun! Old pages are nice to cut from, too, but you have to be careful because sometimes older paper rips very easily.


This one took a while to do. I did it so I could practice little circles, which are rather hard to get right. I got better towards the end...