Lucy Loves - Papercutting

Morning! Halfway through the week already, how did that happen?  Lucy is back today for another Lucy Loves post with a craft she is desperate to try, papercutting.  I am a little wary as it involves a sharp craft knife, but I think with very careful supervision I may just have to let her try.

For this weeks blog I’m writing about one of my favourite crafts paper cutting! Paper cutting is a gorgeous but tricky way to show art. So here are a few that I really like.

'Beside The Seaside' Lasercut Card from Pogofandango

I love the seaside! This is really pretty.

'Three Little Birds' Papercut from Kyleigh's Papercuts

This is a gorgeous papercut

'How Sweet It Is' Papercut from Ant Design Gifts 

This another lovely papercut.

'Live, Love, Laugh' Papercut from Ant Design Gifts

My mum says this alot so it's perfect.

These are just a few papercuts and I know my mum would include Rob Ryan and Mr Yen.

Love

Lucy

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Thank you Lucy these are a really lovely selection of papercuts, thank you for sharing with us your new crafty fascination, maybe at the weekend I'll let you have a try :)

Enjoy your day,

Zoe

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Papercutting - Trying a new skill

I am a huge fan of Rob Ryan and dream of one day owning his 'Can We? Shall We?' papercut.  I also love the work of Kyleigh's Papercuts and Mr Yen, Cutture and Storeyshop, but had as yet never tried my hand at papercutting.  That was until this weekend!

'Can we? Shall we?' by Rob Ryan

I know it's sensible to start a new craft or skill with the guidance of a book or to do a course, but I was feeling brave on Saturday and decided to try out an idea that had been swimming around in my head for a few days.  I decided that I wanted to try a papercut style idea on patterned paper.  Usually papercuts are on plain paper or card.  With thoughts of seaside images lodged firmly in my brain whilst designing new things for Zoe & Drew I thought I'd try a crab on spotty orange paper! And here he is -

I also had a try at some lettering and what else to cut out but 'BEACH'!

So now I have taken my paper obsession to a new level as I am busy sketching out ideas to papercut. Armed with my craft knife, which is pants by the way so recommendations are welcome for a replacement, I am looking forward to trying to turn my ideas into papercuts.  Most importantly it is fantastic to just be trying something different. So what are you dying to try? Why not just give it a go!

Take care
Zoe
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