A finished commission

Remember that post I wrote about my first commission? The second part of that commission was a big ole paper cut. My friend's parents are going to be celebrating their 50th anniversary soon, and she wanted me to make them something special. She wanted a card, but not one that you'd put in an envelope. She wanted something bigger, than she could both write a message on, but then frame for them to keep on a mantle.

My friend gave me some background on her parents to help me create a great and personalized paper cut. I decided to focus on locations - they met in France, and now live in Buffalo near Niagara Falls. I wanted to incorporate both those locations in the cut, and cue the most intricate paper cut I have done to date!

That Eiffel Tower was a lot more work than anticipated! Here's a shot from when I had finally finished it, and you can see some of the teeny tiny trimmings it produced.

And the final product, mounted on a color of my friend's choosing (gold, to represent their gold anniversary). Not bad!

Special thanks to my mom for helping me out with the drawings!

I'm on Etsy!

This just in....I'm on Etsy! Click the link on the right to check out my new Etsy shop and purchase one of my original handmade paper cuts! As of right now I just have the tiger up there, but I hope to get more up soon! And of course I'm available to do commissioned work as well.

You may also have noticed that I changed the name of this blog from "Cards by Katie" to "Paper cuts by Katie", as I'm trying to steer more towards just paper cuts. The URL for this blog has stayed the same.

Evan's Paper Cut - Updated

My little nephew turned one this past summer! For his birthday, I wanted to give him something that I made myself that he could have in his room as he grows up. I had a couple of things in my childhood bedroom that my aunt made me, and I wanted that for Evan. So I made him a big ole paper cut (8.5 x 11) that I had framed.

For the design, I decided to do a bunch of different scenes in one cut. They're all original, and this is the final product, after many different renditions.

UPDATE:
I wanted to share with ya'll what this paper cut looks like in its "natural habitat", aka on the wall in Evan's room. Thanks to my sister for sending the pic!

Oh and, as a side note, I made that circle mobile hanging from the ceiling for him too! He'll not forget who is favorite auntie is! If you're interested in that, here's what it looked like all put together, and here's the link for the tutorial.

A little afternoon paper cut

Here's a little paper cut I did the other day when I was bored. I'm trying to decide if I should cut out the rest of the negative space to leave just a thin outline of the tiger, or keep it as is...what do you think?