bluekarin Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I have just started getting into this craft. Well, I have admired it for a year or so now, but have finally bought a craft knife and had a go. It's rather addictive! I just want to keep cutting out pictures. I went out and bought Craftseller mag today as it had a load of free templates from one of my fave paper cutting artists, Paperpanda I wondered if anyone else was into it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Wow very intricate, I'm far too hamfisted but would love to see what anyone has done. Egluntyne likes paper and card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Forgive my ignorance, so this is cutting by hand rather than using a die? It looks really pretty, but complicated, not sure I'd have the manual dexterity - do let us see what you make. By the way, be careful with the craft knife ... they are rather sharp. Ask me how I know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Go on then, how do you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 To be fair, I have only ever nicked myself with a craft knife. Rotary cutter blades are also quite sharp I well remember my calligraphy teacher complaining that when he cut his hand with a scalpel and needed a surgical repair, the surgeon used an identical scalpel to the one that had inflicted the injury! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 It's done by hand, with no cutting dies The first one I did I pressed to hard and have made my thumb a bit numb But I have done several now and am loving them. I need to get a glass cutting mat as the self healing one I have doesn't help with cutting curves. Apparently glass helps the paper move better and you get a smoother curve. I used to work in a graphic designers doing paste up work so have used cutting knives before. I did an impressive wound back then when the knife I was using slipped over the metal rule I was using and sliced the top of my thumb off! It was only a little bit, about the size of my little finger nail, but I still have the scar. Here is my first paper cut picture I have done. Designer - Paper Panda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Very pretty! I used to do that too, but then with scissors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Wonderful. Could you print through it now if you wanted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Must have been very tricky doing teeny spaces with scissors! It was hard enough with a sharp scalpel! I guess you could print through if you wanted to, but I think you'd need to have thicker card otherwise it might disintegrate. The idea is you mount these with a different colour background, or do infills of different colours, whatever you like really. They look really impressive mounted in a floating mount (two sheets of glass so the picture 'floats' between them) with a bold background colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Very pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Ooh lovely. Er, could be adapted as applique - The Little Brown Bird quilt has Scherenschnitte blocks. But yes, I've made templates with a craft knife - luckily not inflicted injury with the blade, but pressed so hard that my index finger got quite sore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Try scissors! Much easier and kinder on your fingers. The scissors I used looked like the small metal ones you use to clip threads when embroidering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
