I've been contemplating whether or not to do my annual 3D paper snip for Christmas. Those are what I send out as Christmas cards.
They are a boost to my self esteem, for sure. People post their collections of my snip ornaments/Christmas cards on Facebook. Some folks leave their Christmas snips hanging up all year, which is fun to see when I come to visit. Fewer and fewer people send cards back anymore though. I really enjoy receiving them so I am disappointed to not get cards in return.
Last year, I was in the throes of a sculpture class during this season. I spent WAY, way too much time working on my projects for that, so the cards had to be set aside. This year, however, I could easily do them.
Some 3D snips take an hour and a half to complete and that's not even taking into account the amount of time it takes me to settle on a design. So, these things are really labors of love.
Here are the contenders for this season, albeit in a really unfinished form. You can see one that I gave up on pretty quickly. The designs are not complete, and only one is 3d.
Some, I had to retreive from the trash can just now. Most of my samples, I hate right after doing them. When I went to bed last night, I had decided to not take on this project this year. This morning I changed my mind. I am ready to snip!
They are a boost to my self esteem, for sure. People post their collections of my snip ornaments/Christmas cards on Facebook. Some folks leave their Christmas snips hanging up all year, which is fun to see when I come to visit. Fewer and fewer people send cards back anymore though. I really enjoy receiving them so I am disappointed to not get cards in return.
Last year, I was in the throes of a sculpture class during this season. I spent WAY, way too much time working on my projects for that, so the cards had to be set aside. This year, however, I could easily do them.
Some 3D snips take an hour and a half to complete and that's not even taking into account the amount of time it takes me to settle on a design. So, these things are really labors of love.
Here are the contenders for this season, albeit in a really unfinished form. You can see one that I gave up on pretty quickly. The designs are not complete, and only one is 3d.
Some, I had to retreive from the trash can just now. Most of my samples, I hate right after doing them. When I went to bed last night, I had decided to not take on this project this year. This morning I changed my mind. I am ready to snip!
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