Break for Scissors

I took a break from egg art today so I could cut this
card for a coworker.

Well, Hello, Bloggerverse!

Hi, Bloggerverse!  LTNS!

This school year has been so crazy busy that I haven't had time to do any snipping.  I have really missed doing it.  Here's the good news and the bad.  I've got a little time to get some done now, but the reason is that I have had  foot surgery.  That has given me time to catch up on both school work and personal art work.

(Why am I now thinking that by posting that, I am going to start getting Google ads about foot issues?)

I've done a few snips as thank you notes.

That's a start.


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Christmas Scherenschnitte Cards 2012

My creative juices have been spent mostly on yarn related activities lately.  Nothing highly creative; just pleasurable. 

But since Christmas is coming up, I've started snipping my holiday cards.  They often change from the time I start designing until the time I finish the last snip.  Here's how they look at the moment.

I'd like to add some sparkly white powdery stuff, but I have no clue how to do it.  I think it involves some hot air blower tool.  No clue where even to begin on that one.  Do you know?

(folded, this is 4" x 6")

Finished Cards

These are the cards I have been working on.  I like them all, but I am not really sold on any one of them.  I still think they need to be a little more personal but I'm not sure where to go with that.

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Crab Template

Last night I was snipping trial versions of Christmas cards. I decided that they weren't personal enough, so I tried using a local icon from back home; the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab. My thinking was that I would cut it out of white cardstock and back it with some glittery , shiny Christmas paper. We'll see. I may still just head over to Hallmark.
I'll post photos of a finished piece later today. This template has some rough edges, but I really just made it for my own use and wasn't worried about presentation.


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Planning for Christmas - Card Template

I like snipping my own Christmas cards. 

The ones I made the last two years were 
3D.  It took 5 months to make all of them. 

 With a month to go until Christmas, 

it looks like this year's cards won't

 be as involved as that.  So I'm trying

 to get some sketches done before getting 

the production line going.  Honestly, at

this speed , I may be heading to Hallmark 
for my cards. 

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Ornament Template

I'm having so much fun making templates for scherenschnitte. What i need to do is to start cutting these out!

Summer Snipping

I did an amazing amount of snipping this summer.  It has been for a project though, and I can't show them yet.

Here are some I can share though.  I was working on a design for a wedding card and here is the finished design.

Here are the rough designs I started with.

What will I do with them all?  Good question.  File them away forever, I guess.





















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paper cutting