a lovely view of the disney castle... birthday gift for mum.

here is a commission i was asked to cut by a lovely lady who wanted to give her mum something special for her birthday. I was told she loved drinking tea, baking cakes, and talking on the telephone. I was asked to include the disney castle, a very special dog, a gnome, bunting, stars and of course her favourite flowers...

life is what you make it...

happy sunny monday everybody!

when its not this sunny, and i can't hear the birds singing to me, i often need a reminder as to why i should get out of bed, a pick me up, a kick in the right direction...

along with "it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder" from Hey Jude, this is my favourite (and the most successful)...

beautiful garden scene paper cut...

this is a piece i was commissioned to make for my lovely godmother, given free range i decided to base it on her beautiful "natural" garden...

i even got to wrap it up all nice for her...

seaside memorial cut out...

this was the first commission i was asked to do, so will always be a favourite of mine. because of a huge uni distraction, it took a while to materialise, but thankfully i was forgiven...

this is a dedication to a cherished grandmother, i was asked to fill it with as many memories as i could...

A2 paper cut out

50th wedding anniversary gift...

this weekend i helped celebrate my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary, thats impressive isn't it, 50 years!

this is the cut out i made especially for them...

handmade wedding card...

i made this wedding card commission last week, but had to wait till today to show you...

it was for a couple who share a love of nature and gardening, which was thankfully something i could relate to!

you can actually swing the couple on the swing by moving the card...

paper wedding anniversary present...

last week i heard from a lovely lady who needed a paper wedding anniversary present, pronto. because she asked so nicely i helped her out...

she even wrote about it in her beautiful blog ...

http://kellyslittleeye.blogspot.com/2011/07/something-beginning-with-b_17.html

first wedding anniversary gift...

this is a small commission i made for one of my brainchild mentors... it was gift for his beautiful wife of one year, one year being paper...

it was later framed and warmly recieved...

happy twenty first, the world is yours...

this is a piece i made for one of my favourite people who turned twenty one last week...

i wanted to describe how everything she has done up until this point was preparation for her brand new sparkly life, and now she can go enjoy it...

and where better to realise this (and generally be) than on a hill standing on a bench looking at the stars??

happy birthday pink!

how to show you care without being rank...

this may ring a bell with some old friends with good memorys; it is a rhyme i wrote years ago, which i then cut, all in order to show i care without saying any rank words (love, heart, soul mate, forever, bells- you get the idea) or including any heart shapes, flowers, or doves...

i was proud at the time, but it was created at the very start of my 'cutting career' and then later got distroyed by boisterous kittens... (this was a sad day)

so i recently remade/remodelled the non-rank design, in order to re-give as a gift (for some silly very-rank day last month... i forget the name of it), and to undo the kittens hard work...

enjoy with a good book...

another handmade gift made with my trustie craft knife,
i got a little carried away with the packaging...

merry christmas, here's a piece of paper with holes in it...

here is an A4 paper cut out i made for my aunty and uncle this christmas...