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Sometimes I like to get crazy with a craft knife. I get kind of obsessed and spend a few hours with a craft knife and a self-healing mat and my art journal and lace pages are the wonderful result!
Check them out (and yes, everything you see was HAND CUT). You can do it too!
I mixed letter stickers with some pen "shadows" to make them really pop off the busy background.
To cut lace pages, simply slide a self-healing mat into your art journal and underneath the page you'd like to cut. Then start cutting with a craft knife — starting at the side furthest from the spine. Slowly work your way towards the spine. That's it. Nothing fancy. No special tricks. Just simple cutting over and over and over.
I hope you'll give it a try!
Thanks for stopping by!
So intricate and wonderful.
So intricate and wonderful.
So intricate and wonderful.
So intricate and wonderful.
So intricate and wonderful.
So intricate and wonderful.
Beautiful but I am not sure what a self healing mat is…lol
Beautiful but I am not sure what a self healing mat is…lol
Beautiful but I am not sure what a self healing mat is…lol
Beautiful but I am not sure what a self healing mat is…lol
Beautiful but I am not sure what a self healing mat is…lol
Beautiful but I am not sure what a self healing mat is…lol
Very nice, but I just DON’T have that kind of patience!!!
Very nice, but I just DON’T have that kind of patience!!!
Very nice, but I just DON’T have that kind of patience!!!
Very nice, but I just DON’T have that kind of patience!!!
Very nice, but I just DON’T have that kind of patience!!!
Very nice, but I just DON’T have that kind of patience!!!
It doesn’t get all scarred up like a regular cutting mat does. You don’t get all those ridges and gaps. They are quite nice.
It doesn’t get all scarred up like a regular cutting mat does. You don’t get all those ridges and gaps. They are quite nice.
It doesn’t get all scarred up like a regular cutting mat does. You don’t get all those ridges and gaps. They are quite nice.
It doesn’t get all scarred up like a regular cutting mat does. You don’t get all those ridges and gaps. They are quite nice.
It doesn’t get all scarred up like a regular cutting mat does. You don’t get all those ridges and gaps. They are quite nice.
It doesn’t get all scarred up like a regular cutting mat does. You don’t get all those ridges and gaps. They are quite nice.
Lovely!
Lovely!
Lovely!
Lovely!
Lovely!
Lovely!
How cool is that!
How cool is that!
How cool is that!
How cool is that!
How cool is that!
How cool is that!
https://www.michaels.com/recollections-self-healing-cutting-mat/10254953.html
And with their coupons, it’s a great bargain and well worth it. i have a small and a larger one on my desk (different model; just google “eslf-healing mat”)
https://www.michaels.com/recollections-self-healing-cutting-mat/10254953.html
And with their coupons, it’s a great bargain and well worth it. i have a small and a larger one on my desk (different model; just google “eslf-healing mat”)
https://www.michaels.com/recollections-self-healing-cutting-mat/10254953.html
And with their coupons, it’s a great bargain and well worth it. i have a small and a larger one on my desk (different model; just google “eslf-healing mat”)
https://www.michaels.com/recollections-self-healing-cutting-mat/10254953.html
And with their coupons, it’s a great bargain and well worth it. i have a small and a larger one on my desk (different model; just google “eslf-healing mat”)
https://www.michaels.com/recollections-self-healing-cutting-mat/10254953.html
And with their coupons, it’s a great bargain and well worth it. i have a small and a larger one on my desk (different model; just google “eslf-healing mat”)
https://www.michaels.com/recollections-self-healing-cutting-mat/10254953.html
And with their coupons, it’s a great bargain and well worth it. i have a small and a larger one on my desk (different model; just google “eslf-healing mat”)
It is lovely! Do you draw out your idea first or just start cutting? Amazing amount of patience!
It is lovely! Do you draw out your idea first or just start cutting? Amazing amount of patience!
It is lovely! Do you draw out your idea first or just start cutting? Amazing amount of patience!
It is lovely! Do you draw out your idea first or just start cutting? Amazing amount of patience!
It is lovely! Do you draw out your idea first or just start cutting? Amazing amount of patience!
It is lovely! Do you draw out your idea first or just start cutting? Amazing amount of patience!
Stunning! I started cutting in my journal when you first posted about this last year, it so much fun, but this … you took it to a whole ‘nother level! WOWZA! Love love love!
Stunning! I started cutting in my journal when you first posted about this last year, it so much fun, but this … you took it to a whole ‘nother level! WOWZA! Love love love!
Stunning! I started cutting in my journal when you first posted about this last year, it so much fun, but this … you took it to a whole ‘nother level! WOWZA! Love love love!
Stunning! I started cutting in my journal when you first posted about this last year, it so much fun, but this … you took it to a whole ‘nother level! WOWZA! Love love love!
Stunning! I started cutting in my journal when you first posted about this last year, it so much fun, but this … you took it to a whole ‘nother level! WOWZA! Love love love!
Stunning! I started cutting in my journal when you first posted about this last year, it so much fun, but this … you took it to a whole ‘nother level! WOWZA! Love love love!
It looks great. What type of craft knife is best as I imagine you’d need something pretty sharp? Cheers and thank you
It looks great. What type of craft knife is best as I imagine you’d need something pretty sharp? Cheers and thank you
It looks great. What type of craft knife is best as I imagine you’d need something pretty sharp? Cheers and thank you
It looks great. What type of craft knife is best as I imagine you’d need something pretty sharp? Cheers and thank you
It looks great. What type of craft knife is best as I imagine you’d need something pretty sharp? Cheers and thank you
It looks great. What type of craft knife is best as I imagine you’d need something pretty sharp? Cheers and thank you
Okay . . . now that is just so cool
1 I am going to give it a try.
Okay . . . now that is just so cool
1 I am going to give it a try.
Okay . . . now that is just so cool
1 I am going to give it a try.
Okay . . . now that is just so cool
1 I am going to give it a try.
Okay . . . now that is just so cool
1 I am going to give it a try.
Okay . . . now that is just so cool
1 I am going to give it a try.
beautiful pages!
beautiful pages!
beautiful pages!
beautiful pages!
beautiful pages!
beautiful pages!
This soooo cool! Are you using a special paper? Acrylic paint? Love it! Thanks for sharing!!
This soooo cool! Are you using a special paper? Acrylic paint? Love it! Thanks for sharing!!
This soooo cool! Are you using a special paper? Acrylic paint? Love it! Thanks for sharing!!
This soooo cool! Are you using a special paper? Acrylic paint? Love it! Thanks for sharing!!
This soooo cool! Are you using a special paper? Acrylic paint? Love it! Thanks for sharing!!
This soooo cool! Are you using a special paper? Acrylic paint? Love it! Thanks for sharing!!