Every Frog Needs a Princess

A Dragon and his Boy

Here is a quick cut that I did shortly after the last one. Dragons are fun to cut.

Picking Out a Dragon

Sometimes when I read a paper cut idea will pop into my head that relates to the story I am reading. This especially happens when I am reading children's literature. I haven't ever followed through with those ideas until now. This past week I randomly pulled a book off the shelves at my local library and brought it home. It was "How to Train Your Dragon" by Cressida Cowell. It was a funny little book about Vikings and dragons. The above cut is what popped into my head at the beginning of the book as the young hero must crawl into a cave full of sleeping dragons, where he must snatch one and take it back his village to train. This was fun. I think the next time I feel inspired by a children's book, I'll follow thru.

Snowy Egret at Low Tide

This cut is based on a photo I took at a California beach last November. We finally took our kids to Disneyland, and we spent one day playing at the beach. I liked the way the white plumage contrasted with the dark shadows on the rock. This cut is a little bit bigger than I usually cut at 10 x 13 inches.

January ATCs

Yes, I have finally found some time to get back to cutting. It feels good to be back! These are this month's ATCs. The theme was botanicals. I found an illustration of sprouting beans in an old biology book and thought that they would be a good thing to base the cuttings on. Each cut is a different stage of bean sprouting.

I have posted them in order of growth.

The leaves took the longest to cut.

Are You Tired of Neules Yet?

You may be tired of seeing neules, so I decided to post the rest of the neules that I have cut in the past month. This is a scene of Bethlehem. This is the one I used for my trade.


This is one that was fun to design and cut. I used the red paper as background to liven in up when I scanned it. I was tired of the gloomy black.


Here is the last one. I cut this just a few days ago for a gift for a friend. I hope that she likes it. My husband thinks that the sheep look like maggots.


These are a couple of pictures of the neules hanging in my front room. I strung a string from the curtain to the opposite side of the room. Then, I hung the neules from the string. I like the way they look like they are floating. I think I should have hung them just a little bit higher though because my seven year old already manged to take a swing at one and ripped it down. Fortunately, I was able to rehang it without too much damage. She promised not to do that again.


Here they are again at another angle. Merry Christmas!

More Neules

Here are 2 more neules that I have cut in the last couple of weeks. Angels make good holiday decor.

Here are the three wisemen. After trying to figure out how to make a good looking camel, I just left the cantankerous beasts out.