Scherenschnitte. It's cool. Trust me.

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So, I found the coolest blog EVER! (At least for this week...you know how fickle I tend to be with these things...)

It's called

Scherenschnitte

Yeah, so I had no idea what it meant, either. No worries. I took care of that for you, just 'cause I like ya and stuff. Here is what the great almighty Wikipedia has to say:

Scherenschnitte (shear-n-SNIT- a), which means "scissor cuts" in German, is the art papercutting design. The art work often has symmetry within the design, and common forms include silhouettes, valentines, and love letters. The art tradition was founded in Switzerland and Germany in the 1500's, and was brought to Colonial America in the 1700s by immigrants who settled primarily in Pennsylvania.

Isn't that the most fabulous word EVER?! Seriously. It's pretty great. And, like I said before, the blog is amazing! TONS of fabulous cutting designs that Cindy kindly allows you to download and use!

So...that is EXACTLY what I did!

I found a design that had a critter (*SHOCK!* I know...it's pretty surprising...oh.....wait.....) and printed it up on four different sheets of the fabulous Earth Love from Cosmo Cricket. And then I grabbed my kraft knife (I went with the one with the sharpest blade on it and the most comfortable grip, since I knew it would take a bit to do this one.) and went to town! I cut out the image in the four patterns and then pieced together the parts to create my scene. To complete the card, I placed the black panel on the card form, misted it with Glimmer Mist to add some shimmer (it makes it more magical that way and we like things to look magical around here...), mounted the cut image on foam dots and then placed it on the panel, added the fabric ribbon in that fabulous green houndstooth pattern and then finished it off with a simple label sticker sentiment.

This was SO much fun to create! I will totally be back for more cutting patterns! I am in love! What do you think? I hope you had a wonderful Halloween Weekend! It's time to start thinking Thanksgiving!!!!!