This is a hand-cut filigree Valentine heart papercut design I’ve been working on recently, so I can make it easier to fit the names and ‘&’ ampersand into the design:
I like this one because when it’s cut out the names don’t immeditely jump out. You have to concentrate on them a bit if you’re just looking at the overall design.
I’ve managed to cut it quite well, too – there are enough inconsistencies to made it obvious that it’s a hand-cut piece, but not so many mistakes that I’d rather have done it with the laser cutter. Having said that, I’m also going to try cutting it with the laser, to make sure that the design works at a slightly different scale. I’ll cut it from paper and then from wood. I think that on the laser it will be more successful in wood rather than paper. It might look quite delicate, but actually it seems to be surprisingly sturdy when you hang it up.
Hopefully it will be on my shop soon, or maybe on my Amazon Handmade shop. Just look out for ‘Filigree Valentine Heart papercut’. I’ll put a hand-cut and laser-cut version for sale. It takes me about 2 hours to cut by hand, so the hand-cut version will obviously be more expensive.