Scissors, papers, glue.

 As many of you know, I spend a good deal of my life illustrating books, creating intricate scherenschnitte and doing up to 26 art shows and events each year. But some times, I want to put the serious stuff aside and just have some fun... with

PAPER

and 

SCISSORS

  If I can't be outside in the garden, in this horrid heat, I can still create a garden

 with paper.

  First, I will cut some grass,

 and make some teeny, tiny flowers...

 \and itty, bitty silhouettes.

cut, snip slice, dice, chop,

glue....

WHAT A MESS!

 But now I have a lot to work with.

Rabbits , birds, trees, fences cottages and FLOWERS

I love the textures of these art papers. and the GREENS.... Oh I love these GREENS!

Hopalong Gardens in a pot!

Bunnies and with wheelbarrows, poppies, foxgloves, tulips morning glory, hollyhocks

and little bird houses

  all made from papercutting.

Isn't this fun?

Layer by layer, like a paper cake..

I am growing...

.

 

Hopalong Hollow

In a Bell Jar.

.

 I have to admit, I got a bit carried away and built 8 of these.

  They are very sweet.

 Now that I have that out of my system. I can get back to painting moss on my illustration paper...inches and inches and inches of moss.