Art Journal Every Day: Lace Pages

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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!

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