Lately, I've been loving the idea of creating page elements by hand. Yesterday, I shared some ideas for hand-drawn patterns. Today, let's focus on hand-cut titles, using the venerable Rebecca Sower's hand-cut letters as inspiration:
Instead of depending on die-cut everything, why not pick uo a scissors and add some homemade whimsy and charm to your next project? Using the inspiration piece as a springboard, I cut out some letters from the papers in the December Story kit and worked them into one of the pages in my holiday album.
No, they aren't perfectly precise, but they are cute, adding to the overall playful feel of the page, and I love them!
I didn't trace the letters before cutting; I simply cut them freehand, and then rubbed ink around the edges as well as over a few of the letters.
I stitched over the title letters as a finishing touch.
All in all, this is an easy way to work a little bit of yourself into your pages. Plus, it's an awesome way to use up scraps!
If you're up for trying it, please share what you create in the October Afternoon Flickr gallery. I can't wait to see what you come up with!
-- Jill