Swan Scherenschnitte (Paper cutting)

I created this pattern last night after considering several other patterns from books that I have. I decided that I wanted to make my own instead of depending on some other person's creative talent.....although I may still use patterns from others from time to time.

I then cut it out with my new exacto knife kit....love, love, love gift certificates at art stores. It allows me to just go in and buy what I want with no concern over how much it costs.

This is for a young lady at church who just became engaged. She is my secret sister and we are having our "reveal" party this Friday night, so I wanted a special gift to give her made by myself. I still need to frame it...here's where I messed up. I had a white frame I planned to use, but between folding the paper over and then drawing the design, it's bigger than my frame. I really need to measure twice, cut once.