Christmas Paper cut Baubles

Photo: Amy Webster © 2014 Houzz 4. Remove the tracing paper to reveal your design ready to cut. The design will be in reverse. This will mean any numbers or writing in your design will be the right way round on the clean side of the paper. With paper cutting on such a small scale it is hard to avoid showing some pencil lines on the underside of the design. Try to keep the transfer pencil line slight - clear enough to guide you but not so heavy to spoil the final paper cut. (On a greater scale paper cut project you can simply cut through the tracing paper and the paper at the same time, avoiding transferring any lines onto the paper at all.) Watercolour paper works well as it is strong yet easy to cut and remains stiff once inside your bauble.