Scherenschnitte Paper-Cutting

By Anne Wilbur Premium

Remember grade school, when you used to cut paper chains of little girls holding hands? That's a form of scherenschnitte  (share-en-shnit-uh), or paper-cutting—an ancient art that's migrated to scrapbooking. Paper-cut embellishments are nearly as easy to create as those paper chains—and much more elegant. Paper-cutting originated in China...

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