But the truth is, that by this time, I was feeling pretty good about making paper flowers. I almost just said no, I can’t do that - I’m not experienced enough.

They asked if I would write a book about paper flowers. Then, about two months after I began my paper flower design extravaganza, I was contacted by a book publisher.

I was getting more creative and more adventurous as I went along, because I was learning by doing. I began designing LOTS of paper flowers - roses, magnolias, tulips, daisies, sunflowers - you name it, I was tracing petals and creating 3D paper flowers that were AH-mazing, if I do say so myself. That day, I designed my first paper flower - a peony with petals based on real peony petals from my garden. I had the POWER to make precisely what I wanted. And I quickly realized how easily it was to modify and create designs. I opened the SVG in my illustration program - which I already had installed because I am a graphic designer. So after I made my first paper flower from an SVG, I started to play around. I wasn’t content to just download what other people had designed - I had ideas, and I wanted to see them come to life. I got a Cricut cutting machine, I made a few projects, and then I quickly decided I wanted to create my OWN designs. I began the CUT ABOVE program in October 2017 because I’ve been where you are. My crafting projects, my blog, and my entire life, have been forever changed by my ability to design SVG cut files. My files even got the attention of a book publisher, who just two months after I learned to do this, offered me a book deal.

I cracked the code on creating SVG cut files to make gorgeous projects that have been shared over 35 million times. all committed to designing beautiful things that they can upload, share with others, and even sell. Imagine being connected to others who are on the same journey as you.

Imagine having the know-how to impress everyone, even yourself, with what you can create. Imagine how it will feel to finally make precisely what you envision, just the way you want, without compromise. What if, instead, you could design whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted? Do you spend too much time searching for just the right design or cut file for your project? Do you have to compromise on what you want just to make something? Or, worse yet, do you refuse to settle and never finish that project?

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