My "storyboxes" are made up of intricately designed paper layers, spaced apart to create depth and tell a personal story!

Papercut art is not a new concept, but I call mine "storyboxes" because I like to give my designs that extra magic of, well, telling a personal story! :) I made my designs highly personal and specific, and I'd love to do that for you too.

Storyboxes are made of 5 to 8 layers of papercut artwork, assembled with 3D adhesive dots, and placed into a shadow box (a picture frame with a deep interior).

Each layer is designed by me (hello!), and cut by a papercutting machine. The cardstock is solid-core, archival quality, fade-resistant, and varies between 65lb to 110lb cover weight, depending on the design, purpose, and color of each layer. 

Interior/artwork dimensions: 8" x 8"

Frame's exterior dimensions: 8.8" x 8.8", 1.2" depth. Glass front, sawtooth hanger attached on the back.

Care & Handling

Please avoid putting your storybox in direct sunlight. Indirect sunlight is okay! 

I use high quality fade-resistant cardstock, but please understand that that doesn't mean it's impossible for it to fade; the sun is crazy strong! If you ever have any issues with your storybox, feel free to let me know. 

Many colors are available! Usually my clients mention their wedding colors, their favorite colors, or just leave it up to me!

Based on your preferences and the design we create together, I will choose colors from my swatch deck and custom order your cardstocks. My swatch deck covers a vast array of colors, but of course, there are still limits, as I can't create cardstocks that do not exist. That being said, I am confident that we will be able to find a combo of colors that works for you! 

The design process usually takes approx. 8-10 weeks, provided you respond quickly to emails. However, this timeline is not guaranteed. Please kindly understand that I am working on several commissions at a time, as well as my regular projects and designs for Cuddly Potatoes. I balance it all as well as I can, but sometimes things don't go as planned! Rest assured, any delays on my end will be communicated to you in a timely manner.

I cannot accommodate any specific deadlines. I do storybox commissions in "rounds", where I start and end on my own schedule. I typically do a Spring, Summer, and Fall round each year.  

One last note: you're an important part of this! Once we get started, please try to respond to my emails within 1-3 days so we can keep things moving. :) The "8-10 week" estimation relies on your timely responses. 

We'll start with a set of questions that will help me get to know you and any initial ideas you have! No initial ideas but just want something special? Don't worry, I'll guide you! Answering these questions for me is the bulk of your role in this commission.

Then, I'll create the artwork in four stages, spanning over ~8 to 10 weeks. When I finish a certain step, I'll send a photo to you. You can tell me you approve of it and we move forward, or you can ask for tweaks, and I'll revise it as needed! Generally, once a "step" is approved, it shouldn't change anymore moving forward or it would create unnecessary work. 

1. Concept(s) - With text descriptions, I'll describe some ideas I have for your storybox! Since the many layers make it such a complex design, we want to have a pretty solid concept before I dive into sketching.
2. Sketch - These are rough, but we want to be able to have a sketch that depicts an idea that you're happy with before we move onto the drawing stage.
3. Digital Mockup / Line Drawing - We can adjust the line drawing until you approve of it, modifying lines and details but not the whole idea since that should be finalized at the sketch stage. This "Line Drawing" will essentially be a digital mockup for how the final set papercut layers will look. 
4. Paper-Cut Layers, Pre-Assembly - I will have your layers cut out, and show you a photo of all the cardstock layers before assembling the entire box with the adhesive dots. This should just be a final check with no additional changes, but if you notice something you don't love, this is the last chance to say so!

When you want to make changes, it helps most if you provide detailed descriptions of all the changes you'd like to make at a time, in one email, instead of making the requests separately. To keep things moving, I'd like to keep the number of revisions under 3 for sketches, 2 for line drawing, and 1 for paper cutting. Rest assured though that with your detailed descriptions, we often don't need many revisions. 

Commissioned designs should be for personal use only. (e.g. for your own enjoyment, as gifts to friends/family, etc.) The design is not to be used for logos, branding, business, profit, or anything other than personal use. 

The artist retains all creative rights; I may produce, post, re-use, or re-color any part of the image for my own business needs. I may post the design on social media, post examples on my websites, use the design for future products to sell, etc. 

I will only draw what I am comfortable with. I work on my own schedule, and unfortunately, I cannot tolerate extreme delays from clients. I reserve the right to cancel & refund the commission for any reason. 

By purchasing this commission, you agree to these conditions. :)

Thank you, and I look forward to making something special together!