Day 8 is a paper cut of leaves shaped into a heart. This is one of my favourite pieces of the series so far. I often use this as a freeform motif in my pattern mixing compositions.

I shot another hyperlapse as I was finishing this piece and will share it on Instagram later today or tomorrow.

I started this piece for Day 7 a few days earlier because paper stitching is more involved than some of the other techniques I’ve used so far. This is French knot embroidery, which is a bit trickier when done in paper.

For Day 6 I introduced another technique into the mix with paper weaving. I cut different sections of the red card stock heart into attached strips, and then wove gorgeous 1/8 inch wide pieces of chiyogami through those cut bits. The woven ends of the paper were shaped and folded around the edges of the heart, and then glued at the back.

Working this small was a bit too fiddly, but I do love the paper weaving technique.

Day 5 is a pattern drawing with metallic copper gel pen on white paper. I shot a hyperlapse video of the drawing in process which I will eventually share on Instagram.

Day 4 is a collage made with Cuban tile patterned paper made by Pepin Press. I made this in a bit of a rush and wish I’d shaped two of the pieces slightly differently. It’s too similar to the first day collage I made.

I think I will use more paper crafting techniques as I go through the days. I have so many ideas.

For Day 3 of 28 Days of Hearts I created a hand-cut piece of a Japanese pattern. I left it partially uncut, and really like this interplay of negative and positive space.

I forgot to mention this previously, but the hearts are roughly 5 x 3 inches at the longest and widest points. This is much smaller than I’ve been working on in long while, but it’s part of the challenge.