Paper Decor — October 3, 2023

Layered Papercut Birds

Paper Decor — October 3, 2023

Layered Papercut Birds

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Inspired by birds in the Pacific Northwest, our layered papercut birds that Emily designed are super cute and easy to craft. You can use this project in multiple ways — stick them in a frame for some simple art or use string to hang them from a branch.

These pieces are simple ones to cut by hand using our template. Or you can always speed up the cutting process with our SVG file.

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Ready to start crafting? Our tutorial will show you how to assemble your layered papercut birds using different colors of cardstock and text weight paper. Check out our materials list below to see what we used, or you can always make them in different colors and shades.

Skill level: Beginner

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Tools

Materials

Tacky Glue or Art Glitter Glue
DMC Embroidery Floss — 422 or similar shade
Lia Griffith’s Favorite Frosted Gold Paper Pack
Kraft-Tone Cardstock — Memo Orange, Manila Yellow, Packing Chip, and Ledger Green
Cardstock Paper Pack — Rose, Coral, and Light Blue
Lia Griffith Kraft Pack Natural — Speckletone White, and Basic Black

How to Make Layered Papercut Birds

Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download the pattern below.
Use cutting machine or template to cut all of the pieces.
Start with the first layer; glue the pieces in place.
Glue the second layer.

Full tutorial available for members to download below.

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We think these layered papercut birds would look cute on this crepe paper leaf branch (minus the pears!) or you can always find a branch in nature. For more tips on creating your own framed artwork, check out more of our paper art.

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12 Comments

Christina December 31, 2023 at 12:56pm

This won’t upload to Cricut, is there anything I can do?

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1. Lia January 1, 2024 at 12:21pm
  
  @Christina
  
  We have a full Skill Course to teach you how to use our files. Check out this lesson for the steps. https://liagriffith.com/craft-academy/a-crafters-guide-to-the-cricut-maker/
  
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Joyce October 7, 2022 at 5:42am

Hi Lia,

I’ve tried everything but every time I pressed on layers, the Cricut app just crashes and I’m unable to cut out the birds! I’m so sad 😞

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1. Lia October 7, 2022 at 10:06am
  
  @Joyce
  
  Hi Joyce,
  Try restarting your computer or whatever device you are cutting from, if this doesn’t solve the issue contact Cricut customer service and they should be able to help.
  
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Joyce September 12, 2022 at 12:27am

Hi Lia,

Just want to check that the new file is called Papecutbirds2 ? Just want to make sure I’m downloading the right SVG files as now every time I click on layers, the app crashes. I don’t have issues saving it and no error message appears.

Thanks,
Joyce

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1. Lia September 12, 2022 at 9:29am
  
  @Joyce
  
  Hi Joyce, this is the correct file. Reports are telling us that Cricut is having some software issues at this point. I am sure they will fix it quickly.
  
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Joyce September 10, 2022 at 9:46am

Hi Lia,

I also noticed that one of the eyes on the grey bird is missing. Every time i try to click on layers the Cricut app crashes.

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1. Lia September 10, 2022 at 10:35am
  
  @Joyce
  
  Hi Joyce. I am going to answer both of your comments in one email. First, I just double-checked the file and all of the eye layers are in the original, and when I uploaded, it did not give me that warning or crash. HOWEVER. . . what I do know is that this week it seems everyone is having difficulty with pieces disappearing and when I just checked the file in Design Space, it doubled up on all of the bird layers (minus the missing eyes). I hid every layer to check it. The word on the street is that Cricut is having a software update issue. We usually just ride it out, and they fix things like this as soon as they can. I am sure they have plenty of people sending them messages of these strange issues. Hang in there. This project is worth the wait! 🙂
  
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Kerstin September 2, 2022 at 1:16am

what about 3D greeting cards 🙂

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1. Lia September 2, 2022 at 8:41am
  
  @Kerstin
  
  That would be GORGEOUS! If you make one please share it with us. 🙂
  
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Joyce September 1, 2022 at 7:11am

Hi Lia,

I downloaded the SVG files and when I try to save it in Cricut, it says that there are non embeddable image elements inside the SVG and is unsupported. Every time I load the files, Cricut crashes! Please help.

Thanks,
Joyce

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1. Lia September 1, 2022 at 4:14pm
  
  @Joyce
  
  Thanks for pointing this out. There was a hidden layer that needed to be deleted. I LOVE this project, and it is going in our office kitchen. 🙂
  
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