Fancy a free paper cutting template? You’ve come to the right place!
Please feel free to download, print and cut to your heart’s content.
Please note that all templates are personal use and copyright of Sea Salt & Samphire, unless otherwise specified on the template. This means you can cut and give away your creation as many times as you like, and even share the digital file. But you mustn’t sell the digital file or any creation derived from it. It would be nice if you give credit to Sea Salt & Samphire as the designer when sharing on social media, but this isn’t mandatory.
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Happy cutting!
An Easter egg paper cut template to download. License free, copyright free, no restrictions. Useful for hand papercutting practice due to the different shapes and curves.
A two part paper cutting template to show thanks to Key Workers during the Covid 19 pandemic.
The template contains two pages. The paper cut (already flipped/mirrored for cutting) and a colouring page which sits behind the finished paper cut. The colouring page can alternately be used as a template to cut out different colour paper infills for the rainbow and hearts.
A free Roller Derby themed paper cutting template, containing the phrase ‘Roller Derby saved my soul’.
This template is personal use only and copyright to Sea Salt & Samphire.
Free to download Alice in Wonderland inspired papercutting template – Hatter’s hat with the words ‘We’re all mad here’. Flipped/mirrored ready to cut. Personal use only, copyright Sea Salt & Samphire.
*Please note, the design will print landscape, not portrait.
This is FREE template for a poppies shadow box papercut to commemorate the 75th annivarsary of VE Day.
It is personal use only, copyright of Sea Salt & Samphire – if you share it anywhere it would be great if you could mention me as the designer 🙂
It’s a ‘choose your own adventure’ style papercut again – depending on how much time and how many resources you have.
You can either:
- Make the 3D poppies to put behind the papercut (this is obviously the most labour intensive option).
OR - Print and colour the colouring page and use this as the background instead.
OR - Use the papercut without a backing at all.
I have included brief instructions in the download for each ‘adventure’.
Happy Cutting!
**Just a note on frames: I have used a 20cm box frame as the papercut will fit onto A4 paper. If you want to use the IKEA Ribba box frame, you will either:
a) Need to use the 23cm x 23cm template provided on the last sheet. You will need to print this on A3 paper, so need an A3 printer.
OR
b) Manually draw and cut a 23 x 23 mount with a large aperture (hole) to put at the front of the frame**
This week’s free template is a bear silhouette with the words ‘Wild One’ and stars inside. I took inspiration from the monochrome nursery decor that still seems popular at the moment.
As usual the file has been flipped ready for hand-cutting. I’ve provided two versions this week (all in one document). One template for printing and cutting onto white paper and one for printing and cutting onto dark/coloured paper. I personally think it works best in black.
Personal use only.
Happy cutting!
This week’s freebie is a template inspired by my son as he loves rockets. In fact I had to cut and photograph this one surreptitiously as I knew he’d want it straightaway when he saw it (he did 😂).
And if I haven’t got you singing ‘that’ S Club 7 song, then quite frankly I’ve not done my job.
The download is a two document PDF. One template flipped and ready for printing/cutting on white paper and one for black/coloured paper.
Personal use only.
Happy cutting.
Possibly the most British papercut I’ve ever made. Free template of ‘One lump or two?’. There are two pages. One for printing and cutting on white/light paper and one for black/ coloured paper. Both are flipped and ready to cut.
Full disclosure, I personally hate tea 😂
Happy Cutting!
Hello Sausage! A free dachshund silhouette papercut this week. I love sausage dogs. Our next door neighbours have one and he’s such a cutie 🙂
There are two pages to this template. One for printing and cutting on white/light paper and one for black/ coloured paper. Both are flipped and ready to cut. Personal use only.
Happy cutting!
One for the coffee lovers this week *raises hand*. Since my son seems to have been allergic to sleep since the day he was born, I genuinely believe I wouldn’t survive without a cup (or three) each morning. This is quite a delicate papercut, so I’d suggest a minimum of 140gsm paper, start with cutting the lettering and if you have one use a metal ruler to guide the scalpel/knife for the long straight bits. It’s flipped/mirrored ready to print and cut. As usual it’s for personal use only – Happy cutting!
A ‘roarsome’ dinosaur template this week. Again inspired by my son, again whipped straight out of my hand as soon as I finished taking the photo.
It’s flipped/mirrored ready to print and cut. As usual it’s for personal use only – Happy cutting!
A cute kawaii style cactus freebie for you this week. I’ve been designing kawaii style stickers for my son, because he LOVES stickers (who doesn’t?) This is one of the designs, so I decided to turn it into a papercut.
The download includes templates for all the colour infills, but you could cut just the outline if you want to. As usual it’s personal use only.
There is a super-speed video pin tutorial on my Pinterest account if you want to watch how I put mine together. I’ll also add it to my Instagram stories for today.
Happy cutting!
A slightly cheeky one this week. The original of this papercut was one of the first non-commission papercuts I ever sold at an art fair. I only made it as I found it funny (it’s amazing what you find funny sittting alone in a studio all day).
I’m still not 100% convinced the lady who bought it got the joke, I think she thought it was just a cute fox. If you don’t like the wording then you have my blessing to chop it off. I know he can’t read yet, but it didn’t feel right giving it to my two year old with the wording still on 😂
There are two pages in the download, one with the main fox outline (black) and then another with the infill and top fill templates (orange and white).
There is a super-speed video pin tutorial on my Pinterest account if you want to watch how I put mine together. I’ll also add it to my Instagram stories for today.
As always it’s flipped and ready to print/cut and is personal use only – Happy cutting!
Another silhouette minimalist papercut for this week’s freebie. I designed this one originally as a print for a nursery bedroom, but it lends itself well as simple papercut I think. I’ve included two versions in the download. One for cutting in black and one for cutting in white. As usual they are flipped ready for printing and cutting and are personal use only. Happy Cutting!
Something a bit different this week. I made an old-style tattoo rose papercut a few years ago, just the black outline with red and green infills.
I thought I’d change it up and make it into a multi-layered papercut for this weeks freebie. Although it’s 8 layers, at least 3 of them are relatively quick to cut. In the photo you’ll see I’ve glued each layer directly on top of the previous. Originally my plan was to add separation with some sticky foam pads, but I seem to have *mis-placed* them. So if you want to give that a go please do, you might have to cut them down to be narrow enough for the top layer. Also feel free to change up the colours if you want 🙂
The download contains 4 sheets (2 layers per sheet) all flipped/mirrored ready to print and cut. As usual it’s personal use only – Happy cutting!
I’ve recently been trying to make an effort to get back into hand-lettering.
This is the product of one of my doodles, it’s not perfect by any means, but I thought it would make a good papercut template to share with you all. There are two templates in the download, one for creating a cut on white or light paper and one for coloured or black paper. Both are already flipped and ready to print and cut. Personal use only please – Happy cutting!
I’ve been doing more lettering practice this week and have incorporated it into this week’s freebie papercut. I actually found the word ‘Welcome’ much easier than the words ‘to our home’ as I had to be much more accurate with the pen for them!
I was going to add small cut out circles in each of the ‘bumps’ around the edge of the papercut, but decided that might be a bit mean 😂 – feel free to add some if you want to though. As usual it’s already flipped and ready to print and cut. Personal use only – happy cutting!
Hope you haven’t melted?!
This weeks Freebie Friday is called ‘Showered with Love’ and is a good way to create something with all those bits of expensive scrap paper you hoard (just me?)
It’s hard to see from the photo, but I have made this into a ‘floating’ cut, by sticking the elephant and hearts on a piece of square acetate that sits directly behind the glass in the box frame.
I have used an IKEA Ribba frame in the photos and sized the template accordingly if printed on A4.As well as the mirrored cutting template, I’ve also included a template that you can slip behind the acetate to help you place the elephant and hearts in the right place – or you can choose to freestyle it, i won’t be offended 😂
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Happy Cutting!
Sorry for the boring photo, it was too windy to snap outside!
This week’s Friday Freebie is another hand-lettered swash scroll that I created on my iPad Pro as the last one proved quite popular! This one has got a few more embellishments than the last one and as such it’s a little more tricky to cut. For the flower centres either side of ‘home’ I definitely recommend poking the holes with an awl or other sharp point rather than trying to cut teeny circles. As usual it’s personal use and flipped ready to print and cut. If you’d like the commercial use version of this and my other Friday Freebie then please consider becoming a Patreon
Yet another boring photo background (sorry) due to the bad weather we’re having in this part of the country. This week’s freebie is called ‘Party Sausage’. This little dachshund has featured in a lot of my work over the years as I absolutely love sausage dogs and would dearly love one as a pet – I have the hurdle of an reluctant husband and a cat who thinks he owns the house to get over before that happens though. Anyhoo…
The template is flipped ready to print and cut and the infill templates are also provided. I’ve used glitter paper for my infills to make him even more party ready, but you can use any cute paper you have.
As usual this template is for personal use only. If you would like the commercial use version then please join my Patreon community where you will have access to free commercial use templates and discounts for my Etsy store.
I love Autumn, it’s my favourite season. As lovely as the warm weather is, I come alive when it changes and I can definitely smell the change this week. Which is what prompted this papercut.
Also it was another chance to practise my hand-lettering 😉
The leaves and berries elements were also hand drawn. But I created the wreath by vectorising the elements in illustrator and making them into a pattern brush. It’s a pretty cool technique that saves loads of time when creating illustrated wreaths and borders.
The papercut download is flipped ready to print and cut. I chose to cut mine on a gold metallic paper and it really came out great.
As usual this version is personal use, if you join my Patreon community you will get the commercial use version and the SVG (machine cutting) version for free as part of your membership.
Happy Cutting!
It’s nearly the most wonderful time of the year! (no, not Christmas 😉 ) So I thought this week I’d create a Happy Halloween papercut as the freebie. It’s handlettered and handrawn in Procreate on my iPad and then vectorised in Illustrator. The papercut download is flipped ready to print and cut. Link in my bio. As usual this version is personal use, if you join my Patreon community you will get the commercial use version and the SVG (machine cutting) version for free as part of your membership.
Happy Cutting!
Another Halloween papercut this week (sorry) but a cheeky one 😉 It’s handlettered and handrawn in Procreate on my iPad and then vectorised in Illustrator. The download is flipped ready to print and cut. Link in my bio. As usual this version is personal use, if you join my Patreon community you will get the commercial use version and the SVG (machine cutting) version for free as part of your membership.
Happy Cutting!
This week’s freebie started life as a pencil sketch. I’ve used the sketch as a basis for a few different designs over the years. In this instance I scanned the sketch and traced it in Procreate to simplfy it for papercutting and to make sure everything was connected. If you’re decorating for Halloween it’s s good one to stick up in the window! As usual the download is flipped ready to print and cut and this version is personal use, if you join my Patreon community you will get the commercial use version and the SVG (machine cutting) version for free as part of your membership.
Happy Cutting!
Love is love. No other words needed 🙂
Free to download for personal use. If you’d like the commercial use and SVG version then please subscribe to my Patreon community and you will receive them as part of your membership.
As usual the pdf is flipped ready to print and cut. The colour infill templates are on the second page. Take care when lining them up and gluing them down as there isn’t much wiggle room!
Happy Cutting!
I’m a bit pumpkin obsessed at the moment. Pumpkin picking on Monday and then pumpkin soup for lunch yesterday (and for the foreseeable future). I thought I’d make this week’s freebie pumpkin-themed. I drew it in Procreate on my iPad and then vectorised in Illustrator.
This version is free to download for personal use only. If you’d like the commercial use and SVG version then please subscribe to my Patreon community and you will receive them as part of your membership.
As usual the pdf is flipped ready to print and cut.
If you’re interested in my shadow box templates I have added two new ones to my Etsy shop this week. This Halloween book nook (which comes complete with a template for the outer box) and this Chrismassy robin and holly shadow box template.
Happy Cutting!
Bit of cheat this week as I’ve not had much time (sorry). This is a papercut I designed earlier in the year and had in my shop for a while. I have another design very similar to this so I decided to only keep one of them for sale.
As usual it’s personal use only and the PDF is flipped and ready to print ana cut (if you join my Patreon you’ll get the commercial use and SVG version).
Happy Cutting!
I know it’s not even Halloween yet, but I’m in a Christmas mood this week, as I’m about halfway through designing all my Christmas templates. I originally designed this Gonk (or Gnome if you prefer) as part of a Christmas Shadow Box. This is the one layer version, free (personal use) for your cutting pleasure. Happy Cutting!
