LDahl – thanks! My fingers are healed now (the one advantage of x-acto cuts is that they heal clean!), but the rain is back. Ah well. At least it gives me an excuse to stay inside and cut more paper.

Bridget – Yup, I use wood alot, probably for more than half my pieces lately. I really like the way the grain looks up against the paper, and I try to work the character of the wood into the piece itself. I often don’t know what kind of wood I’m using, either because it isn’t labeled or I don’t know the translation. In this case, tho, it’s cherry! In fact, this is the last piece of cherry I bought from a guy who makes cutting boards. As for the glue, the same glue I use to hold the paper together is fine for the wood. Usually a variety of craft glues or gel medium do the job nicely.