My husband is a fanatic for squirrels. So, I made this as a birthday present for him. I'd never used perforated paper before but I've decided I REALLY like it because I can work on the piece without having to put it in a frame. Had a little trouble at first doing the full-cross on the petite seed beads, but I managed to figure it out and, by the time I was finished with the entire project, I could do them almost as quickly as a regular cross-stitch. After I trimmed the excess paper, I backed it with felt by gluing it to the felt and then trimming just outside the trimmed paper. I STRONGLY recommend that you get a good, sharp craft knife to be able to get some of the inner curves when trimming the perforated paper. I think it looks really good backed with felt and you can pick a color of the felt that highlights some of the bead work (I picked a nice forest green).