:D Thank you very much! The third one is actually the last one I made... so maybe I was getting practice?

I cut the construction paper with a really sharp exacto blade over a "soft" surface so the blade could sink in. When I saw the paper staring to bend instead of being cut, I changed the blade... I went through 2 segmented blades with 10 segments each... but mostly it's just having patience and taking it slow.