Blue quilled flowers

Blue flowers don't seen natural to me. Yet i find them in boquets in stores and wonder how? But they look beautiful! I love the color blue, though norm dictates it should be pink. But along with my 9 yr old son. I am facinated by the turquiose, pacific blue, green blue.......shades. So here is my take on blue flowers. With a sprinkle of grey and yellow. The pictures truly do not do justice to the REAL colors.
Hope you like it.

Red and Yellow Quilled flowers

This piece started as a simple flower which progressed into something that i have not seen before. The only thing i knew was that it was to be red and yellow.
The verse i needed showcased was one of my favorites
My Grace is Sufficient for Thee - 2 Cor 12 v 19
Here is how i worked this peice.

Before adding the stamens made with fluff

The drawing board

And the final Piece - 11x14

Quilled Gerberas

So my latest piece is based off Quilling by Ada's Gerbera tutorial. These beautiful flowers look stunning. And Ada has been kind enough to share the tutorial with us taking away all the guess work in making these.
This piece was made for my cousin. The colors are used were paplin paper Purple Shades.
I have linked to the shop i buy most of my strips from.
So the flowers i made started with this

These were the individual flowers

Then putting them together required leaves. I needed a couple of shades of green to make the purples pop on the blue matting.

 The final piece

Any questions - let me know. Please visit Quilling by Ada for more inspiration. She has amazing work! Final piece was framed in a 11* 14 shadow box

Quilled Wall piece with Psalm 118:24

This one was for a friend's Mom. For her 80th birthday. Pink flowers were the main theme. I added some yellow, and different shades of pink. Thoroughly enjoyed making this one. This is an 8x8 piece. I did the pink Malaysian flowers and added yellow and magenta flowers as well. The leaves were two tone which were different from what i usually do.

Framed in a shadow box
Here is the picture without the frame.

Another wall piece.

This piece was done for a cousin. The quilling was done using antique strips.

Monogram J

The only monogram i have done. It was for a young lady Joan.
Put in all the colors that a little girl would like :)

Quilled Framed piece custom made

This is the biggest piece i have done 14 x 11 1/2 inches in dimensions.

My final piece for the year with Bible verse and quilled flowers.

So i wrap this yr with my last piece. I started this a while back but finalized it and put it together last night. One of my favorite verses. I used the same flowers i used in the house warming gift, but tried different leaves. I loved the effect of scrolled leaves. Here it is.

New Flower bouquet

So this month i created another quilled flower design - more or less like a bouquet as i had a 3D effect for the flowers by using shaping domes. That makes the flowers really pop out instead of lay flat. The effect is definitely better.
I went for my orange again. But used a double graduating quilling strip. Basically what that means is that it strip starts as white - becomes orange in the middle and then is white again at the end.
Like so

Now with paper - i followed this tutorial - purple flower with a small change in the shape.
This is what i got

The full picture is as follows :)

 So to illustrate that flower i created a photo tutorial - not sure if its clear enough...that's one skill i need to improve on. However you will get a basic idea by going over the purple flower tutorial and this one below.

I love the way the flowers with the graduated orange paper turned out...reminds me of Fanta :)

House warming gift for a friend

House warming gift:

So i got a request from a good friend to make something for a house warming gift.

I found this quote online from life quotes:

And this is the finished piece framed in a 10 x 10 shadowbox

Quilled piece on mottled Canvas

So i thought a plain piece of  canvas in white would not make an effective back ground. So i went googling the "mottled effect" painting method. I tried that out and got a very nice background - atleast i think so :)  The background is actually with green, yellow and gold tones. So i then added some quilled flowers. I followed Pritesh Dagurs tutorial
http://youtu.be/qiLk9wmIMSY  which was based off http://azlina-lin.blogspot.com/2012/01/multicoloured-flowers.html for one of the main pieces. I like the effect :)
I have finally figured out that quilled swirls are best with card stock paper - they are easier to shape. 

Royal Flower modified

So i have a new wall plaque i am doing. The theme needs to tie into the gold, orange, brown shades. I have the verse all picked out to emboss on the frame. Started with the flowers. This is the modified version of the Royal flower which i saw on Amna's tutorials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q5fNMzAL0Y
This is still WIP - but hoping to have it up soon. I love the way it turned out.

Here is the almost finished piece.....

Here is the final piece - i gave this as a gift to a friend.

Footprints Plaque redone....

And so i made a few changes to my Footprints Plaque. Added a different color plus put in the feet.
Here is what i have finally.

A design from Beautiful quilling step by step.

So one of my first projects was trying to figure out how much of paper i would require to make shapes that would fit the designs i wanted to do.
And after watching so many tutorials and blogs - i realised i would have to manufacture these sizes myself. Hence i got my self the book - Beautiful Quilling step by step.
One of the designs caught my eye because of the fine detail in the butterfly. I then went ahead and got some wooden plaques from Walmart. Painted it with beige, and then quilled the same picture with the same dimensions. Once i completed it - i felt it was missing something since it looked really sparce.
I came across some bell flowers on Pinterest - and tried those. They were perfect. And this is what i came up with. Few things i learnt.1. Always keep a wet paper towel to wipe your hand clear of glue. 2.End product should be varnished to give it stability. So i went ahead and got Krylon Crystal Clear Acrylic coating aerosol spray. It worked perfectly!

Another item i made which i love. A Wall Plaque with "Foot Prints in the Sand" embossed on it. I then added quilled flowers.
Thats another tutorial i will have up soon.
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