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 Christmas ornaments:

Quilled Christmas ornaments:

I am busy making christmas cards :) And looking around for Quilled christmas designs has been really something. In the process i bumped into so many other quilling blogs...and have been astounded by what is out there. I am going to link a few to mine so that you can check them out as well.

Christmas stars and snowflakes:

WittylivingLink

Deborah's link

Karen Maris link

Poinsettia 

Ann Martins

I made a few Poinsettia's for my cards.

You can see my 2 Stars
I followed Alli's quilled creations video for star1
And modified it a bit. This is what i got

For star2 i used a left over piece and added the rest.

Here is the final result

Pretty pink quilled flowers for breast cancer awareness month

Here are my latest set of flowers - based off Ali of Quilled creations Zinnia flowers. Take alook at the original here: From Ann Martins blog.
http://www.allthingspaper.net/2012/03/quilled-flowers-garden-of-35-paper.html
I have modified mine. Tried slightly different petals. I intend to make a full piece with this. Here is the preview :)

I will have pictures of the completed project soon.

Birthday gift for a friend

So here i go again - i did a quilled yellowhammer bird based off Jane Jenkins English birds.
It came out really nice. I painted a sky blue for the background on a canvas and framed it in a 8 x 8 shadowbox frame.
Here is the final piece. And my friend loved it :)

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.