Quilled Heart Card

Hi,

                           This is a special one as this was my first attempt in straight line quilling.

                          I started by drawing the outline of the heart very lightly and roughly so that it is not visible at the end.(I also fixed a piece of rubber to a small pin and removed all traces of pencil in the end )And then I measured each n every strip starting from 7.8 cm in the center and gradually incrementing and decrementing according to the shape.Measuring each strip was a task especially when I cut it 1mm shorter  in a place :( so,I had to attach another strip of 1mm length.!!

                          I chose pink cardstock  for making the strips as I  wanted a subtle look.Making the strips to stand straight was a challenge and sometimes when I was trying to align a strip,the previous one got disturbed.I never knew I had this much of Patience !!!

                This piece took me about 4.5 hours flat to complete.I didn't want any sentiment to be in the front as I felt the heart itself will convey all it had to say !!!!!! Wanted to make it look as clean and simple possible.

I was so satisfied  with this one and I had been literally staring at it after completing it.I am in so love with this.But,Pics were taken at night,so not that great :(

And when hubby returned from office at 10pm (that too on weekend!) he was super happy when I gifted him and kept the card close to his heart and gave a pose which  I managed to take a quick pic in my mobile :)
The effort behind was worth it certainly!!


           I hope to try much more similar to this as I feel this would help me in getting steady hands :P

A collage of work in Progress :)

        Linking it to  Catchy Challenges for quilled card            
                             itsybitsy monochromatic challenge

Do let me know how you like it :)