Quilled swan Gate fold card

Hi,

Here is the card that I made for the Indian Quilling challenge.

It took a lot of time but I loved the outcome! Do let me know how you like it :)

Linking it to
Indian Quilling Challenge
Lulupu Challenge (Black,White,Pink)

Will post some more craft works of mine soon :)

Quilled Card for Engagement

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       I made this card for my friend's engagement.Would love to share the details here :)

Firstly,I drew a heart shape in the center of the cardstock and cut it with a craft knife.This was very difficult for me as I am poor when it comes to cutting :P I had wasted two cardstocks and got it right in the third trial :) Then I used 3 mm red strips to create a lattice effect.It was little time consuming,but was super fun.First, I had planned to do it one way and it looked so plain,so made it like this.

This was the first time I made so many roses.I have half a dozen more for decorating the envelope too !!
I made the ring first in off-white color which showed little difference,so strictly stuck to the red strips to make it to the challenge!!

Close up pics of the ring and the lattice..

   
Linking it to  Create something catchy challenge
                    Itsybitsy monochromatic challenge

Do let me know how you like it !! :)

Quilled Heart Card

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                           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 :)

Quilled Card

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So,I am posting this on a weekend when hubby decides to go to office due to some urgent work  :( I was doing a quilled earring and when I came across this challenge , I left the earring as such and decided to make a quilled card !!


                         I used DI ( Picked Raspberry and Salty Ocean ) for the background and used flowers made by combing technique.Wanted to have a classy look and then added pearls to the centre of the flowers using glue gun.

                 I made sure that the entire card is quilled,so even the sentiment is Quilled letters :)

Some more Pics..

I have one flower left for the envelope also.!!

Linking this to Create something catchy challenges

Quilled Ganesha

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I wanted to gift something to a lovely family who were my husband's client in office.They had been so nice to us and as they were shifting to Dubai,I thought a quilled ganesha layout would be perfect gift.But,I had lost my quilling tool while we shifted to a new house :P So,there was a delay to get my goods shipped from India.And,the family has left now before I completed this :(

Anyways,Would love to share this here.Will be framing and then gifting it soon :P

Size : A4

I had crimped every strips used in the project using crimping tool before pasting on the sheet.Used DI in Mustard seed and Peacock Feathers for the Background.

Some close ups..

Entering it to Color Conceptions Challenge Anything but cards

Do Let me know how you like it :)

Quilled Red Monarch Butterfly

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Posting after a long gap.This one was made earlier,but had to post late as we were shifting to a new place. I had always wanted to make a quilled monarch butterfly.Initially,I was planning to make it small,but hubby wanted it to make it little bigger to frame it.
       
                           The size is 8*8 inches and this piece took about 25 hours.First attempt in making a bigger intricate one :)

Had a huge haul of craft stuffs from US, Singapore and India.Planning to bring it back with me here when I come back from vacation :) Hoping to post after I get hold of all the supplies :)


With Love,
Soundarya Sankaran

Great Start to 2014 :)

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               I wanted to start blogging long back,but lazy me! :( Better late than never! Now,here it is..I had loved crafts during my school days especially glass painting and pot design.Life changed after college and work.Saw some beautiful quilling before an year and there I found my first love! Ordered a quilling kit right away as there were none in my town.The day I came across the word beehive technique and googled it,I found that it was the same that I had been doing already by myself!! That was the moment..I came to know that quilling is within me.This blog will be a place where I share about my craft experiments and also my quilled creations.

                                I am aiming for perfection and to put lot more patience in my creations.Thanks to all Bloggers out there for their inspirations.I hope to learn more and love to share my craft creations.

                              I am in all festive mood and thought of posting this quilled earring that I made recently.The red and yellow combo makes it all grand and festive enough with the dual strip beehive technique.Hope you like it.:)

Linking it to the itsybitsy-make-it-festive challenge

Love,

Soundarya Sankaran