Graphic Quilling - Psychedelic Lady

I tried this multi strip, graphic quilled portrait from an image I found on the net. All the elements are made using multiple strips which I pasted together and then, manipulated the shapes by pulling each strip to different lengths. Wherever possible, I made the shape and pasted it to the backing.The best way to get the circles are to create an arc...

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Quilling Tutorial - New Technique Striped Flower

   Step 1Take 2 strips of light & dark color or white and color and fold it at 1' intervals as shown below. Make sure the lenght of the fold is enough for you to curve around and paste.  Step 2 Take a strip of your choice and wrap it around the folded strip.Step 3 Paste the encircling strip.  Step 4bend around a pen or...

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Quilled Flowers & butterfly- Butterfly Garden

I saw the use of comb quilled flowers and butterflies at a Russian site and was fascinated by it. Though it was not a 3d flower like the one I have made, I loved the way the petals looked. I made up the butterfly as I went along making up the design. I generally do not plan the design ahead, which I think is a bad practice.  I just make different...

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Quilling Quick Tip - Tranfering print on backing

I discovered a simple way to transfer designs without leaving pencil marks. This is specially useful for graphic quilling. Its pretty obvious but never struck me till now. Get the design print out. Keep the backing sheet your going to use under the print and simply use a stylus or empty ballpoint pen and  trace the design deep enough to get the...

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Quilled Leaf Sprig Tutorial - New Quilling Technique

This tutorial is on how to make the leaf like sprig I made for this design Flowers & Twigs. You may use this technique freely, my only request is to give a link to this blog when you use it so that others may benefit too. Step 1Take either one strip or 2 light/dark strips and a comb and thread the strip below 2 teeth and over 2 teeth and down....

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Graphic Quilling - Colorful Paradise Bird

More graphic quilling or multi strip quilling my style!! This graphic quilled bird is created with multi-strip quilling techniques, I basically pasted strips together and then adjusted the lengths and created the various shapes that went into the design. I like the way it turned out. I hope you do too.Graphic quilling Tips are here....

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Quilled Letters or Typography

I have always been awestruck by quilled letters, monograms and words, so I finally picked up the courage to try it and here are the results. Well, not too bad for a first attempt. Actually I quite like it. Sort of looks divine in its own way.I did struggle to get the strip stuck properly on the printed letters. Guess I should have opted for an easier...

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Miniaturi

             Am de gand sa ma axez o periada pe miniaturi. Am facut mai jos un baietel care poate fi folosit cu succes ca marturie pentru botez, dar si ca ornament.             Imi cer scuze pentru calitatea pozelor , dar am aparatul defect si incerc sa ma descurc cum p...

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Cu ochii pe bijuterii...

          Bijuteriile Alinei Iftime   m-au incantat si m-au fascinat inca din primul moment . Are o imaginatie debordanta si  mult bun gust in tot ceea ce face. Multe dintre creatiile ei,  mi-as dori sa le incerc din hartie. Insa cum timpul a fost si este inca marea mea problema, am reusit sa  fac doar...

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Graphic Quilling - Tips

For those who wanted to know how I did Tinkerbell's hair and dress, here are a set of tips.  Yulia Brodskaya is probably the one who developed this method. Her work is out of this world. I am only guessing at how it is done.Strips are used to create the various shapes in graphic quilling   and the strips are pasted directly on the backing....

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Quilled Monarch Butterfly Closeup

This monarch butterfly was quilled using a print out as a guide. I placed a polythene on the printout and quilled the wings first. I used coils and shaped them according to the picture. Then I encircled each one in black and pasted it, one to the other. Where colors are at the edges of the coils,  like the tip of the wings, I just made the black...

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Quilled Humming Bird Closeup

I have uploaded a closeup of the humming bird quilled picture in my Fuchsia Shower to show how the blended quills enable you to get different shades. The darker shade of green is achieved by mixing light/dark green and making the coil. The grayish look is by mixing black and white. The tail feathers have been made using husking technique. I have quilled...

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