Sunday, March 29, 2009

Greeting Cards

Make greeting cards for every occassion that will steal others heart away. Learn
. Happy Birthday Card
. Cards with rose flower
. Green Bow Card
. Yellow flowers card

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARD






Material:
•Paper Strip(Red, blue, yellow, dark green, light green Orange and pink )
•Quilling tools
•Glue
•Scissors
•Blue Card
•Sequence

Method and construction:
Stick the light blue sheet on the blue card . Now start designing
For design we need two things –paper quilling happy birthday and cake

For cake

I)-Teardrop (11 in total 8 yellow and 3 red)
Make loose rolls of the paper strip (14 cm length each) .Now convert it into a Teardrop shape by pinching one end of a loose roll.Adhere the free end to itself after relaxing the roll a little OFF the tool.





II)-Simple coil (5 in total)
Take a blue strip of 14 cm each .Coil the edge of the strip with the quilling tool loosely and stick the edge to itself





III)-Rectangle coil (3 in total )
Take a 14 cm green paper strip .Make a loose coil and pinch it at opposing ends to create this eye shape, Now turn it slightly and then pinch it again on it's 2 opposite sides.

For Happy birthday
Cut the blue paper strips and curl to make alphabets. Take quilling strip of 14 cm and make tight coils. Arrange them on alphabets as shown in the diagram
Stick blue sequence to add spark to your birthday card


ROSE FLOWER CARD PROJECT





Material:
· Paper Strip (Red, green and peach)
· Quilling tools
· Glue
· Scissors
· Grey Card

Method and construction:

1.Rose flower (14 in total ).
Take red and peach paper strip of 14 cm and make roses by following the instructions


Take your slotted tool and slip the end of the paper through the slot.
Wind for a few turns to created the center of your rose.








Next fold the paper down at right angles to the back. This is easiest to understand by following the photo.






Continue rolling, keeping the bottom of your rose lined up and allowing the folded edge to splay away from the tool. As you reach the end of the folded section, fold the paper again. Keep rolling until you only have a short length of paper left.





Release your rose from the tool and allow to relax slightly. Don't let go completely or your rose will unwind! Push the center of your rose downwards so it shows on the underside of your flower and glue. Fold the remaining tag of paper over to cover the glued center and hold until the glue dries.And there you have your finished rose. It may take you a few tries to get a rose that you are happy with .


2- Simple coil ( 12 in total)
Take a green strip of 14 cm each .Coil the edge green strip with the quilling tool, then leave it loose. Make 8 such coils. Make next 2 coils with10 cm strips . last two rolls are round loose coils with stick edges



3.S –shaped Loose coil (4 in total)
Take a green strip of 14 cm each .Coil the edge green strip with the quilling tool, after 3-4 coils leave it loose .Now start coiling from the opposite edge in opposite direction and leave it loose after 5-6 coils .

Arrange the pieces as shown in the diagram.The above elements can also be used to make a card as shown below






Design -2





GREEN BOW CARD PROJECT









Material:
.Paper Strip (Blue and green)
.Quilling tools
.Glue
.Scissors
.Green card
.Blue ribbon
.Half moti

Method and construction:

Teardrop shape (7 in total)
Make loose rolls of the blue paper strip (15 cm length each) .Now convert it into a Teardrop shape by pinching one end of a loose roll. Adhere the free end to itself after relaxing the roll a little OFF the tool.




Semi bow shape (16-17 in total, number may vary depending on placement)
Cut 7 cm long green strip. Make the shape as shown in the diagram



Now arrange the shapes on the card. For stems cut the strips in required size and put the glue on side and stick it on card as shown in the diagram .Make a bow and stick a moti in the centre.

YELLOW FLOWERS CARD






Material:
.Paper Strip (Yellow and green)
.Quilling tools
.Glue
.Scissors
.Card



.Half moti


Method and construction:

1. Fringed Flowers (make 7 in total)
Cut the thick yellow quilling strip as shown in the picture. Make a tight coil and stick the free end to itself with glue. Using the edge of your quilling tool press slightly from the centre to make it blossom. Stick a half moti in the centre.

2. Leaves (16 in total)
Make loose rolls of the think green paper strip (15 cm length each) .Now convert it into a Teardrop shape by pinching one end of a loose roll. Adhere the free end to it after relaxing the roll a little OFF the tool.





3. Buds (4 in total)
For this you need to make two shapes
A) A Marquise shape: made by pinching the loose roll at opposing ends to create this eye shape. Make such 8 shape of yellow strip

B) Half Circle shape: flatten one side of a loose roll by pinching the circle in 2 points the bottom. Make such 4 shape of thick green strip






4. Stems For stems cut the thin strips in required size and put the glue on side and stick it on card as shown in the diagram



Hope you liked the card patterns... now give yourself a try....




You can learn these fun quilling patterns




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Birds
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5 comments:

  1. they are all very pretty!! I love how you give detailed instructions.........with measurements!!

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  2. great.........
    u made it easy wid all d details

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  3. thanks alot for ur clear n understandable instructionzzzzzzzzzzz......

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  4. Awsome...beautiful......lovely.....superb.The way you instruct the art and made it so easy for a novice to learn is fantastic.Thanks.

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