Quilling tutorial - flower card

What you will need
quilling paper in purple and pink. i have used 3mm width
cream coloured paper
purple sparkly paper
and a tall thin cream card blank
Pva glue
paintbrush (old)
double sided tape
quilling tool but not really necessary

STEP ONE

first of all cut the quilling strips in half so that you have 17 purple and 9 pink.

Following the steps in the post how to coil make all strips into loose coils all roughly the same size.

forgive me i haven't got a scanner yet so I'm photographing the pattern. here it is



just click on the picture to make it full size so you can print it.

some people like to use patterns when quilling so that they get perfect size and shape. they are particularly useful when pining coils into position.

I will give a demonstration on that another day.
right back to the card.



To make a perfect petal shape you should squeeze together one side of the coil. some say it is best to squeeze where the join is but it doesn't really matter.

Rememberleave 2 pink and 1 purple unsqueezed as they will make up the center of the flowers.

Start gluing the flowers together by dabbing a spot of pva glue onto the bottom of the pink petals and stick to the flower center.

Massive tip: when sticking the pieces together make sure you lay the pieces on a flat surface and tap gently on the top




This is when the pattern comes into good use as you can lay the pieces on top of the pattern. sorry all the pattern is not at the right scale i will play around and correct it later.






I have glued each flower onto a 4.5x4.5cm square of cream paper.



basically all I do is pour a small amount of pva onto a sheet of plastic (a piece of none printed carrier bag is ideal) then i just gently dip the whole flower into the glue and dab of some of the excess glue before sticking it to the card.
Too much glue and the card will buckle, but too little and the flower will fall.

TIP:
it might be best just to glue each separate piece of the purple flower to the cream paper. otherwise it could get annoyingly messy.

Once you have all three of your flowers ready you can move on to step two

STEP TWO

Take the purple sparkly paper and cut that into a 5x16cm rectangle.
This can be stuck down to the center of the card blank using double sided tape.

and finish by sticking the flowers on top. also using double sided tape.



you may choose to change the layout to add text to the front of the card. which leaves you one flower spare for perhaps a gift tag.







Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
please give me any comments on how i can improve or what else you might like added.
if you have any queries then don't be afraid to ask.

Quilling pattern

Here is a quick tutorial for those that are new to quilling. I thought i would post it separate so it would be easier to find later on. Here we will learn how to make simple coils
(coils - tightly wound strips of paper)

COILS WITH A TOOL


place the end of the strip of quilling paper into the slit of the quilling tool.



Then simply turn the tool to coil the paper. i find that if i put my thumb over the top of the tool it stops the paper rising where and when it shouldn't.

Slip this coil off the tool and just let it unroll naturally. This is known as a loose coil.



and there you have your first coil.

You can buy boards with circles cut out in different shapes. these are handy if you need large quantities of the same size coils. you just drop the coil into the circle size you need and let it uncurl.

Make a few of these coils before gluing the ends down i use pva glue dabbed on with an old paintbrush.

QUILLING WITH FINGERS

Another tool for quilling is my favourite. Your fingers.



start by taking the strip between your fourth finger and your thumb and slowly roll them back and forth. until the strip forms a nice little curl then continue curling to the end of the strip.

That's about it for this tutorial. I hope it helps.

Quilling strips by the way are thin strips of paper that you can cut yourself or purchase from your local craft shop. they come in different widths and colours. I will teach you in the next tutorial how to make a quilled flower card.

if your really interested in this try janejenkins at www.jjquilling.co.uk
for further supplies. i could probably make a fortune with all of these links.