Quilling Jewellery

Here is my attempt at making some jewellery with paper using the quilling 3D technique.
The alternate blue and yellow pattern in natural colours with the reverse side painted in alternate blue and yellow pearl paint.

The same design painted in bronze.









The reverse side painted in alternate green, yellow blue red pearl paint colors.

Paper bead jewellery made with recycled magazine paper and finished with varnish.

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1. The First Annual ItsyBitsy Craft Awards 2012-2013 in the category, Jewelry Making Project of the year. If you like my work, please vote for my entry at http://itsybitsyindia.blogspot.ae/2013/03/the-first-annual-itsybitsy-craft-awards.html 
2. Challenge #52: Anything Goes

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Renewing the Marriage Vows - Anniversary Card

Last October, our marriage turned 20. That's a big number! A roller coaster journey that has taken us together changing countries 7 times. So this big special occasion needed a very special card!

This card took me so long to quill. The orange rays coming out from the heart are made by gluing 2 paper strips together to give it a stiffness and then just glued down. The part where it pierces through the letters LOVE, I first quilled the letters and then stuck the orange rays splitting them and sticking further to give a continuous look. The scrolls and lines inside the heart were again painstakingly done. If you look closely at the centre top right within the heart, you will see tiny strips flaring into a spire all continuously increasing in length. The tutorial for making the stars is coming up soon.

I would say this is my most intricate work up till now. Hope you like it!

  

              

                         

 

 I am linking this post to

1. The First Annual ItsyBitsy Craft Awards 2012-2013 in the category, Card Making Project of the Year. If you like my work, please vote for my entry at http://itsybitsyindia.blogspot.ae/2013/03/the-first-annual-itsybitsy-craft-awards.html 
2. Unstampabelles Challenge #21 - Quilling (No Stamps, Rubber or Digital)  
3. Challenge #52: Anything Goes
4. MIM#133 with Rick St. Dennis

 If you find my work inspiring and create something similar, please quote my work and blog in your post. I would also appreciate if you leave a comment. All budding artists do need a pat on the back! Thanks for visiting!

Tea for two...

It was time to try out some 3 dimensional quilling on my own. So I decided to try making a tea set.

For the tea set, I have used 3mm and 1.5mm hand cut blue strips.

A front view of the tea set. As you can see the outside colour of the teacups looks different from the inside colour. That's because I have painted the finished pieces with Fevicryl Pearl Blue paint.

And of course the lid of the tea pot does open! It fits in snugly with a tight fitting when closed so even if you invert the tea pot, the lid will not come off.

A close up front view of the pot.

 And the lid of the sugar pot opens too. You can visualize the size of the set by comparing it with the pin head in the picture.

A close up view of the tea cups.

I had initially painted the spoon blue too before realizing that it is the silverware! So you still see a lot of blue under the silver tint in the spoon.

 And of course the table is also quilled. I have used hand cut paper strips here that have the while showing through the edges. Hence a very matte finish.

 The table view from side.

 I am linking this post to The First Annual ItsyBitsy Craft Awards 2012-2013 in the category, Box or 3D Project of the Year. If you like my work, please vote for my entry at http://itsybitsyindia.blogspot.ae/2013/03/the-first-annual-itsybitsy-craft-awards.html


If you find my work inspiring and create something similar, please quote my work and blog in your post. Thanks for visiting!