Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Paper Quilling


Paper quilling’s greatest attraction, however,is that it’s just plain fun. With a little patience,a few pieces of colored paper, you’ll will discover that this craft is easy to learn.


It can be hung on the wall,deorate a box,embellish a gift card, be suspended on a doorway, or even make exclusive unique greeting cards and tags.There are endless number of things that you can make once you learn this wonderful art form.

Here i decorated this photo frame using with fringed flowers and different shapes of Paper quilling.

Paper quilling


Paper quilling

Quilling is also known as paper filigree, was born over five hundred years ago, when artists discovered that narrow strips of paper could be rolled,scrolled, fluted and fringed , and then arranged to create beautiful designs.

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Tea bag folding











What is Tea Bag Folding?Learn more about this unique card making technique!Tea bag folding is a paper folding technique, with Dutch origins, using tea bags or small printed pieces of paper to form a design. It is also known as miniature kaleidoscope origami.

I made these greeting cards using tea bag papers available specially for this craft.I enjoyed making them as once you know the basic folds you could create many variations by using various embellishments like punched shapes, stickers or small decorative stones and much more....