Quilled Flowers - Framed Summertime Blues

Here is the completed flower vase. It took some time as I did it in stages. I call it Summertime Blues :) 

The flowers are made using various quilling techniques. The leaves are just cut from different sizes and colours. For close-ups of these go to my page Quilled Flowers - work in progress here

The vase was made with a piece of cardboard cut to size and shape and then covered with crepe paper. I just made little folds in the crepe paper to give it effect. 

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The inspiration for this frame came from Anastasia Bartova. She's one of the best. Thank you Anastasia :)

Quilled Flowers - work in progress

Here are some of the flowers I am planning to use for my next project – which I plan to eventually frame.

The blue and cream were made with tight rolls. Red ones are fringed. Leaves are made using different methods...mostly cutting them to shape. I used florist wire for the centre of the broad leaves to give them shape and bring out the scored line. 

I'll be posting pictures of the finished project soon so stay tuned :)

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Check my post Summertime Blues here for the finished product 

Quilled Monarch Butterfly.

I did this for another ongoing project. Not sure right now whether I’m going to put it with flowers in a frame or in a jar with real twigs. But that’s the fun of quilling right? Not knowing what the end result is going to be J

I just drew the outline of the butterfly and then referred to Google for placement of colours and spots.

Added 08/08/14: I had my Monarch butterfly stored away as I wasn’t sure if I should frame it or put it into a glass jar on a twig. On one of hubby’s many walks in the woods he found a nice little branch and some tree bark which would make the perfect perch J

For the flowers: I used my heart shaped punch and glued 3 hearts together at the tips. Then cut each heart in the centre (about 1/2 way down) to make individual petals. I used my tweezers to help each petal curve out-wards. I then put the flower into my cupped hand and pressed the entire flower inwards to give it shape and a tight coil in the centre to finish.

The leaves were leftover from my Summertime Blues collection.

The base is just the lid of some container (again thanks to hubby!) 

I stuck the piece of the bark to the bottom of the branch and then attached the flowers and leaves using PVA glue. The butterfly was attached using my hot glue gun. I also used some hot glue to stick the bottom of the branch to the base. I decided not to use any enamel for right now as I do like the ‘natural’ look. Maybe later… 

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I borrowed some ideas from Christine  who has some great tutorials which you can find here.  Thank you Christine, you're an inspiration to us all! 

Quilled Frame - Conservatory/Greenhouse

Here is my version of a conservatory/greenhouse with the little lady and her tinest ever teacup and cupcake

The bamboo was a bit of a challenge, but I think it turned out ok…what do you think? 

You'll find the tutorial  for two methods for quilled roses here

The tutorial  for making the conservatory is available on ZaitunQuilling here (Thank you Zaitun) 

I used the basic ideas and added the rest. 

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Quilled Hippies

I made this a while back for a 60's themed competition and for fun. Unfortunately I didn’t win but had a lot of fun making the figures. J It was in my early days as a quiller so plenty of mistakes lol.