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3118 - Meadow 3143 - Royal Blue

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3102 - Bright White 3127 - Lime

3101 - White 3126 - Grape

Metallic Colors Metallic Colors Color Color Color Color 2194 - Royal Blue 2197 - Charcoal 2194 - Royal Blue 2197 - Charcoal 2193 - Silver 2196 - Emerald 2193 - Silver 2196 - Emerald 2192 - Gold 2195 - Merlot 2192 - Gold 2195 - Merlot 2191 - Copper 2191 - Copper

21134_ColorChart_AA1.indd 1 8/27/07 5:42:52 PM PaplinȱProducts, LLC 21186 Westwood Drive Strongsville, OH 44149 USA PaplinȱProducts, LLC Paplin Products Quilling Color Chart (440)-572-1086 - Phone 21186 Westwood Drive (440)-572-1207 - Fax Strongsville, OH 44149 USA www.paplin.com Paplin Products Quilling Color Chart (440)-572-1086 - Phone (440)-572-1207 - Fax TwoȱToneȱColors www.paplin.com Color Color TwoȱToneȱColors 5134 - Yellow 5137 - Olive Green

5133Color - Federal Blue 5136Color - Green

51325134 - PurpleYellow / Orchid 51355137 - RedOlive Green

51315133 - OrangeFederal /Blue Peach 5136 - Green 5132 - Purple / Orchid 5135 - Red

5131 - Orange / Peach

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Graduated Colors 4111 - Hyacinth Blue

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PearlȱColors 4101 - Red Color Color 3172 - Powder Blue 3179 - Pink

3171 - White 3178 - Rose

3169 - Emerald 3177 - Silver

2164 - Coral 3176 - Champagne

2163 - Violet 3175 - Pale Green

2162 - Yellow 3174 - Orchid

2161 - Sky Blue 3173 - Robin Egg

*The colors shown are simulated. Each color has been matched as closely as possible. Actual color will vary from the digital printing process.

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2194 - Royal Blue 2197 - Charcoal

2193 - Silver 2196 - Emerald

2192 - Gold 2195 - Merlot

2191 - Copper

History Of Quilling By Eileen Walters History: Quilling is also known as paper rolling, fili- gree, and paper scrolling. 16th and 17th century French and Italian nuns, ladies in the Stuart, Georgian and Regency periods and North American settlers all practised the art of quilling and some sources say it was even practised in Ancient Egypt. Nuns on the continent decorated reliquaries and pictures with quilled shapes adding and other ornamentation. The ecclesiastical connection was maintained when the art spread to England with the development of paper, though vellum and parchment were also used. Poorer churches gilded or silvered paper and it was difficult to distinguish it from real gold or silver filigree work. This craft was always practised by ‘ladies of leisure’ – never by the ‘working class’. Work panels, coats of arms and later tea caddies, work , screens, cabinets and frames were all decorated with quilling. After falling out of fashion for a while an attempt to re-introduce the craft was made by Wm. Bemrose and in 1875, a kit called ‘Mosaicon’ was produced together with a handbook and later a reference in an Edwardian of household management entitled ‘Floral Mosaicon’ was also found. Many museums around the country and Then push up into a bell shape and glue the abroad have examples of antique work either on inside to help it keep it’s shape. display or stored behind the scenes. With the introduction of modern and techniques, Closed Loose Coils quilling is currently enjoying a well deserved revival. Most of the basic shapes used in the Closed Loose Coil: Roll the paper on the quilling art of quilling are made from either tight or tool then drop it onto the work board and allow closed loose coils. Below is an introduction for it to uncurl for a while. Put a beginners to the techniques of the basic shapes. small amount of glue onto the end and hold gently for a few Techniques: seconds until dry. It’s a good idea to make several like this Tight Coils: before glueing. Peg: Roll a strip of paper on the quilling tool and glue the end Teardrop: Start with a closed before taking it off. coil as above. After glueing, pinch one end to a point Bell or Cup: Roll a strip of and make the teardrop shape. paper onto the quilling tool and glue the end before taking it off. 10 Eye: Start with a closed coil. After glueing hold between finger and thumb of each hand and pinch gently to form the eye shape.

Diamond: Start with a closed coil and pinch to form an eye shape (as above) but when pinching the ends, push the shape together so as to form a diamond. Square: Start with a closed coil. Lightly pinch just the outer ring or two of the coil at opposite ends, then lightly pinch the other two sides to form a square. Triangle: Start with a closed coil. Then make in the same way as the square (above) but pinch only three sides each a third of the way round the coil.

Leaf: Start with a closed coil, pinch the ends to make an eye shape and when holding between finger and thumb gently twist to form an ‘S’ shape or leaf. Petal: Start with a closed coil. Holly: Start with a closed coil. Pinch the top to form a teardrop Pinch the coil around the and as you pinch, twist slightly centre with a pair of tweezers, to make a curved petal. then pinch and push each end towards the tweezers to make the six points. Oval: Start with a closed coil Eccentric Coil: Start with a and squeeze the sides gently closed coil, pull the centre to without pinching to flatten one side and glue in place. This slightly into an oval. can be done using tweezers or placed on a board and held with pins. Half Moon: Start with a closed The two cards shown in this article are made coil and push one side in from just two or three of these basic, simple around a pencil or quilling shapes with double strips of paper for the stems. tool handle. Lightly pinch each Tight coils are perfect for all sorts of flower end of the resulting curve. centres while the eye shapes and teardrops (used in these designs) are as good for many types of Heart: Start with a closed coil. petal as the more curved ‘petal’ shape is. Pinch at one end to form a point. Push the opposite end around a pencil to make the Much of the information in this article is taken from top of the heart. the Quilling Guild Members handbook. 11 August 2009 Custom Quilling Supplies Quill News

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Time to get ready for the holidays! It is never too early to get a jump start on your holiday cards. It seems each year we all have the best of intentions to begin our cards and gift projects over the summer, well I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the summer is coming to a close! Don’t be disheartened, Flower Soft has just released a new line for the holidays... what perfect timing! You will have your cards done in a snap with the bonus of them being the cutest cards you have ever sent! Plus they added a new color... Polar White. The line is in stock and ready to ship.

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Let’s Party Cake : The inspiration for this project came from the birthday rub-on sayings. I used my favorite cake template to cut out twelve cake pieces, then cut out the little clown with my die cutter. I “iced” this cake with “whipped cream icing”, adding pink accents with chocolate and pink roses for decorations. The “chocolate” base with the clown standing on it tops off the cake just right. Even though the chocolate on top is pretend, you can add real chocolate treats inside as party favors.

Birthday Heart Plaque : Because I was thinking birthday this month, I made my sister a birthday present! My goal here was to show off all of the colors in the Jane Jenkins summer strips assortment. There were so many colors I had to keep making flowers!! Look at all of the wonderful colors and possibilities in just one pack of strips.

Smile Frame : This little mini frame can be used so many ways. As a real little photo keeper… just right for those wallet-sized school pictures, in a scrapbook to frame something special, hooked together vertically for a small space on your wall, or even added to the front of a card. I was looking for an inspirational saying that would fit in my little frame. “Smile” was the saying I came up with (maybe that was my theme for the month, now that I think about it!). Adding the pink paisley to the inside of the frame and then covering the outside with the harlequin print made for a nice background. Next I printed SMILE on the off-white paper, cut it out, then added pink and brown behind as a frame, and some pop dots behind it all. I used the pinks in the quilling strips to make the flower and buds.

* See Sue’s review on page 5 for more “smile” suggestions.

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Pink Paisley Card : The fun pink and brown paisley designer paper in the August kit was a perfect fit for recreating the design in quilling, pairing it with my paisley Nestabilities as a base. I changed up the simple flower design and created a flower within each petal for more interest. The sentiment is also from the kit and is a rub-on. This is the first time that I have used a rub-on in a card project and I really like the way it came out! Of course I had to have some bling, so I added pink crystals, a bow, and some glitter dots to finish the matching design.

Flowery Hi Card : This card was inspired by the colors of quilling strips in the August kit. The colors are so bright and summery I decided to use them to make flowers. The layered design of quilled flowers and chipboard letters has been on my “to do” list for a bit and now was the perfect time. I used the card base and parchment cardstock from the kit, pairing it with some designer paper and cardstock from my stash. I love making the eccentric circle flowers and the card went together fast. Inside I used another of the rub-on sentiments from the kit.

Beach Party Birthday Album : This project was for my granddaughter’s 1st birthday and the kit’s theme was perfectly timed! The rub-ons in the kit have a nice assortment of birthday related sentiments, plus others for many fun and happy occasions. I made the album and decorated it with quilled starfish, a palm tree, and a sand dollar which goes with the beach theme of her party. The little frame is in the kit and I covered it with matching designer paper from my stash. It is highlighted with a gold pen and a quilled birthday cake and a “1” for her first birthday! I put a placeholder picture in the frame and will replace it with one from her party later. Fun, easy, and useful project.

All material and images are copyrighted to original creators. © www.CustomQuilling.com 2009 Page 5 Quill News August 2009 Sue Reviews The kit for August is just right for a birthday! An assortment of pink and brown paisley prints, parchment, pink, brown, off white, and harlequin print papers to make your projects. Cute little paper maché frames, , blank cards, birthday party rub-on sayings, and Jane Jenkins summer assortment strips. This kit will keep you busy creating all month. *Some “Smile” sayings: Everyone smiles in the same language. Author Unknown, Smiling is my favorite exercise. Author Unknown, Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. Mark Twain, Smile…it makes people wonder what you’re up to. Author Unknown, Peace begins with a smile. Mother Teresa and A smile is a facelift that’s in everyone’s price range! Ziggy.

Sonya This month’s kit is packed with bright colors and papers that lend to making many fun, cheery projects. All of the quilling in my projects was done using the generous amount of strips that came in the kit and I still have more! There are a pack of buttons in the kit that I have in mind for another card and like last month, there are plenty of supplies left! I can even recycle the that was in the kit to make another album!

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I have used double colour paper for some of the pieces in this design, single colour will work without making too much difference to the finished result. Materials Required: Natural Brown Corrugated Card 11cm x 16cm. 11 Cocktail Sticks. Brown Cigarette Papers. Shaded Brown Raffia. Gold Star Peel Off Sticker. 3mm Quilling Paper: Single Colour in White, Pale Pink and Blue. Metallic Edged in Cream/Silver and Blue/Gold. Double Colour in the marks to make the two uprights. The top Yellow/Light Yellow, Dark Green/Light Green is a gentle arc, a plate approx 16cm diameter and Dark Brown/Light Brown. is perfect for drawing around or use a pair of compasses. Scrap of 3mm Thick Brown Card (a piece of an old corrugated cardboard is about right). The shape is also shown actual size on the P.V.A. Craft Adhesive. assembly diagram on the following page, you can simply trace it from there if you prefer. Card Mount: DE02U-10, Parchment Cream. Glue the cut out frame behind the aperture To Make The Card: with the top of the curve 1cm from the aperture edge and centrally from side to side. Fold the Turn the natural corrugated face down and card so the correct flap shows behind the frame mark the centre along the bottom edge. Measure and add a gold star close to the top of the out from the centre mark each side to 67mm. background and just off centre. I have used some From these outer marks measure up 65mm of the waste pieces on a sticker sheet I had for tapering in slightly by just 4mm and make another mark each side. Draw a line between the rays around the star. Glue the card closed. Cover each cocktail stick with a brown cigarette paper and trim off the pointed ends of the sticks showing at the ends of the paper. Trace the shape from the diagram (below) and stick it firmly onto the thick card. Cut the shape out using a knife and ruler to keep the lines straight. Turn the thick card so it is paper side down and glue nine of the covered sticks onto it, place the bottom stick so it just overlaps the Actual Size 34 Mary: Begin the dress with a husking using blue paper, you will need more than one strip so glue two lengths together before starting. The husking can be wound by hand using lower edge a little and hides the cardboard. The the diagram on the right top will be covered so it doesn’t matter if it is a as a guide (start from the perfect fit or not. centre and use alternate Trim the sticks at the sides as necessary to the side winding), or by winding around pins on a shape of the cardboard and glue a stick each side board. See the ‘History of Quilling’ article in to make the uprights. Trim the two uprights to issue 34 for more details. 1 leave a little extra top and bottom as shown and Using a ⁄2 length of blue/gold for each, wind glue it onto the lower centre of the scene. 5 coils loosely by hand. Squeeze gently to make elongated shapes. These pieces fit into the Baby Jesus: wound husking, one Make the baby’s head in each section. A little 1 using a ⁄6 length of pink. glue on the inside of the Make a loose coil and squeeze husking before inserting slightly at opposite sides the shapes will hold them without pinching. Fold a short in place. Pinch the top length of cream/silver in half ends to a point and add and glue. Curve it round to make the half halo a little more glue on the and trim to length. Glue the head a little above back to help keep all the the top of the crib with the halo around it. pieces together.

Actual Size

35 Make one loose coil Glue the shapes from a full length of together in the order white. Place it next to shown and pinch at the the blue dress and top to a point, glue on pinch the top to a the back to help keep sharp point, glue it them together. Wind along the length where one turn around the it touches the blue outside using brown paper. Glue into place paper and glue the on the background. end. Add a small piece

1 of brown to the top of Use a ⁄2 length the robe for a collar of white to make a bending to the shape loose coil and pinch shown. Glue onto the background. into shape for the 1 headdress. Use ⁄4 For the headdress, 1 length of pink to make take a ⁄2 length of green, a loose coil and press brown and yellow into a half moon shape and roll together into for the face. Glue both a loose coil, this can onto the background. be rolled on a tool or loosely by hand if you Make a loose coil 1 prefer. Pinch at one end from ⁄6 length of white to form the shape. for the arm. Pinch at 1 opposite sides and Use ⁄4 length of flatten slightly. pink to make a loose coil and pinch into a Make a loose coil half moon shape for 1 from ⁄6 length of pale the face. Glue both pink for the hand and onto the background. pinch at one end to make an elongated Make a loose coil 1 teardrop. The next bit from a ⁄6 length of dark needs careful handling. brown/light brown Cut the outer two rings and pinch at one end above the bulge as to form a teardrop for the beard. Glue onto the shown in the enlarged background. 1 diagram, fold the left end away and glue the Use ⁄6 length of dark other ends onto the coil. Glue the arm and hand green/light green dou- onto the side of Mary’s dress, ble colour paper make a loose coil and pinch Joseph: to form an elongated Make 6 loose coils teardrop for the arm. for the robe as follows. Wind 3 or 4 turns of pink onto the tool, allow 1 Use approximately ⁄2 to loosen a little then glue the end. Pinch slightly lengths of double to shape at one side for the hand. Glue the arm colour paper for and hand into place. each shape, varying the length to suit. Snip the shaded Winding the coils brown raffia into short loosely by hand, lengths and glue onto make 2 in yellow, 2 in the top of the crib and along the bottom of the green and 2 in brown. aperture to finish. Squeeze gently to make elongated shapes as Please note: A half length of paper is 3 shown in the diagram. approximately 22mm (8 ⁄4”). 36 Paper Angel By Veronica Anglesea Materials Required: 3mm Gold edged White quilling paper. 3mm Gold quilling paper. 18 Prong metal onion holder. P.V.A. Craft Adhesive. Card mount: AP08G Dark Blue/Gold. To Make The Card: Use gold paper for the halo and gold edged white for everything else. The diagram below shows the onion holder and the prong numbers. To begin each 18 17 piece, wind the 16 15 paper round the 14 13 bottom prong and 12 11 bring it up the 10 9 side of the holder 8 7 nearest to you (the 6 5 side nearest to 4 3 2 you is the wrong 1 side except when working the cape). 18 Wind forward over the prong loops for the piece you are making. You will need to join the quilling paper to make some of the number given in components as it is not long enough, always join the chart below for on the wrong side so that the join does not show. the piece you are 1 making, go down The chart gives the length of paper you will the front of the need for each piece, the prong number to begin holder, round the bottom prong and back up to folding on and how many loops to fold, use this the prong below the one you last used. As you to make the looped pieces following the method work, overlap each loop at the bottom and glue outlined. the strip to the previous fold on the wrong side Using a 75mm length of paper make a loose at the overlap, this will hold the loops in position coil, pinch one end to make the hand. Make when you remove them from the onion holder. the head from 150 mm of paper, glue the coils Work down the onion holder using each towards one side so they form an eccentric circle. prong until you have the specified number of Make the halo from 150 mm of gold paper rolled tightly around your little finger or a pencil, Skirt 750mm Prong 15 8 Loops glue the end and squash slightly to shape. Wing 600mm Prong 12 10 Loops Position all the pieces onto the card, place Sleeve 300mm Prong 7 6 Loops the wings pointing towards the top left and and Cape 350mm Prong 10 6 Loops the skirt pointing towards the lower left corner of the aperture and glue into place. 17 How to make a... Quilling Valentine Card 3

You will need: How to make your Valentine Card: 2 x sheets of A4 coloured card 1. Take one of the sheets of card and fold it in half widthways. This is the (eg. cat nos. 817779 Deep Violet) base of the card. Place it aside for later. 2. Now take one of the sheets of paper and carefully cut 2 strips from it lengthways, about 3-5mm wide. 1 x sheet of A4 coloured paper 3. Begin winding one of the strips around the handle of a thin paintbrush (eg. cat no. 819310 Rose) or needle. When you reach the end, let the coil loosen slightly. Put a dab of glue on the end of the paper strip and stick it down onto Glue (eg. cat no. 701702) the coil to fasten. 4. Take the second strip and snip off about 1/3 of its length. Put the Thin coloured ribbon or thread shorter offcut piece aside. Taking the longer strip of paper, repeat step 3. approximately 15cm in length 5. Now repeat step 4 using the piece that you cut away from the second strip. You should be left with 3 paper coils, large medium and small. (eg. cat no. 209807) Allow the glue to dry. 6. Now make your quilled hearts: Pick up the large coil and, using your Single hole punch (although an thumb and forefinger, pinch one side of it into a point as shown in the ordinary hole punch can be used) diagram (A).

Press in here Rectangle of white paper approximately 8 x 12cm B A or a metallic pen (eg. cat no. 822185)

Pinch here Thin paintbrush or knitting needle

7. Next, gently push the other side of the coil into an ‘M’ shape as shown in the diagram (B). Repeat this process with the other 2 coils. 8. Take the sheet of coloured paper and cut out a rectangle about 10 x 6cm. Punch 2 holes in the top of the card as shown in the diagram (C) 9. Take the remaining sheet of card and cut out a rectangle about 5 x 9cm. Punch 2 holes in the top of the card as shown in the diagram (C).

C

10. Apply glue to the underside of your quilled hearts and stick them onto the rectangle of coloured card that you have just cut out. Arrange the hearts so that they are in a stack with the largest heart at the bottom and the smallest at the top. Allow the glue to dry.

Continues...

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Page 2 11. Place the card with your quilled hearts design on top of the rectangle of paper. Thread ribbon through both sets of holes and tie in a bow at the front. 12. Apply glue to the underside of the paper and attach it to the base of your card. Allow to dry. 13. To make the inside greeting of your card either:

a) Stick a rectangle of white paper inside the card and write your message on the paper or... b) Write your message in silver metallic pen.

14. Put your card into a suitable and it’s ready to send to your secret admire-ee!

For further advice on completing this project please contact Helen White in the Marketing and Information Team on [email protected]

Variations: Different effects can be obtained by using a variety of paper colours and varying the tightness of the coils. Try also adding coils that have been bent into a different shape such as a leaf shape, square, oval or teardrop.

Once you’ve got the hang of quilling, why not try making other scenes. Anything is possible. Be as simple or as complicated as you like.

Quilling is ideal for making pictures, cards, gift tags and much more at any time of year.

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In this article I have included instructions for marbling your own paper, using a method which is both very simple and effective but, if you don’t want to give it a try you could use any paper with a light random pattern. Materials Required: Quilling paper: 3mm: Pale Yellow, Dark Yellow, Green and Purple. 1.5mm: Pale Yellow, Green, Light Green and White. Quilling tool, and masking tape. Cork tile or fibre-board and long pins. Marbled background paper. Peel off sticker: PE058. P.V.A. Craft Adhesive. Card mount: AP48U, Deep Green. To Make The Card: Glue the marbled paper behind the aperture and glue the card closed. The petals are made using the ‘husking’ method. I have used a ‘husking ’ but winding for the petal you are making before pulling the round a series of pins is the original method and pins out to remove the petal. Note: All the wind- works equally well. ing is shown larger than actual size for clarity. The diagram below shows how to work the Daffodils: ‘husking’ method. As each type of flower will need a different pin layout, the instructions for Make 3 of these. Using pale yellow 1.5mm winding and finishing off the different types of paper make six petals for each flower. Use the petals are shown with the pin layouts in the pin layout shown in the inset box and the wind- flower instructions. ing diagram. Finish by winding the paper round the outside once and glue- Place a sheet of tracing paper over the dots ing the end as shown. relevant to the flower you are going to work, Remove from the pins and mark the position of each dot on the paper. Place lightly pinch the tip. the tracing onto the cork tile and tape in position. 1 Glue Push the pins in Roll a ⁄3 length of 3mm through the dots pale yellow into a peg, glue and wind the the end so that it does not unroll paper round and remove from the tool. Start them following Gently push the centre to form a this method. cone and glue inside to keep the When you have shape. Once dry pin the cone finished winding onto a quilling work board and check the finish- using a small amount of P.V.A. glue the ing instructions petals evenly around the flower centre. 6 Violets: Tall Leaves:

1 Make 3 of these. Using ⁄4 length of 3mm pur- Make 4 of these, the lengths should vary ple make four loose coils. Wind the paper onto slightly, mine are between 4 and 5cm long. Using the tool, remove it and let it green 3mm paper make a loop approximately unwind slightly then glue the end. 1cm in length at one end, glue at the bottom. Pinch one end on two of the coils to make teardrop shapes, pinch both ends to make eye shapes on Flatten the other two coils. Sides Using dark yellow 3mm paper and the pin Flatten layout inset below, wind the petals as shown Sides below taking the paper twice around the outside before glueing the end as shown. Remove the Glue Glue pins and lightly pinch at the point to hold shape. Continue wrapping the paper to form loops, each a little larger Glue than the previous one, until you Lightly have the desired length, secure at Pinch the bottom with glue. Pinch at base and holding between thumb and first finger flatten the sides and curve gently to give it shape. 1 Make a ⁄8 length peg for the flower centre. Pin one teardrop Base Leaves: shape point upwards onto the 1 Make 7 of these. Using ⁄4 board, place the second one length of 3mm green paper make beside it and glue them together a loose coil as described previ- at the base. Glue the yellow ously. Pinch both ends of the coil petal below in the centre and an and twist slightly to shape. eye shape to either side of this pointing outwards at the bottom, then glue the peg onto the centre Double Leaves: of the flower. 1 Make 2 of these. Using ⁄4 length of 3mm green Snowdrops: paper make a loose coil, pinch one end to form a teardrop then flatten one side. Make another the Make 5 of these. Using 1.5mm white and the same, glue the flat sides pin layout below, wind the petals finishing and together leaving a small glueing where shown. Remove from the pins and piece unglued at the end pinch firmly at the point shown. Flatten to insert the stem into. Stems And Thin Leaves: Glue Pinch The stems and leaves are made from varying lengths of paper folded in half and glued to give added stiffness. These are best cut as they are

1 needed in the design. The top of each leaf and Make 5 of these. Using a ⁄8 stem on the snowdrops should be trimmed at an length of 1.5mm light green, angle as shown. make a peg lay it on it’s side and press to flatten. Glue the Use 1.5mm green for daffodil and violet stems flattened peg to the folded and 3mm green for violet leaf stems. Use 1.5mm end of the snowdrop. light green for the snowdrops. 7 Glue the pieces onto the card in two stages beginning with those shown below. All these pieces are glued flat onto the card, use the pic- ture as a guide for placement. Begin with the snowdrop leaves and go on to the tall leaves inside the aperture, add the stems trimming to length as you go. Next add the leaves and finally the flowers.

Approx 10cm

All the remaining pieces are glued partially or fully on top of those previously placed. Begin with the remaining daffodil, go on to the violets and their stems and the two base leaves. Finish with the two remaining snowdrops. Add the peel off sticker onto the background to complete the design. Marbling You will need marbling ink, a pipette or Immediately, and taking care not to push the drinking straw, a shallow tray (a under, remove it from the water. The tray or something similar works well), this needs design will have transferred onto the paper, place to be slightly larger than the paper to be marbled it on a flat surface to dry. - A4 is a good standard size. The amount of ink on the surface of the water Fill the tray two thirds full with warm tap will determine the depth of colour, only one or a water. Drop small drops of marbling ink over maximum of two sheets can be done before more the surface, this is best done with a pipette or ink needs to be added. After three or four uses it an ordinary drinking straw, use just one or two is best to empty the container and replace with colours. Allow the ink to form a pattern, you fresh water. can help this along by gently blowing through The inks I used were pearlised so after drying a straw onto the surface of the water. the paper needed to be sprayed with a fixative to Hold the paper at one end and gently place it preserve the marbling. When they are completely onto the surface of the water. The paper needs to dry again store the marbled papers under a ‘lay’ on the surface, it should not be immersed. heavy book until required. 8 Primrose Card Extra Materials Required: Quilling paper, 3mm: Lilac, Very Pale Lilac, Yellow, Lime Green and Very Pale Green. 5mm: White. Green Parch Marque paper 10cm x 14cm. Pen and pearlised Lilac ink. Crimper. Card mount: AP50P, Spring. To Make The Card: I have penned a quotation onto the back- ground paper using pearlised ink. If your handwriting is not very neat there are lots of alternative ways of adding messages to the card. It could very easily be done on the com- puter, choose a text colour to tone with the card and print out onto the background paper. Place the paper behind the aperture and glue the card closed. Lilac Flowers: Make 2 of these. Using lilac paper make seven petals following the instructions given 1 for the daffodil petals. Fringe a ⁄4 length of white Bell Flowers:

5mm quilling paper 1 1 Make 3 of these. Using ⁄4 length and join to a ⁄8 length of yellow paper. Wind of yellow paper roll into a tight peg onto the quilling tool and glue the end. Push into a cone starting with the yel- shape approx. 1cm long and coat low and glue the end before the inside with glue, allow to dry. removing from the tool. Pin onto the work board and glue Leaves: the seven petals evenly round Make 8 large and 4 small leaves. 1 the fringed centre before gently Use lime green, ⁄2 lengths for large 1 bending out the fringes. leaves and ⁄4 lengths for small. Make a loose coil, glue the end. Pinch at Yellow Flowers: each end twisting gently to shape. Make 2 of these. Using yellow paper make For the border and curved leaves glue a five petals in the same way as for the lilac, these length of very pale green paper onto the back of petals are shorter and rounder than the a length of very pale lilac and leave aside until daffodil petals so use the diagram right the glue has dried. I ran them through a crimper 1 for pin positions. Finely fringe a ⁄8 before cutting to length, if you don’t have a length of yellow and lime green, crimper, use them straight. Run a very thin line wind them together on the tool of glue around the inside edge of the aperture and glue the end before removing. and glue the border onto it edge on, holding with Pin onto the board and glue the tweezers if necessary. Arrange the flowers and five petals evenly round it. Make leaves, glue all the pieces onto the card using the one extra fringed flower. picture as a guide. 9 Tiny Trees By Mary Garratt

These very stylish, tiny quilled Christmas trees are made from one of the most basic quilled shapes and make perfect gift tags or Christmas cards. Materials Required: 3mm Quilling Paper: Gold, Dark Green and Black. Quilling Tool. Scraps of Shiny Gold Card. Approx. 1cm wide Gold Sequin Stars. UHU Clear Glue: ADH01. Peel Off Stickers: Tiny Dots in (01) Gold and (02) Silver. Borders in (01) Gold, (14) Red with Gold, (16) White with Gold or Colours of Your Choice. Card Mount: See Individual 1 Instructions. Red Border Cards: 1. Cut a 35cm length of gold quilling paper and wind on the tool. Drop the coil from the tool and leave to unwind a little then glue the end. This size quilled shape will make a complete 23tree for a gift tag or to fit into the AP64 round top aperture card which is shown here in deep red. Cut a small pot from gold card or paper, the exact shape and size are not important, the pots on these cards were approx. 1cm square before shaping. Cut a 1cm length of black quilling paper and glue onto the back of the pot with about half 2. Squeeze a little glue onto a spare piece of sticking out at the top. Select a 1cm gold sequin card in preparation. Pull the coils to one side star and place all the pieces onto the card mount. and hold. Apply glue with a cocktail stick to When you are happy with the position glue the keep them in place where shown and hold for pieces into place. a moment until the glue dries. To make the gift tag I used a cut down SF05U 3. Pinch the opposite end of the coil to form card. Fold the card and trim while folded to a teardrop shape. Apply some narrow border 50mm x 75mm, this gives a neater fit for the tiny pieces across the front of the quilled shape at tree. I added a pretty deckled border round the an angle, these ones were some waste pieces edge of the card using XL424U-14, which is red from a sheet of borders. with a gold edge. 26 To make the red Christmas card, work the tree onto a piece of plain white card. Mount the tree on it’s white background into the aperture and add a piece of the same deckled border with the straight edge along the lower edge of the aperture. Run a medium thickness straight gold border (XL500U) along the very edge of the aperture all round, covering the lower edge of the deckled border piece. Add a greeting to finish, my Merry Christmas is from the ZL524U sheet which has very pretty snow topped letters. White Border Cards: These are made in very much the same way as the red cards but with smaller coils to make three section trees. Cut three 20cm lengths of dark green quilling paper and make three teardrops as described previously. The small dots applied to the front are waste Using one full length of green paper make a dots from another sticker sheet, the Christmas closed offset coil as described earlier. Wind (by tree sheet XL184U-01 is a good one for spare hand) a second full length round the outside of dots. Pick up each dot on the point of a craft this gluing at the base on each turn. Work anoth- knife and apply to the surface of the quilling. er length round this in the same way then pinch Make a pot and stem for the tree and stick onto the top third of this large offset coil to a point. the card as before. Add borders as desired, mine Cut a 35cm length of gold paper for the pot are zigzag (XL423U-16) and deckled XL424U-16 and make a loose closed coil. Pinch at both ends both in white with a gold edge. to make the shape shown and use this for the Gold Border Card: pot. I mounted this tree into an AP56 card with gold paper Although still quite small, this tree is a little behind and used holographic larger (approx. 3.5cm x 5cm). It’s made from 3 gold borders (ZL423U-71) and complete lengths of dark green quilling paper. wording (ZL525U-71). 27