My latest quilled dragonfly card ... and news of a great quilling forum

My friend asked me to make a card featuring a quilled dragonfly on a picture of a bird of paradise flower. I must admit, I'd never heard of this flower, but checked it out online and discovered that it's a real exotic beauty. I just couldn't wait to start quilling, and this card is the result:

Since I started my blog, I've been amazed to discover the extent of the international quilling community online - it seems that there are enthusiastic quillers crafting away in almost every continent, producing wonderfully inspiring work. Last week I joined an excellent forum, hosted in Australia, which is doing a great job in bringing many of these quillers together. It's called the Creative Quilling Forum, and has a rapidly growing membership - if you're interested in quilling, you really should be part of it!

The forum is a lively site where people share ideas and display their work. There's an active 'general chit chat' section where all manner of quilling-related topics are discussed, plus tips and advice, shared patterns, tutorials, news of events and workshops - and much more besides! There's a gallery containing photos of members' quilling work, and voting is currently taking place on work submitted last month to a members' challenge. The quality of work is extremely high.

Do visit, and consider joining (if you have not already done so). You'll find the forum at: http://creativequilling.forumotion.com