Tuesday 3 August 2010

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

6 comments:

  1. The card is beautiful. Thanks for the info on the forum, I'll have to check it out.

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  2. Looks so light and delicate, almost about to take off-your dragonfly.

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  3. Thanks, Ann and Suganthi. The background to the flower is quite dark, so you can't easily see the colours of the dragonfly in this photo, but I made the wings with gold strips which are quite sparkly.

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  4. Lovely card- a dragonfly is the perfect companion to the bird of paradise. I agree with you about the AU forum - it's a great one, nice and active.

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  5. Ann, you are very kind! Regarding the forum, have you checked out today's post about the late Lily Stubbs? Her site is an amazing place to explore.

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  6. I Love from you Quilling!!!
    Beautiful!!!
    http://creaties-baukje.blogspot.com/

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