Tuesday, 19 October 2010

I'm taking a Quill Pill!

I've often wondered about entering some of my quilling projects into a crafting blog challenge, but have never really come across a relevant one - until now! Thanks to Ann over at Ann's Scrap and Edit, I've just discovered a quilling challenge site called Take A Quill Pill, and have decided to enter this card design into the October Challenge for a card which features both a flower and a butterfly.

Regular followers of Quilliance will recognise the flower in the photo background as my favourite purple clematis which I captured in the summer during a visit to a wonderful English country garden. I particularly love this flower for its pale yellow and pink centre which I have tried to reproduce in the quilling using joined-together fringed strips. The butterfly is quite literally a flight of fantasy, with its main wings created using three different colour strips glued at the ends and coiled together. To add a little extra interest, the middle (yellow) strip is crimped.

Well there are already some great entries in the October Challenge, so I don't know how this one will fare - but it's fun to take part something like this. And I'd like to wish good luck to Ann who has also entered a beautiful card.

Here's another close-up of my quilling:

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11 comments:

  1. Mansi19 October 2010 at 13:21

    hi philippa,this is beautiful...very nicely you have combined quilling with the background...thanx for stopping by my blog:)

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  2. Ann19 October 2010 at 21:58

    Oh it's lovely. So glad you joined the challenge. I was really excited when I found that blog. Thanks for the link too.

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  3. Anastasiaw2008@gmail.com20 October 2010 at 03:10

    Your work is great and I think you should take part:)

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  4. Quill Pill20 October 2010 at 06:39

    Hey Phillipa, It's a beautiful flower..perfectly like the flower in background.
    Thank you so much for participating!

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  5. Philippa20 October 2010 at 08:41

    Thanks, everyone! As you know, I love to combine my quilling with photography because I believe that Nature provides all the best patterns and colour combinations! The flower on this card is my absolute favourite!

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  6. Vidushi's quilling20 October 2010 at 18:12

    Hey Philippa.....i loved your card with colorfull background :)

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  7. Philippa20 October 2010 at 19:15

    That's kind of you, Vidushi! Your card is lovely, too, and I was interested to visit your blog. It's great how this kind of challenge brings us all together!

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  8. Unknown23 October 2010 at 22:21

    Quilling challenge! Finally! Quilling deserves one, right?! And your flower is absolutely amazing! Wish you luck!
    Suzana

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  9. Philippa24 October 2010 at 14:20

    Well, I didn't win this time, Suzana, but it's good to have discovered this new quilling challenge site. I'll be watching out for next month's challenge!

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  10. Ann Martin24 October 2010 at 22:12

    So pretty! Your fringed flower goes perfectly with the photographed clematis.

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  11. Philippa24 October 2010 at 22:29

    I truly believe that all the best quilling patterns come from Nature, Ann!

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