Wednesday 10 November 2010

Experimental Christmas quilling

Regular followers of Quilliance will know that I just love to amuse myself by pushing the boundaries of conventional quilling techniques!!!

Today, I decided to create a quilled holly leaf for a Christmas card - but instead of making it with the usual pinched green coil, I started with an open shape as an outline that could then be filled in with other shapes.

As you can see, I'm on a bit of a crimping kick at the moment - I think that shapes made out of crimped strips definitely have an extra bit of character when you want to do something different.

So ... not a conventional Christmas card by any means, but hopefully an eye-catching one!

10 comments:

  1. I love it! Next to poinsettias, I think holly gives you that winter season and holidays feel. Crimping makes it fun. And I really love it that you are thinking out of the box. That makes it all the more artistic and special!

    Keep up the good work!

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  2. Philippa's true you always innovates and the results of their creations are as beautiful works like this card

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  3. You've done it again, you came up with another creative idea. I love the look of the crimped strips, it does give it a little something extra

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  4. It sure s is an eye catching one Philippa, Crimped effect is really good.

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  5. Thanks everyone! I'm glad you all liked this one - it's a bit unconventional as a Christmas card design, but I think it's nice to do something really different every now and then. I shall keep on crimping!!

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  6. Great card... awesome quilling!

    xxx Monica

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  7. Thanks Anastasia and Monica ... and thanks for visiting my blog!

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  8. Hi Phillipa,

    Congrats for winning the quill pill challenge. You make wonderful cards...

    xxx Monica

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  9. Thank you, Monica - your cards are lovely too!

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