Quilling

[Willow Wisp]

Thanks Bilbo and your welcome Lizzy

I've been quilling my Christmas cards
This one was for a very special lady here on HC, I hope she likes it

[cypher]

That's so beautiful & delicate, a really lovely card obviously done with a lot of care.

[Willow Wisp]

Thank you Cypher

This one I made for a Facebook friend, I'm posting it out to America She's in the U.S.A. And I'm in the UK so we have never met but we have struck up a lovely FB friendship

[cypher]

That's lovely too, the snowflake is so delicate & the father Christmas is really cute!

[Pygmypuff]

Beautiful! It's obvious you put so much time and care into these and it's really worthwhile. These are just lovely!

[Dax]

Oh wow, i'd never heard of this before!
These cards and things are all just so pretty!

Where do you get all your supplies?

x

[DrKMcK]

Those are just beautiful Willow Wisp. I looked up quilling after I saw it here on HC. I'm not sure of I want to start another hobby. It turns out that Amazon and ebay have all the supplies I would need. It looks like a really wonderful hobby to have.

[Willow Wisp]

Thank you all

Originally Posted by Dax

Oh wow, i'd never heard of this before!
These cards and things are all just so pretty!

Where do you get all your supplies?

x

Hi Dax, quilling itself doesn't need much, just some 3mm strips of paper, glue and a quilling tool all available from here for just a couple of £'s

The Home Of Quilling Supplies - JJ Quilling Design

or like DrK says I'm sure Amazon and EBay will have them too.

As for the embossing part on some of my cards, well I also make patchwork quilts and after many days, weeks and months of measuring and cutting out patchwork size pieces of fabric to sew together I decided to invest in a cuttlebug machine to help. It's just a hand roller really, you buy a die of the shape you want, pop the fabric on top of it and roll it through the machine which cuts it for you
The great thing about it is they also do dies to cut paper shapes for cards, I have bought a reindeer one to add to some of my cards this year and they also do embossing folders, you put the card into the folder and then roll it through the machine I'm sure the dies and folders are also readily available on places like Amazon, EBay and Hobbycraft but I get mine from The Range, I have found them the cheapest I also get my blank cards from The Range too

So to sum up, I first print a greeting on the card, then they have been embossed using the cuttlebug, (other bands of machines are available ), although I don't always emboss then I quill the design and add it I also cut a piece of paper and add it on the inside of the cards, adding inserts make them look nice

I can't remember where I bought my cuttlebug from but here is a link to show you what it is
Cuttlebug Die Cutter & Embossing Machine V2 | Craft Superstore

I hope that helps

[Willow Wisp]

I've just made a Valentine's card for my better half

[velma]

Nice! lucky chap.