Orange Sunset- Quilled Landscape Picture Art

I always wanted to try blending colors in my quilled landscapes and I'm really happy with the result. I have used 3mm strips if 111/2 inches to make the quills.  For the water I used zig-zag quills.blending was done by using a dark and light shade strip to quill the loose coil. Use the same technique for mixing colors as with pencil colors. To lighten do not use white, rather use a lighter shade if the same color family.

Petals and Swirls - Quilled Fowers

I have used two of my own creations on this quilled flower frame. I have been wanting to discover my own technique for some time now and I also wanted to bring out the striped look of real flower petals and I think it turned out great.

I used a comb to make the leaves . I have posted a tutorial here. I used strips of green and yellow combined for some of the leaves to get the maturing leaf effect.

If you require a tutorial for the flower or the rice swirls, please join my blog and leave your request in the comment section.

A Lion Share of Love- Quilled Cartoon Landscape Picture

I have used my usual landscape picture quilling techniques to quill this cartoon   (check my tutorial if you haven't already) created by  Cheerful Madness.

I love the way the eyes turned out and am so glad I was able to bring out the innocence of the characters doing justice to the creator of the cartoon who's work is really  fabulous.



I did not want to put plastic eyes as it seems like cheating to me. I wanted to be true to quilling!! No short cuts for me. I combined tight coils and zig-zag basic techniques to get the shape of the eyes.




Once I got the shape of the eyes, I encircled the eyes in black and used the end of the strip to create the lashes by folding it and pasting it together.

The rest is the usual. I have used zig zag basic for the mane and  tail.  Regular loose coils for the face and loose coils encircled in a darker shade for the body. The direction in which you paste the coils is important if you want to give the impression of depth to your work.

I have used honeycomb oblong shapes to form the earthy patches and for the grass I used the leafy grass shape which I used in the waterfall landscape.

I Love this piece. I hope you like it too.

Lilly Bee - Quilled 3d Flowers

Well here it is. My experimentation with bells. I made these flowers while figuring out how to make the fuchsia.
I think I can improve on the bee though.

How to Make Bell Shape / Fuchsia Frill - Quilling Tutorial

How to Make Bell Shape / Fuchsia Frill - New Technique Tutorial

1.   Cut a 1 inch strip of 2.5 inch length  paper. Paper that is slightly less weight than printer
paper is better for flowers.

2.   Make v shaped slits on one side of the strip about a third of the length. (if the slits are
long the smoother the curve will be. The V should not be too broad.) The best is to experiment with
different length and breadth Vs.




3.   Cut straight down from the v about 1/3rd its length.




4.   Now gum one end of the slit over the other as shown below by arrows.




5.   Make sure it pops out when you paste the slits and slightly score the point with you nails to
smoothen it into a seamless curve.
6.   Repeat procedure for all slits and you will find your strip has coiled up.

7.   Finally cut the two edges inwards and paste the edges together and smoothen the pop out with
your nails and you’re done.  You can make two bells with the size given.

The bell made in this way will be more cone shaped at the top end and tube like at the bottom.

8.   For tubular bells you cut straight instead of v and pull it  in and paste. If the slits are
short the top will fold in more and it will be more bell shaped.

 Tubular bell

The tubular bell is in the middle

9.   In order to get the frill shape petals for Fuchsia I made a wide bell then made 3 slits and 
pasted them inwards same as in a bell, but this time I made the end pop in and scored it inwards
with my nails.

 Once that was done I made 3 smaller bells and pasted it inside the large bell. Then I made the stamens and pasted them in the middle of the three smaller bells. For the pink part of the Fuchsia I made a tubular bell and made small slits at the end and pasted the slit end to the purple skirt petals. Then I quilled the pink petals by pasting 2 moon shaped quills to an oval quill for the centre of the petal.

10. After slitting the paper curling it with a rounded object or the end of the quilling tool while
you place the strip in a semi soft surface helps it to curl in naturally making the pasting and smoothing easier.