Quilled Iris

It had been a while since I had done any quilling, so I thought I’d make a quilled card to enter in this week’s Mod Squad Challenge called “Spring Forward” where we are encouraged to use flowers, birds, butterflies, hummingbirds, etc. and bright, beautiful colors to make a Spring themed card.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

I sponged Gina K Wild Lilac ink on white card stock and glued my quilled iris and decorative swirls on this panel.  Then, I created a recessed frame with thick fun foam and Spellbinders oval dies.

The printed paper is from a digital set I bought from a store on Etsy called The Pixel Posy. The set is called “Vintage William Morris digital paper designs//Art Nouveau background paper pack//Blue and purple flower digital paper.”   HERE is the link.

This card used a number of quilled shapes:  teardrops, half circles, marquises and wheatears (leaves).  I used instructions by “Quilled Creations” to create the iris.

I had made a few other quilled cards in the past that I had posted in my StampTV Gallery.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)  I’m including them here as well.

This sympathy card was the first one I did back in May 2013.  I used a basic marquise shape for the flowers and leaves.  The sentiment was from the Gina K Designs “All Occasion Tags” Stamp set.  The tag was cut with a die from the Spellbinders Grommet Tag set, and the embossing folder is Darice Corner Scroll.

I used the same embossing folder and marquise shapes to create two more – a wedding card and a confirmation card.

The sentiment on the wedding card is from the Gina K Designs “Always and Forever” duo stamp set.  I purchased the stamp for the confirmation card on Ebay, and it is unmarked so I have no idea what company made it.

The next card I made was for a bridal shower.  I used teardrops to make the umbrella.

The bride and groom stamp is called “Happy Couple” by Stampendous!  The greeting was done on the computer.  I used the Darice Stripe embossing folder on this card.

Quilled Creations makes a great tool called “Circle Template Board” that makes it easy to create consistent and perfectly proportioned quilled shapes. I also use their slotted quilling tool to roll the circles; the slot makes it easy to get the paper rolls started.

I forgot how much I LOVE quilled designs; I will definitely need to do this more often!!

Thanks for checking out my card projects!

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