Books simply don't have enough pages to show every angle of every card, so I'm going to show a couple close ups here. Throughout the 128 pages and 26 projects, I tried to incorporate as many new ways of using quilling strips as I could. See the ornate table surface? Can you believe that was a happy accident? I needed to ensure my table top and bottom strips were straight and even, so I made a spacer. I finally realized the spacer made a wonderful accent to the card and seemed deliberate.
My hubby helped me choose the wedding cake paper - it's textured and looks like frosting with a hint of metallic. Metallic ribbons encircle each tier and adds to the magical ambience.
When designing these patterns from scratch, I often made several versions
because color combinations look different in my head than they do in
real life. This green and teal version was one of the first. As you can see it's hard to keep a straight quilling strip when gluing
such a long strip. I tried building the card from strips and using the
teal to encircle the bottoms. Didn't make the cut for me.
Sometimes I didn't have the right color ribbon to match my quilling strips (and didn't want to buy a whole spool), so I would use a felt marker to color a plain white ribbon.
So although the final pink and silver version is completely in my comfort zone palette, it's simply a classic to me. It also makes for a lovely congratulations card to the newlyweds because paper is traditionally given in the first year - how apt!
Pretty Quilled Cards is launching March 4, 2014 – less than 2 weeks away. Feels like I'm counting down to Christmas!
Great post Cecelia....love how you explain the process and colour choices and I love happy accidents too
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Cheryl! I'm happy you liked the explanations! :D
DeleteGorgeous and neat!! I admire how you do so much with the minimal use of quilling paper.
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