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Know anyone who loves roses? I made a rose and leaf filled letter B monogram as a birthday card for someone who does, and so can you! My latest  video  shows how to fill the letter B with roses, leaves, and scrolls. In this video, you'll see how I make my S-Scrolls and coils open and airy. I prefer this dynamic shape over the traditional types of S-scrolls because it reminds me of a conch shell. It also fills spaces faster! This time I decided to glue my letter on a 4.5 inch ivory colored square, then to a 5.5 inch square card, which I cut down from a sheet of 8.5x11 inch card stock (I have much more letter size inventory than scrapbook card on hand). Here's a free template if you'd like to do the same. Anyone who bought my Quilling Letters book can easily replace the letter by matching up the center and baselines. What kind of projects are you making? Are these tutorials helpful to you? What else do you want to see? Let me know in the comments below. My previous  video ...

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Have you ever seen quilled letters, and immediately thought of someone you'd love to make one for, but didn't know where to start? I will show you how easy it is to make customized cards and gifts for your loved ones! My latest  video  shows how to fill the letter A with simple scrolls. See how I make my S-Scrolls and coils open and airy. I prefer this dynamic shape over the traditional types of S-scrolls because it reminds me of a conch shell. It also fills spaces faster! My previous  video , shows how to measure, fold, and cut your quilling strips precisely and quickly. Watch it to find out why I "kiss" my glue! Download my new PDF e-book,   Quilling Letters  in my Etsy shop.  Every side and curve of the 26 letters of the alphabet is pre-measured. Just like my first book,  Pretty Quilled Cards , you won't need a ruler or count a fraction of an inch. Just lay your strip on top, score, snip, and you're ready to fold, then glue. What kind of quilled let...

I'm excited to introduce my new e-book,   Quilling Letters !  I have watched quilling typography projects gain in popularity with each passing year, and hope my book will help you in your next letter masterpiece. I've pre-measured every side and curve of the 26 letters of the alphabet. Each number corresponds with a template pattern below. Just like my first book,  Pretty Quilled Cards , you won't need a ruler or count a fraction of an inch. Just lay your strip on top, score, snip, and you're ready to fold, then glue. It's much easier to follow along a template when quilling letters.  Use a dried up pen to trace on top of my template to leave a score line on your work surface. I've also filmed a  video  showing how to outline the letter A. Follow along with me by downloading the template to outline the letter A . Another video showing how to quickly and easily fill the letter will be coming soon. I hope my book helps you with your next quilling type project...

So the last word in my paper typography project is "curiosity", made in a cursive style. It took my full concentration, so I don't have much in the way of photos here. The "o" and "s" are deliberately unfinished because I have grander plans for them. The phrase is written by Elizabeth Gilbert , author of Eat Pray Love. I enjoyed reading her latest book, " Big Magic ", and endeavoured to follow her inspirational words to get past my hesitations of going down this path. I was inspired by the color and energy of the book cover and translated it into a quilling piece. Here's a video explaining how I formed the letter E at the size of a thumb tack, the same used in my project for the beginning of her name. At this stage, I've composed how I want the flow of the swirls to move throughout the piece, gluing some that felt right.  And then...I got stuck. For months.  I'd take it out to look at it, hoping I'd see a way out and resigned...

When confronted with a letter like "y", I like to pause for a second and study where the most challenging part of the letter is, and tackle that part first.  In this case, I want to solidly glue the inner angle first, allowing the sides and bottom to fall into place around it. Yep. Very happy I'm dealing with the tail AFTER most of the other bits are down {whew!}. Oops, the curve isn't quite where I want it to be. No prob. I'll just do selective curving. Ok, just a bit more... Now to dab glue to the end of the "y" so it can be glued against the other end. Here I'm using my tweezers to help align the ends so the join looks clean and I'm saved the hassle of having to trim any excess. Similar to the "w", I secured the top edges of the "u" first, then worked my way down. Since I anticipated this one to be tricky, again I skipped the prior letter. What would I do without my tweezers? At this point, I feel like a snake handler, wres...