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How to join two quilling strip ends when there is no corner For me, the letter O is the hardest letter of the alphabet because there are no corners or straight sides to hide the join. In this tutorial video, I'll share my techniques for making seamless join. Supplies Canson Mi-Teintes 160 gsm paper (I cut my own) http://amzn.to/2zpVAg2 Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue:  http://amzn.to/2i9qA9u Fine Tip Glue Bottle: http://amzn.to/2BbfZ8L Bazzil, Rain Forest 12x12 inch scrapbook cardstock, cut to 12x6, scored to fold to 6x6 inches Cambric 80 lb Cover, Ivory, 8.5x11 sheet, cut to 5.5x5.5 inches (this is probably the most common type of card size I tend to make because I’m not wasting much and using up both sheets efficiently. You can prepare 2 cards the same way using this method and save time for future cards) Quilling As usual, we start by softening the strip and follow the template as closely as possible. Keep softening/adjusting the paper until it's following the template . Some o...

Multi-strip scrolls are mesmerizing! The quilling strips seem to magically widen and taper as if it's one strip.  You can slowly manipulate each strip until they have even gaps, but there's quicker, easier way to do it – fanning. Watch my latest tutorial video to see how it's done. Although I've been favoring the thicker Canson Mi-Teintes paper so far in this series of quilling letters tutorials, in the case of multi-strip scrolls, it's really suited for standard quilling paper because of the fine taper you can achieve. Download the heart template and plus sign pattern to make your own. Replace the letters with any from my  e-book,  Quilling Letters .

A friend and I were beading necklaces one day and she suggested I arrange the beads randomly. For my organized brain, that sounded like blasphemy, but I gave it a try and happily realized it was perfectly imperfect. Since then I've embraced randomness wherever I can. My latest video shows a technique that I call "Cut Coil Flowers", because they are formed by cutting a coil apart. The resulting petals vary in size, resulting in random flower petals. They are surprisingly fast to make. Even though the letter L was enlarged 150%, it still allowed for a large showy area on my 6x6 card.  Download the template here. My new PDF e-book,   Quilling Letters  is available in my Etsy shop.  Every side and curve of the 26 letters of the alphabet is pre-measured – j ust lay your strip on top of my patterns, score, snip, fold, and glue.

We often overlook the negative space of a letter, which is as important as the positive space. Watch how to easily  outline a letter by  creating a "fence" for the negative space. Download the template to make your own 6x6 inch "fence", and replace the letter K with any letter from my book, Quilling Letters .