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Quilling 80th Birthday Card - How to Fill Tutorial for a Monogram A special friend turned 80 recently, so I quilled this monogram card for her. I've filled it with the number 8, exactly 10 times. The random sizes of numbers made of quilling techniques filled her monogram with its own unique texture. You can use this technique to fill any monogram of your choosing.  Watch how easy it is to make! Download a free template and try quilling the  Lowercase Letter a Quilling Lowercase Letters  can be purchased in my shop Thank you for commenting on my blog or YouTube channel. Reading your enthusiasm is what motivates me to keep coming up with more ideas. If you end up making something, please show me – I'd love to see it! Review of Quilling Lowercase Letters:

Quilling Lowercase Letter r - How to Outline Tutorial for a Monogram Quilling the lowercase letter r is quite easy and straightforward. Watch how in my latest video tutorial. Download a free template and try quilling the  Lowercase Letter a Quilling Lowercase Letters  can be purchased in my shop Thank you for commenting on my blog or YouTube channel. Reading your enthusiasm is what motivates me to keep coming up with more ideas. If you end up making something, please show me – I'd love to see it! Review of Quilling Lowercase Letters:

Quilling Lowercase Letter p - How to Outline Quilling the lowercase letter p is quite easy and straightforward. Watch how in my latest video tutorial. Download a free template and try quilling the  Lowercase Letter a Quilling Lowercase Letters  can be purchased in my shop Thank you for commenting on my blog or YouTube channel. Reading your enthusiasm is what motivates me to keep coming up with more ideas. If you end up making something, please show me – I'd love to see it! Review of Quilling Lowercase Letters:

Quilling Lowercase Letter n - How to Outline Quilling the lowercase letter n is quite similar to and easier than the lowercase letter m. Again, I pinch the inner curve to tame it in the direction I want. It's easy once you see how it's done. Ann Martin of All Things Paper enjoys using Scotch Clear Glue because it doesn't develop a "skin" on top of the glue puddle. That's very important to quillers because a project can take quite some time to complete. Having quick drying glue means you'll waste more re-applying a new puddle to avoid spidery dry bits hanging from your quilling strips, which ruin the overall finished piece. I've tried the gel glue, but still prefer Aleene's Original Tacky Glue   (Amazon Affiliate link)  because I find it adheres my paper more quickly, so I mainly use it when I have many pieces ready to glue to my surface.  However, in the height of summer, my upstairs craft room gets quite hot. My glue puddle dries so quickly, that...

Apron Greeting Card - Free Template - SVG PDF File Do you know someone whips up amazing dishes in the kitchen? You can make this quick and easy greeting card using my free pattern, available in SVG for electric cutting machines , or in PDF for hand cutting . Watch how to assemble both styles in my latest tutorial video. Thank you for commenting on my blog or YouTube channel. Reading your enthusiasm is what motivates me to keep coming up with more ideas. If you end up making something, please show me – I'd love to see it!

Quilling Lowercase Letter m - How to Outline Quilling the lowercase letter m can get tricky with all those curves. If you look closely, the two curves on the inside are slightly slanted, and I couldn't achieve it by regular rubbing, so I had to do it another simple and easy way. Watch how in my latest tutorial video. Download a free template and try quilling the  Lowercase Letter a Quilling Lowercase Letters  can be purchased in my shop Thank you for commenting on my blog or YouTube channel. Reading your enthusiasm is what motivates me to keep coming up with more ideas. If you end up making something, please show me – I'd love to see it! Review of Quilling Lowercase Letters:

Quilling Uppercase Letter W - Symmetrical Leaves Tutorial The uppercase letter w has some tricky corners. Your eye can tell if the top three straight segments are off, so I use a straight edge to keep them all aligned. Did you know there are two types of leaves shown here, but in reality they're easily made from the same method?  Watch how in my latest tutorial video. Download a free template and try quilling the  Uppercase Letter A Quilling Lowercase Letters  can be purchased in my shop Thank you for commenting on my blog or YouTube channel. Reading your enthusiasm is what motivates me to keep coming up with more ideas. If you end up making something, please show me – I'd love to see it! Review of Quilling Letters:

Quilling Lowercase Letter k - How to Outline I always tackle the inner areas first when quilling letters. This is no different for the lowercase letter k, which has two inward projecting segments. Watch how in my latest tutorial video. Download a free template and try quilling the  Lowercase Letter a Quilling Lowercase Letters  can be purchased in my shop Thank you for commenting on my blog or YouTube channel. Reading your enthusiasm is what motivates me to keep coming up with more ideas. If you end up making something, please show me – I'd love to see it! Review of Quilling Lowercase Letters:

Quilling Lowercase Letter j - How to Outline The lowercase letter j is similar enough to the letter i, with just a small twist – easy enough to do when a simple rub-a-dub-dub. Watch how in my latest tutorial video. Download a free template and try quilling the  Lowercase Letter a Quilling Lowercase Letters  can be purchased in my shop Thank you for commenting on my blog or YouTube channel. Reading your enthusiasm is what motivates me to keep coming up with more ideas. If you end up making something, please show me – I'd love to see it! Review of Quilling Lowercase Letters:

Quilling Lowercase Letter i - How to Outline Sure, the bottom part of the lowercase letter i is easy enough for quilling, but how do you tackle the oval dot? I'll show you how in my step-by-step tutorial, and explain why I start where I do, how to make a seamless join, and how to make crisp, sharp, corners. Find out in my latest tutorial video. Download a free template and try quilling the  Lowercase Letter a Quilling Lowercase Letters  can be purchased in my shop Thank you for commenting on my blog or YouTube channel. Reading your enthusiasm is what motivates me to keep coming up with more ideas. If you end up making something, please show me – I'd love to see it! Review of Quilling Lowercase Letters:

Book Review: Papercut Landscapes by Sarah King I'm giving the book, Papercut Landscapes , a huge thumbs up!  I was not paid to do this review, nor did I receive a free copy of this book. I first heard about it from Ann Martin’s blog, All Things Paper , and then I requested at my local library. So if you want to support an author or artist, this is a great way to do that. I was so inspired by Sarah's joy, which is evident throughout her examples, that I had to make a birthday card in her style.  I was worried I didn’t have enough patience because I normally cut things with a machine, but I kept getting drawn by the warmth of images that were obviously handmade, so I just had to do it. My friend and I love to garden, and she loves bunny rabbits, so I drew a pair here, longing to pilfer.  Sarah uses pencil to draw her sketches, and thickens up the lines, so I started like that but then I used a Sharpie to get a consistent line thickness.  Then she cuts out her temp...