Showing posts with label quilled flower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quilled flower. Show all posts

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Featured Artist - Jayashree on Quilled Flowers

Hey all!!
I am so excited to have Jayshree (THE Quilling queen) here with me today to be the on the Featured Artist series f Krafttime!!


Here is a little something about her :)

Hi Everybody, first and foremost, would like to thank Uma for this opportunity. I am Jayashree, the hands and brains behind Paper Mantras. I am from Chennai, moved to Singapore few months ago. 


As a child, I was really interested in crafts. My craft periods at school would be the most exciting part. After school, college kept me busy, I couldn’t craft much. 
And after getting into a fulltime job, I completely forgot crafting. Later, when I came across quilling, I couldn’t resist myself from giving it a try. And now, after almost 2 years, Quilling and paper jewelry has become a part of my life. I showcase my work on my page “Paper Mantras”. I also occasionally share my work on my Instagram account “Paper Mantras”
I do not have anyone as my specific inspiration. Inspiration comes from anywhere anytime. The art by itself is inspiring. The members in the facebook group “Quilling Queens” is a great source of inspiration.  
I manage to work on my ideas whenever I get time. Usually I craft at night and on weekends. 



In this post, I am sharing some of projects and some quilled flowers




This one is my recent paper base work. The pendant is inspired by mandala pattern. 


This is another recycled project, where I’ve used paper cups. I’ve made some quilled leaves and malaysian flowers to decorate it.  



This one is another quilled floral project, I’ve used some flowers and two shaded leces.   

This one is a simple quilled décor. Malaysian flower being my most favourite, will get a place in all my projects. 



Let me explain 6 simple quilled flower techniques. 


1. The first one is a Malaysian flower, with a small twist. I’ve flattened the petals in the flower. I have used two colored strips here. It is called the Malaysian flower because the artist, Solehah Muhammad, who created the design is from Malaysia.  There are loads of tutorials available on the internet, so I’ve not added the tutorial in this post 
2. 2nd flower – Initially I created 5 open coils using a quilling mandrel. And then pinched at one place, to give it a teardrop shop. Later I filled it with the beehive technique. This beehive technique was discovered by Susan, from Indonesia. 
3. 3rd flower – I’ve made loose coils initially and then pinched the ends and joined the petals together. I’ve used two colours in this flower too. 
4. 4th flower – This is an usual Malaysian flower with two colours used in the petal.  
5. 5th flower – This is again a simple loose coils, pinching the petals and giving it a curve. 
6. 6th flower – I’ve used half the size of the strip for each petal, so I’ve got smaller petals. Then pasted four flowers together and made it into a earring. Attaching a clear picture of the earring. 
7. 7th flower – This is a very simple form of a quilled flower. I’ve made tight coils and pinched them to tear drops. This flower too uses dual color strips. 



Isn't that piece of jewelry to die for!!! Thank you Jayashree! We loved having you here. Head over to her page Paper Mantrasand show her some love!!!
I will be back with another featured artist soon :)



Sunday, 16 June 2013

Felt flowers :)

Hi all :)

I was trying to clean out my crafty items junk and found some felt cloth in beautiful pink yellow and blue shades which had been lying dormant for more than a year i believe. So i goggled for some crafty projects and came across a paper flower version of this type of flower.

I was not sure how i would make this cloth stick as i did not have anything but Fevicol. So first i went about cutting the basic shapes that i needed.






Once that was done. I made 2 quilled flowers that are the centerpieces int he flowers. I stitched them so that they wouldn't come off.

Next I added the base layer of folded petals and then an inner layer and on top added the quilled flowers and stitched them thoroughly....

Such simple technique yet so beautiful

Hope you like the pics :) :)





Happy crafting :)


Saturday, 1 June 2013

1st Bloggoversary!! :) :)


Hurray!!!!
I cant believe it has been one year since my first post!! :)
This year has been really awesome and have made some great friends via the blog :)

Thank you for all your inspirations and comments. It was awesome :) :)

It so happens to be my aunt's birthday today too :) :)
So I am sharing with a quilled project that I have made for her. A simple quillography with her name and that of her husband's. And some flowers to the kitty :)

It is yet to be framed and I hope it has turned out well!! :)

I have used Itsy Bitsy card stock for the back and 5mm and 3 mm strips for the quilled items. My favorite part was lining some of the items in white ink.. Don't know why i tried that , but I like how it turned out!!!




Hoping for some awesome years ahead!! Happy quilling people :)

Sunday, 30 December 2012

Flower Love


Hi blogger pals,

This time I am sharing a flower filled item..
I have tried various trypes of quilling here, the beehive technique, teardrop, roses, fringed flowers.....

The end product reads 'LOVE'.. Hope all of you enjoy the pics :)





The finished work :)


Happy Quilling :)

Sunday, 23 December 2012

On going work.......

Hi all,
been bit away from quilling lately..... Just started to get back on things....
This one is for a collegue who has given me some freedom to go ahead with any kind of designs as long as it fits his theme 'love'....

Trying something without conceptualising the design for the first time. not sure how its gonna come out....

This is as far as I have got into..



Not sure how i m going to complete this! :P
Working on something parallely.. will post soon!

Happy quilling fellas! :)

Sunday, 28 October 2012

Quilled Butterfly

Hi all,
Posting after a reaaaaly long time.... Been held up with work and vacation and haven't touched quilling in a month . Phew ( :P )

One of my really ood friend Aditya asked for a quilled butterfly and after a lot of analysis gave me some specific designs. I have added my own touch to it and made it my own. Hope he does like it and hope the person to whom its meant for likes it :)


Quilled butterfly
Hope all of you like this :)

See you all soon. Happy Quilling!

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Yet another Mojo Monday 259

Hi All,
Back to yet another Mojo Monday card :)
This week's sketch is designed by Juliee Tilman and is very attractive and I this is the second card I am sharing in the same design!!


Here's my take on this week's sketch :)



Envelope

I have used pattern paper from Itsy bitsy, Added a quilled flower and instead of the ribbon addded two popsicle sticks cut in the same shape!! The quilled teardrop shapes do give it a nice traditional feel!

Linking it to mojo monday contest. Happy crafting until next time folks!!

Mojo Monday 259

Hi All,
Back to yet another Mojo Monday card :)
This week's sketch is designed by Juliee Tilman and is very attractive and I dont think I will stop with doing just one card!!

Here's my take on this week's sketch :)

card with the envelope

 
Envelope

Have used a rotated version of the sketch here and added a quilled flower embellishment :)

Thats all for now folks!
Happy crafting!

Saturday, 15 September 2012

Mojo Monday 258

Hi Blogger pals :)
Second post today! :) Wow :)
This week's Mojo monday sketch is by Juliee Tilman and it is a simple yet elegant design :)

I have used a white base card on which I have added a grey layer and 2 white strips in place of the ribbons.
Also used a circular yellow foam piece and added a quilled flower to it :) The sentiment is handwritten and done! :)



It is a very late entry to this week's challenge but better late than never!!!

Happy Crafting pals :)

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