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This is the inside of a greeting card done with quilling, an old-fashioned craft that comes from using a quill to wrap paper. Now it is done with a T-pin, but the results are easy and impressive.
Quilling Card - The Crafty Librarian Materials: Strips of paper, 1/4-1/8" wide. The length varies. I used 11" paper for my strips and tore off the excess as needed.
T-pins
Glue Sticks
Card Stock, or pre-made purchased card templates which is what I used. The had a frame, seen in the photo, that was attached at the top, but free on 3 sides. It made a nice look for the card, but wasn't necessary.

Time: 30 min to 1 hour, depending on how large your design is.

Method: 1) There are two basic quilling shapes. The rest come from these two. The first is what I call a button. To make it, take a strip of paper, lick the end to moisten it just a bit, and begin to roll it around the T-pin. It must roll around itself, not spiral, making a tight little button. At some point, it may be easier to slip the quilling off the pin and finish rolling it with your fingers. This is fine. When you have a button the size you desire, put a fair amount of glue stick on the end of the paper and hold it until it sticks very well. This works well as the center of a flower.
2) The second basic form begins just the same as above, but when you have finished your button, let it unroll itself a bit. Certain papers behave differently here, and some will unroll a lot, some only a little. Glue the end of the paper.
3) Shape your quill into: teardrops, by pinching the glued end of the paper;
leaves by pinching both ends of the paper; bells by lightly pinching one end and pushing in the other end at the same time.
4) You can make squares, diamonds, and most anything you can imagine by pinching your partially unrolled form.Scrolls are made by rolling half of a strip in one direction, pulling it with the pin to unroll it, and then repeating in the opposite direction. These make nice stems or vines.
5) Put plenty of glue on the flat sides of the quilling, so it will adhere to the card stock.
6) To make the above design, you will need buttons, teardrops, leaves, scrolls, and bells. Follow the photograph. 7) The front of the card can be anything you
Quilling Card - The Crafty Librariandesire. For my card, I searched the clip art in Microsoft word until I came across a picture that I believed would compliment the quilling inside.
8) Find some clip art and glue it on, or decorate your card as you desire.
9) Since your card won't be able to close flat, it will need special handling in the mail - or maybe hand delivery!


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