Fairies, children and finger puppets,
ball guys, Minions, etc. Fun little projects that take up big time. It is all in
the details.
Most of the small photos below link to
larger ones, just click the photos.
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2021 |
Cacti gardens! I made two more this year. I sent them to
grandchildren and kept the third. My original one was for the 2019 North
American Quilling Guild competetion and so was made that year. Mine is
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Riley's kit. For her, being 11, a kit with some instructions seemed to
be in order. Practice reading and no extra help needed. Packing was the
hardest part for me! |
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Arno's cactus was pretty simple but may be a good hiding place for a
little treasure. Notice how the base disappears under the rocks. |
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2020 |
I love my prehistoric creature.
Mini Heipapper has a YouTube
channel. The video called "CARA MEMBUAT PAPER QUILLING 3D (MONSTER)" was
posted in March, 2019. I decided I needed my own big creation. |
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You can see from my hand how big she is. I used the cheap paper
streamers people throw at celebrations. Her head, horn, eyes, spikes,
foot pads, and body are all hollow so she is quite lightweight. |
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She is glued on the inside and sprayed with a UV protectorant to help
keep the color. I am sure the streamers would fade pretty quickly in
bright light. |
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2019 |
My
tough, but friendly hitchhiker guy. |
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The paper is 3/8" wide and patterned. One side circles, the other side
squares. |
Such wide paper is easy to make into cones for arms and legs. |
His head will swivel as a pin connects the head to the body, not glue.
Look here for more information. |
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I made a bunny for the NAQGCON convention. |
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2018 |
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The elf made from the new quilling book Santa brought me in 2018:
The book is Quilling für die Weihnachtszeit
by Patrick Krämer. |
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It is in German, has full sized patterns included and
about 15 projects. |
Two of our German friends are fans of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund
team Borussia Dortmund BvB. For Torsten's birthday in 2018 I made him a little
footballer, his favorite player number 23, Shinji Kagawa. (He is no
longer playing for BvB.)
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Beth Clark is a quiller in Texas. She is my inspiration for the standing
peacock. His tail made him a bit unstable so I glued him on a circle of
cardstock. |
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The daisy project. There is a European quiller whom I only know by her
first name. Bridgit. She lives in Switzerland. Bridgit is a totally
phenomenal quiller and she makes brilliant YouTube videos, too. The daisy
bouquet is directly attributed to her skill and willingness to share and
teach. Thank you so much!!!
Her YouTube channel can be found by
searching for "Bridgit's Creativity".
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Be sure to open the larger pictures. The one to the left shows the
underside of the ferns with their spores and the patterned paper I used
for the flower stems. |
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I made the vase the daisies are in with quilled shapes, too. |
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2017 |
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In 2017 we again visited Karen-Marie Klip, the paper crafting store in
Denmark. I bought the Viking kit. These little men are so sweet! |
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Several places on my web page make reference to Karen-Marie Fabricius,
director of Karen-Marie Klip paper store in Denmark. Here is another of
her sweet little ways to use quilling paper. This time it is a little
troll, or Trolde in Danish. Here is the link to her YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te-IcREe5uo
There is just music.
No need for too much verbal explanation for this little guy!
I sent
my little troll and troll-ette home with Arno and Riley after their June
visit. I guess I need to make another one for me! |
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I forgot to take a photo of Riley's red troll-ette. |
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My entry into the NAQGCON 2017 competition for free-standing division
stayed to the conference theme:
THE CIRCUS
She stands on her paper pedestal with a front leg raised. Painted toe
nails, a striped blanket, and super thick eyelashes make her ready to
show. (And she won a first place ribbon!) |
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2016 |
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The North American Quilling Guild's 2016 conference was my first. But
not my
last. If you are a quiller, especially in the USA, and don't know about
our Guild, look here.
We would be so happy to have you join our group. |
Among all the various activities one can do at NAQGCON is attend
classes. I took these: Vortex coils, miniature roses,
finger puppets, weaving, and Iris folding. There were other classes,
too, which I did not attend. The classes overlap and everyone gets
sorted based on attendee's interests and space available. Other classes
included things like quilled earrings, quilling with Silver Clay, techniques,
etc. No matter which classes you end up with, you will learn and grow as
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The finger puppet class was lead by Lois Bandt-Weber. Well, I totally
became enchanted with both Lois and her puppets. Here is a
link to another page which shows Lois
and her puppets plus the puppets I have made since. |
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Jane Jenkins wrote "Three Dimensional Quilling – Making Characters" in
2007. I used her book to make this little fairy in 2016. I wanted only one set
of wings and a very stable base so my fairy is quite different from
Jane's but the techniques for making her remained the same. I hand cut
some used gift wrap, along with it's sparkly tape for the mound she
stands on. Flowers and wild hair complete my granddaughter's birthday fairy. |
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In an issue of the North American Quilling Guild's
newletter are the directions for a darling 3D chocolate covered
strawberry. I tried, I succeeded. Thank you to Gail for taking the time
to write-up her idea and how-to's. Want to know more about the NAQG?
Click here! |
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2 of my grandchildren love the little
Minions. I happened across a photo of a little quilled pair. More 3-d
quilling practice. I cut my own paper for these guys. It added a bit of
extra time to the project but they still only took about 3 evenings!
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I have my instructions for their paper sizes,
etc., in case I make another Minion. This is always a good practice, not
followed often by me! Mine are not quite 5 cm and 6 cm tall without their amazing
hair-dos! |
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| Joining the pair of Minions
are Boo and Mike Wazowski from Monster's Inc., a computer-animated movie
made in 2001. I did them in 2014. |
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| The Ball Guy, born in 2014. He is little, maybe golf ball
size. My base is a styrofoam ball. Lots of little loose coils here! And
fantastic fringed eyelashes. In 2015 I made a Mrs. Santa ball, too. The
Santa ball is not my original idea but her eyes and lashes are. |
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