3D Projects

 Fairies, children and finger puppets, ball guys, Minions, etc. Fun little projects that take up big time. It is all in the details.

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2024	The two projects in 2024 include the little robot guy for a grandson (and then one for me) plus another creature for my herd.
	To the left is Arden's little robot and mine is to the right. I have since added the side tight rolls to my guy's head. They are made from serpentine streamers.
My Prehistoric Creature herd has a new addition.
	The first two prehistoric creatures are made with the serpentine streamers. The streamers are very soft and hard to work with but I like their edges and colors. To the right is the compete herd in 2024. More coming? I love these guys. The newest one is actually made from REAL quilling strips. Each has a few pony beads inside the cavities (heads and/or bodies). I love to turn all my 3D stuff into rattles.
Number One	Number Two. Note he only has 2 legs to stand on!	Number Three.
2023	My 3D projects this year included Gnomes, a farmer, and more hanging frames.
		This frame has poppy flowers and a woven "basket" backing. It is about 8" tall. The oval frame is layers of paper with a crimped final band.
Red poppies in a paper oval.
	This hanger has a "woven basket" background plus little tiny blue flowers and the greenery is made from a bi-color strip. The star of this hanger is the bumblebee resting on a flower. He holds a little basket of pollen. The bumblebee is a design from a German quiller. I am searching for her name. She sent me the instructions. Email or Messenger? I can't find them. When I do, her name will appear here. Apologies. And thanks in advance for the instructions.
2022	I did a lot of miniature and 3D quilling projects this year. Bells, dogs, poodles, gnome bunnies.
		These poodles are from a book called Beautiful Quilling Step by Step. The projects are by 4 quillers. These cute little poodles are by Jane Jenkins. They also appear in her book, Three Dimensional Quilling. I made them for Riley's and Gwen's birthdays.
My Gnome Bunny!		The small picture of the Gnome Bunny has a composite photo behind. Just click on the small photo.
Very tiny dogs...
The major 3D bell project of 2022. This year I made 8 three dimensional bells from Pinterzu P.P. Zsuzanna book #127. I bought the styrofoam form at Michael's craft store. Anders, Diane, Arno, Jr., Kym, Tim, Bonnie, Daggie, and one for me.
Here is how they start. I wrapped plastic wrap around the bell. A rubber band helps keep it in place and helps to keep the quill rows level.
Each of the bells has a clapper.
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 to the right...
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!
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.
My hangers are not exactly what I think of as 3D but they seem to fit here as they are all quite dimensional. I made several this year.	a 2.25" paper ring I made several of these little rings with birds and fringed flowers.
about 8" tip to tip (paper ring)	side view close-up view	about 4" tip to tip (a wood ring)
about 8" large ring peach, gray, brown paper rings	slanted view (click on any of these pictures for a large view)
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.
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.		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.
For the NAQGCON 2020/2021/2022 competetion I made and sent in a little scarecrow. The convention was held in Springfield, Illinois and had a farm theme. My little guy received a second place ribbon.
2019	My tough, but friendly hitchhiker guy.
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.
I made a bunny for the NAQGCON convention. He took only 3rd place. Tough competition!
2018
The elf made from the new quilling book Santa brought me in 2018: The book is Quilling für die Weihnachtszeit by Patrick Krämer.		It is in German, has full sized patterns included and about 15 projects. For more elves and a closer look, go to my Christmas page. Scroll to 2020.
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.)
	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.
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".
		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.
		I made the vase the daisies are in with quilled shapes, too.
2017
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!
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!		I forgot to take a photo of Riley's red troll-ette.
	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!)
2016
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 a quiller.	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.
	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.
	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!
	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!
		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!
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.
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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