Description

DIY Quilled Christmas Greeting Card.

Quilling is an art form that uses strips of paper to create designs. With some creativity and interest you can create beautiful designs. You can buy quilling paper in different colors and sizes or you can make quilling paper by cutting printer paper or newspaper in desired size.

Christmas is all about presents, Christmas tree and lights so the Christmas card I have made has a Christmas tree with some presents and red coloured bows to add a pop of colour and decorative stones to add more glitter.

Materials Required

• 1/8” width quilling paper.
• Green color – 5 Strips (1 strip makes 3 triangle patterns for the tree)
• Red color – 6 strips (1 strip for tree topper, 3 strips for gift boxes and 2 strips for bows)
• Purple color – 1 strip (Gift box ribbon)
• Fluorescent yellow color – 1 strip (gift box ribbon & tree topper star centre design)
• Brown color – 1 strip (for the tree)
• Slotted quilling tool
• Quilling circle sizing scale (Optional: Will make sizing easier and also uniform)
• Optional – Border Quilling tool (Triangle, Square and circle Shape)
• Glue
• Plain greeting card & envelope
• Christmas greeting card to cut out “Merry Christmas” (you can also write it yourself)
• Decorative rhinestones & decorative pearl sticker

Instructions 

STEP 1: Take the desired color quilling paper and insert one end of the paper into the slot of the quilling tool.

STEP 2: Roll the paper end that is with the quilling tool using the quilling tool. Roll it to make a tight coil.

 STEP 3: Remove carefully from the tool, the rolled up quilling paper and place it in the circle sizing scale. The coil will loosen and unroll based on the size you have chosen.

STEP 4: Once the desired size is reached, remove from the scale and glue the free end to the rolled coil. This will ensure the coil does not unwind.

STEP 5: Let the glued up paper coil dry. Make as many paper coils as desired and then shape them all.

STEP 6: Hold the coil between the left hand thumb and index finger and the right hand index finger and thumb to press the coil and make the following shapes.

• 15 Tightly rolled green triangle patterns for the Christmas tree (I used border quilling tools for making the triangles but you can also make regular circle coils by rolling paper over a pen and press to create triangle shape).
• 4 loose circle shapes in brown colour for the base of the tree (may use circle sizing scale)
• 1 large tightly rolled square pattern in red colour to make the tree topper. Remove from the quilling tool and shape the rolled square in such a way to make a star design.
• 1 tightly rolled yellow circle patterns without gaps in the middle for the centre of the tree topper star.
• 2 red colour squares for the gift boxes. 4 loosely rolled circle patterns to fill the centre of one gift box and 2 loosely rolled rectangle patterns to fill the centre of the second gift box.
• 1 yellow colour ribbon for the gift box. Take half of a strip of yellow quilling paper and roll both the ends and wrap it around the gift box by gluing it to the square patterns
• 1 purple ribbon to decorate the second gift box. Make 2 tear drop shapes using ¼ of quilling paper for each.
• 8 tear red drop shape designs for the bows and 4 “V” shape designs for the 4 bows.
• Glue together 2 tear drop patterns to each side of the inverted “V” design creating a bow design.

STEP 7: Place the shaped coils on the greeting card. If you are happy with the design, start gluing the quilled shapes on the greeting card.

STEP 8: Glue together all the green triangles creating a large triangle pattern (Christmas tree). At the bottom of the tree stick the 4 brown coils. Attach the red star with the yellow coil in the middle as the tree topper. Add a pearl sticker on top of the yellow coil.

STEP 9: Stick the gift box patterns on either side of the tree at the bottom.

STEP 10: Glue the bows at different spots to cover up the empty space on the card. Attach a rhinestone to the bows.

STEP 11: Insert the text “Merry Christmas”. I cut out the text from a greeting card and attached it to the quilled greeting card but you can write it as well.

TIP: Use the same technique and create more designs. You can also glue together 2 different color papers, roll and shape them to form double colored coils.

Handmade, personalised Christmas card is ready!!!

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DIY Christmas wreath!!

It’s holiday season and people have started decorating their house beautifully with Christmas trees, lights and Christmas wreath. I was planning on making a DIY wreath for spring and got a willow wreath from the dollar store but never got a chance to make it in spring. Now since it is Christmas, I used the willow wreath I had as a base to make a Christmas wreath. All of the ornaments, garland, decorative bells are from the dollar store.

I am very happy with the way the wreath turned out. I spent $18 in total but since the ornaments and other decorative items came in a pack I still have some supplies left.

Materials Required

• Pine Garland – 2 packs
• Decorative glitter flowers – 1 bunch (the green glitter leaves and a green glitter floral stem in the wreath)
• Christmas tinsel garland (I got the one with cute gift boxes attached)
• Decorative pipe cleaner strings(chenille stems) to attach the ornaments to the wreath
• Decorative bow (1 big), ceramic ornaments, tiny bows, ball ornaments & bells
• Decorative Ribbon
• Door hanger

Instructions 

STEP 1: Wrap the pine garland all over the base completely without any gaps. As the pine garland is attached to a wire you just have to wrap, twist and tuck it in.

STEP 2: Wrap the tinsel garland on top of the pine garland.

 STEP 3: Secure the glitter bow using chenille stems to the wreath on the top and the bow with the bells at the bottom.

STEP 4: Cut the flowers from the stem and attach them in desired spots. I have used a green glitter pick. I separated the leaves and the flowers and attached them at different spots using the Chenille stems.

STEP 5: I have used 2 ceramic ornaments, Santa and snowman on either side. But this is optional you can use ball ornaments, flowers or the little red bows to decorate.

STEP 6: I have used the ball ornaments to decorate the empty spaces. I tied 3 red ball ornaments together using the chenille stem and attached to the wreath. On the other side I used a green glitter ball ornament attached to a red bow and secured it to the wreath.

STEP 7: Attach a ribbon to the top of the wreath, to hand on the door hanger.

DIY Christmas Wreath ready!!!!

TIP: You can use any kind of decorative ornaments and create a design based on your creativity. Some of the options are berry garland, battery operated lights, ribbons, pine cones and glitter poinsettia flowers.