Fancy Fox

I have a friend who likes foxes, so I wanted to make a little gift for Christmas.

I typically start with a sketch. I am horrible at drawing, and the finished item normally doesn't look anything like the sketch!

I re-sketched it on this graph paper to help me keep the proportions right.

After I formed the papers into similar shapes, I was ready to transfer the main parts to my background.

After I glued down the head and tail, I added the little body parts! I really hope my friend loves her as much as I do!

Forever and a Day

I was fortunate to have someone contact me for a very special order. My customer and her husband have a saying that they have been telling each other for years, and she wanted it quilled. I was honored and humbled to work on something that they would cherish! The saying is "Forever and a Day". She sent me a pic of the room it would be displayed in so I could color match it. I know cursive in quilling is hard and time consuming, but I knew that it would be perfect for this project. So, here are all my work in progress pictures of this piece!

I am proud to say that she loves it!! It is so whimsical, and I can not wait to start another project like this one!

If you could have a saying quilled, what would it say?

Quilled Cup of Love

I was accepted into the August themed auction over at Auction Junkies. The theme this month is Eat, Drink and Bid. I knew that a cup of coffee, or tea would be perfect!!

I had a couple shades of cream, and brown to choose from, so I started with 2 to see which looked better. I ended up liking the left one better.

I didn't want a literal cup and saucer, so I just used my papers to give an outline.

Once I started adding the little details I fell in love. I really need to make another for myself!

Here it is all glued down and in a pretty white shadow box frame. The white really offsets the cream background and makes the cup pop.

This piece will only be available in the Eat Drink and Bid Auction. It will be held on facebook from August 22 through August 25.

Happy Quilling!!

Monogrammed Shooting Star

I knew I wanted to try another star. I can't help myself, I normally have my head up in the clouds! I ordered a set of quilling paper in 5 shades of red and I knew it would go nicely with the design I had planned.

I started this Star like my other projects. I outlined a star with a long tail and glued that down on a heavy piece of card-stock.

I was using 5 shades of red, so I broke up the tail into 3 sections and blended 2 shades in each section. I started with the darkest 2 shades and made relaxed coils for the top part of the tail.

With the middle section I used 1 of the shades from the top, and another lighter shade.I just love these little flowers!

I was so excited to start the middle of the star, so I just jumped right in. I researched the most used first initial and came up with A. The initial can be made in any letter, and I can't wait to make more.

Filling in always goes in a couple of stages. The initial designs of what I want to use as the filler. Then adding some, and last making more to fill up all the empty spaces.

I couldn't decide on the middle of the A. I could either fill it like the rest of the star, or leave it open. I decided to go with open because when it was filled in, the A was lost in the sea of curls.

After the star was filled in, I used 1 shade from the middle section and the lighter shade to fill in the bottom of the tail.

Here it is all finished and ready to frame!!

I found some really nice shadowbox frames and knew this piece deserved to be in one!

I really love how the 5 shades of red compliment each other and I couldn't be happier with how it came out!

If you are interested in purchasing one of these stars please visit my online store http://ladylack.storenvy.com

Thanks for visiting!

Shooting Star

It really is funny how ideas come to be. I wanted to join in an anniversary giveaway to help get my name out there. I decided to do something small, and with a popular color combo, it also has to be one of my favortite combo's too. So I found a 4x6 frame I had sitting around for a little while and got out my colors. I started cutting all the strips into 2 inch pieces and coiling them.

And there is where I sat. For a good hour I had no idea what to do. All I knew was I wanted to use those colors, in that frame. So, my daughter sat down with me and decided to quill something herself, and I asked if she wanted me to teach her how to make a star. That is when the light-bulb went off. Why couldn't I use those colors to make a shooting star? So, as I was teaching her to make a star I made one for my self. Everything else was easy peasy since I already had everything made up.

 

Laid it all out, then started gluing. 

 

 This piece will be apart of a giveaway later this month. I will be posting the details over on my face page, click here.

Quilled Surfboad

I really had a fun time putting together this surfboard. I requested to join an online auction and the theme was Fun in the Sun. There were so many ideas for to me to choose from, but I am glad I chose the surfboard.

To make the shape I started making an outline with pins on a styrofoam board. I was afraid if I just placed the paper down freehand it would end up to uneven. After I placed the pins I wrapped the paper strips around it.

The next step was to put some glue onto the top of the strips and then carefully place the canvas tile on top. I let the glue set for an hour, then flipped the whole piece and took off the styrofoam board.

Now comes the designs. I chose grey, coral, blue, and white with a little touch of yellow. I knew I wanted a flower shaped like this and thought it would look great toward the top.

I wanted the surfboard broken up into three sections. Each section would get a flower. Once I added the middle flower I knew that top flower had to be moved up more.

Here is the lower flower.

I filled in the top flower with some honeycombs.

A lot of times I will lay out my strips and see how it looks before I glue it down. After seeing this I decided it needed to be filled in a lot more.

I think it looked much better with more coils.

I did the top and bottom greys, then started the blues.

 I had a really hard time deciding on the middle section. I originally wanted to have it fully white. After I laid it out you couldn't see the flower well. In order to break up all the white I threw in some coral S's.

Here is middle filled in.

The waves turned out so much prettier than I planned. They have to be my favortie part of this piece.

Here it is all framed and ready for auction!

This is my only surfboard and I may not make another. If I do it will be a completely different design. It can only be bought in this weekend's auction June 27-30 at Auction Junkies Facebook page.

What do you think of this Surfboard?

Cupcake cards

I am hard at work on my Fun in the Sun Project, but I had to take a little break to make up some cute cards!

From doing a little research I have heard mixed opinions about mailing quilled cards. Some say they can, some say they can't. So I thought I would test out that theory by mailing 2 cards to a volunteer. I sent one card in a regular envelope, and sent a second one in a small bubble mailer. Hopefully one will reach her intact! Once she receives them she will take pics for me, so I can see how they held up. I really want to offer some cards in my shop, but I have a feeling they will only be available for people who hand cards to their recipients. When I get the results I will let you know!!


Meanwhile, here is what I came up with:

For a true test I wanted to make sure I had some different coils. Some tight and close, some with a little space, and just one long strip.

Here is a close up shot of the cupcake:

Wouldn't this be the cutest birthday card? I really hope they hold up in the mail, I had so much fun putting these cards together!