Loads of Love!

Yesterday, as I was searching Internet, I have found a new technique which of course I had to try myself straight away.

This technique is called Paper Piecing and I've learned it from Vanessa Webb. You can find its description here.

Of course you can use this technique with any other stamp, but I think "Loads of Love" set is just perfect for this purpose.

On the attached pictures you can see what I've come with using this technique.

Hope you like it :)

If you have any questions or would like to purchase products to make such cards - let me know gabriela.jandura@gmail.com .

Till next time, Happy Crafting!

Xmas 15

Bee Mine

Here is another card I made using technique called quilling. I did talk about this technique some time ago - you can find that post under the label Quilling, in the menu on the left hand side of the blog.

To be honest, to create the pattern - in this case bees and flower - it is really not a big deal, but to make the wording - it takes time :) It is not impossible, but just requires more time than other things. But I was not in rush, so here you have it :)

Just wonder how many of you have ever tried this technique? And how many of you really like it? And how many of you are patient enough to do this? :)

I have to say I was so fascinated with this technique at the beginning, that for some time I did nothing else just quilling! Then I have discovered that I have a lot of fun using other techniques as well.

So now I just use all the techniques I know :) It all depends just on what I feel like doing at the very moment, and then I choose quilling tool or stamps, or embossing tool, or punches... And then I go with the flow, using my creativity :)

Whatever technique you use - Happy crafting!

Bee Happy!

Bee Happy is one of the card I make quite often. And I am really happy! :) with this, as it means more and more people choose to give this card. Which means more and more often we wish each other happiness :)

To make this card I used technique called quilling. It is a way of rolling strips of paper - using special tool - then folding them into required shapes and glue together to form a pattern.

You can make anything using this technique: flowers, animals, letters, figures, ornament patterns... Possibilities are just unlimited, as are the colours and sizes of paper strips available on the market.

You can use quilling to make your cards or just decorate them of course, but it is also a good technique used for gift tags, to decorate picture frames, or just to make a picture itself, to decorate gift bags and boxes, to list just a few examples.

I have few other projects made using this technique. Some of them you can already find in a slide show on the left hand side of this blog. The gallery is still under construction, but make sure to check back often as I will add more pictures soon :)

Coming back to quilling, this is very good technique to exercise your patience, as it is quite time consuming, especially at the beginning. But once you master it - it doesn't take that long to make few cards :) And the result - some kind of 3-dimensional - is really impressive. And, it often makes this WOW effect :) which I just love to hear my customers say :)

Just give it a try, and if you decide it is not for you anyway, there are plenty of other techniques you can use for your craft.

Happy quilling!