How to make a card using quilling technique?

For each holiday I want to present a pleasant surprise to my close ones. DIY gifts are especially appreciated. One of these creative solutions will be a quilling postcard.

Using the quilling technique, which consists of twisting strips of colored paper and creating pictures from them, you can make any plot for a postcard. Of course, you need to start with the simplest things. As practice shows, soon you will be able to move on to creating real masterpieces.

Before embarking on such an exciting lesson, you need to prepare all the necessary tools and materials. These include:

• cardboard: white and color (options such as double-sided, shiny, corrugated will be very relevant);
• colored paper (different variations are also possible here: matte, glossy, with sparkles, holographic);
• glue: can be used both in a bottle and an adhesive pencil;
• scissorspaper knife;
• ruler and a simple pencil;
• needle and thin tweezers.

Every student or child attending kindergarten usually has all of these items. The first training copies can be made from inexpensive materials. A little later it will be possible to move on to more beautiful and original components.

Before you start the process of creating postcards, you may have to look through the master class to understand how to make phased volume compositions of paper. For beginners, it will be useful to know what elements in the quilling technique can be made from curled paper.

These can be simple options:

• tight circle;
• free circle;
• offset circle;
• oval;
• cone;
• a drop;
• petal;
• eye;
• crescent;
• triangle;
• heart;
• various spirals.

But the limit of fantasy does not end there. To make complex and large works with your own hands, you can always come up with other elements. All this will come with experience.

Usually, quilling parts are made as follows: paper is cut into strips (the width depends on the selected illustration), then each strip is twisted into a spiral. After it is slightly relaxed, and then give the desired shape with your fingers or a tool.

Before you create any specific composition, you should practice making individual details. When they will turn out well, you can start creating cards. And, in addition, before starting any work, it is necessary to present its final version.

You can start with the card "Happy Birthday". Such a greeting card will be pleasant not only for mom or dad, but also for your beloved girlfriend, teacher. The easiest option is to make flowers as the main element, and then write the congratulation itself.

A step-by-step instruction is as follows.

1. First, prepare the basis: it will be a cardboard sheet folded in half, on the cover you can stick textured material or a piece of colored paper of a different color. Let's say the cardboard is blue, and the paper will be blue, yellow, green.
2. Inside, where the congratulation itself will be located, you also need to arrange everything beautifully: stick a piece of paper or cardboard in bright color so that the text is clearly visible.
3. The next step will be cutting strips and twisting them with a spiral. The end of the strip is fixed with glue.
4. We make five such details, using light compression we give them the shape of the eye. These are the future flower petals.
5. Glue the petalsto get a flower, leave a place for the core.
6. Make as many petals as you plan to make flowers, we select colors at our discretion.
7. To make flower center cut a strip of paper in the form of a fringe (making frequent cuts along the entire length), then twist.
8. Glue flowers, supplement with cores, make curls on a postcard. To do this, simply twist a few strips of paper, then slightly straighten and glue.
9. Then in the remaining free space add signature. You can print and paste it.
10. Inside on a piece of paper glued specifically for this write congratulations with kind words.
11. The resulting postcard can be supplemented with beads, rhinestones, sequins. The main thing is that it was a light elegant composition in one style.

Using flowers, giving the petals different shapes and choosing delicate or bright shades, you can create beautiful wedding cards, as well as congratulations on March 8. Such a creative gift made with a soul, and most importantly, carefully and with imagination, will delight any hero of the occasion.

It’s easy to make a winter card dedicated to your favorite holidays, whether it’s a New Year, Christmas or Epiphany model. For New Year's theme, the easiest way is to choose a Christmas tree. To do this, it is enough to twist a few green spirals, give them the shape of droplets, and then stick them: on top there will be one, the second row - two, the third - three. Glue the barrel from a brown spiral. It will turn out a green beauty. As balls, tightly twisted spirals or beads can be used. You can draw snowflakes, make a signature. An interesting idea would be to make a card and just with New Year's balls, candles, a snowman. But the creation of Santa Claus or the Snow Maiden will have to work longer.

In the same way, you can make cards by February 23 and May 9. If reconstructing a tank or aircraft is difficult, you can always find a way out. For example, just make volumetric numbers from paper, as well as a star or fireworks.

But all these are the easiest options for beginners. These are just the first steps.And then you can experiment and come up with flowers and plants of various shapes, animals, whole paintings and plots. The main thing is that fantasy does not fail. Such an activity will be exciting not only for children.

If you want to come up with something interesting, you can see ready-made examples, because the principle of manufacturing parts for quilling postcards is always the same. In addition, you can use additional details that decorate the card. Now in every needlework store you can find a lot of interesting things, including buying all the components for quilling.

Here are some noteworthy examples.

• A bouquet of blue forget-me-nots looks gentle and elegant. You need to be patient and make a lot of small blue petals. The stem will complement the bouquet. The butterfly looks very beautiful, and the openwork edge gives the overall composition of grace.

• Everyone will like this birthday card. Here, the "highlight" are the roses, as well as the central flower, which originally made the petals. In them we see several spirals, due to which the effect of openwork appears.

• These pieces look very sophisticated, here you just need to choose gentle tones and create graceful curls. Such cards will suit any celebration: wedding, birthday, March 8th.

• Original version and double postcard. It looks gorgeous, there is nothing superfluous in it. It is enough to take a sheet of white cardboard, cut a circle, paste a piece of the same cardboard in the form of a flower inside. The first sheet of the card is decorated with a stylish bouquet and small butterflies.

• By Valentine's Day, you can make such a cute postcard that will tell about your feelings. The cat and the cat look charming, and it’s not difficult to make them, like the hearts that complement the composition.

• And such beautiful compositions for the New Year can be created using not only colored paper, but also beads, sparkles and other decorative elements as a complement.

• This work confirms that you can make any plot. In this case, the picture looks very sophisticated and original, and it is not difficult to make it.

Using the quilling technique, you can create more than just postcards. You can still decorate envelopes with gift cards or money, gift boxes, notebooks and notebooks. All this will give things a unique look, and presenting a gift will be a pleasant and unforgettable moment.

See how to decorate a quilling postcard using the video.