Birthday card for my niece

I was very excited to design these 2 cards because both my neice and my husband's neice's first birthday was on the same month. They were born in 4 days difference. I wanted to give a different look for both cards.

Flower Basket

A flower basket designed by me... 

Basket    : bee hive technique of susan 

Flowers : fringed flowers, quilled roses, spiral roses

Leaves   : green paper cut into leaf shapes and creased to look like leaves

Quilled Cash envelop designs

 These cash envelops are really cute and simple. I feel it would make the receiver happy.

Fringed flowers with green loose scrolls

Simple octagon shaped loose coil on a folded paper frame(origami technique)

2 fringed yellow flowers with a spiral scroll as stemand a tiny butterfly(It is so cute i love this one)

Flowers wreath and butterfly on a hard base

This one is yet to be framed. I got this design from online search engine and just tried to redo. So far i tried quilling with toothpicks,matchsticks and used scrap paper i had or i cut my own papers.This was my first try after i bouhgt my quilling too and quality quilling paper from the shops. I was able to feel the difference. The quilling strips coiled very well and they easily took the shape unlike the one's i used earlier.

So if you are a beginner practise withe the scrap papers you have....Once you get hold of the techniques you can goahead and buy the kit thats available in crafts stores.

Quilled Roses

These were made with white paper and then colored.

My First Quilling Project

This was the first quilling project i did in 2007. It involves some paper cutout too..but still i love my first attempt