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Printable Quilled Invite
22 Aug 2013 Leave a comment
in by Cecelia, Digital Die Cutter, Paper, quilling Tags: die cutting, invitation, party, printable, quilling
Printable quilled thank you card and envelope
09 Aug 2013 Leave a comment
in by Cecelia, Digital Die Cutter, Paper, quilling Tags: envelope, pdf, printable, quilling, thank you card
Dear Crafting Creatures readers, I want to say thank you!
I started this blog years ago with my friends to inspire each other with our projects. I’ve been the only one adding to it for some time, and the name Crafting Creatures doesn’t suit my new direction. I will continue blogging in my spare time, but now it means more to me than a hobby. I’m taking my paper on new paths and I really hope you’ll follow me there, as I will not be updating this blog anymore.
My new blog is Paper Zen, which describes both how tranquil I feel when working with paper, and the enlightenment I hope my work gives others.
I’m indebted to you, kind reader, for giving me wonderfully encouraging words to keep going. To return your enthusiasm, I’d like to give you my quilled Thank You card and matching envelope. It’ll be for sale in my Etsy shop afterwards, so grab it now by visiting Paper Zen!
Quilling birthday cards 3
02 May 2013 2 Comments
in by Cecelia, quilling Tags: birthday card, quilling
Quilled birthday card for a guy this time.
Quilling birthday cards 2
01 May 2013 Leave a comment
in by Cecelia, quilling Tags: birthday card, quilling
Another quick and simple quilled birthday card.
Quilling birthday cards
29 Apr 2013 5 Comments
in by Cecelia, quilling Tags: birthday card, quilling
I have a few birthdays coming up. Felt like doing something spring and vibrant.
3D Coffee Cake Birthday Card
27 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in by Cecelia, Digital Die Cutter, Paper, quilling Tags: 3D cake, birthday, card
This was a par-boiled idea, but I was making espresso the other day and realized the grounds are quite fine, so of course I thought of flocking. I have a birthday for a guy coming up and he loves coffee (it’s not as easy for me to make cards for guys for some reason). I thought of making a coffee cake and covering my cake with grounds, then topping it with real whole coffee beans.
I tried using double sided tape, but the grounds (unused) wouldn’t stay on. The glue holds an amazingly thick layer of grounds when I did a test. So I put down light blue vinyl on the cake where I didn’t want coffee. Unfortunately the glue stayed on the vinyl too. So I had to apply the glue carefully before dousing with grounds. It’s a good thing I used brown paper so any bare patches blend in.
Now that it’s done, it makes me think of a chocolate mocha cake – plus it’s like scratch and sniff sticker, except no scratching is needed!
Shaping Die Punch Flowers
11 Apr 2013 2 Comments
in by Cecelia, Digital Die Cutter, Paper, quilling, Tutorial Tags: 3D cake, birthday, card, die punch, flower
Before buying my Silhouette SD digital die cutter, I bought die punches like these. I toyed with giving them away, but now I’m really happy I didn’t.
I shudder to waste paper scraps and want to use every inch of it before tossing it out (see my post on How to Use up Scrap paper). Using these die punches was easier and faster than trying to register the exact placement needed on my Silhouette. However, I still used the Silhouette to cut my cherry blossoms (middle punch) because I wanted the cup the petals more readily.
Top left: If using a cherry blossom die punch, snip in between the petals to make them easier for cupping.
Top right: This blossom is cut from my die cutter – see the deeper gaps between petals? I used a burnisher and rubbed the petals against a mouse pad. For those who have a digital die cutter, here is the cherry blossom I made in SVG and DXF or PDF format.
Bottom left: Continue rubbing into the center to make a small bud.
Bottom right: If you want the blossom to stay open, flip it over and poke a smaller burnisher into the middle, then add dots with a felt marker to represent the stamens.
I then used them to decorate this 3D cake card.
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