Faux Quilling

OK, back to cards!

This yummy color combo is courtesy of SU's "Cheerful Treat" designer paper.  

It just plain makes me happy.  

I case'd the flower accent from the IB&C, but it took a while to figure out how to do the "quilled" petals.  

I used 1/8" strips of paper, cut precisely 4-1/4" long (lots of trial and error!), curved them around a pencil,  then adhered the ends together to make each separate petal.  All those ends were then glued to the center of a small circle of cardstock.  Then the flower  image was adhered on top. 

Real quilling is an art and involves more curves and shapes and much more complexity.  It's something I know takes practice.  Some day I'll try to learn it.  But for now, I like the effect of this "faux" version - it really gives the card dimension.  Looks swell IRL.

All supplies by Stampin' Up:
Stamps:  Posy Punch, Up, Up and Away
Paper:  Concord Crush, Bashful Blue, Whisper White and Melon Mambo cs, Cheerful Treat dsp
Ink:  Concord Crush
Other:  Fun Flowers Bigz die, Fancy Flower, 3/4" circle and Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punches, Perfect Polka Dots ef, Melon Mambo Striped Grograin, glimmer brad


To see more card variations using the Cheerful Treat papers, go to Alison Day's lovely new blog.