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I'm a knitter/crocheter but I wanted to use up some old scrapbooking papers and I picked up a quilling tool so I thought I'd give it a try. Not bad for a first attempt I think. This could be fun!

Then DD and I started some valentines for her class:
SS10 - SD9 - DD7 - DS5 - DS born 10/3/12
Re: tried quilling :) PIPs
They both look lovely.
That's a great way to use up scrapbook paper. I have a small stask and there is no more scrapbooking on my horizon. What a great idea.
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I've never heard of quilling, that looks really great! I saw a project once that was an initial (it was a
that the actual letter outline was raised, with those swirls (quills?) inside of it matted with a black frame.
I'm off to google that now!
My Valentine Bookends (2~13~13, 2~15~09)
My new bff Gayle Forman!
“You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control"
- Gayle Forman
"People talk about escapism as if it's a bad thing... Once you've escaped, once you come back, the world is not the same as when you left it. You come back to it with skills, weapons, knowledge you didn't have before. Then you are better equipped to deal with your current reality."
- Neil Gaiman
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Thanks!
They sell the strips at the craft stores if you don't want to take the time to cut your own 1/8" strips. The heart took just a few seconds, and the butterfly took maybe half an hour. I poured my glue in a little tray and used a toothpick to roll it onto the edges of the paper strips.