Rosary made by me

This is nothing to do with quilling, but it is very precious to me cause I made it myself. Lost my rosary while I was on a tour in UK this month. I treasured it,  as it was given to me by a relative who brought it from the Vatican city and is not living now. She died of cancer a few years back. I try reciting the rosary at least once a day and not having it, was a great loss to me. What ever rosary I tried buying, did not satisfy me, so I decided to make my own rosary.

My brother gifted me a chain of ivory beads about 30 years back. I never used it as I do not where bead chains, but kept it. The beads are carved like little round roses. This was ideal for my rosary. All the loops and rings are designed with copper wire, so it would match the ivory colour of the beads.

So hear I add another new item to my craft collection. But look out a new quilling is on the way. Till then happy crafting friends

Little Poo and Pigy

Just a little picture made to be gifted to a friend who liked my earlier quilling of Poo Bear very much. The framed picture is just
6" x 4". The quilled picture looks more colourful than the photograph. I wish I could have got a better shot. Hope my little friend would like this. May not have time for another quilling for April or May as I will be taking a break from my craft and going off on a tour. Will come back with new ideas of quilling soon :)

Creative Quilling - PEACE DOVE

This picture is just a time killer. I was cleaning my messy table and found  lots of black strips of paper all over it. Was wondering if I should throw them away but made up my mind that I should use them to create something. So this is the result of it. The dove should have been in white, but I had to make use of the black strips. My friends on facebook thinks it does not matter, so hear it is flying around my blog saying, Hi !!, to you :) Hope you like it. Happy quilling till I am back with a something new

IT'S SUMMER (Quilled)

A painting of this picture was posted on facebook by one of my friends. Loved it the moment I set eyes on it. It was a unique painting of a girls face at a glance and then the beautiful flower and leaf arrangement. It was so artistic that I made up my mind to quill it as my next  project. I named it as "IT"S SUMMER" cause it is the time of year that flowers are in full bloom in my country. Hope you like my quilling. Will be back soon with the next. I should thank the artist who painted and shared this picture too.

Paper Quilling Instructions:- How to quille a leaf

Easter Bunny and Egg (Quilled)

In keeping with my promise to quill at least 2 pictures a month I am posting this picture. I am not very satisfied with it as I know the colour of the rabbit is not good. I very nearly threw it off but felt sorry for the poor guy and kept him back. I think the mood we are in at the moment we start a project should be pleasant for the end result to be good. Any way hear it is and hope my next one works out well :D

The Holy Cross, paper quilled

Easter is the reminder for all Christians of the great sacrifice Jesus Christ did for all of us. He was a young man of 33, who had a whole beautiful life to live as he wished. But he gave it all up, to save us from sin. The Holy Cross is the symbol of all Christians. I quilled the cross as my Easter quilling project, so that the none-christians would understand that Easter is not only the Bunny and Eggs :D. The cross is quilled with dark brown paper of 1/8" strips of paper. The flowers are not quilled. Wanted to do something a bit different. Hope you like it. Wish you all a very Happy Easter.

Quilled Table Lamp

So many strips of coloured paper on my work table and a little jar of "Nestle's Smarties" gave me the idea of using all the colours in one project. The colourful sweets  made the little container look beautiful. Next I wanted a suitable picture to use all the colours and then my eyes caught this kids colouring book with this picture to paint. So hear it is my completed picture in quilling. I love the beehive quilling (INVENTED BY SUSAN FROM SUSANS' QUILLING CARDS) It is easy and quick to finish a project. It is beautiful and gives the look of  punch art embroidery when complete. Ate up quite a lot of smarties too while quilling as the sweet that went into my mouth was the colour of the strip of paper I used to quill and the colour combination came out fine. I always love to use a lot of bright colours in my work. Hope you like it. So be in touch, will be back soon with another quilling soon :D

Painting of a Scenery

Quilling is not my only hobby though I have not done anything other than quilling during the past 3years. The background scenery was a painting I did on a wall of a indoor garden of a little restaurant.This wall was about 12 feet tall and I had to get on and off the ladder many times to paint it. The two grinning guys are the owner of it and his son. They were happy with the painting. I think I did a good job. (Does it sound like a monkey praising his tail??)
I will be back with my quilling soon :)

Lord Budda in Paper Quilling

Quilling a Buddha image was on my mind for some time, but it was nothing like this. I wanted to quill "Laughing Buddha".But each time I started or thought of quilling it my inner self stopped me from doing it. May be because I am a Catholic and I respect  the religion I am in and I equally respect all religions, I did not think it was very respectful to quill Lord Buddha with a big stomach and a grin from yer to yer and something stops me from doing it. Mysteriously I happened to come across this image in the news paper as if it said quill me, and I started on it immediately. If you think it is nice, credit is not to my ability but something inside me that  guided to get it wright. Looking at the robes I really am amazed that it came out beautiful. Wanted to try the same method on the face, but was scared that I might spoil the features. Hope you would like it. Happy quilling till I think of something new. Take care :)

THE ENTIRE PICTURE IS CREATED ONLY WITH 1/8" STRIPS OF PAPER

Creative Quilling - Fancy Peacock

Hi friends and visitors, hear I am again with a new quilling. My 1st for the month of February. Peacocks are always my favourite bird as long as they don't open their mouth :D. They have such an ugly voice. May be God made them like that cause they are so proud. The horse was not given horns  too because they are so proud. Any way I have quilled many peacocks and this one is another addition. Batik decorations are famous in my country (Sri Lanka). This quilling is an inspiration I got from one of them. I like to use very bright colours as it attracts and get more attention :)
Hope you like it. Keep on visiting my blog, I will be back soon with some thing new. Take care and happy quilling  

Quilled Zodiac sign "Piscec"

Since Susan from "Susan Quilling Card" introduced the beehive method of quilling, many quilling friends have never stopped using it in various projects. It so happens that I myself have fallen head over heels in love with it and cannot stop experimenting this with any strip of paper. This quillin too was an idea that I got while playing around with the beehive method. I have used it to fill up the head area, and the body with a honey comb design. This is my zodiac sign and I have been thinking of quilling the two fishes for some time. Wanted it to be different from the other designs. I found the heart shape on the Internet and designed it the way I wanted it. Wanted it to look a bit romantic too :D So hear it is my latest, with the boy fish about to kiss the girl fish with their tales twisted around each other Doesn't it look romantic?? he..he..
 Will be back with another soon. Take care and bye till then

Wood Art in Quilling

Many Asian, use decorative furniture in their houses, and these come from Burma most of the time. These Teak furniture are full of machine cut designs of flowers,birds animals etc. Since I have still not decided on my next quilling and I hate not quilling, thought I would do a quilling of a coffee table top. Be it big or small I take my quilling seriously. So hear I am with a simple design which I spent more time designing than quilling. I hope to start on another quilling soon but what is it going to be is still a blank. May be I will get away from quilling to one of my other hobbies for a while :D

Dora The Explorer - Quilled

Happy New Year to all my visitors and flowers.. You gave me great support last year by commenting on my pictures and visiting my blog. My visitors flag counter, shows visitors from 120 countries and visitors are nearly 40,000. I believe I give you something of interest and I would continue to do so this year too. I may not create a lot, but will bring you something of interest. Hoping I could do at least 2 projects for a month.

So this is my first project for 2012. I love kids stories. It takes me to the wonder land of kids and make me feel like one too. It brings out pictures like this in my mind and I quill them. Dora is my grand sons favourite story. Hope little kids could see it. Wishing all of you a great year friends. Will be back soon with another project. Take care

Christmas at home

Hi friends, followers and visitors, I wanted to share a few pictures of the Christmas decorations I created. I love doing this for Christmas as it gives a wonderful feeling, though I have to have a watchful eye on the tree when the little kids come. I see the happiness in their little faces when  the tree is lit up and my little musical crib playing Christmas carols. It makes me so happy  to watch them.

New Year greetings

New Year greetings, a photo by anastasiaw2008 on Flickr.

Hi Friends, just managed another quilling to finish off the year. I dedicate this card to all my followers. Thank you so much for all the lovely comments and support from all of you and for following me. To all who never fail to comment on my postings, and to all the lovely people around the world who dropped by my blogthis year , and keep on visiting over and over. You have all been a great strength in my creative side of life. Would try to bring you more improved quillings in 2012 and hope you would support me the way you did in 2011. It was a good year for my arts and craft. Got to know many wonderful Quillers from around the world. I hope you would visit and support me in the coming year too the way you did in the past. LOVE YOU ALL ♥♥♥

Merry Christmas to all Christians who visited my site. Happy holidays and a bright and prosperous 2012

Christmas greetings 2011

Christmas greetings 2011, a photo by anastasiaw2008 on Flickr.

My creation for the festive season. This would be my last quilling for 2011. I take this oppertunity to wish all who stop by my blog a very happy Christmas and a bright and prosperous 2012. Hope you like my creation. Started out to create a sledge with Santa and Rudolph. But the card project came in between and as I had to finish those, gave up on the sledge. I hope you like this :)

Christmas Card project

 My PC went dead and I was really in a fix.Sent it for repairs and was wondering what to do when my sister wanted me to help out a friend who was working with a NGO, to create some greeting cards to be sold as a fund raiser for underpriviledge kids. So made use of my time to do a little bit of good deed during the festive season to brighten up some little hearts. I hope people who receive a card would like it ♥.

  

Eveil Fairy & Owl

I call her the evil fiery, because my quilled picture looks like she is planning something evil with her friend the owl. When the printed picture appeared on a friends page, I thought it would be beautiful for quilling and commented on it. Paula my friend and a few others too had the same thought. So we agreed to quill it. Paula and myself kept our promise and hear is my picture. Paula, you did a great job too. Love it. It is beautiful. I wanted to frame it and gift it to some one for Christmas. So I thought it would be nice to spice it up by adding some leaves to it. Hope you like my picture. Will be back with a christmas quilling. Take care and happy quilling till we meet again

Sweet Leaves Blog Hop

Hi friends, to day is Sweet leaves Blog Hop. I am sure you all would enjoy going through all the blogs that are participating in this very interesting blog hop. Make sure you do. It would give you a lot of new ideas. I am eagerly waiting to see what the others have done cause they are all expert quillers and I am sure they would have beautiful creations. I enjoyed quilling leaves for this blog hop.There is just one which is a card I made for mum and is a Ikebana leaf arrangement. All the rest are different shapes of leaves you could make use of. No matter from which blog you arrived hear,  make sure you visit all the other blogs in the list below. Hope you like what I have posted and  enjoy browsing through. Will be back soon with another post . Have fun and take care :)

SANDY, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPERTUNITY.  There are many very talented quillers and handy craft artists in Sri Lanka and I wish they would make use of the internet to show the world their talent

               A BIG THANK YOU, TO ALL THE LOVELY COMMENTS AND COMPLIMENTS
                     YOU GAVE ME ON THIS BLOG HOP. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH
                                           
                         

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AFRICA
Jacquline	http://cutekipepeo.blogspot.com
ASIA
Syaz	http://syazcards.blogspot.com/
Suganthi	http://papercraftss.blogspot.com/
Anastasia	http://anastasiaw.blogspot.com/
Lin	http://azlina-lin.blogspot.com/
Thusitha	http://craftsimagery.blogspot.com/
Miez	http://miezam.blogspot.com/
Amna	http://alfardh.blogspot.com/
EUROPE
Cristina	http://cristina-funquilling.blogspot.com/
Suzana	http://quillingwithfun.blogspot.com/
Fionnuala	http://quillingowo.blox.pl/html
Pritesh	http://quillingmesoftlee.blogspot.com/
Philippa	http://quilliance.blogspot.com/
NORTH AMERICA

Jennifer	http://www.creative quilled creations.blogspot.com/
Paula	http://chillinwithquillin.blogspot.com/
Linda	http://www.myquillingnest.com/
Shruti	http://eenzybeenzy.blogspot.com/
Melissa	http://sleeplesswonder.blogspot.com/
AUSTRALIA
Bronwyn	http://quillme.blogspot.com/
SOUTH AMERICA
Regina	http://regina-ribeiro.blogspot.com/
Matilde	http://natiquill.blogspot.com/