A Butterfly Greeting Card

This is a fun technique in which narrow Vivi Gade Weaving Paper Strips are rolled or twisted using a quilling pen and then wedged in a quilling board and glued together. The shapes are glued onto a greeting card and Vivi Gade paper.

Quilling on a Greeting Card

1

Roll or twist the weaving paper strips using a quilling pen.

Quilling on a Greeting Card

2

Place the rolled up paper strips in a desired mould in the quilling board.

Quilling on a Greeting Card

3

Remove them carefully from the quilling board. To hold the size and the shape, glue them together with Clear Marker.

Quilling on a Greeting Card

4

Place in the mould on the quilling board again. You could use pins to keep the same distance between the turns. Now glue with Clear Marker. The glue is gel-like and not runny. Let it dry.

Quilling on a Greeting Card

5

Glue a piece of Vivi Gade paper onto a greeting card using double-sided adhesive tape.

Quilling on a Greeting Card

6

Glue the paper coils onto the greeting card in a desired pattern. In this example: a butterfly.

Quilling on a Greeting Card

7

Glue strips of paper along the edge.

Quilling on a Greeting Card