Autumn Quilling Tutorial

Hello everyone! Thank you so much to everyone who left comments on my SSS Believe in the Season Blog Hop post. I had such fun reading all the comments and really appreciate them. It is Monday and a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is up and this week our theme is Autumn. I hope you'll be able to join us. 

I had really fun making this week's project and I wish you could reach out and a touch it through you screen, because it has wonderful textures. This background is really easy to create and I got the idea when looking at the wonderful 28 Lilac Lane Embellishment bottles, wanting to use a whole lot of buttons on one project. The two pumpkins were quilled and I'll show you how below. Let's start.

You can easily colour white quilling strips into any colour that you need, and for my project, I wanted a graduated look. Start with the lighter ink and gradually add darker ink, but don't cover all the lighter ink completely. I realized that the quilling paper available at SSS is wider than the one I used. It is the same brand and the bags look so similar, that I missed seeing the width. You can still do the techniques, but your designs will be a little higher than mine. I used 1/8 in or 3 mm paper.

To roll my quilled pieces, I prefer to use a Needle Tool. I normally start the shape on the tool and then roll the rest by hand. You can also roll the entire shape by hand. The needle tool gives a neater look to the center of the coils, as you can see in the example to the left. The coil to the right was rolled with a Slotted Quilling tool, which is a little easier to use.

 I also needed some green papers, and inked them with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn.

 And some brown papers.

Roll five closed circles, of slightly varying size, and make sure that the center is lighter than the outside. The length of paper you'll need depends on how large you want your pumpkin to be. Pinch four of them into half-moon shapes and the fifth one into an eye shape.

 Make a brown circle and shape it into a stem shape. Make it lighter in the center.

The green papers were folded and then I rolled one open coil on each side. As you can see, the one side is darker than the other, because of the graduated papers that I inked.

Glue the shapes together, using a clear drying white glue. I apply the glue with a tooth pick, but you can also use a little glue applicator bottle.

 A canvas board was painted brown.

 Working one section at a time, I applied a thick layer of Prima's 3D Gloss Gel.

I placed buttons, beads and sequins from 28 Lilac Lane Pumpkin Spice and Toasted Graham bottles, varying the size of the buttons. Then I sprinkled some Prima mica flakes on top (I love mica), and finally added Micro Beads, to fill in all the small spaces.

The quilled pumpkins disappeared on the background, so I made a base for them by die cutting leaves from burlap and brown Paper Leather. The edges were inked with Ground Espresso.

Glue the smaller pumpkin partly on top of the larger one, for dimension. For more quilling inspiration, check out my Friendly Ghost card.

Die cut a title from two shades of brown and layer on top of each other. The second word is a Chit Chat sticker.

 I really like this button, pearl, sequin, mica and micro bead background. The 3D gel keeps everything firmly in place.

 Because of all the beads and pearls, the board has a nice heavy feel to it.

When I took photos of the project, I couldn't help myself but to place it in a pile of leaves too, right where it belonged.

I hope you will join us in our Autumn challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Quilled Creations QUILLING NEEDLE TOOL	Quilled Creations SAVVY SLOTTED QUILLING TOOL	Quilled Creations BRIGHT WHITE Quilling Paper	Tim Holtz Sizzix CALENDAR WORDS SCRIPT	Tim Holtz Sizzix MINI TATTERED LEAVES
28 Lilac Lane TOASTED GRAHAM Embellishment Bottle Kit LL210	28 Lilac Lane PUMPKIN SPICE	Prima Flowers GOLD LEAF Art Ingredients Mica Flakes 961756	Prima Flowers POLLEN Micro Beads	Prima 3D GLOSS GEL
Tim Holtz Distress Ink SPICED MARMALADE	Tim Holtz Distress Ink RIPE PERSIMMON	Tim Holtz Distress Ink DRIED MARIGOLD	Tim Holtz Distress Ink TWISTED CITRON	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK MOWED LAWN
Tim Holtz Distress Ink GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD GATHERED TWIGS	Tim Holtz Distress Paint WALNUT STAIN	Sizzix PAPER LEATHER SHEETS ASSORTED BASICS 8.5x11	Tim Holtz TEXTURED SURFACES
Tim Holtz SEASONAL CHITCHAT	Tim Holtz Core'dinations KRAFT CORE NOSTALGIC	Tim Holtz LACE Trimmings	Aleene's ACID FREE TACKY GLUE	Aleene's FAST GRAB Tacky Glue Adhesive 4oz 18338
Quilled Creations PRECISION TIP Empty Applicator Bottle	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix SHUTTLE Movers and Shapers	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads
Dina Wakley Ranger PALETTE KNIFE	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL

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