To quill the snowflakes I took cues from the printed ones and used a mix of plain white quilling paper and silver holofoil-edged white strips from J.J. Quilling Design in England. They're imported to the U.S. by Whimsiquills.
The edged white paper has a bluish cast that's quite nice as an accent against the plain strips. It makes me think of the sky reflecting on freshly fallen snow on a sunny day.
From the side, you can see the slight tint, but from straight-on the coils look either silver or multi-colored depending on the light and angle. Tricky to photgraph, but it's a fun paper to work with and I'm glad I had this opportunity to try it out.
30 comments:
Lovely quilled snowflakes. We have real ones falling in D.C. area today as "Snowquester" moves in, our first blizzard this winter.
Thanks Maureen. One nice things about snow in March is that it doesn't stay around for long!
That is stunning :) I haven't done any quilling in years - you may have inspired me to get my quilling papers out.
Thanks and I hope you will - happy rolling!
gorgeous snowflakes, love the paper you used !!!
Paula
Love this, Ann. What a cool invitation made even cooler by your quilling. Pun intended. :)
Thank you, Paula!
Thanks Stephanie! (and I love puns. :))
oh wow, this is gorgeous.
This is beautiful, lucky bride who gets this one! Love that paper too.
ann.....i love the combination of foil and white papers for the snowflakes. the foil gives off such lovely colours from different angles. i love your placement and just enough snowflakes makes a very classy invite.
licia
Your snowflakes are stunning! The paper has a really cool dimensional quality. Great job!
Ann Mam...Your snowflakes are gorgeous...U make such lovely invites..Pretty paper and Lovely pics :)
Such a gorgeous use of paper finishes and subtle colors! The effect looks magical...surely even more so "in person"!
Your quilled snowflakes look perfect Ann and they do shimmer.How well you have used the two different paper together.
brilliant and beautiful colors!
Greetings Baukje
I'm glad you like it, Ann.
Thanks Rosie!
Thanks Licia!
Thank you, Casey!
Thanks Sathya!
Thanks so much!
Thank you, Suganthi... it was fun combining the papers.
Thank you, Baukje!
You found the perfect way to compliment the invites and I suspect you'll start a wave of foiled snowflakes. Simply beautiful!
Thanks Cecelia!
So pretty! I just love all your quilled snowflakes. The addition of the foil edged paper is really nice too.
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These are adorable!
Can you, please, tell me what is the size of the holofoil strips? They don't have it in the description -(( Thank you.
Thanks Meg!
These are beautiful! I'd love to see them at a larger scale as christmas ornaments- I bet they'd be lovely...
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