Summer in Full Bloom: Quilled Beach Scenes, Bookmarks & Fair Trade Treasures

 All Things Paper is a Quilling Card affiliate.

 

 

Last autumn and spring, I shared some of my favorite seasonal greeting card designs from the Quilling Card company. Now that we're in the heart of summer, let me take you on a tour of the latest nature-inspired creations that are perfectly suited to this time of year, as well as their new line of gift-worthy quilled bookmarks to mark the pages in your beach or porch reads.

Quilled greeting card displaying five colorful paper umbrellas with yellow, red, blue, and green stripes scattered on a sandy beach against a soft watercolor blue ocean backdrop.

 

Coastal Views and Seaside Serenity

 

 

Nothing says summer quite like a day by the ocean...the Beach Umbrellas design features brightly quilled ones and captures that relaxed feeling, while the Adirondack Chairs card transports you a peaceful spot where you can do nothing more than sit and listen to water lapping at the shore.

 

Quilled greeting card featuring two detailed wooden Adirondack beach chairs—one white with green accents, one orange—facing a ocean beach scene with dunes and sea oats.


One of my absolute favorites is the Nautilus Shell card (currently on sale!), which features intricate spiraled coils with a pretty wash of color. Whether it's displayed inside a real seashell or framed on a wall, it's a lovely piece of seasonal decor.

 

By the way, Quilling Card offers quality frames made specifically for their cards along with a number of additional quilled seashell designs. You'll find them in the Summer Collection or by entering "seashell cards" in the website's search box.


A square quilled greeting card showing a large, realistic white and turquoise nautilus shell, elegantly displayed resting inside a real, open conch shell on a light blue background. 

 

Another example for ocean lovers, is the Seashell Heart card that gathers quilled scallops, starfish, and sea snails into a heart-shaped collage. And have a look at the mini gift enclosure cards like this colorful pinwheel, as well as sticky note covers.

  

A flatlay photograph on a dark wood table showing a mini pinwheels card, a purple fabric dragonfly sticky note holder, and a square seashell heart quilled card with a cream envelope. 

 

Summer Reading Companions: Quilled Bookmarks 

 

 

If your summer plans include relaxing with a stack of good books, you're bound to find the new bookmark collection to be handy indeed. Each design is remarkably sturdy and topped with a silky tassel.

  

Two packaged quilled bookmarks—one with purple floral quilling in a gray wood-like frame, one with a hummingbird in a green frame—displayed on a wood surface with a floral THANKS note card. 
 
While quilling appears delicate, the perfectly formed paper coils that the highly trained Quilling Card artisans in Vietnam create are so dense, the bookmarks are definitely up to the task.
 
 Extreme close-up of a quilled hummingbird bookmark showing intricate green, black, and magenta paper coils forming the bird's feathers and wings as it drinks from red flowers.
  
Celestial Sunshine, Vibrant Flora, and Tropical Fauna
 
  
Summer is a season of rich colors, so here are a few more cards that capture it beautifully.

 
A pair of quilled cards displayed diagonally on a purple background with quilling paper strips; one shows a blue crescent moon with swirls, the other a fiery yellow and orange sun.
Sun and Moon
 
A quilled greeting card with a folk-art style butterfly silhouette created from tiny, colorful paper coils in red, blue, yellow, and green forming floral patterns inside the wings.
Floral Butterfly
 

Quilled greeting card featuring three tropical birds with blue bodies, red wings, and yellow beaks perched together on a dark branch against a blue leaf-patterned background.
Tinga Tinga Birds

 


Crafted with Purpose: A Fair Trade Partnership 

 

 

Beyond the beauty of each and every item I've ordered from the company (all have arrived perfectly packaged with not an imperfection or wrinkle in sight), what I admire most about Quilling Card is their commitment to ethical craftsmanship. As a member of the Fair Trade Federation, the company ensures fair living wages, safe working conditions, and healthcare benefits to over 1000 skilled employees. 

 

Rest assured that every card and bookmark is made with extraordinary care and fine quality control. The paper weight is substantial and the color-coordinated envelopes are exquisite, each with a metallic gold quilled symbol on the flap. The rolled and shaped coils are so securely adhered that they travel through the mail beautifully.

 

Square quilled card featuring a large, dimensional pink rose bloom with layered paper petals and dark green leaves against a crisp white background with a pink envelope border. 

 

Special Discount for All Things Paper Readers 

 

 

Ready to add some papercraft sunshine to your stationery collection? Explore the full range of greeting cards and bookmarks at Quilling Card. Use code ATP10 at checkout to receive 10% off your entire order.

 

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