Making New Year's cards using the quilling technique

Quilling is a popular type of needlework today. A simple technique allows you to create different images on a regular sheet of cardboard or any other surface. The main material of quilling is strips of colored paper. Most manufacturers have recently provided ready-made kits that include cut paper and other craft tools. A postcard made with quilling will be a great New Year's gift.

Quilling is a technique for decorating objects using paper spirals. Spirals are individual modules with a specific shape and size, which are installed on the surface to be decorated with their butt ends. The advantage of quilling is the availability of materials. You don't have to buy anything special to make a DIY card. It is enough to purchase:

• scissors;
• ruler;
• PVA glue or pencil;
• special template for quilling;
• tweezers;
• colored paper;
• cardboard.

These sets are found in handicraft stores. If necessary, you can cut the strips yourself using A3 or A4 paper. It is better to cut with a clerical knife so that there are no chipping, which scissors usually make. As for the paper, it is not necessary to purchase one that is painted the same color on both sides. If you already have a ready-made idea for a postcard, then it is better to choose paper of suitable colors.

Quilling allows you to create not just New Year's cards, but whole compositions with which you can cheer up friends and family, decorate your house and achieve the atmosphere of the upcoming holiday. Postcards can be made independently or with the whole family, which contributes to the rapprochement of relatives. Before considering creating a postcard step by step, its design should be carefully considered... If a child is engaged in a craft, you should explain to him the safety rules and clearly demonstrate how to handle scissors and other tools that are required. The most common symbol for winter and New Year is a snowflake. They are used to decorate walls, windows and various decor items. The quilling technique makes it possible to make voluminous snowflakes. This will require the following.

1. Purchase a ready-made set or cut colored paper into strips of medium width.
2. Use a toothpick to wind the spiral. At the same time, it is important to give her time to blossom a little.
3. Secure one end with glue.

Fantasy will help you to create an attractive composition and decorate the picture in the desired style. If there is no possibility or desire to come up with something on your own, you can familiarize yourself with the methods of twisting paper ribbons on the Internet. The number of ribbons is determined by the shape and size of the snowflake. You can also use fantasy or the internet here. As a result, the finished elements will gather into one pattern, representing a finished snowflake. Several such decorations can be made, after which they should be glued to cardboard.

The elements are glued using PVA glue and tongs. If you connect them with your hands, you can damage the structure and spoil the appearance of the curls. It should be noted that quilling is a painstaking technique. It is important to train perseverance and patience. There is another option for making a New Year's card using quilling. To do this, you first need to prepare the base. It is better to take a high-quality sheet of cardboard, which can be given any shape:

• cut off the edges;
• make the postcard two-sided or one-sided.

The main symbol of the New Year is Christmas tree... It is her image that is associated with the holiday and gifts, so you should think about how to study a master class on creating it. To make it, you need to cut strips of green colored paper, after which you can start twisting small curls. The next step is to do the following.

1. Carry out the base for the Christmas tree using green "drops", twisted beforehand.
2. Form a whole tree, after laying out the blanks on paper without glue.
3. Roll up brown or black strips separately. This will become the trunk of the future tree.
4. Roll up colorful rolls for gifts.
5. Glue the workpieces carefully using tongs.

Even those who first got acquainted with quilling can make such a postcard. The Christmas tree can be given any shape by changing the elements of the composition in places. You can also decorate it with balls. If you wish, you can also decorate the tree with toys and even a garland. To make the image more vivid, you should use different quilling techniques.

It is noteworthy that the "drops" of quilling or rolls can be different. The shape and appearance of curled strips depend on several factors. First of all, the quality of the winding and the tightness are taken into account... To make the roll tight, it should be wound tightly and immediately glue the end of the strip to prevent it from dissolving. To give the "drop" a certain shape it needs to be loosened slightly after winding. Experienced quilling masters can change the appearance of the rolled roll and make the picture more original with one touch of their finger.

There are several standard techniques to help you achieve the desired roll shape.

1. Eye. To do this, it is necessary to squeeze the workpiece on both sides by gently pressing.
2. Rhombus. First of all, you need to make a square, which will then need to be flattened.
3. Triangle. A drop is taken as a basis, which should be pulled slightly and flattened one corner.
4. Heart. To create such a shape, you will need to chop the strip in half and twist it at both ends.
5. Crescent. The resulting roll is flattened on both sides and slightly bent, giving the desired shape.
6. Arrow. A complex shape that is created from a triangle. The top of the shape needs to be flattened a little.

If you don't want to make a snowflake or a Christmas tree, then you can bring other ideas to life. For example, a Christmas garland will look beautiful on a postcard. To create it you need to take:

• paper colored stripes;
• quilling tool;
• glue;
• wood skewer;
• scissors;
• a template in which grooves of different sizes are provided.

The process of making a garland is quite simple. You should start with light bulbs. To do this, you need the following.

1. Take 2 strips of red color and glue them together.
2. Twist the resulting strip and place in a template with a 20 mm recess.
3. Fix the tip of the colored paper with glue.
4. Make a few more circles, the number of which can fit on paper. In this case, you can use other colors and diameters of the template.
5. Give each blank a teardrop shape by pulling on one end.
6. Twist the green strips into a 10 mm groove.
7. Form squares from the resulting rolls.
8. Glue squares to each drop.
9. Make the base of the garland. To get it, you need to twist a long green strip using a wooden stick. The strip must be wound on a skewer and carefully removed by pulling it forward until you get a spiral.

Another original idea is the New Year's wreath. To make it you will need:

• stripes of green, red and dark green;
• a template with grooves of different diameters provided in it;
• a tool for twisting strips;
• glue.

Manufacturing technology is simple and does not take much time. It is better to make a wreath of stripes of different green shades. For the design to work, the following steps are necessary.

1. Take strips of light green color, twist them and place them in a groove with a diameter of 20 mm.
2. Do the same with the dark green stripes.
3. Gently squeeze each workpiece with your fingers on one side and bend it slightly so that the product takes on the shape of a comma. In total, you will need 8 such commas - 4 of each shade.
4. Connect the blanks with glue so that a circle is formed.
5. Make a bow out of red stripes. To do this, you need to take two strips and twist each into a workpiece with a diameter of 15 mm. Next, you need to squeeze the ends of the blanks, giving them a teardrop shape.
6. Form a bow and attach it to the wreath.

The final step is to use additional embellishments to complete the composition. To do this, you can use colored glass beads or droplets.

To learn how to make a postcard using the quilling technique, see the video.