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So You Want to Know How to Quill
Paper quilling is the art of rolling strips of paper and forming designs from the coils. It does take time to create a quilled design because the strips are so narrow, ranging from 1/8 inch to one inch and only about three or four inches long. However, it is not hard to learn how to quill and anyone of any age can do it – even children. This is not a new craft. It has been practiced since the invention of paper in an attempt to replicate the intricate designs made from gold and silver.
Quilling, today, can be used for many different reasons. The most common is to decorate greeting cards and to decorate pages in scrapbooks. Quilled designs can be glued onto backgrounds, framed and hung on the wall. Some people use them on gift tags, as a decoration for invitations and thank you cards or to add a decorative touch to a photo album.
The first step in quilling is to cut paper of different colors into strips. The most commonly used paper is construction paper or cardstock. Although you can use ordinary paper, this thin paper tends to bunch when youroll it and it will tear easily. You need a quilling tool to wind the paper around. While you can buy a special tool for this purpose, you can basically use any small thin object, such as a needle or a toothpick. For making roses, though, you will need a bought quill with a slot in the top.
You don’t need to cut the paper ins trips with a scissors if you don’t want to. Simply use a ruler to make sure you have all the strips the same size and holding the ruler firmly on the paper, you can tear the paper down the side of the ruler. Moisten one end of the strip of paper by just touching it to your lips and lightly press it to the edge of the toothpick. If you are using a quilling tool, you fit the paper through the slot at the top to help hold it in place.
Start wrapping the paper around the tool, winding it tightly as you go. Make sure you line up the edges and keep the coil of paper very straight. When you get to the end, gently slide the roll off the tool. If you want the coil to stay tight, glue the piece you have left to the roll as soon as you take it off. Hold it in place with your fingers until the glue dries. You can also use tweezers, especially if you are using Superglue, which will cause your fingers to stick to the paper.
If you want the coil to be a little bit looser than what it is when you take it off the quill, just let the roll go a little so that the paper relaxes a little. Watch the roll as it spreads out and when it reaches the looseness you want, then you can glue in the end piece. If you need several pieces to make a larger design, you will have to measure the coil so that you make all of them the same size.
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The first writers wrote on clay tablets. Around 500 BC, they starting using papyrus (a plant) or parchment made from animal skins. In the second century AD, a Chinese official named T’sai Lun was the first to start a paper making industry. He made his paper from chopped mulberry bark, linen, and hemp. People started making paper as we know it in the thirteenth century. Most of the paper we use today is manufactured from wood products.
Specialty paper
We all know there are many types of paper nowadays. But until I looked it up I didn’t know what specialty paper is. Specialty paper, I now know, is paper that is not commonly used in printing and publishing shops. It is, in other words, special.
Specialty paper includes metallic paper, cardstock, letterhead, and overstock, to name just a few. It comes in different colors, sizes, textures, and weights. With so many choices, there’s a specialty paper for every project.
Types of specialty paper
If you like paper as much as I do, you’ll appreciate the names and descriptions of specialty paper available from online merchants. Here are just a few:
* Astroparch is an elegant-looking stock with the look and feel of antique parchment. The subtle color palette adds a touch of class to letterhead, announcements, menus, certificates, and awards.
* Stardream Chiara has a pearlescent metallic finish on both sides. Recycles and acid free, this laser safe paper is perfect for announcements, business cards, stationery, flyers, and scrap booking.
* Astrobrights come in deep, rich, solid colors on uncoated paper. Use is for letterhead, envelopes, flyers, announcements, or certificates.
* Metallics have the sparkling surface and luminescent sheen of metal on both sides of each sheet. With a pearlescent metal finish, it’s ideal for invitations, business cards, flyers, programs, announcement, and scrap booking.
* With colors like Razzle Berry, Lunar Blue, and Lift-off Lemon, you know these are vibrant, pop colors. Heavy uncoated stock is just right for business cards, announcements, invitations, awards, and scrap booking.
Don’t forget the envelopes! Most papers come with matching envelopes. Or, you can mix and match and create colorful combinations. Envelopes do come in different sizes, from five and one-half to six inch squares to regular #10 rectangles.
Inkpads
What’s paper without ink! Inkpads come in dozens of colors, from cherry red to soft celery. Reversible inkpads can be filled with any color dye based ink, a different color on each side. Metallic markers in silver, blue, purple, pink, green, and gold complement the ink.
Stamps
If you are into scrap booking, you’re probably looking for letters to go with your ink and paper. Font sets come complete with letter, symbols, flourishes, and numbers in three different sizes. Use them with self-inking monogram stampers or wood stampers and store them in a stackable storage system.
Customizable stamps come with various phrases such as “From the Library of” and “From the Desk of” circling your initials. A great personal gift for a committed stamper. You can also buy stamp ensembles for important occasions like Christmas and new babies. A special occasions kit with various borders, centers, and fonts lets you customize stamps for any event.
There’s no shortage of specialty paper available from quality online merchants.
Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the worlds MOST popular internet marketing companies on the web.
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