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Winter is coming and everyone’s favorite New Year holiday is approaching. An original postcard made by yourself will please yourselves and loved ones. All that is needed is glue and paper in several colors, as well as limitless imagination. In the implementation of the most daring ideas will help quilling, or the art of twisting paper.
For this crafts it will be necessary:
1. The dark blue base for postcards.
2. Paper for quilling of white, blue and blue colors; not more than 5 mm wide.
3. A quilling tool (or a simple toothpick).
4. PVA glue.
5. The brush.
6. Scissors.
7. Decorative elements.

Greeting card quilling Snowflake


We start to make the snowflake directly. We will do it gradually row by row. First, make a blue center, that is, a simple medium-diameter spiral with a fixed end. According to the first element, there must be others. This means that you need to take into account and respect the proportions so that the whole figure looks harmonious. Next we twist 6 circles of blue stripes, clamp each one on one side, making an acute angle, and glue the convex part to the middle. It turns out a drop.

Greeting card quilling Snowflake


The second row is “horns” or a figure in which the paper is folded in half and the ends are twisted outward. It will also take 6 pieces. They must be attached to the “droplets”, as shown in the figure, after gluing the inner sides to each other, so that the form does not disintegrate and holds well.

Greeting card quilling Snowflake

Greeting card quilling Snowflake


Next, we will make 12 closed dense spirals in the form of small blue circles and place them on the sides of the made figures called “horns”. This will give the snowflake more volume and at the same time consolidate the previous details.

Greeting card quilling Snowflake


The next type of shape will be the “eye”. Here we use white paper. We twist 6 large and 6 smaller free closed spirals. This time we will squeeze the elements not from one, but from two opposite sides.

Greeting card quilling Snowflake


Large “eyes” with the pointed part should be glued between the “droplets” made earlier, while small ones will be at the very top. We glue them to the “horns” at one corner, while the other is directed to the side.

Greeting card quilling Snowflake

Greeting card quilling Snowflake


Take a snowflake and attach it to the center of the base for the card. Only one part of it should be glued, this will open the card and add your wishes there if you plan to give it to someone on a memorable day. To fill in the empty spaces, you can use white stripes that will look good in contrast with a blue tint, and make curls out of them. They should vary in length. These curls are similar to patterns that appear in severe frosts on the windows. Place them in 4 corners.

Greeting card quilling Snowflake


We finish the card with decoration using shiny multi-colored beads. They can be placed so that you get small snowflakes next to the main one. We will decorate the middle with one bead, and a card on the theme of winter is ready.

Greeting card quilling Snowflake


The work is simple, but rather thin and painstaking. Follow slowly - and everything will turn out. And do not forget that the craft needs to dry well.
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