The Papery Craftery

Quilling and Other Fun Paper Things

4 Fun Mother’s Day Paper Crafts

Mother’s Day is sneaking up on me quickly this year. To get a little inspiration for the 3 moms in my life, I pulled together a smattering of sweet, handmade paper crafts that any mama would swoon over. This woven heart card is pretty ...
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Quilling Paper Flower Bud Gift Tags

Traditional quilling techniques are very often used to create intricate scenes of flowers and plants. Since I am a self-taught quiller and I tend to work in a more modern style (and sometimes I just make up the approach as I go), but as I ...
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Quilling Color Inspiration

Whenever I have a free moment, I like to quill new cupcakes for my shop. They’re one of my favorite designs and seem to be something others like as well. The tricky part comes in figuring out what color palette to use.  See, ...
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Earth Day Craft: Upcycled Globe

Earth Day (April 22) is just around the corner. The super-crafter behind Hydrangea Hippo has created, what I think, is the perfect Earth Day craft with her Upcycled Globe. Creative upcycling and paper crafts?!? Sign me up! She has used a large ...
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Anatomy of a quilling

I’ve had some questions lately about how I create some of my quillings. At the risk of spilling all my secrets, I thought I would use my latest shop listing to have sort of a mini-tutorial. An owl quilling was suggested to me a little ...
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Hello world!

Hello out there!  This brand-new, straight out of the box, shiny and wrapped in a bow website is in the works now!  Lots of quilling news and The Papery Craftery updates are on the way, but in the meantime, feel free to shop The Papery ...
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I hope you’re inspired by my quilling!

Feel free to use my designs as gifts or for your own personal use. And I’d love any sharing of my photos and projects! All I ask is that all photos remain unaltered and link back to the original post, and please do not attempt to sell any quilling created from my designs as your own work. Happy Crafting!