I wanted to try something different with quilling, rather than the same floral patterns. While browsing for different techniques and patterns, I came across many video tutorials by various quilling artists across the world. Managed to learn two new techniques from http://quillingmesoftlee.blogspot.in/ - Beehive technique and the leaf technique using a comb.

It's Ganesha week here in India... you can see colorful ganesha idols everywhere on the streets. It's the most cutest God form I've ever known. He brings a smile to your face whenever you see him. So I thought of making a ganesha with the quilling techniques I know so far.


I drew a baby Ganesha on a card, bringing in some qualities of Krishna in Ganesha. (Thats why i chose blue for most of the parts). I had only graduated strips at home and limited color stock. Had to mix up some colors to finish this piece. Hope you liked my creation. Ganapathi Bappa Moriya :) I was so happy seeing my baby Ganesha completed... Planning to frame and hang it in our living room.

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I have been busy quilling last weekend, making my first quilled card for Mom's birthday. And I'm totally in love with quilling :)

I planned to make a card for her, but did not have any specific design outlined in my mind. I just started with basic flowers, tried out different shapes and techniques for the leaves. I learnt to glue things without much fuss. I used my own technique for the two big leaves with veins. The curled strip came out very well, that's the highlight of this card. I had some graduated strips in stock, so used most of them in this piece. Graduated strips are nothing but two colored strips... from light green to dark green.

Thought of quilling the letters like MOM and develop on it, but was very skeptical about properly packing it with care and sending the card by post. So I tried out this photo/card holder instead. You can place any message on it or place a small photo of your loved one and frame this card, makes a good wall piece.