Romantic Quilled Wedding Card with Airy Husked Flowers

Hello Friends!

This quilled wedding card is a special one for me, because it was a unique wedding keepsake for a lovely couple from Brazil. 

The design is soft and romantic: a delicate pale green quilled heart made with the on-edge technique frames the names Lia and Bruno on a white banner, and everything sits on a white dotted embossed background with a peach leafy paper around it. 

In two opposite corners of the heart, I placed the main flowers, together with small fringed blossoms in peach and white, light green quilled leaves, and tiny pearls. I wanted these paper quilling flowers to look airy and light, almost like lace. To make them, I designed an irregular husking template and used extra-thin paper strips, only 1 mm wide. Each petal is made of two colors, peach and white, and every thin strip was gently crimped and then woven around the pins to form a petal.

 

 I decided to add layers, so the flower became more intricate and full of depth, and I finished the center with pearl stamens. 

This card travelled by traditional post, so I also made a special box for it, covered with the same peach floral paper, with a scalloped edge and a satin ribbon. The box protects the card on its way, and it makes the whole gift ready for the couple.

 

I hope this wedding keepsake will stay with them for many years, and that it brings some inspiration to your own quilling ideas.

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