KRIYA-TIVE KALEIDOSCOPE: quilling

QUILLED WATERMELON CARD

by Ramya Anand - April 14, 2014

PAPER BEADS EARRING AND NECKLACE

by Ramya Anand - February 26, 2014

Hello friends, Today am going to share with you the tutorial of making paper beads chain and necklace. I wanted to make this tutorial for a long time , but today only got the opportunity to do so. Paper beads are very simple to make but looks elegant to wear.

TO MAKE PAPER BEADS:

MATERIALS NEEDED:

A4 sheet paper
markers
toothpick
glue

PROCEDURE:

Initially take the A4 sheet and mark every half inch on both sides. Draw a line joining one corner and opposite half inch mark. Similarly draw lines for every other points.

The lines look like this.

Cut the strips.

Using markers outline the strips with the colour of your choice. I used red and black colours.

Take a tooth pick and start rolling from the broader end of the strip. Apply glue at the end of the strip.

This is how the beads looks like after rolling.

Make as many beads you want. For this chain i used 30 beads. And for making these 30 beads one A4 sheet is enough.

Slide two or three beads through the tooth pick and apply varnish. I applied three coats of varnish to get the shine.

TO MAKE THE CHAIN:
MATERIALS NEEDED:

Paper bead
Small golden balls
Plier and cutter
jewelry wire

PROCEDURE:

Take the jewelry wire of required length and insert two paper beads. Then add a golden ball. Similarly insert all the paper beads to form a chain. In the end you can add hook or simply knot two ends together if it is a bigger chain .

TO MAKE THE EARRING:

MATERIALS NEEDED:

PROCEDURE:

Cut the floral wire of required length and make a loop using pliers. Insert beads and pearls and make another loop at the bottom. On one end add the earring hooks and on the other end add small white beads.

This is such an easy project that you can do the paper beads even while watching tv or travelling. Enjoy making your own jewellery. Do Leave me your suggestions and feedback.

Happy Crafting!!!

Submitting to
Colour Conceptions Challenge - Picture inspiration - I was inspired by the colours in the picture so used red and black in my project.

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FASHIONABLE QUILLED CHANDBALI EARRINGS

by Ramya Anand - December 09, 2013

Hi all , Welcome back. Today am posting the tutorial of making a quilled chandbali earrings decorated with urad dal beads. Chandbali earrings are very beautiful , heavy weight , traditional earrings in the shape of chand ( moon). They are suitable for all festive occasions and goes well with saree. Here i have made a simple chandbali design earring using paper. This earring can be worn with salwars and kurta.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

Quilling strips of colour - light pink , dark pink , green , red , white and cream
Quilling tool
White urad dal ( Beads , stones, pearls can be used)
Earring hooks and rings
Scissors and glue
Acrylic paints

PROCEDURE:

Step 1 : To make a hoop.

Take a cream colour strip , cut into half and wind it around a circular object to get a hoop.

I used the glue bottle cap .

Step 2: Take the light and dark pink strips and cut into 5 equal parts. Join a light pink and dark pink strip and quill into a tight coil.

Arrange these coils inside the hoop and glue them.

Step 3 : Take a green strip and do beehive quilling. Click here to learn Beehive quilling

Step 4: Cut the white strip into half and fold it four times and glue them. Bend the strip to get a half- moon shape.

Step 5: Stick the green colour beehive strips to the bottom of the hoop. Below this paste the white strip.

Step 6: Take red and white small strips and quill into tight coils. Stick these below the white strips.

Step 7: Instead of beads i used white urad dal for decoration. Wash the urad dal , dry it and then paint them using acrylics.

Generally Chandbali earrings cost 500 INR. Here we made an inexpensive, light weight, fashionable chandbali earrings with paper and urad dal.

Since the colours used in this earrings are christmas colours ( red, green, white and pink) , these earrings are a perfect christmas gift. Linking this post to totally papercrafts challenges and unstampabelles challenge

ITSY-BITSY PICTURE INSPIRATION JEWELRY

The challenge was to create a project inspired by the picture given below.

I used the colours red, light pink, dark pink , green and golden in the picture to create my project " Fashionable quilled chandbali earrings." Linking it to Itsy-Bitsy challenge