Paper Quilled Monogram

I'm pretty new to the quilling world, but I saw so many awesome projects on Pinterest and Instagram that I wanted to take a stab at it.

I read a bunch of posts, watched tons of YouTube tutorials and ended up choosing to make my own quilling strips. You can buy packs online, but for this project, I had specific colors in mind and, of course, I wanted to use CutCardStock products so I could be sure of the paper quality.

I wanted to do a pink and purple monogram letter, so I choose a variety of those shades of Basis cardstock:

Basis 80lb Card Stock - Soft Pink

Basis 80lb Card Stock - Magenta

Basis 80lb Card Stock - Gray

Basis 80lb Card Stock - Light Purple

Basis 80lb Card Stock - Dark Purple

I found this great blog post that included a free SVG download for cutting your own quilling strips. I did this on my Cricut, but the post has instructions for doing it on a regular printer and then cutting by hand.

After cutting the strips I drew out a pattern on my iPad, cut a 'C' to outline and then got started.

I used Aleene's Clear Tacky Glue and a small brush, as well as a quilling toolset I purchased on Amazon. From there, I followed my pattern and started putting together the monogram. 

I really enjoyed this project - I was worried it was going to be really tedious and frustrating, but it was actually really relaxing. To finish up the project I put it into a shadow box frame. 

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