Discover the art of creating exquisite quilling cards featuring beautiful dahlia flowers with our step-by-step DIY guide. Let’s elevate your crafting skills and impress you with beautiful handmade cards.
Table of contents
Step 1: Prepare materials needed
To create quilling cards, you need these essential materials:
- Quilling paper strips based on your preference (2 colors)
- Quilling tool (slotted or needle tool)
- Glue (craft glue or quilling glue)
- Scissors
- Quilling board or template (for shaping coils)
- Paper card base
Step 2: Form the dahlia petals
- Insert one end of a strip into the quilling tool and tightly roll it to create a coil.
- Once the entire strip is rolled, carefully slide it off the tool and let the coil loosen slightly based on the quilling board for a suitable size
- Pinch one end of the coil to form a teardrop or petal shape, then put a little glue on it to make the coil fixed
- Make multiple petals of different sizes to mimic the natural diversity of Dahlia petals.
Step 3: Assemble the first layer of the dahlia flower
- Arrange the quilled petals in a circular pattern on a flat surface, with the pointed ends facing outward and the rounded ends meeting in the center.
- Apply a small amount of glue to the base of each petal and carefully press them onto the cardstock or card base, ensuring they overlap slightly to create a cohesive first layer.
Step 4: Attach the second layer
- Apply glue to the base of each smaller petal and carefully place them on top of the first layer, ensuring they are evenly spaced and covering the gaps between the petals in the first layer.
- Press down gently on the second layer of petals to ensure they adhere securely to the first layer and the card base.
Step 5: Form the leaves and complete the quilling card
- Take green quilling paper strips and form coils using the same technique as petals, but without pinching the ends.
- Gently shape the coils into leaf-like forms by elongating one side and tapering the other.
- Glue the quilled leaves onto the card base, arranging them around the base of the Dahlia flower to resemble natural foliage.
- Allow the glue to dry completely before handling the card to prevent the leaves from shifting.
- Once the glue is dry, your quilling Dahlia flower card is complete! Personalize the quilling cards with heartfelt messages or additional embellishments if desired before presenting them to your cherished people.
Camellia Bees hopes you find this instruction useful. For more detailed information or better illustration, you can watch this video below or visit Camellia Bees’s YouTube channel to discover more quilling flower card designs
Remember that practice makes perfect, so don’t be afraid to experiment and explore new techniques to improve your quilling skills over time.
