(This put up was first revealed on 3 Feb 2014, it has been up to date and republished).
A part of the enjoyable of paper quilling is utilizing particular and new papers! Immediately I’m going to indicate you what among the jeweltone colours from Lake Metropolis Craft seem like. It’s usually useful to see what colours would seem like in a design earlier than committing to buying them. After I first bought these metallic jeweltone quilling papers I didn’t know what to do with them. Since then I’ve labored out what sorts of designs these are greatest for, and I’ll be sharing what I’ve discovered works for me!
The very first thing to notice is that every one of those shiny and metallic papers are known as various things by completely different manufacturers. For instance, the Lake Metropolis Crafts jeweltones are much like the Quilled Creations and Paplin metallics. And the Lake Metropolis Craft glistenings are much like the Quilled Creations jewel tones. So you’ll want to go by what they seem like, not what they’re known as. These papers I’m exhibiting you at this time are darker metallic tones. The particular ones I utilized in my instance are amethyst, sapphire, golden topaz, and emerald. Click on right here to view among the metallic papers obtainable on Amazon.
These papers are darker tones and are a shiny pretty metallic sheen on each side. However the edge does NOT have a metallic sheen. Actually, in the event you take a look at them from the highest it may be a bit tough to inform what shade it’s presupposed to be:
You may type of inform they’re completely different colours, however in case you are additional away and the sunshine just isn’t brilliant it may be tough to inform. Additionally, there isn’t a pretty metallic shine from the highest view.
Nevertheless, don’t let that cease you from utilizing these in a body design! In case you are utilizing a darkish shade anyway, these can add fairly a particular contact. At first look it should look identical to a darkish navy/purple/inexperienced tone, however when somebody seems to be extra intently they may see the metallic sheen on the facet. Fairly spectacular!
Including Mica Watercolors
There may be one other means you could add slightly additional shine to those papers and that’s by utilizing mica watercolors (Listed below are the precise ones I exploit on this put up). The mica watercolors final a loooong time. All you’ll want to do is get slightly eyeshade sponge moist, dab onto the paint shade of your selection, and gently dab onto your paper quilling. Right here my daughter helps me by doing the portray:
Click on right here to view among the mica watercolors obtainable on Amazon.
As you’ll be able to see, with each the jeweltone quilling papers AND the mica watercolors you will get the metallic impact from each the facet ANd the highest of your design! You may select a shade that’s most much like your paper shade (as I did) or you’ll be able to select a completely completely different shade of watercolor for a novel impact.
Utilizing it for Jewellery
I can’t depart this put up with out sharing one other use on your jeweltone quilling papers, and that’s quilled jewellery! I discover that for some jewellery designs it’s the facet of the paper that exhibits essentially the most. For these designs, these metallic papers are completely excellent! Listed below are a number of examples of designs that I made with these papers.
First up, listed here are some chain earrings made with all the jeweltone quilling paper colours. From left to proper there’s golden topaz, citrine, amethyst, emerald, black pearl, and sapphire.
Listed below are some multi circle earrings made with golden topaz (click on right here for a free tutorial!):
And these eclectic circle earrings are constituted of citrine. I like how they give the impression of being identical to copper!
Have you ever used these jeweltone quilling papers or related papers for paper quilling? I’d love to listen to what you want to make use of them for, and be happy to depart a hyperlink to any mission that you simply made with these, or put up a photograph on my fb web page to share with everybody!
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