Custom Quilling Supplies. This month s projects from the DT featuring the new CQ Monthly Kits.

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1 August 2007 Custom Quilling Supplies Quill News For the largest selection of quilling and punch supplies. We thought this month would be a great time to get started on Holiday projects. We always have the best intentions of making our projects early, but seem to procrastinate. Hoping that this issue will get your creative juices flowing, and jump start your projects. This month s projects from the DT featuring the new CQ Monthly Kits. Custom Quilling September Kit Many of the items included in this kit will only be available in kit format. The kit will also include Denise s patterns for snowflakes, which will be ed. Heidi's Star Box Ingredients: September kit, a scrap of glistening gold paper, Mrs. Grossman s lace stickers, Yes Paste Tools: Embossing tool, large birch punch, small daisy punch. Ann s Christmas Tree Cards Ribbon trees are created from strips of metallic ribbon glued on cardstock triangles. The tree bases are simple quilled scrolls. It s a quick design that will make it easy to zip through the long list of names on your card list. Trina s Card I cut a piece of snowflake vellum and glued to front of red card. Then I attached a piece of red and gold ribbon to white paper and added the large snowflake button to the center. This card is a good all occasion card and would be great for a winter wedding. Inside this issue: New Items... pg2 Happenings pg5 Design Team... pg3 Reviews... pg5 Meet... pg4 Original Patterns pg5 con t on pg3

2 Page 2 New Items Click link above to see all the latest inventory. Four new books Kits from Kelly Loads of items on sale! Click the link below to check them all out. Coming Soon Vellum Velvet Papers Why not give the gift of quilling this Holiday season? Fill a basket with quilling supplies, tools, paper, and a coupon for a free lesson.

3 Page 3 Design Team con t from pg1 Holiday Card Ingredients: September Kit, printout of text, Ultimate Glue Tools: Hole punch Hanger Ingredients: September Kit, Clip art, double-sided tape, white pearlized sheet paper, gold seed beads Tools: Hole punch, quilling tool, tiny flower punch, embossing tool, and board Altered Star Box The smiling snowman charm (included in kit) looks right at home amidst a snowy field of domed tight coils. The box is wrapped with pearlized paper and the top is covered with two layers of traced and cut out stars. It s a quick and easy project that would look cute under the Christmas tree tuck a folded bill inside or perhaps some quilled jewelry. Trio of Snowflakes Beautiful snowflake imprinted vellum makes the perfect backdrop for ornaments created from rich velvet paper, metallic ribbon, and snowflake charms (all included in kit). Trina s Tags These tags can be used for gifts, scrapbooking, or ornaments. For the poinsettia I used the lily punch with red and green velvet paper. The center is three small tight rolls using the gold quilling paper with gold chalk on the edge for a touch of shimmer. The silly snowman is quilled using the white and red quilling paper. I layered the green cardstock and snowflake vellum for the background then added the small snowflake button and a ribbon. For the other tag red and green velvet paper is glued onto a white tag and charms added for a festive tag suitable for any gift or tree. Star Box I covered the bottom of the star box with red velvet paper included in the kit. Next I glued a wide gold ribbon from the kit around the edge of the lid. I punched large birch leaves from gold scrapbooking paper and covered the top of the lid. I quilled folded red roses, holly leaves and berries and glued them on top. This box will add an elegant touch to a special gift or small

4 Page 4 Meet... Susan Schuetz, of Isanti, Minnesota My name is Susan Schuetz and I am from Isanti, MN. I am married to a wonderful and supportive man and I have a daughter and a step-son. I work as an office manager for an insurance agency. I have been quilling for about two years and absolutely have fallen in love with this craft and its rich history. I enjoy all the various items that can be made with these strips of paper. I consider it an honor to be a part of the North American Quilling Guild and the artists associated with this group. It is my goal to become accredited one day. I see this as an art form rather than a craft. There are very few quilling artists in our area; therefore I seem to be one of the very few. Since I started quilling I have shared it with loved ones and family. Since then I have had some requests from people to create items for them and was also invited to conduct a class. I have created some on an order basis although for now I prefer to quill for pleasure and am keeping these requests at a minimum. The monthly kits that are being produced by Denise and her team are great fun and for anyone learning, they are a great way to get the creativity flowing. Thoughts from Denise With the ending of summer it means the beginning of the fall show circuit. This period of the year represents the majority of income for many artists. Whether it be local craft shows or juried art exhibits do not lose this opportunity to add to your portfolio and client base. Make certain to take clear pictures of your work and displays. Have a guestbook for visitors to sign, with mailing information (both and snail) and a comment area. If you are an instructor have a check off area to indicate an interest in taking classes. When it is time for your next show or class drop them a post card or with a friendly reminder. Have plenty of business cards ready - these are the perfect place to use leftover flowers or designs. Remember these cards have two sides, so do not limit information to just the front. Bring order forms if you are planning on taking special orders. This is where your portfolio will come into play. Bear in mind that this will be a hectic time of the year; do not overbook your orders. You also want to enjoy the Holidays! Why not tell your quilling story? Or share your projects in the Gallery?

5 Page 5 Heidi Reviews If you haven t tried velvet paper this is the monthly package for you! All the ribbon and charms to go with great card blanks complete an inspired Christmas. Trina When I opened this kit I thought I heard sleigh bells ringing and expected to see snow falling outside! What beautiful supplies for Holiday quilling! My favorite is the velvet paper for punching, layering or covering boxes like the star shaped box included in the kit. The ribbons shimmer in gold, silver, green and red. The snowflake and snowman charms are really cute and I like the fact that they can be glued using the same adhesive that I quill with (Sobo) - no special glue to purchase!! This kit includes everything you need to send a Holiday Cheer to your favorite friend or relative: cards, envelopes, snowflake vellum, paper for layering and tags. And of course, Holiday colored quilling strips to quill those sugar plums dancing in your head! Ann This kit provides loads of high quality supplies that will provide you with plenty of holiday merry-making. Create a multitude of projects with the colorful ribbons, charms, elegant vellum, rich velvet paper, card blanks, and paper maché star box. With so many items to choose from, the projects really don t need a great deal of quilling to make them look terrific! Happenings at CQ CQ has a new list for quillers to meet other quillers in their area; check it out under Quilling Information... Quilling Friends. Who knows? You may find a new quilling buddy! Some new chats and free classes are in the works so stay tuned to CQ. The CQ Monthly kits are now available by autoship; please contact us for more information. Custom Quilling is planning a mini-meet in late autumn at our new second location in Wilmington, NC. Please contact us if interested. The number of attendees will determine the location. Original Patterns at Custom Quilling Try using the assembly line method when making your Holiday cards. Prep all your card blanks, then make all your embellishments, lastly construct the cards.