Quilling Tole

Hi, all.  Do you ever have one of those days where you think that you can't win for losing?  Well, I think that I am having one of those years!  Saturday evening I was getting ready for bed and my chest started hurting.  I have been having a few bouts of this but they wouldn't last long and while concerning, they were tolerable and so I wasn't too concerned.  This time it wasn't.  I knew something was very wrong.  My husband took me to the ER and the results were a mild heart attack and a heart cath and stint was prescribed.  They found a 90% blockage and three others that could be managed with diet and meds.  I have never had heart problems and this was such a shock.  After another stay in ICU I am home again and getting adjusted to the new medication and reality check that  life is different now. I thank the Lord that he again healed and has given me more time to be with my family and friends.Come Monday I am to start back with the exercise program! Yea! You never know, so take care of yourselves!!!! Now, back to the fun stuff, I have another of the projects that I did for Custom Quilling I call quilling tole.

I call it this because it reminds me of the tole painting that I used to do.  These way cool graduated strips in the kit give a shaded look to the coils and depending upon if you roll them from the dark end or the light end it gives a different look.  I chose a Norwegian tole design to reproduce and used coils, loops, teardrops and tight rolls to mimic the painting strokes and designs and the graduated strips provided the shading. I will frame this piece in a gold frame with a matt. Check out this month's kit, newsletter and the other great things for quilling and paper art at the Custom Quilling site here.  I'd love to see what you create, link your projects in the comments section! 

I have another project to show you.  My oldest daughter had taken an interest in card making and I helped her a bit to make a card for her mother-in-law for mother's day.  This is actually her third card, but she didn't get a picture of the first two.  The open roses are punched from coffee filter and painted with Twinkling H2O's.  She chose the design, papers and made the flowers. I think she did a great job and she was happy with the results. So off to sit at my craft table for a bit and finish up a project that I started before all the drama! Back later.

Shalom,
Sonya
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