Wednesday 30 December 2015

IQCG DT Call 2016

Dear Quillers,

We are extending our Design Team Call till 10th January 2016.

If quilling is your hobby and you are looking for opportunities to feature your work then Indian Quilling Challenge Group would be a great place. Some of our designers will be here for another round, others are moving on.  I wanted to take a moment and thank all of them for being such an inspiration to our fans.


As a DT we expect from you
  1. Should me a member of Indian Quilling Challenge Group both here and in our Facebook group
  2. You should have a personal blog to feature your works
  3. Experience in taking good photos of your projects.
  4. You will be required to create one project each month.  The project will need to be ready by the 28th of each month.
  5. You will need to comment on challenge entries.
  6. Every other month you will be asked to pick your choice of a winner 
As a DT what you will get in turn
  1. Links to your blog from our Challenge Blog and your fellow DT member
  2. Fun and creative inspiration along with a 'family-like' team atmosphere
  3. Blog community socialization, friendship, creativity, inspiration ... FUN
  4. A 12 months DT Term will begin from February 1st 2016.
How to Apply:
  1. Upload a newly created card and/or project to the Inlinkz tool below.
  2. Remember ... we ARE a Quilling Challenge group, so we really adore anything in quilling will only be considered. 
  3. You may submit as many times as you wish - the more times you share your work, the better feel we will get for your design style and range!
  4. This DT call is for all national and international quillers.
No need to add your name here again, if you have already entered DT to your name in our Challenge 22

We really look forward to seeing your entries and hope to be in touch soon!

Monday 21 December 2015

IQCG#22-- Anything Goes- Pocket mini albums-Christmas theme

Hi All,

Long time....yes sorry for not being here for long time and now I am happy to be back and I expect that you guys welcome me back also with high spirits. As Christmas is in the air, I made few pocket mini albums. Here they go..



These are around 13.5 cm by 10 cm in size.Hope you all get inspired and share your creations soon for this season's challenge.

We would like to wish you all a merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous new year 
Best wishes from-
IQCG team

Happy crafting !

Smita

Tuesday 1 December 2015

IQCG#22-- Anything Goes---- 3D Quilled Snowman

Greetings everyone!!

This is Jasleen here of Happily Ever Crafter and I'm back with my DT inspiration post for the last month of 2015. This is a two-month long challenge and the theme is 'Anything Goes', with quilling as the focal point, ofcourse. So, that means so much more time to create, so many possibilities and so much fun !

This is what I created :-

Olaf--3D quilling

Can you recognize him ? Well, he's the very popular and cute character,Olaf-the snowman, from the English animated movie 'Frozen' . And he loves warm hugs !! ;)

Olaf-3D Quilling
So, I used 5 mm width of white colored quilling strips to make the body using the 3-dimensional quilling technique. He stands approximately 3 inches tall.

Isn't he cute? And so apt for the festive month of December !

I hope my post inspires you in some way to come up with something quilled for this challenge. Link up your entries here .

Happy Quilling !! :-)




Saturday 14 November 2015

Winner post - IQCG#21

Dear Friends,

Hope you all had a beautiful diwali. I here to announce the winner of our last month's challenge - Make it festive.

Beautiful entries from you all and this entry from Ashwini Korane  was awesome. But there is no link back / mention about our challenge, Hence this entry will not considered as a valid entry

Winner of the Make it Festive challenge is Kanika

Kanika

 Top 3 in particular order
Prasiddhi Amonker

Divya Bhandarkar

Astha Chhatwal
Congratulations to winner and toppers. Kanika Pls write to us with your postal address - indianquillingchallenge(at) gmail(dot)com. Toppers claim your badge from the sidebar of our blog.

November and December month are clubbed together with Anything goes challenge and pls note the Design Team Call too.

Happy Quilling!

Saturday 7 November 2015

IQCG#22 - Anything goes

Dear all,

Due to my ill health, i have been on and off in the blog land. Didn't want to leave a break to this challenge group.

Hence decided to announce Anything goes challenge for the month November and December. This challenge will run for two months.Results will be announced in January 2016.

Only two things you need to keep in mind - not to link your old project and quilling should be in it.

You can link any number of times.

Happy isn't. Two winners will be selected and will get exciting prizes.

We are looking for new designers for next year, if interested to join our team - Pls add DT at the end of your name while linking your projects here

Link your projects here


December Entries Let this festive season bring peace and joy to your family.

Happy festival season

Shylaashree

Monday 26 October 2015

IQCG#21 - Make it Festive -- DT Post

Hi friends,

This is Aditi here from Paper Creations by Aditi. Thank you all for submitting your beautiful entries to our this month's challenge. Still there are few more days to go to submit your entries. So I am posting my inspiration for the same.
I thought to make tea light holders usings old CDs lying around my house. 
I used 3 mm strips for the quilling. I hope you like the candle holders and inspire you to make something of your own and participate. Do link your entries here.
Happy Quilling!
Aditi

Wednesday 14 October 2015

Make it festive--- Diwali cards

Hello Friends!

This is Jasleen here of Happily Ever Crafter and I'm back with my DT inspiration for this month's challenge at Indian Quilling group--Make it Festive. You can create anything but it must be associated with some festival or you can make anything with some added sparkle and glitter to symbolize festivity. But the focus should be on the Quilling.

The festival of Diwali being just round the corner, I thought it would be the best time to make a few Quilled Diwali greeting cards. Here they are :



The above card was made using 5 mm quilling strips and Penny black dazzler stamps for the background.

Here's the second card:--



In the above card, I tried to show a cardboard box full of crackers. That cardboard box was made out of a  kraft cardstock and the crackers are all quilled using 3 mm quilling strips. The silver 'Phuljhadis' are made by wrapping a piece of silver glitter washi tape over the toothpick.

And now the third card:--


Made some swirls using different shades of yello-coloured 3mm quilling strips,  added some sparkle and shine and voila! A sparkly and festive card was ready!

Hope my cards inspire you to make something of your own and participate. Do link your entries here.

Happy Quilling !

Tuesday 13 October 2015

Winnerpost- IQCG#21 - White on White

Dear Quillers,

Wishing you all a very happy navrathri season. Without any further delay let me announce the winner of our September challenge - White on White.

Winner is Anamika Sharma. Congratulations Anamika.

Topper

Email Entry by Swarnalatha

Congrats Swarna, Pls claim the badge from the sidebar of our blog. This time there were more beautiful entries.The only observation was it didn't fit into our theme.

We have set the theme as white on white and only one colour can be added to a minimum extent. It is very hard for us to reject a beautiful entry.

Anamika, pls send your complete postal address to claim your gift from Crafters Corner.

Look forward to your beautiful work for our festive challenge. Stay tuned for inspirations from our DTs.

Thursday 1 October 2015

IQCG#21 - Make it Festive

Dear All,

Thank you all for submitting your beautiful entries to our previous challenge.

October - the month in which we all will be in festive mood.
Hence our challenge to you is all around festival.
We would like to leave the option to you to create.
Pls create anything - What comes to your mind when you think of festivals
(quilling is mandatory)

Points to note:
  1. ENTRY LIMIT:  1
  2. MUST USE Quilling on your creation.
  3. DIRECT link to your creation, not your entire blog.
  4. LINK BACK to our IQCG Challenge Blog in your post.
  5. NO BACKLINKING (no creation made prior to our challenge posting)
  6. No limit to sharing with other challenges.
Festivals - it brings a lot of happiness, colours, flowers, sweets, lights and many more.

Here is what i have to show you all about my festive mood.
A quilled rangoli with mixed colours and flowers
 

This month our sponsor is Meenakshi Papers & Co, Madurai. A one stop shop for all products related to Quilling, Teracotta, Silk thread and many more crafts.

We would be happy to see your festive mood works.




Stay tuned for more inspirations
Happy Quilling

Wednesday 16 September 2015

IQC#20, DT Post--White-on-white Quilling

Greetings Everyone!

This is Jasleen here back with my DT project for this month's challenge, white-on-white, but before that, I would like to extend my warm wishes on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. May Lord Ganesha help overcome all the obstacles and bring peace and prosperity to your lives.

Inspired by the festive fervour around, I attempted to quill  Lord Ganesha in it's simplest form using 5mm width of white quilling strips against a white backdrop.


White colour symbolises purity, innocence, completeness, faith and spirituality; a colour which , I believe, quite perfectly symbolises the magnificience of the deity.

There are so many ways you can interpret this month's white-on-white quilling challenge-- like an elegant greeting card with white quilled flowers, white coloured jhumkas with white pearls on them, or if you are finding it difficult to find time amidst the busy festivities at home, you can try making a couple of tiny white quilled flowers and add them to a white-painted hairclip ! Easy peasy, right? Well, you see, no dearth of good ideas. Participation is important. :)

Looking forward to your entries here.  If you have any suggestions, queries or anything to say about my work, please comment below. I love to receive your feedback always! :)

Saturday 12 September 2015

IQCG #20 White on White - DT Post

 Hi friends,
This month's (September) theme at the Indian Quilling Challenge is to create something with quilling but condition is white on white. If you want to use any other color then keep it to minimum.
You can have a look here for the challenge rules.

From long time I wanted to make a slider card. So decided to make slider card with white on white theme.


I choose to make a boy and girl outline and heart is the slider part in this card. Heart goes from girl to boy and vice versa.


I also made a Heart Maze card. This is from a boy to girl who loves doing mind puzzles.
 



I hope you like the cards...and we are waiting to see your  creations on white on white theme.

Do link your entries to this month's IQCG # 20 White on White. We would love to see what you have created.


Happy Quilling!
Aditi

Friday 11 September 2015

Wiiner Post - IQCG#19 - Frame it up

Dear friends,

First of all thank you so much for playing in our challenges. We had 16 entries for Frame it up challenge.

The Winner of Frame it up challenge is Aparna balakrishnan


Top 3 in order


 
Congratulations to all.

Aparna pls mail us to claim your prize. Toppers claims your badge from the sidebar of our page.

Look forward to your beautiful entries to our current challenge on White on White

Monday 7 September 2015

IQCG #20 - White on White

Dear Quillers,

Due to personal reasons, i couldn't upload the challenge on time. Here is the challenge theme for September.



It is White on White. You can use one additional colour of minimum use.

This month is my best friend's Favorite month, hence decided to make a miniature of him - a small quilled ganesha and here he is with a pot of modaks and quilled mouse.


Easy isn't - Put on creativity hat and we will be glad to see your entries.

Here are some points to note.
  1. ENTRY LIMIT:  1
  2. MUST USE Quilling on your creation.
  3. DIRECT link to your creation, not your entire blog.
  4. LINK BACK to our IQCG Challenge Blog in your post.
  5. NO BACKLINKING (no creation made prior to our challenge posting)
  6. No limit to sharing with other challenges.
 This month our sponsor is Crafters Corner. Your favourite online store


Enjoy the fun. Stay tuned for inspirations from our DTs

Sunday 16 August 2015

IQC--FRAME IT UP

Hello friends
August month came with festival around following up with indian traditional festival hariyali teej ,independence day and ending up with famous raksha bandhan.This month is joyful ,patriotic ,love symbolizing month ..so we are here with new challenge "frame it up ".Check out for rules of challenge HERE.  Handmade frame decorations are beautiful gift for all purpose ..so cone on crafters and enjoying making frame with quilling .Do get inspiried by my all teammates .
NOTE -for first time making my post via phone ..i don't know how it will come up ..so ignore my mistakes..thanks
Here us my creation for lovely challenge






Wednesday 12 August 2015

IQCG #19 - Frame it up - DT post


 Hi friends,

This month's (August) theme at the Indian Quilling Challenge is to create something with frame. You can make a frame or decorate a frame, but only in paper and add quilling to it. You can have a look here for the challenge rules.

I already had handmade frames with me so decided to decorate it. Started with one but went on to decorate many.  Do let me know which one you liked the most :)





Do link your entries to this month's IQCG # 19-Frame it Up Challenge. We would love to see what you have created.


Happy Quilling!
Aditi

Winner post

Dear Quillers,

I am here today to share the winner and toppers of our Monochromatic Challenge.

Winner is Nalini Ramdas for her beautiful ballet dancer
Nalini Ramdas - Email Entry

Toppers in order

Aparna Balakrishnan
Radhika
Sonali
Congratulations to all. Toppers claim your badge from our sidebar. Nalini will you the details.

Look forward to your entries for our Frame it up Challenge

Happy Quilling

Saturday 1 August 2015

IQCG #19 - Frame it up

Dear Quillers,

Our Country is saddened by the sudden demise of our beloved leader Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

While reading this please pray for his soul to rest in peace.

Coming to our challenge - We have an interesting one here for this month. - Frame it up challenge

You can decorate a frame or make a frame, but only in paper and add quilling to it.

Hope you got it





Here is my inspiration to you. I have decorated Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's Photo frame with quilling.

Printed Dr Abdul Kalam's quote on his photograph which is my favorite one.




His childish smile will attract anyone. The only and only leader I have ever seen in this world.

Here are some points to note.

  1. ENTRY LIMIT:  1
  2. MUST USE Quilling on your creation.
  3. DIRECT link to your creation, not your entire blog.
  4. LINK BACK to our IQCG Challenge Blog in your post.
  5. NO BACKLINKING (no creation made prior to our challenge posting)
  6. No limit to sharing with other challenges.
This month our Sponsor is Sharmila Creations .

Thanks for joining our challenge and HAPPY Quilling!