More Quilled Flowers - Cuttlebug by Cricut

Reported by Peggy Marsh

With 3-D flowers such a hot ticket in the card-making and paper world, and paper quilling making its way to cards and paper crafts, here's some fairly new products that I had to investigate: Cuttlebug Quilling Kits!

There's three styles that Cuttlebug currently offers that I discovered...daisy, rose/carnation and chrysanthemum (as shown below, left to right).

Each kits include: 1 quilling pen, 4 cutting dies, 10 floral wires, a laminated instruction sheet and even a flower sample.  For my review, I focused on the daisy kit.

To make the flowers using this kit, you would need a Cuttlebug, Big Shot, or some other similar embossing machine and embossing plates.

In the photo below, the blue plate is the cutting plate and petals were cut from the peach paper using this plate.

 Simply stack the different pieces of cut petals...

Then wind together tightly using the quilling tool. Add a bit of craft glue to the bottom of the quilled flower to secure.

Cut leaves using the leaf embossing plate and add to the flower.

These make great embellishments for card-making and paper projects..

For those of you who are quilling enthusiasts...what a great addition to your craft supplies! For those who haven't ventured into quilling yet, this is definitely worth trying.

Pros:

  • Custom make flowers and foliage to match card stock and designer papers to your handmade projects.
  • A fast alternative to making hand-cut pieces to create your own type of flowers.
  • In my opinion, adds more than a silk flower to paper projects.
  • Available at local scrapbook stores. I haven't seen these in large craft hobby shops yet.

Cons:

  • Instructions aren't very clear about the number of strips to cut and use to create the petal portion of the flower.
  • Instructions should explain the need to stagger the petals before rolling.
  • One of the dies is almost the exact size of a piece of cardstock at 8 7/16" making it hard to fit the paper. You could use a 12"x12" piece of paper, though.
  • Retails for $24.99 for each set - a little pricey in my opinion.
  • To cut through cardstock, I had to add several cardboard shims to cut through the paper.
  • Must be used in conjunction with a die cutting machine.

Give it a try... Cuttlebug Quilling Kits are a fun tool to work with!

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