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Personalized Notecard Techniques

Notecard Embellishing

Notecards can be embellished or decorated using a variety of different materials such as card stock, pictures, flowers, buttons, ribbons and beads.  Rubber stamping can also be done for further decoration.  Embellishing notecards is similar to scrapbooking.

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Paper Filigree or Quilling

In Paper Filigree, thin 1/8" strips of colored paper are wrapped around a special tool & then uncoiled and molded gently to form a variety of shapes and designs.  Paper Filigree dates back to the Renaissance era when these thin strips of paper were wrapped around goose quills hence the name Quilling.  The designs I've created have been glued onto a notecard, gift tag or bookmark. Elaborate pictures can also be created using the Paper Filigree technique.

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Silk Ribbon or Rococo Embroidery

Silk Ribbon Embroidery became popular in France in the mid 1800s.  It began to appear on dresses when the wife of Napoleon II, Princess Eugenia, wore gowns that were covered with silk ribbon embroidery. Designs are embroidered onto cloth using silk ribbons.  Designs generally include leaves and flowers.  I have mounted the embroidered cloth onto a special notecard.  These are suitable for use as notecards or can be framed.

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Teabag Folding or Kaleidoscope Folding

Teabag Folding is a form of origami that originated in the Netherlands.  Eight tiny identical squares of designed paper are cut and folded into intricate rosettes and medallions.   It is also known as kaleidoscope folding or miniature kaleidoscope origami.  It is said that it's called Teabag Folding because historically tiny teabag papers were used to create the designs.  I have glued these rosettes and medallions in various layers and designs onto a notecard.

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Iris Folding

Iris Folding is a paper folding technique that originated in the Netherlands. Thin strips of papers (generally Origami papers) are taped into a specially cut out template to form designs with depth. Holographic paper can be used for the center of the iris.  This technique is called Iris Folding because the center of the design looks like the iris of an eye or camera.  The iris cut out has been glued to a notecard.

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Kirigami

Kirigami is an ancient paper cutting and folding technique that originated in Japan in the early 1600s.  Thin papers are folded in half and designs are cut out of the folded papers to form a variety of patterns and designs.  Each half must be identical in Kirigami.  Some Kirigami designs have ancient ceremonial purposes and are known only to Shinto priests.  These notecards are created by gluing Kirigami designs onto a notecard.  

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Gwiazdy

Gwiazdy is a paper cutting and folding technique from the Kurpie and Lowicz regions of Poland. Papers are folded into eight pieces and designs are cut out carefully so that the whole Gwiazdy cutting remains in one piece.  These cuttings look like snowflakes but have eight sides not six. Gwiazdy means stars in Polish.

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