Preparing for the UAE National Day 2013

Did I tell you how beautiful the city of Al Ain looks all lighted up for the National Day celebrations? It's a treat to go around driving in the evenings. The pretty lights and decor all around is so cheerful. It inspires to create ... Another project in the theme of the UAE National day. Based on the colours of the flag ....all quilled ! It was fun doing this project but the tiny beehive was a killer. It is such a task to keep all the coils even and the same size especially when they are really tiny. Thats the part which took the longest. But I am happy with how it turned out. Looking forward to hearing from my friends how they like it. Here it is after the framing.

I was so excited to show this one I could not wait until the 2nd of December :). I just had to post these pictures.

2nd ATC Excahnge at EQG - Part 3

It has been longer than I thought ...but here are the pictures of the lovely cards I got from different parts of the world. This swap was such good fun and a learning experience too. Through these tags and cards we get the glimpse of different nations and their cultures :)
Here they are ....
1.This one is sent by Rini Wulandari from Jakarta, Indonesia.

2. This one is sent by Shaikha Al Matrooshi from UAE.

3. These two are from Thusitha Dahanayake from Sri Lanka

4. This tag is sent by Kathleen Brown from USA

5. This tag is sent by Martina Inngauer from Brazil

6. These two tags are sent by Roopa from India ( living in UAE )

7. These two cards are sent in by Gopi Shah from India.

8. This tag is sent by Safiya from India ( living in UAE )

9. This one is sent by Heba from Egypt.

10. This tag is sent by Meeta Panicker from India.

11. This tag is sent by Nidhi Mohnot from India.

12. These two tags are sent by Swati Jain from India (living in UAE)

13. This is sent by Anjali Yogesh from India

14. This tag is sent by Michela from Italy

15. These two tags are sent by Megha Jain from India.

16. This lovely calender is sent by Amna al Fardh from UAE.

17. This tag is sent by Bela Shah from India.

18.This tag is sent by Khawla Al Husseini from UAE.

19. This card is sent by Jeanette Bedard from Canada.

I cannot tell you how excited I am to receive all these wonderful tags and cards from all the different places around the world. It's like having a little peek into other worlds. Thank you so much to all the member who paerticipated in the swap and made all these lovely creations to share. I loved mine and cannot help showing them to all mu friends.

2nd ATC Excahnge at EQG - Part 2

Too many pictures in the previous post , so the rest you'll see here:)

I was also working on my entries for the Quilling Exhibition when I signed up for this ATC Swap. I would have loved to do so much more but time restraint did not permit me to. I had already handed over the cards when we got a further extension on the dates...well, by then they were already sent ...anyways, I did enjoy making these. It is so amazing how much we can learn in these swaps. The different ATCs from different artists gives the chance to learn so many new ideas and techniques. It also open up totally new perspectives. I love these swaps and find them a truly fun and learning experience.

2nd ATC Excahnge at EQG

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This is long , long overdue post about the Second ATC exchange we had at the Emirates Quilling Guild. Since this is a group of people from so many different nationalities and levels of talents , it was a great idea to have the theme : Nations of the world. We had to represent our home country in our tags. I made mine with the colours of the Indian flag in focus and some I just to make my versions of the peacock feathers, paisleys, and that amazing flower by Suganthi Mohan :) I just had to make it ....it's a very pretty flower.

more pictures to come .....in the following post :)