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If you are looking for a neat craft with beautiful results, I would suggest that you try paper quilling or paper filigree, as it is also called. This once-popular craft is making a resurgence in the art and craft world, and you can readily see why when you view all the beautiful items that can be created from plain strips of paper, a couple of tools and glue.
This is one of those crafts in which you do not have to invest a large amount of money to get started. Yet you can create beautiful cards and other items that look expensive and professionally made.
Paper quilling, also referred to as paper filigree, is the art of rolling strips of paper around a particular tool into coils and then shaping or pinching into various forms. These paper coils are then combined to create decorative designs.
A little research and our imaginations can produce an abundance of paper quilling ideas. The designs created may be used to embellish greeting cards, gift cards, picture frames, scrapbook covers and pages, boxes, candles, and a host of other items which might need a creative touch. The end result is extremely striking, yet delicate. A gift of a quilled item would certainly be loved and appreciated.