Well.. this one is there in my mind for the past one year. We happened to go for cherry picking last summer near SFO. It was my first such activity and I was astonished looking at the various shades of cherries.. I almost forgot it until a friend of mine talked about a cherry tree in the park near my house.
Here goes my quilling version of a cherry tree branch
A closer look at the leaves..The branch is an actual cherry tree branch that I plucked from the park ;)
These days, I'm addicted to working with 1.5mm strips..One fine day, when I was looking around my quilling frames, I realized that I didn't have anything made in orange..I do have some orange strips, but 3mm wide.. That could be the reason why I never pick them.. Now that I understood how to work with thinner strips, I picked these & cut them to 1.5 mm strips.. Came across these wild rose (simpler version of rose) and found them simple to prepare with paper.. I had to go around the community to search for the leaf template and finally a friend of mine has offered me to pluck leaves from her garden.. So, I cut the leaves in exact shape/size and painted them in similar tone of green..Here comes the final arrangement -
It's been raining heavily these days.. The Indian cork flower plants around the community park were in full bloom and the dark lawn is filled with these flowers.. I went out for an afternoon stroll and I must say that these pretty white flowers against the dark green lawn is scenic & a feast to the eyes.. I couldn't stop myself from giving an attempt to make these with paper.. Here is a bunch of these flowers made with hand cut 1.5 mm strips..
Few more background setups -
