Tuesday Tip – Making your own paper roses.

by Alison

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Have you ever seen those gorgeous roses adorning people’s scrapbook layouts, and wanted to make one for yourself?

Learn how to today with this fantastic tutorial from our own Pam Thorburn!

1. Cut circles 3-4” in diameter, draw a spiral slightly less than ½” in depth, stopping roughly 1” from the centre. (Fig. 1)
2. Use an embossing tool ( or the end of a pen cap)to trace thickly around the spiral. This will reduce the tension of the paper and make curling the edges of the flower easier. (Fig.2)
3. Cut around spiral and ink the edges. (Fig.3)
4. Curl the edges over as shown in Fig. 4. Don’t worry if the edges tear a bit.
5. Add dry adhesive (or double sided tape to the centre of the spiral, (Fig.5) and to the start of the outer edge of the spiral. (Fig. 6)
6. Starting at the outer edge of the spiral, begin to wind the spiral in towards the centre. (Fig. 7)
7. Continue winding, whilst at the same time curling the spiral edge over.
8. When the wound spiral reaches the centre, press the rose down into the dry adhesive. If the spiral appears to be too tight allow it to loosen a bit before pressing down. Hold for a few seconds to ensure the rose is firmly adhered. It is okay is the rose squashes down quite a bit. You need to show the paper who’s boss-so don’t be afraid to be a bit rough!(Fig. 8 )

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Figure 1 – 8.

And here is Pam’s finished layout! Gorgeous!

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15 comments

1 Brittney { 12.01.09 at 8:43 am }

Great tutorial, Thanks!

2 jeni { 12.01.09 at 8:44 am }

Thanks, I’ve been wondering how to make these for a while. I will have to try it on my next layout.

3 fiona { 12.01.09 at 1:08 pm }

Thanx for the ideas!

4 Nikki.A { 12.01.09 at 1:17 pm }

Pam, you layout is really beautiful…..I love how you’ve made your gorgeous roses….can’t wait to try this myself :smile:

5 Rona { 12.01.09 at 1:37 pm }

Stunning Pam, love these roses, can’t wait to make some myself :-)

6 Hannah { 12.01.09 at 3:21 pm }

this is just beautiful! thanks for sharing!

7 Shemaine Smith { 12.01.09 at 3:38 pm }

Simply gorgeous!

8 Samantha { 12.01.09 at 4:59 pm }

these roses are stunning! i’m going to have to give these a go!

9 Marijke { 12.01.09 at 5:54 pm }

Thanks! These are beautiful. I will be trying it out tonight.

10 Donna VanWert { 12.01.09 at 9:52 pm }

Lovely! Thanks for the great tutorial.

11 jules { 12.02.09 at 2:10 pm }

Bloomin’ lovely! have the perfect pic for these and cant wait to wrap my fingers around the paper!

12 Tabitha { 12.06.09 at 2:38 pm }

I just tried to make your roses and it actually worked!!! They’ll so pretty, thanks so much!!

13 Man, this is HARD! | Caity Makes ... { 12.08.09 at 12:37 am }

[...] I like: I vaguely remembered seeing a tutorial on how to make these paper roses, so had a go on the night.  Not too bad, I think. (Although now I lo9ok at the instructions [...]

14 Susan { 12.29.09 at 4:57 am }

I’ve always wondered how to do these. Thanks.

15 Devonshire delights | Kaisercraft scrapbooking blog { 03.22.10 at 8:03 am }

[...] You can find a tutorial for the paper roses here. [...]

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