Good morning and a very happy Sunday to you:o) I hope your weekend has been positively relaxing and you were able to get inky. On Friday's blog hop featuring the newly released stamps from the awesome
Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Sampler Edition #5, I showed you the above project. Don't you absolutely adore the precious
Flower Power stamp?!?! This little darling is simply too cute for words!!! Anywho, the rose wreath that accompanied the card was created with paper scraps, and I mentioned in Friday's post a tutorial was on its way....here it is:
1. You will need a scrap piece of card stock cut into a square. The size of the square is dependent on what you need. I suggest you play around with a few different sizes to get an idea of what would work best for you. You will also need scissors, adhesive and a pencil (optional). Note- If you want to use patterned paper, it is best to use a double-sided paper so the white isn't too dominant. Also, the thicker the card stock/ patterned paper, the trickier it is to get the rolling process started.
2. You are going to lightly draw what I will call a psychedelic circle (I cannot recall the actual word for it;) with your pencil. Your circle does not have to be perfect.
3. Once you have cut out your psychedelic circle, it should now look like this...kinda like a paper snake.
4. Start rolling the paper at the top, outer edge of the circle and continue rolling it until you come to the end (the inner portion of the circle).
5. As you roll towards the inner portion of the circle, it should look like this (please forgive my dishpan hands...they kinda look like they belong to Yoda;). While you are rolling the paper, you can mash down some of the layers to give it a more realistic appearance. Once you get to the end, apply a bit of adhesive to hold it together. I prefer to use
Glue Dots because of ease of use and they adhere fabulously. If you are making a larger rose, you may have to add adhesive at various spots before you get to the end, since it is more difficult to hold together. Where you choose to add it is entirely up to you.
6. Voila! You should now have a paper rose and it should look something like this. Easy peasy, right? And, a great way to use up those little pieces of scrap paper we've been saving for a rainy day. Come on...I can't be the only person who hoards scraps;o)
** You can also make wavy lines as you are cutting. **
** The wavy lines will add more "petals" to the rose. **
Here are a few examples of the various sizes of squares you can use to make your roses.
Many of the roses on this wreath were created with 2 1/4 inch squares and larger. If I remember correctly, the largest roses were created with a 4 inch square.
I do hope you found this tutorial helpful, and I hope you have loads of fun making some paper roses of your own!! And, don't forget...the awesome new
Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Sampler Edition #5!!!! You will have loads of fun adding roses to these fabulously sweet stamps!!! Honestly, what better stamp would accompany roses than
Flower Power?!?!
Good Morning! Here is another wonderful image from the latest release from the Elisabeth Bell Sampler Edition #5. She is called "Flower Power". I think she looks so happy so could be taking flowers to someone celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or just because. Whatever the occasion she will make them happy and bring a smile to their face.
The TIOT for this week is a sketch. Please be sure and check the blog today and Thursday and see what great projects the DT has created. Shhhh! Don't say anything, but I messed up the TIOT this week. It is a sketch, plus FS - I forgot to add the FS and I am out of town so I can't add any. 
Here is my take on the sketch. The pics are really dark, but the card is really bright and sparkly. I colored the image with Copics and then on her belt and flowers I added some Stickles. In the center of the flowers I put a Kaisercraft Rhinestone, but the pic doesn't show them too well. Maybe, if you click and enlarge the pic you can see them better. I used the VIVA transparent gloss gel on the leaves. The flowers are some I add in my stash and then I used some rhinestone brads for the centers and my MS punch for the leaves. The bottom of the card is longer than the top and I used my MS punch and sponged some green ink for detail and added some Kaisercraft Rhinestones. The blue fiber is some I have had forever.
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Susana has these AMAZING collage stamps in her store now from I Brake For Stamps - i think they are just heavenly!! This one is called Flying Swallow. each one is positively exquisite! i stamped the image in black and then i used Inspirations shimmering paints to highlight areas and inages on the stamp to bring them out. I used Buttercup, Aquamarine and Tan and i thinned them with water to get more of a sheer wash rather than a thick paint. that's one of the things i love about these paints - the versatility. despite thinning them with water i lost NONE of the SHIMMER!
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