Paper Roses

Today I made 3D roses using paper, my Cricut and MTC (Make the Cut Software).  I found this technique on Penny Duncan's website, she has a video tutorial for making these awesome roses.  I am going to give you a quick view of how I did it.

Supplies Needed:

1. Paper (card stock or patterned paper)
2. Hot Glue Gun
3. Cricut
4. PDC Rose SVG file
5. Craft Tweezers
6. Paper Piercing Mat
7. Embossing Stylus
8. Stickles (optional)

Step 1 - Cut out the rose pattern on your Cricut using MTC and SVG file.



Step 2 - Emboss the back sides of each petal set just like we did in in the Paper Punch Flowers in my last post.  Be sure to flip each set over to the right side and emboss the centers to make the petals pop up.

Step 3 - Take one of the petal sets that has the slit cut in it place it underside up and hold it by the the first petal with your tweezers.  Tightly twist this petal around itself.



Step 4 - Place this twisted petal in the center of the second petal and wrap the second petal around the first.  Repeat with all remaining petals.



Step 5 - Use your hot glue gun to lightly glue the bottom of what is going to be the rose's center.



Step 6 - Take the other petal set with the slit cut into it.  Place it underside up.  Place a small drop of glue on the bottom center of the first petal.  Place the rose center we just created on this petal, making sure that the bottom extends about halfway into the hole in the center of the cutout.



Step 7 - Wrap the first petal around the rose center.  Place in the center of the second petal and wrap this petal around the rose center.  Repeat with all petals.



Step 8 - Hot glue the bottom of the completed center with hot glue.



Step 9 - Take the cutout with the large center, place it top side up, and place hot glue around the center hole.  Insert the rose center into the hole and shape petals around.



Step 10 - Take the cutout with the smaller center, place it top side up, and place hot glue around the center hole.  Insert your rose into the hole and shape petals around again maing sure to stagger the petals from the previous row so it looks more realistic.



Step 11 - Take the final cutout, place it top side up, and place a drop of hot glue in the center and insert your rose again making sure you stagger the petals.  Shape petals until the desired look is achieved.



Step 12 - Optional.  I used my Diamond Stickles around the edge of each rose petal to add a little sparkle to the flower.

Here are the flowers I've made.

Paper Punch Flowers

My new technique that I am working on is Paper Punch Flowers.

Supplies needed:

1. Paper (pattern or solid - I am using Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby)
2. Retro Flower Punch - Medium by EK Success
3. Embossing Stylus - Fiskers
4. Paper Piercing Pad - (I use In Stitch'z Jr. by Bazzill)
5. Stickles (I am using Pink and Silver)

Step 1 - Punch your flowers out of the paper (Ink or chalk edges now if desired)
Step 2 - Place flower upside-down on your Piercing Pad

Step 3 - Using the Embossing Stylus carefully shap each petal by rubbing around the edges of the petal and in the center of the petal until desired petal is acheived (careful not to tear the paper). Repeat for each petal.



Step 4 - Flip flower over to the right side and use the stylus to indent the center which will cause your petals to pop up.



Step 5 - Using your Stickles add a center to each flower.

That's it. It is pretty easy and a lot cheaper than buying paper flowers. Below is a flower I made with my Cricut and a file I found online for Make the Cut. I cut multiple size flowers and inked the edges and joined them with a brad and covered the brad with pink Stickles .