I started having a go at making them a couple of weeks ago with very limited success (by "limited" I actually mean NO success). However, yesterday I had a bit of a breakthrough and managed to make this:
Most tutorials rely on using a 6 petal flower punch or die which I didn't own so my early (failed) attempts involved hand cutting the flowers. This works well if you are very good with scissors, but unfortunately mine looked like I done them blindfolded with blunt scissors!
After trying and failing with the scissors I went punch/die hunting. I ruled out getting a punch as they cost about £10 and I find their use quite limited. A die seemed a more sensible option as I have a Cuttlebug so next stop was the Sizzix range.
I decided that the new Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals die was what I needed. Unfortunately these dies seem to be in pretty short supply and are going for silly money on Ebay so no luck there.
Luckily during my Sizzix hunt I stumbled across this die set from Marianne D:
Not only is it perfect for making paper roses but I will also get loads of other uses out of it as a normal die.
Anyway, enough of my shopping, back to the paper roses. As you may have gathered I cut the petals and leaves using the die. Both are cut from My Minds Eye paper which I stuck together to make double sided. The method for assembling the rose was based on a hybrid the following tutorials:
Splitcoast Stampers Tutorial (this one uses the elusive Tim Holtz Die)
To finish the leaves I curled them round a pencil like the flower petals.
Thanks for looking and sorry for the slightly arty pics. Can you tell my latest obsession is my new Android phone and the Vignette app!
Ruthie x
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