Another Awesome Flower Tutorial, Making Roses out of cardstock!! |
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Another Awesome Flower Tutorial, Making Roses out of cardstock!! |
 May 19 2009, 01:51 AM
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 MCS Design Team  Group: MCS Design Team Posts: 4,567 Joined: 20-April 08 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 11  |
I recently saw this wonderful tutorial on how to make your own beautiful roses out of cardstock! The tutorial was on a blog by a dear friend Helen Croft who kindly allowed me to use her photos to share the tutorial here. She found the idea at the Fiskar's weblog. Here are some of the amazing blooms you can make using this technique!....
 You will need 18 hearts in 4 different sizes. If you have a Cricut it comes in real handy here. Cut from sturdy card stock: 6 x 2 1/4" 5 x 2" 4 x 1 3/4" 3 x 1 1/2" If you don't have a Cricut you could use a Fiskars heart template.  Ink all the edges with two different shades of darker red. You can also use acrylic paint or chalk. Punch a tiny hole at the bottom of every heart.  Take a brad (in the same color) and turn it upside down and start putting all the hearts through it.Start with the smallest hearts and work your way up.  This is what you will have when you are done:  Now the magic starts: take petal by petal and scrunch them up and around towards the middle. Don't be gentle here; the more manhandling the better!  It will look something like this when you are done;  Then, bend the petals back out as much as you want. Depends on how much you want the rose to be open. Last step is to spray the rose with glimmer mist.  Here are some more examples of flowers she made using the same technique and different colour inks,....for the bottom photo she used white cardstock and the mist tinted the roses the pretty colours!   You can see more of Helen's shared techniques at her wonderful blog Scrap-A-Little ....thanks for sharing your idea!! I can't wait to see these little beauties on some pages!! (I have to admit I don't have punches in that variety of sizes or a Cricut machine, but I thought I could draw out 4 sizes of hearts and just layer some cardstock to get the extra pieces and give this a try! ....I'll let you know how it goes!) -------------------- |
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May 19 2009, 02:24 AM
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 MCS Design Team Member Group: Approved Members Posts: 1,184 Joined: 3-December 08 From: Beautiful North Georgia Mountains Member No.: 439 |
OMG!!!!! Totally amazing!!!!! I'm floored! Again, thanks for sharing this!!!
-------------------- my blog: www.mypiecesoftime.blogspot.com
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May 19 2009, 03:02 AM
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 MCS Design Team Coordinator Group: MCS Design Team Posts: 3,634 Joined: 20-April 08 From: In the heart of Texas Member No.: 10 |
I love these!! Thanks for sharing Gabi!
Helen, if you check in here... thanks so much!! I love your work and these are so fun!! -------------------- ~Robbie~
 I blog here----> Just the Scrap |
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May 19 2009, 04:54 AM
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 Advanced member Group: MCS Design Team Posts: 3,621 Joined: 20-April 08 From: Beautiful PNW Member No.: 7 |
Oh these are simply stunning!!!! My LSS did a make & take of these using the Cricut to cut out the heart shapes. It was really fast too! Thanks for sharing this Gabi!! And thanks to Helen too!!
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May 19 2009, 12:24 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 856 Joined: 18-May 08 From: PEI, Canada Member No.: 33 |
WOW Gabi... ( and Helen ) these are absolutely Drop Dead Amazing.........Thanks for sharing....I'll definitely be making some of these beauties!!
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May 19 2009, 12:39 PM
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 MCS Guest Design Team member Nov 09 Group: Approved Members Posts: 2,131 Joined: 4-November 08 From: Columbia IL Member No.: 401 |
How awesome is that!! I can see those on all our lo's!! thanks Gabi!
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May 19 2009, 04:19 PM
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 MCS Design Team Member Group: MCS Design Team Posts: 2,710 Joined: 20-April 08 From: Swindon, UK Member No.: 12 |
OH MY GOODNESS, these are amazing!!
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May 19 2009, 05:54 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Approved Members Posts: 2,293 Joined: 6-June 08 From: Wales. UK Member No.: 65 |
WOWZERS!!!!!They are brilliant!
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May 19 2009, 08:43 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Approved Members Posts: 1,199 Joined: 2-April 09 From: Colorado Member No.: 601 |
Such beautiful roses and they are so easy to make. Thank goodness I have a heart stencil with multiple sizes. Can't wait to give this a try.
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May 20 2009, 12:06 AM
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 Advanced Member Group: Approved Members Posts: 271 Joined: 8-October 08 From: Wyoming Member No.: 358 |
Wow these are beautiful!
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May 20 2009, 04:09 AM
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MCS Owner, Design Team Group: Root Admin Posts: 5,596 Joined: 20-April 08 From: Midwest Member No.: 6 |
Wow!!!! Gabi these are amazing....thank you for showing us how to make them...way to go
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May 20 2009, 02:31 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Approved Members Posts: 760 Joined: 22-April 08 From: Norwich Norfolk England Member No.: 21 |
Awesome Gabi aren't they, I subscribe to Helens blog too, wish I had a circut though, are well have to wait till you put them on you know where. lol lol
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May 20 2009, 02:35 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Approved Members Posts: 760 Joined: 22-April 08 From: Norwich Norfolk England Member No.: 21 |
 Just had a dim recollection that I bought the Fiskars template last year, and yep found it, right I'm going to have a go.
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May 20 2009, 04:06 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 363 Joined: 16-July 08 From: Texas Member No.: 125 |
Oh wow, that is so cool ... I had been thinking about making paper flowers as a decoration in my room (my cats eat real flowers) ... these are so realistic looking!!
-------------------- I blog at http://kittymama.blogspot.com/
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May 20 2009, 08:32 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 29-December 08 From: Sydney. Australia Member No.: 468 |
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHERE IS MY CRICUT?????? I have to do the shopping today.........but when I get home, I'm going to be definitely trying this! Thanks so much for sharing! Beth |
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May 21 2009, 12:21 AM
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 Advanced Member Group: Approved Members Posts: 147 Joined: 19-November 08 From: Colorado Member No.: 429 |
Wow--just amazing flowers! Oh boy--I can see some more flowers on the horizon! Gabi, thanks so much for sharing this technique.
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| Guest_Karen schulze_* |
Jun 5 2009, 10:07 PM
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these are awesome and thanks for the tutorial.
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Jun 9 2009, 06:19 PM
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 Nov. 08 Guest DT member Group: Approved Members Posts: 1,011 Joined: 23-September 08 Member No.: 207 |
oh my AMAZING!! thank you so much for posting these here for us...I'll be trying these for sure!
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| Guest_Guest_bonnie_*_* |
Jun 12 2009, 02:49 AM
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Thanks Gabi, this is awesome!!!!
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Jun 15 2009, 11:29 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Approved Members Posts: 236 Joined: 9-February 09 Member No.: 508 |
Yahooo! Love this...
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