Rosebud tutorial - by Tonya Gibbs

I just love making my own flowers. It is something I've been doing for years.  It feels amazing to showcase a beautiful piece of art and be able to say "and I made the flowers".  For me this just makes the piece a true masterpiece.  

  

A few weeks ago I had a request for a rosebud tutorial. So today, I want to share with you how I created these rosebuds that I used on the Marion Smith Designs and Glue Dots® blog hop last week. 

 

STEP 1:
For my Rosebuds I used Marion's Large Rose Die.  For a smaller bud, you may want to try Marion's small Rosebud die.  For the paper I used paper from a cheap Sketch Pad.   I colored the paper with Tattered Angels Sunshine before die-cutting the flower petals.

STEP 2:

To create a rosebud you need the 1" Glue Dot, 1 of each petal shape on the die, some floral tape, and a wire as long as you want your stems to be.   

STEP 3:

Cut your glue dot in half

STEP 4:

Overlap your petals slightly with the larger petal on the left, and apply your half Glue Dot  to the base. These glue dots are super strong and very sticky.

STEP 5: 

Place about 1/2 inch of your wire in the middle of the glue dot. 

STEP 6:

Begin rolling  your petal from the Right to the left into a cone shape.

This is how your rosebud will look. 

STEP 7:

Use some tweezers or a toothpick to roll down the outer petals to form your rose shape.

STEP 8: 

Spritz your floral tape with water to activate the glue on the tape.  

STEP 9:

Begin wrapping your tape around the base of your flower concealing the base of the rosebud, and the wire.  Continue to twist the tape down the wire. 

Your final rosebud should look like this. 

Look at how gorgeous these buds look wrapped in this floral spray.

   I have a tutorial for the Roses on my blog. You can check it out here. 

I hope you have fun making these rosebuds. If you do, please share your projects with us in social media by using the #MarionSmithDesigns  #BloomImpressionDies


Thanks for stopping in today.
Tonya Gibbs
http://www.psychomoms.com