A Painterlady's View: Wild Rose Flower Tutorial by ~ Mistra Hoolahan

May 17, 2012

Wild Rose Flower Tutorial by ~ Mistra Hoolahan

I've been creating more flowers! This time with Spellbinders Rose Creations die. This is such a versatile die, if you can't decide which of Donna's Flower dies to buy first, I would suggest this one!

So, you will need 3 consecutive petal sizes, cutting 1 of the largest, 3 of the middle and then 2 of the smallest - as shown below. You can use any sizes you want, the 3 smallest ones create a sweet little flower! For the tutorial I have used the 3 as marked. I have used one of Donna Salazar's 'Trunk in the Attic' papers for this one, love the creamy vintage look.

First we assemble the layers, smallest to largest and secure with a brad. We don't need to glue the layers.

Once together spritz the layers with water... just enough to make the paper damp! You can always add more as you work if needed.

Bring the first layer up around the brad to form a bud, continue for all layers, making sure the petals offset one another as you work.

The larger layers can have the tips folded back a bit to create an opening bud...

Once done it will look something like this...

Dab the top of the flower with Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx. I use the Jasmine as it softens the colouring of the paper, but you could any colour that works for your project.

Spritz with water to allow the ink to blend and run...

and then gently open the petals, open out the largest layer to form nice open petals and allow the others to fall as they wish, we can open them a little more later...

Flip it over and dry the back first with a heat gun, to set the larger petals...

Then turn it back right side up and keep drying. Keep the heat gun moving so you don't burn the petals. Alternatively sit the flower in a sunny spot and let it dry naturally.

Once dried you can arrange the petals more if needed, as we haven't glued these once the layers are dry you will be able to spin the layers so they sit just right!