Paper Rose Tutorial.

Here are some instructions on how to create the roses used in the Gorgeous Girls kit.

Firstly cut a circle from patterned paper with a diameter of about 4cm. It is not necessary for the circle to be exactly round.

Then cut a spiral shape into the circle starting from the outer edge. Again it is not necessary for this to be perfect or measured.

Now fold over the outer edge of the spiral all the way to the centre.

Starting at the outer point, begin rolling the spiral in towards the centre. Keep holding on to the outer point until you have rolled all the way to the centre, leaving the centre circle free for the moment.

With the rose held securely between your fingers, turn it over. Snip of the protruding piece so that the base is flat.

Add a good amount of glue to the bottom.

Fold the circle centre over onto the glue and press firmly so the glue seeps into all the gaps.

 Hold firmly until the glue has dried.

Your completed rose.

Hope you had fun creating this rose. They are beautiful on scrapbook layouts as well as cards.

Hi again,
   This month I have got something for the girls. The layout is called GORGEOUS GIRLS and I have used the most stunning paper from Carta Bella. The colouring is pink, grey and black and would especially suite photos that are black and white, but I have included a few colour photos, making sure that the colours co-ordinate with the papers. The layout can accommodate 10 photos of varying sizes.

To make the first and second pages flow together, I have used a pink pencil crayon to colour the left side of the second page, creating the effect of the pink spreading onto the white. You can also ink over the pencil, if you hvae a suitable pink ink pad.

This layout also includes distressing and I have created a folded corner in which I have place a rose cluster. This all overlaps a film strip allowing you to add more photos to the layout.

The roses you will create yourself using the paper in the kit. I will add a seperate blog entry to demonstarte how I made them.

The small lengths of chain help to add interest as well as carry the colour through. The title is created using chipboard letters. You can alter the title to read Gorgeous Girl, if your require the change to suite your photos.

Please let me know if you are interested in ordering a kit (melodyk@mweb.co.za)