Paper Rose Tutorial

Hope you all are having a wonderful day! I've been working with vintage French book pages, decoupage, and glitter, which makes it a great day here at the Chateau!

I've been seeing some really pretty flowers here in blog land, made from everything from paper to fabric to coffee filters.  I had never attempted making them until my friend Cindy inspired me to make them.  Now I just can't stop creating them, it appears that I have a new addiction!  So I thought I'd share with you how I make them.  If you stopped by yesterday, I showed you the flower that I made to embellish the collage that I made for my Etsy shop.

So, let's get started!
You won't need to many products for this fun project.  In fact, if you are like me, you already have everything on hand!  You will need Mod Podge, a foam craft brush, clear glitter, a glue stick, self adhesive dots (or a glue gun), paper, and buttons.

 Since you know that I'm crazy about all things French, I used an old French book to make my roses.  Of course, you could also use pretty scrapbook paper, or vintage sheet music, or a combination of all of them!  This is the kind of project where there is no right or wrong way of doing things!

You will need to trace circles in three graduated sizes.  You can use a glass, mug, or whatever.  I just used lids that I had in my craft room.

Tear out your circles (I tear several sheets of paper all stacked up at once to save time).  I think a torn edge for this project looks so much prettier than a cut edge.  You will need 3 large, 3 medium, and 3 small circles for each rose. I almost forgot to mention that for projects like this, I always put down a large piece of waxed paper on my work surface.  Not only will this keep your surface clean, but you can save any excess glitter and pour it back into the container (you know how I hate wasting anything!).

Now, this is the part that almost had me cringing!  You see, I am a neatness counts, always color inside the lines kinda girl!  At any rate, you will need to crumble up each circle into a little ball.  Ok, I think I can do this!!

Gently uncrumble them, still leaving them very wrinkly.

Lightly brush each circle with some mod podge, then sprinkle with a bit of the clear glitter.  The hardest part is having enough patience to let them dry before proceeding any further!

Once they are finally dry, just use your glue stick (just a dab in the center of each circle will do) to adhere the 3 large circles, followed by the 3 medium, then the three small.  For the centers, I added buttons with the glue dots.  Or you could just use a hot glue gun for this step if you wanted to.

It's really hard to see the glitter in these shots, but it's there!

You could make your roses any size you wish, or course, or add as many layers as you want.  They sky is the limit with this project!  My flowers are about 3" across.

I thought they looked neat with these pretty green leaves. 

For this little petite rose, I added a mother of pearl button and a rhinestone.  Oooh, la, la!!

That's it, super fun, super easy, and way too addictive!  Hope you try making them, I think you'll love it just like me!!
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