Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Cheery Lynn Designs Rose dies


Cheery Lynn Designs gets lots of emails from people who want to make flowers like they see on the Inspiration blog.  One of those requests was to explain how to make roses with the Miniature, Medium and Large Rose dies.  So I have done a step by step tutorial that I wanted to share with you today.

You will need 3 of each size rose petals, an embossing pad, a stylus tool and some wax paper.  Text weight paper works the best but you can certainly use card stock as well.


You are going to dry emboss each of the petals on the backside of the die cut, but first rub the paper with your wax paper.  It will make the stylus glide easier.  Start from the outer edge of each petal and using a circular motion, emboss each petal towards the center.


This will cause the petals to curl up like the above photo.


The next step is to flip each petal over, except for two of the smallest ones, and dry emboss the center so they look like the above photo.


Now start gluing each petal on top of the other being sure to turn them so they are staggered.  Above you see two of the largest petals layered.  I place just a bit of glue in the center then carefully place the next petal.


Once you get all three large petals layered, continue with the three medium petals, gluing each separately and staggering the petals.


Add the one small petal that you dry embossed in the center.  Your flower should look like the one above.


Now take the two remaining small petals and glue them on top of each other with the front sides down. Once the glue has dried you can dry emboss in the center to make them cup upwards as shown above.


Now glue these two cupped upwards petals into the center of your flower.  One last step....


Take 3 petals from the top flower, add some glue on the top inside edges of each petal, pull them towards the center and glue them closed like the above photo.  This will create a center bud.  You can then fluff your petals a bit and you are all done!


So the rose I created for the tutorial is the one you see in the foreground that I didn't use, lol.  The two smaller ones on my card were created with 4 medium and 4 miniature petals.  The little yellow flowers on the ends are also miniature rose dies, I just dry embossed and layered them.  The large orange flower was created with four layers of Sweet Williams die and two layers of Darling Daisies in the center.  (Thank you, Jodi, for that combination of dies).  The smaller orange flowers are also Darling Daisies.  The leaves are Olive Branches.  The center of the card is a French Pastry Doily.  For the background panel I used my Lace Square Heart Reflections die.  Finished size is 5" square.

Be sure to visit the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge blog for more inspiration.  The challenge this week is Birthdays.  You can enter for a chance to win a $20 coupon for shopping at the Cheery Lynn website.
Challenges:
Each Card a Party - Make your own Flowers
Die Cuttin' Divas - Gardens
Oldie but Goodie - In the Garden 
(used my French Pastry die, have had it for almost a year)
Craft your Passion - Punches and Diecuts
Joan's Garden - Flowers

19 comments:

Karen W said...

Gorgeous!! I can't wait to get my dies and play, beautiful card and the flowers are fantastic!

craftieodmae said...

absolutely gorgeous!!

ednamburgess said...

Very pretty. Would love to try this one. Edna

NancyD said...

wonderful flowers, Sandy. I can see by your illustration that using the right size ball is important. Thanks for sharing your talent. NancyD

www.boshobbyshop.nl said...

Amazing card & beautiful flower(s)!

Greets, Anouk

Gerda said...

Wow, what a beautiful flowers, I love them all. Great job.
Thanks for joining us at DCD this week.
Gerda
http://cardscreations.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

beautiful flowers that you made
and a very pretty cards

Sarah said...

Gorgeous flowers! Thanks for sharing the tutorial. Hugs

MaryH said...

Sandy, thank you so much for taking the time to make this tutorial. It is most helpful! I have to try this. TFS

Joan Fricker said...

Sandy, great job on your flowers. Pretty colors too.
Thanks so much for joining us at Joan's Gardens for our Weekly challenge.
Joan
www.atjoansgardens.com

Aletta said...

Wat een PRACHTIGE bloemen, supermooi gemaakt.

Gezellig dat je meedoet met EKEF

Groetjes Aletta

Francesca said...

Very Beautiful , Thanks for joining us at Oldie but a goodie challenge this fortnight and good luck!

Hugs
Francesca

Anneke. said...

Prachtige kaart. Wat een mooie bloemen!!
Bedankt voor het mee doen bij eKeF.
Groetjes Anneke.

Pat N. said...

Your card is beautiful, and your flowers are stunning! TFS your tutorial, and for joining Die Cuttin' Divas this week--Pat N.

Ellen said...

Hi Sandy, great to see you here, joining us at EKEF! How's life?
Thanks for your fabulous flower tutorial and your beautiful card!
Hugs Ellen

Peggy said...

Heel erg mooi !
De bloemen zijn heel leuk
Bedankt om mee te doen met de challenge van EKEF.

Groetjes,
Peggy Dt-Ekef

Candy said...

Wow! Amazing flowers! Fantastic job!
Thanks for playing along with the Die Cuttin' Divas this week!
Candy
http://candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com

Tracy said...

Gorgeous creation, I love your flowers, they are beautiful, thanks for joining Oldie But A Goodie challenge, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Diane said...

Very pretty...great tutorial, too...I just ordered the set from Joan last week...good luck on the challenge!!