[показать] You will need 18 hearts in 4 different sizes. If you have a Cricut it comes in real handy here. I cut from sturdy card stock:

6 x 2 1/4"
5 x 2"
4 x 1 3/4"
3 x 1 1/2"

I didn't use the "Real Dial Size" button, so they are in fact smaller.
If you don't have a Cricut you could use a Fiskars heart template. That's what they used on the tutorial I saw.

[показать] I inked all the edges with two different shades of darker red. You can also use acrylic paint or chalk. Punch a tiny hole at the bottom of every heart.

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Take a brad (in the same color) and turn it upside down and start putting all the hearts through it.Start with the smallest hearts and work your way up. [показать]
This is what you will have when you are done:
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Now the magic starts: take petal by petal and scrunch them up and around towards the middle. Don't be gentle here; the more manhandling the better!

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It will look something like this when you are done;

 

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Then, bend the petals back out as much as you want. Depends on how much you want the rose to be open.

[показать] Here is a close up of the rose. Not too bad huh?

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Because of the mist, the card stock gets kinda moist and sometimes the paper starts to flake. I like that! In fact I take a paper piercer and try to split the card stock.

Here is the first one I did with acrylic paint. I think I like the look with ink better.

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The top two roses I made with white card stock. The color is from the mist. Awesome don't you think?


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