Loose Rose Tutorial

Hello my blogger friends. The moment a lot of you have been waiting for is finally here. I made a couple of videos showing how to make my "loose" rose.

You can check them out here. 

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think. I have made so many of these flowers, but it was difficult to put it into words.


Also, I am pretty good at doing things upside down and backwards because as an elementary teacher I usually had to show students how to do something where they could see what I was showing them. However, making flowers while trying to hold the flower up the the camera was a whole other story. LOL ...so bear with me :)


I also made a video showing some tips and techniques to making flowers even if you do not have the tools that I usually use.

The SVG cut files and PDF templates for the loose rose and these "cabbage" roses
will be available in my Etsy store along with the link to the video on how to make these flowers.

Another Ribbon Flower Card

I posted a very similar card a few  months ago. I did not have the same supplies today, so I changed the design a little bit. I made a shutter card/step card using purple cardstock, purple pearlized paper and an oldie but goodie Anna Griffin patterned paper. I added a 3 inch corner flourish from Cricut Home Accent cartridge, then used ribbons and pearls to make the embellishments.

(I hope to do a video soon on how to make the ribbon flowers) I did not have any pre-made pearl accents so I made my own by sewing and gluing them to the card. (more on that later this week)

It is hard to tell from the pictures, but that is a glass bead in the center of the large flower.

The large flower was made with a variegated wire edged ribbon. The smaller ribbon started out blue. I misted it with purple Glimmer Mist to dye it the color I wanted it.

Here is a handy tip: Mist ribbons and embellishments in an old magazine. The glossy paper keeps you from wasting as much mist as you would on regular paper or a cardboard box. When you are done, you can just rip out the wet pages and throw them away. Easy Peasy.