I Promised You a Rose Garden....

Remember the tissue paper streamer that Tessie dragged back from Vegas? She insisted that it would make lots of roses. I made 12 in the last hour. Not even a dent was made in the streamer......Rose garden anyone?
I haven't seen this particular method of rose making posted anywhere yet, but it is quick and easy in real life with crepe paper, so it should be semi-easy in mini.

I first learned to do this in sixth grade.....Long, long ago. The school that I went to had a "Rose Prom" for the eighth graders every year, just before graduation. It was up to the sixth, seventh and eighth graders to make thousands of roses from crepe paper to decorate the ugly gym. I am not kidding about the number. It was tradition.

Anyway, there were two ways to make them. The first was the traditional, single petal method. The second was this. By the time we had made so many, it got really tiresome and we just wanted to get them finished. One of the teachers came up with this method. It is like the gigantic Mexican paper flowers are done and much faster than the other method. The petals are done in one long strip.

For the mini version, I used my scalloped pinking shears. You could use any scalloped edge scrap booking scissors as well. I cut one edge of the tissue paper in a straight line with the pinking shears and then cut a straight side about a quarter inch away. I cut the scallops in groups of ten to a strip.

Then I put glue on the bottom half of three of the petals and folded that part back on itself over a piece of wire. Next I rolled the wire back on the glued part until I had what you see here.

The rest of the scallops get glue across the bottom and then you kind of scrunch that up as you wrap it around the wire.

It should look something like this when you run out of scallops. After it is dry, you can fluff it up and make the petal edges curve out naturally.

Next, I used a little sunburst punch for the part at the base of the rose. I cupped it and cut out about 1/4 of the piece and then twirled the 3/4 part around the base.

I punched out some leaves and cupped them. Then I stuck two to each stem on opposite sides. You can do more if you want to make it into a bush. I only used a few because Tessie wants them for a bouquet for her townhouse.

If I were doing bushes, I would use a lot more.

This method gets the job done in a flash and they look pretty good when finished. I hope you will have a go at it.

I may just have to make a few more at the Wednesday Witches mini meeting today. Got to go get ready now.

See you tomorrow.