The roses I have been working on

[Angel135612]

Okay, I now have 8 roses made... it only took me 2 days to make them. Cutting them out was the easy part.
I used 3 colors of stamp pads on them, starting with yellow, then a pinkish color, then a red color on the edges.. got a nice looking orangeish color rose. I think I need to find different shades of green for the leaves, not real happy with those, but over all, I think they turned out really well. The more I made, the easier they got. LOL

The vase is one we bought a few years ago at the glass blowers at the Ren Fest... and I just never got around to putting anything in it.. but it was too pretty to leave there.

I still need to get some sort of floral foam, to put in the vase, so the roses will stay put, and I want to get some ferns or babys breath to add to it. But I wanted to get a picture of them posted, because I thought they turned out so well. I may make a few more roses for the vase, but wanted to wait until I got the foam and ferns to see how many more I would need to make a nice arrangement.

I used some tiny gold beads for the stamen, because I had those on hand, instead of what Penny uses. (Styrofoam shaved and colored like the flower soft stuff). I may have to buy some styrofoam and try that out one of these days.. but didn't want to run to the store to get it for these. I also think I may use a little bit thicker wire the next time I make some.. this wire seems way to thin.. but I can add a little more to the base and just wrap it with floral tape if I need a bit more stability.

My Roses Vase.jpg

[shirltop]

Beautiful Diane!

[kathybessey]

Oh my goodness those are beautiful! I am so scared to try to do these kinds of things. I never know how to do the inking lol.

[Angel135612]

Thanks Shirl and Kathy!!

Kathy, Just remember that flowers are not all the same, so they don't have to be colored evenly... there can be some light spots or darker spots... it's nature!!! The best thing to do, is just DO IT... the very first roses I made from Pennys files, were small, and didn't have a stem. I wasn't sure what I was doing, but they still turned out nice. Do some "testing", just make small ones, play around with how to color them, until you are happy with the results you are getting. If you are making them small, you won't feel like you are wasting paper if they don't turn out as well as you would like. And even if you don't like how you colored them, put them together anyway, that will give you practice on gluing them. I know I wasn't too pleased with my very first roses, but at the same time, for a first attempt, they turned out rather well... and each of these that I made, turned out better than the one before. I just need to get faster at making them... 2 days for 8 roses is a long time.. now granted, I didn't spend ALL day on them, and it probably was only 5 or 6 hours total, but again, I know what I'm doing now, so I should be able to go faster when I need to make more.

I did increase the size of the file, and was able to cut out 2 complete files from one sheet of 9 x 12 watercolor paper. Penny says she just uses the Georgia Pacific paper now, but I had the watercolor paper, so figured I would use that.

[Phyllis]

Diane, those are beautiful, gorgeous, fantastic. I need to try those sometime.

[YorkieMom]

Wow!! Those are gorgeous Diane!! Great job!!!!
Susan

[corwins]

Very Pretty Diane

[PennyDuncan]

Oh Diane...your roses are GORGEOUS!!!!! They look real for sure girl!!!!

[JeannetteC]

Wow! They turned out gorgeous Diane!

[Gigi]

Those are beautiful Diane. I am terrified of those roses too - I tried one - once - and could not get mine to look right. Will have to keep practicing - like anything. They look so real.

[Angel135612]

Thank you Phyllis, Susan, Sheri, Penny, Jeannette and Gigi.

Gigi, you really do need to make more than one. The first one of ANYTHING never turns out, and you do need to just keep practicing. And there is nothing to be afraid of... Pennys files are so easy to cut, and watching her tutorials, while you are putting them together, she makes it so easy to follow. And like I said, the more you do the easier it gets. It still takes me awhile to put them together, but they are getting easier each time I make them.

Penny, I do have a question about them. When I resized them to make them larger, the part with the larger hole seems to be too large to glue to the sections that come before. Is there a reason that one of the petal parts has a bigger hole than the other one? Would it make much of a difference if both those were the same size hole? I'm assuming that since you made one with a bigger hole there was a reason behind it. But if I make that hole smaller, I don't want to make it too small if there is a reason for it being larger.
I also got the polymer clay tools you use, and that makes it so much easier to give that bit of definition to the petals. (got them at JoAnns with a 40% off coupon) it really amazes me sometimes how having the right tools makes the job so much easier.

[Gigi]

I know Diane - Penny just makes it look so easy and I want what I do to look like hers - talk about unrealistic!!

I will practice - not giving up. It's on my LONG list of things to do.......I love her flowers - oh heck - I love everything she does!!

[Thyme]

Diane, those are amazing!

[anne anthoney]

These are absolutely beautiful

[rachellann]

Angel love the roses

[Retta]

Diane, they look awesome! I use to have some real roses that color. I just had a hard time keeping that particular rose bush alive! now I can make some.

[PennyDuncan]

Thank you Phyllis, Susan, Sheri, Penny, Jeannette and Gigi.

Gigi, you really do need to make more than one. The first one of ANYTHING never turns out, and you do need to just keep practicing. And there is nothing to be afraid of... Pennys files are so easy to cut, and watching her tutorials, while you are putting them together, she makes it so easy to follow. And like I said, the more you do the easier it gets. It still takes me awhile to put them together, but they are getting easier each time I make them.

Penny, I do have a question about them. When I resized them to make them larger, the part with the larger hole seems to be too large to glue to the sections that come before. Is there a reason that one of the petal parts has a bigger hole than the other one? Would it make much of a difference if both those were the same size hole? I'm assuming that since you made one with a bigger hole there was a reason behind it. But if I make that hole smaller, I don't want to make it too small if there is a reason for it being larger.
I also got the polymer clay tools you use, and that makes it so much easier to give that bit of definition to the petals. (got them at JoAnns with a 40% off coupon) it really amazes me sometimes how having the right tools makes the job so much easier.

Hey Diane...the reason I made one of the wholes bigger is so that when you glue the "middle" bud you'll be "seating" it into that layer then the smaller holed one goes below that then the solid one on the bottom......so the flower base will be fairly flat...does that make sense???????

[Angel135612]

Yes, that makes sense and that is what I thought. It just seems like the hole is too big when increasing the size of the petals. I may play around with it, and reduce the hole a tad bit when I get ready to make more of this same size.

I couldn't find any babys breath to put in with the roses, or any rose leaves, but I did find some ferns that look pretty good with it. Will take another picture in the morning with the greenery, as it does make a huge difference in how they look.

[kathybessey]

Cannot wait to see the update to these with the greenery Diane!

[Gramof8]

Beautiful Diane!