Punchcraft Paper rose and rosebud tutorial by Dr Sonia S V

1. by Dr Sonia S V
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2. by Dr Sonia S V
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3. Materials required
Thin paper
Craft punches
Scissors
Glue
Embossing pad or Mouse pad
Embossing tool or Rounded end of pen
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4. •Place the punched flower on a mouse pad /embossing
pad
•Emboss the punched flower using the embossing tool
or the rounded tip of a pen.
•Drag the tool from the edge of the petal inwards
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5. To make a rose bud you need 2 flowers
embossed into a cup shape
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6. Cup one punched flower as shown
with the petals overlapping
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7. Overlap & cup the petals so that one edge of the
petal is inside a neighboring petal and the other
edge is outside its neighboring petal
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8. Cup the overlapped petals
to close the flower into a bud

9. Release and let it spring open again

10. Apply a little glue on the
edge of each petal which is
being overlapped atop by
another so that on cupping
again the glue portions fall
inside the rosebud
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11. Alternately apply a ring of glue on the
inside of the petals and cup them into
shape again

12. Cup the flower petals back into a
bud giving a rolling movement with
the fingers-be gentle so as to not
squish the bud
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13. On drying the inner bud is formed
.If glue stains are visible outside
sponge with red ink or even ignore
as another layer of petals will cover
it
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14. Apply glue on the center & on the
lower half of the petals of the 2nd
punched flower and stick the bud
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15. Cup the outer flower onto the inner bud .Overlap
its petals too if desired. Hold for a few seconds for
the glue to dry applying pressure at the lower part
of the bud as shown
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16. Your rosebud is nearly ready
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17. Make a calyx for your rosebud using a pointed petal
punched flower from green paper
Cut in between 2 petals to the center of the flower
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18. Emboss the flower into a cup shape
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19. Optional–Pinch the tips of the petals.
Apply glue on one petal and stick the
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adjacent petal over it
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20. When an adjacent petal is stuck over one
petal you get a 4 pronged calyx
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21. Apply glue inside the calyx and
stick over your rosebud
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22. Rosebuds
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23. To make roses use 5-6 punched flowers or
even more if you want a fuller flower
Emboss all the flowers into cup shape
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24. Make a rosebud with 2 of the flowers. Apply glue
on the center and lower half of all the petals of a
3rd flower
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25. Wrap it around the rosebud

26. You get a fuller rosebud now. Keep
layering flowers in a similar fashion to
get a fuller rose
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27. Mini Rose /Bud made with 4
flowers
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28. To flare the outer petals you can apply glue just at
the center of the outer most flower and layer the
rose over it

29. Apply glue only in the central part of the outer flowers so
as to get a bit of flare. Stick the bud , cup and hold for a
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30. Thank you
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