Hi friends!
I adore using rolled flowers on layouts and Lori Whitlock has a ton of them to choose from. A lot of people are intimidated by them but they are so easy. Today I’m going to show you just how easy and stunning they are. The two I’m using are Rolled Flower 47 and Rolled Flower 39.
Cut your flowers. Mine are cut at about 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. If you want your edges inked, it is easier to do it now but you can do a little inking once the flower is finished also.
Remember if you are using 2 sided paper, the color you roll onto will be the color that shows. (the flower below is blue on the back, I want the yellow to show). Pointy tweezers are wonderful to roll these with but they are not necessary. Start rolling the outermost end. I like to roll the flowers tight so they keep their form.
Make sure when you roll you are keeping the bottom (the flat, inside edge) even with itself.
Top view of the start of the rolling.
Keep rolling the flower tight. It will look like the below photo.
The reason I like to roll them tight is they hold their form before being glued. Before I add the glue, I like to let them unravel. This is what I mean by they hold their form when rolled right.
Once the flower has unraveled, I add glue to the bottom circle. The best glue I have found to use is actually Glossy Accents.
I add a generous amount to the circle piece in the center of the cut and lay the base of my rolled flower over the glue.
I arrange my rolls until I like the look of it and place a heave punch on top of the flower until it dries.
When my flower had dried I like to rough the petals a little. Sometimes I will crumple the paper before I start to roll the flower to make it easier to distress the petals when the flower has dried.
I posted this layout a while back but it shows just how stunning rolled flowers look on a layout.
Close up of the flowers.
I also used 3D Flower on this layout
Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!
