Monday, April 12, 2010

Rosebud Tutorial

As promised, here is the tutorial for making the rosebud using the Two Step Bird Punch from the latest mini catalogue:

Step 1 - Cut a strip of green cardstock (old Olive used here) about 3 cm (1 1/4") wide, this will save your cardstock and make rotating the 'hole' possible.



Step 2 - Insert the strip of cardstock from the right hand side of the punch and punch as shown above - you need the hole the end of the tail leaves.



Step 3 - Turn the cardstock over and insert fron the left hand side of the punch with the 'tail hole' in the window for the wing as shown above.



Step 4 - Punch a wing only from red cardstock (Real Red used here) and adhere the green wing with the hole in it over the red wing to form the calex of the rose.



Step 5 - Punch a leaf from the green strip and  adhere just the top leaf over the rose as shown above - et voila, you have a rosebud.

To see the rosebud used on a card go to this post.

I hope you enjoy making your rosebuds and as always, comments motivate me to write tutorials :-)

Have a great day
Lynette

21 comments:

valita said...

great idea...

Carla said...

Oh, I love it!!! I knew it could be done. Thanks so much, I can't wait to make one. I seen so much in this punch other than birds and leaves. *smile* Hugs,

Unknown said...

Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

Tilly said...

So Cool! Thanks for showing us how to do it too! Write more, write more :)

Unknown said...

That's just cool! Thanks for the tutorial on making these.

karson56 said...

that is super creative. I am impressed.

Anonymous said...

Brilliant Lynette! Thanks so much for sharing your tutorial---keep writing them. ~Blythe in Mi Wuk Village, CA (mountains)

paige said...

Love this idea! TFS!

Donna Schafer said...

OM, that is one of the most clever things I've ever seen! TFS!

Yapha said...

Wow! That is so clever!! Love it!

Oma said...

Found this on Pinterest and just tried it - worked like a charm - thanks for sharing!

LLynn McCoy said...

What genius! I just found this today and tried it. I am making a whole bouquet to put on a card. Thanks so much.

kReN said...

Can't wait to try this. TFS! kReN

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pam said...

Great tutorial. TFS

Dorinda said...

Thank you, I really like this rose bud. Hope you keep making tutorials to share with us.

Unknown said...

Thankyou for sharing, I just tried one out!!! YAY it's feakin awesome, can't wait to use it on my cards.

Mary Katherine Knipp said...

Thank you for sharing. It's amazing what can be done
with the punches, beyond the original purpose

Unknown said...

Fantastic! I can't believe how you ladies come up with these ideas using punches that you think can only be used for one purpose! Can't wait to give it a go! Thanks so much for your creativity!

Lana said...

GENIUS!!!!!!

Unknown said...

This is a very very clever idea! You're a creative genius. Thank you for sharing and teaching us to make beautiful things.
Mamie