Sunday, November 8, 2009

Smithsonian Roses

My blog header looked miserably barren so I tore into an old Smithsonian magazine and came up with these wrinkled roses. Here's how I made them: Find (or steal from your dentist's office) a magazine with colorful pages. My red roses were formerly a full page photo of tomatoes. The yellow one was a desert scene. Tear off a strip about 6-7 inches long and 3-4 inches wide. Use a pencil to help roll the strip beginning with the longest edge. Remove pencil and fold the strip round and round so it resembles the inner part of a rose. Put a little bit of glue to keep it in placed. Now tear more pieces from the page. Try to tear them into petal shaped bits. Glue them in place around the rolled up center. Add a leaf torn from a green photo. Fun, huh? Hard to stop making these.

6 comments:

Denise said...

Martha, your wrinkled roses look delighful! Thanks for posting your process. ~Denise (mmartfriends)

Jan said...

Love your crows and rose-es. I'm another mmartfriend.

Miss Moo said...

What delightful kitty toys!

Cory said...

Love the wrinkled roses...
Thank you for visiting my blog and for the lively comment.

Jules of Whimsicalnotions blog said...

wow i love those Roses how perfectly imperfect they are,I will have to have a go ! Thanks for the directions.
HUgs
Jules

Martha Rose said...

Jules - I love your 'perfectly imperfect' description. That's Exactly what I was trying to achieve. Coming from an artist of your stature, I'm doubly appreciative. -- Martha Rose