Polymer Clay Roses ~ Tutorial

 

Today I am sharing another Alice in Wonderland page that I created.  Just like last time I wanted to pick a scene that is not commonly depicted in art so I selected "Painting the Roses Red."

 

 

I had a better idea how to make this theme work for two reasons.  I knew Alpha Stamps had a wonderful image of Alice with the cards and I had already tried my hand at Polymer Clay Roses. 

 

 

Instead of telling you how I created the entire piece I am going to focus on the Polymer clay roses, for more information about how I did the other steps just leave me a comment and I will get in touch with you.

 

Supplies

Polymer Clay

Oven/Toaster Oven

Paints

Brushes

 

 After you have softened your clay by squishing the mess out of it (yes that is all very technical) form about 10 or so small balls. 

 

 

Next you want to flatten out those balls.  I do this by just pressing them in between my fingers until they are oval shaped.  Also, try to keep the thickness of each fairly close, the thinner they are the harder they are to work with. 

 

 

This step may take you a few tries.  That's fine (hell it took me about a million and then my little sister showing me what she was doing).  You want to roll one of the ovals tightly to form the center of your rose. 

 

Kind of pinch one lower corner of the oval and roll it towards the opposite sides middle.

 

 

It should look something like this.

 

 

Now it's time to start adding the petals.  Pick up another oval and affix it to your center so that the top of the oval is slightly higher than the center.  Then gently press the bottom of the oval (long ways) against the center until the oval is entirely on the center.  Do not worry if it overlaps or is short. 

 

 

To make it look more petal like carefully pinch and pull at the edge that is sticking out above the center.

  

 

Attach the next oval so it is slightly above the previous one and starts a little bit before the previous petal ended.  Follow the same procedure explained above to attach each petal.

 

 

Keep working your way around until you like the way your flower looks.

 

 

Your flowers will not be exactly the same.  Which makes them look more natural.  Bellow I have two full flowers I made in the same sitting and one rose bud.  To make a rose bud just keep everything tighter and attach fewer petals.

 

 

When you are shaping all your roses follow the polymer clay manufacturing instructions to bake. 

If you over bake a bit and they turn a little brown that's fine because you are going to paint them.

 

 

I used 3 different shades of pink, spritzed this with walnut ink and then sprayed it with a high gloss sealant (just because I wanted a shiny finish).  You can paint yours any color combination.

 

I hope my instructions are helpful, I know explaining this can be a bit tricky.  I've created a video that may help.  Please excuse the kids, wandering husband and nosy cat. 

 

 

 Thank you so much for visiting my blog.  I hope you have a great time creating your own roses. 

 

Now onto some fun stuff. 

It's a giveaway with everything you need to make your own Alice page!

Collage Images
Roses (unpainted)
Ribbons
Leaves
beads
Mini playing cards

And they will all show up to one lucky winners home nicely packaged. 

How to win???
Leave a comment with the following
1. Name
2. Way to contact
3. MOST IMPORTANT, that you want to be entered in the giveaway.
Winner will be announced Wednesday

  September 12th

 

 

 

Good Luck and thanks for visiting.