Creating colored paper bouquets is a very exciting process. You can make amazing compositions from paper roses. You can use the buds to decorate postcards or gift envelopes. But how to make a rose out of colored paper? There are several ways, let's dwell on some of them.
Which color paper should I choose?
First, let's decide on the material that we will use. Colored paper should be thick enough, evenly colored on both sides. One-sided colored paper is only suitable if the wrong side is not visible on the finished product. The better and brighter the material, the more interesting the rose will turn out.
You can use double-sided printed paper. It has a suitable density and softness. Stationery stores sell whole sets with different colors of bright A4 paper for printing.
Colored corrugated paper is ideal for creating lush rosebuds. Texturecorrugated paper allows you to stretch the blanks of the petals, which brings the rose made closer to the natural one. The rough embossed surface resembles the texture of real roses. If you try, you can make a rose that will be difficult to distinguish from a real one.
Crepe paper is also used to make roses and other flowers. It is similar to corrugation, but has some differences: the texture of crepe paper is much thinner and softer, and the waves are smaller. From such colored paper, copies of natural flowers are obtained; it is possible to distinguish them from real ones only with a detailed study.
You can use tissue paper. It is very thin and light, so it is better to make small roses out of it, large buds will be quite difficult to make.
To make roses from colored paper with your own hands, you need to make a lot of effort. All actions are carried out accurately and efficiently. There should be no glue smudges or stains on the finished bud.
Necessary equipment and supplies
No matter what material you choose to use, you will need the following equipment:
- marking pencil;
- sharp scissors;
- stationery knife;
- PVA glue;
- glue gun, rods;
- wooden skewers or wire;
- ruler;
- brushes;
- paint.
Prepare yourself a place to do your work comfortably. Hands should always be clean, otherwise, when you bend light-colored sheets of paper, stains will remain. It is better to draw templates for cutting petals in advance oncardboard and cut out. For one voluminous rose, a large number of petals may be needed.
Remember safety precautions when working with equipment. The temperature of the glue in the glue gun is quite high, if used carelessly, you can get skin burns.
The easiest way to make a rose out of colored paper
If you want to make a product to decorate a flat surface, which can be cards, boxes, envelopes, etc., then you can use the following method of making rose flowers from colored paper: twisting a bud from a spiral.
For work we need two-sided colored paper. Randomly cut out a circle from the sheet, with a diagonal of about 10 cm. Now start cutting a strip in a circle, 1.5-2 cm wide, moving towards the center. At the end you should have a spiral. Make several of these blanks.
Let's start laying out the rose from the center. Twist the spiral tightly to form a tube, then lay the free end around the first curl so that there is a small gap between the turns. Secure the tip with glue. Also fix the base of the bud with glue. You can make the simplest colored paper rose in a few minutes.
The bud itself can be glued to the product with a glue gun, this is the most convenient way to fix it. Collect a composition from such buds and decorate it with paper leaves or twigs.
Appliqué paper roses
Application isdecorating the base with cut-out elements made of paper, fabric or leather. Figures can be flat or voluminous. We will consider the creation of a rose appliqué from colored paper with ink. The structure of this paper is thin, translucent, the sheet itself is easily deformable. The flower will be voluminous and lush.
The technique for making a rose appliqué from colored paper is different from working with other materials. To make the bud voluminous, it is necessary to use paper in several layers. If your rose is small, then one coat will suffice. Cut a strip of paper measuring 640 cm. Fold the strip in half lengthwise. Glue one edge to the intended location of the future bud. Start twisting the bud tightly and fix it with a glue gun. When approaching the edges of the bud, you need to make indents so that visually the bud seems airy and lush. In some places, you can create an accordion effect. Slightly press the edges of the paper, this will give the product a natural carelessness. Fasten the free edge so that it is not visible. If the colored paper rose flower is not lush enough, then add another strip of paper, place it around the edge of the bud.
You can use paper of different colors. Make the central part of the bud darker, the edges lighter. This contrast makes the artificial rose look realistic.
Origami roses
Origami is the art of folding paper figures. The display of an object using paper is rather schematic, but the execution process itself is veryentertaining even for adults. The photo shows how to assemble a rose from colored paper step by step.
For work, we need colored paper for red A4. We bend the sheet in such a way that we get a square, cut off the excess edge. We make four folds: horizontal, vertical and two from the corners. We fold the sheet in half to make a rectangle, and hide the top places of the fold to the center. You should get a triangle, which is shown in Figure 3. We bring the blades of the triangle to the upper corner, iron the sheet. We do the same on the other side.
Turn over the resulting square so that the blades are inside (Fig. 5-6) Bend the pockets. They will fix each other. We turn the workpiece over to the other side, and do the same. The rose is ready, it remains only to give it volume. To do this, blow into the hole, as shown in Fig. 9. If desired, you can bend the petals. The stem is inserted into the hole at the base of the bud.
3D colored paper rose
The production of this type of rose will require the use of two-sided colored paper for photocopying red and green. The patterns for the petals will vary depending on the desired bud size. To get a rose with a diameter of 6 cm, you will need templates 2.5 cm by 3 cm.
Make a template out of cardboard. To make the rose lush, you can use about 20 petals. Mark the outlines of the petals according to the template and cut them out of colored paper. Canmake small flaws and irregularities along the edges of the petals. Bend the edges of the petals as shown in the photo. Rose from colored paper will be more realistic if you give the petals a rounded shape.
The first central petal must be folded into a tube, the rest will go along the edge of the central part. Make sure they are evenly spaced. To fix the petals, it is better to use a glue gun. To make it easier to stick, they need to be slightly bent at the base.
When the bud is ready, we move on to fixing the leaves. They will go from the lower central part of the bud to the sides. You can make leaves with teeth, like a real rose. The simplest option for making sheets is shown in the photo above, but, if desired, they can be made more realistic by giving them a relief shape with a toothpick. Use a toothpick to imprint the shape of a Christmas tree that resembles the veins of a leaf.
How to make a realistic rose?
The most beautiful and "living" roses are obtained from corrugated paper. It is this material that is able to imitate the elements of a real rose as accurately as possible. To make a flower, we need green corrugated paper, for buds you can choose the color that you like best.
On a sheet of paper marks the contours of the petals, cut them out. Each petal must be prepared separately before fixing. Take the petal in your hands and lightly push the surface at the base of the petal with your thumbs. You will get a round hole. Tipspetals arbitrarily twist inward.
To make a voluminous bud, you need foil. Crush a small piece of foil so that a voluminous drop is obtained. Wrap it with corrugated paper, fix it with a glue gun. Now you can lay out the petals. They should fit neatly around the bottom of the bud, and the top edge will be free. As the petals grow, the shape of the rose will begin to emerge.
If you want to get a closed bud, then you can limit yourself to a few petals, for a lush bud you need 20-25 petals. In a bouquet of colored corrugated paper roses, you can use a combination of flowers of different sizes. Small closed buds and lush flowers will perfectly complement each other.
Stem and leaves for a rose
To make the stem, you will need a wooden skewer or floral wire. To give a green color, you can wrap our workpiece in a spiral with a strip of colored paper. Tape tape would be ideal. It is sold in art stores.
If you make a realistic rose, then one stem will not be enough. Prepare several pieces of wire 3-6 cm in size, and wrap them with teip tape. The stem and branches are ready, it remains to make the leaves.
The best option for making leaves is corrugated paper. Cut out the leaves according to the pattern. Take a toothpick and carefully make veins, pressing down a leaf with a toothpick, imitating a longitudinal vein, and the veins extending from it in the form of a Christmas tree. leaf endsslightly twist the tube. When all the leaves and bases of the branches are ready, you can start collecting twigs.
Start with the leaves. Take the blank of a small side branch, tape a sheet to it, and wrap it further, to the junction with the main branch. Thus, the entire branch is collected. You can use several leaves for one branch.
Decoration of finished roses
How to make colored paper roses more realistic and look like real flowers? There are some interesting techniques. If the petals look even and stenciled, you can crumple them a little, make bumps along the edge. To do this, you need to carefully study the location of the petals of a real rose, and then try to repeat the shape of the petals with paper.
Process the edges of the petals with a darker color. For example, if your bud itself is white, you can make the edges red. To do this, you need gouache or watercolor. The paint must be heavily diluted with water, otherwise the color will be too bright. The edge should be natural, slightly reddish. You can use pastel crayons, just dust the edge of the paper with crumbs.
Small drops of water on rose petals will look very nice. To create this effect, you need transparent silicone glue. Make a few drops, evenly distributing them over the surface of the bud. When the glue dries, it will create the effect of dew drops on the petals.
Use glitter to create shimmery and iridescent roses. Lightly glue the edges of the petals, the center of the bud with glue. smallSpray glitter over the bud in batches. When the product dries, turn the bud down and shake it a little. Excess sequins will fall off, the rest will be fixed along the edge of the petals.
How to use paper roses?
Colored paper rose craft can be used alone to decorate the interior. You can use the buds to decorate wedding accessories. Compositions of roses adorn the wedding treasury, glasses, family hearth, envelopes and other wedding-themed attributes.
Gift envelopes and handmade cards with voluminous roses on them look much more elegant and interesting. Paper flowers can be used to decorate gift boxes, photo albums. Vases glued with rosebuds all over look very nice.
Recently, photo shoots with large flowers, the buds of which reach 60-70 cm, are gaining great popularity. Bouquets of roses can transform any festive table, and curly branches with buds will decorate arches, walls and other elements of the room.
Paper roses can only be used indoors. When exposed to moisture, the paper will begin to warp and the composition will deteriorate.
In conclusion
With the help of different types of colored paper, you can create such buds that will be difficult to distinguish from real ones from a short distance. Paper roses can be used for composing, decorating rooms, as well as decorating banquet halls and organizing photo shoots.
