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I fell in love with Dawn McVey’s color combo this week and absolutely had to play along! The colors were Moss/Celery, Cream, Bright Pink and Dark Red. The only thing I changed was the cream to just plain white, it just seemed to work better with these colors — pops off of the card a bit more!

I also have been seeing these PAPER ROSES on a few people’s creations and needed to figure out how to do it myself! Here is how I did it:

1. On a small piece of scrap paper either draw (lightly) a spiral & cut OR just cut out a spiral

– the larger the spiral, the larger the rose (makes sense right?! hehe)

2. Tightly roll the end of the spiral inward.

3. Once you get all the way to the center, let the spirals loosen slightly until your rose is as open or closed as you like.

4. I used a small piece of adhesive to adhere the final end to the rose and then used glue to adhere it to my card (a glue dot would be perfect to hold the rose together!)

You will find that you will need to play with your roses to get them exactly the way you like them, but they are worth the try! So beautiful. I also sponged the edges with ink since the roses were white and I wanted them to pop off the card a bit more. Note: I suggest you do this before you roll it in. Another cute idea would be to dip it in glue after rolling it up and then dipping it into some glitter, gotta try that one!