Friday, August 7, 2020

Finally...A Rose for Miss.Bea Part 2


Oh, come on now...did you REALLY think this was going to end with me NOT cooking up the most fabulous rose I was capable of making to give to a 99-year-old woman???

Not that you'd be wrong in thinking that I fought starting the whole project tooth and nail. THEN, when it turned out like this, it sat in my studio for 5 days before I sent it! I almost didn't! 

To FULLY understand this post, you must read part 1. Oh. You didn't. Didn't have time, huh? Ok. Well, let me recap part 1 for you so you'll be caught up. 

Ready?


Miss. Bea
99
Ma's friend's Ma
Ma says make card
What like
Loves roses
I hate roses
made begonias
sent in time
decide try roses

And we're all caught up!

I went digging for rose punches and dies. I stumbled on Susan's Garden Rose Dies by Sizzix that I'd never used. 

I'll start by saying that while it's not brain surgery, you do have to build it petal by petal. Every petal needs to be shaped and rolled with tools, including tweezers. It takes time and, if you're like me and cuss like a sailor, then you can't work on it on a Sunday. 

Trust.

I decided to stay with a simple, pink rose. I always use a heavy weight paper for my flowers. SU! 85 lb is a staple. I'll shape the petal, then spray it with water and shape again then let dry. When all the petals are assembled, I go back and shape some more, then I spray them with at least 3-4 coats of acrylic spray (in the garage!!!) that has just a bit of shine to it. Then I shape again and let dry. 

Repeat spray

Let dry

 Laugh at everything due to unintentional inhalant high 

Take nap

Wake up grouchy

Refuse to part with project because it turned out so nicely and dang it! YOU WANT TO HOLD ON TO IT AND SHOW IT TO YOUR MAMA!!!

But never fear, it's now out of my life and into Miss. Bea's. And in a way, I'm kind of glad it's gone. Because I can totally forget I made it and slip back into the default position of "I don't do roses, sorry."




3 comments:

  1. You have done a lot of WOW projects but this one beats all! I can not even imagine tryting this let alone succeeding. This is truly incredible and deserves to be framed. WOW !!!!!

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  2. AWESOME and I don't use that word very often!!! You are such a perfectionist and it shows in every twist and turn of that gorgeous rose. Congratulations. You are a wonderful daughter!

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    1. Well, THAT just about made me tear up there Toni!!! I'm totally showing it to my mother to remind her how fabulous I am...she'll have to be impressed as it's A: Not ME reminding her of it and B: You are someone I do not know intimately, therefore your words count tenfold. Unless they are somewhat critical. Then they count around a -2. It's a complicated rating system, I know. But in all seriousness, you made my day and my heart appreciates you more than you will ever know. Thank you, Toni. Thank you so much.

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