The Posey Box: Rose Collection

The rose is such a classic bloom, it’s no wonder that so many paper florists love creating this flower. We have three tutorials that will make three stunning varieties of rose and can be adapted to create something completely new with the skills you will learn.

This is your last chance to purchase our paper flower tutorials, as they will be archived after December 2. You’ll have lifetime access to anything purchased by that date.

Even better—save during our Black Friday Sale! Our entire collection is discounted until December 2.

If you are a rose lover, be sure to check out our Rose Collection. You’ll have access to three stunning rose tutorials for only $75 instead of $155. Save $80 on this collection!

Let’s look at what’s included:

English Garden Rose Tutorial

Learn how to create a classy English Garden Rose, including watercolor techniques from an expert.

What’s more classic than an English Garden Rose? Nothing, that’s what! Quynh teamed up with watercolorist Sarah Simon of The Mint Gardener to develop this tutorial. You’ll learn how to use two types of crepe paper, plus how to color and form garden roses petals and their foliage. We’ve got an easy method to paint and form those petals. Anyone from beginner to expert will love this DIY project! After you’ve created one, you won’t be able to stop. An entire rose garden can sprout from your mantelpiece as a stunning piece of home decor that will look fantastic year-round.

What you will learn in this tutorial:

• How to watercolor on German doublette with Sarah Simon of The Mint Gardener
• How to mix four basic watercolor colors to achieve a beautiful cohesive palette
• Basic paint brush strokes to create a variety of realistic petals and foliage
• How to make a unique, multi-layer petal center
• How to combine German and Italian 90gsm crepe paper to create depth and lightness in your paper creation
• How to miter your crepe paper to create rose foliages
• How to seamlessly add leaves to your rose stem

Paper used: German doublette crepe paper, Italian 90 gsm crepe paper

Level of difficulty: 3

The Climbing Rose Tutorial

Learn how to make a rambling, climbing rose that looks so realistic, you’ll expect it to smell as good as it looks.

To design this tutorial, Kate used real climbing rose vines cut from her garden as a model. You’ll learn to make roses in various stages of blooming: buds, just about to open, full bloom, plus an old flower whose petals look like they’re about to fall off. Just for this tutorial, we created an updated mitered leaf technique and a new way to use crepe paper to wrap the stem. You’ll be so thrilled with the results from these techniques, we know you’ll use them in future projects. 

What you will learn in this tutorial:

• How to make a rose bloom at any stage of its life
• How to make your own leaf template and make the leaves branch

Paper used: German doublette crepe paper

Level of difficulty: 2

Rose Tutorial

Learn how to make an incredible array of rose varieties and how to adapt these techniques to create almost any kind of rose you can imagine.

Take a walk through a rose test garden, and you’ll encounter an incredible variety of blooms. The possibilities for paper roses really are endless. With that in mind, our rose tutorial demonstrates how to create a variety of roses and gives you the technical foundation needed to make whatever kind of rose you can dream up. We cover botanical classification, the most important characteristics of a rose to focus on, and even include a tutorial for how to construct a flower crown.

What you will learn in this tutorial:

• How to use heavy crepe to make an ombre Hybrid Tea Rose with Inga
• How to make an Open Garden Rose with Quynh
• How to create a rose center using modeling clay
• How to deconstruct a flower and create your own template with the Garden Rose Deconstruction & Field Guide Usage from Priscilla
• How to assemble a fresh floral crown with guest floral designer Rachel Heath

Paper used: German doublette crepe paper, extra fine crepe paper, Italian 180 gsm crepe paper (Chinese heavy crepe paper can be used)

Level of difficulty: 3.5

Buy The Rose Collection before sales to these paper flower tutorials close on December 2.