Coloring with Colorbox - 8 Step Rose

Happy Scrapping everyone.  I want to share a flower tutorial and how you can color regular plain cardstock with colorbox inks and get an amazing look.

 Supplies: Flower Punch of choice, Colorbox Ink of choice, Smooch, Embossing Tool

Step 1: Punch out 6 flowers

 Step 2: Smooch your punchout -

 (tip you can take the lid of and use a paint brush and paint on the color)

 Step 3: Ink the edges with  a darker shade of ink

 Just a look at what you should end up with after everything is smooched and inked...

 Step 4: Take a toothpick, paintbrush etc and curl each tip of the flower just like in the picture

 Look at what your flower should look like after all the edges have been curled

 Just different angle

 Step 5: Cup the flower with your embossing tool as shown above

 Image of the cupped flowers

 Different angle..

 Step 7: Layer the flowers and stagger each punch and glue.

I use a glue gun for a stronger hold - since I will not be using "stamens"

 Staggered and Glued Flower

 Step 8: Now bunch the flower in your hand by taking the petals and squeezing them up towards the middle

Aerial view of  what you will end up with a nice gathered simple rose

Colorbox Supplies Used:
Smooch Spritz - Red
Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Pad: Berrylicious

Other Supplies:
McGill Punch Tool Set
Gina K Cardstcok Bright White
McGill Retro Flower Punch
Glue Gun