Repurposed roses

I've created this technique before, but it bears repeating. As always, I must thank Lynn at Her Creative Spirit for the tutorial from which I learned this technique.

Supplies from back left clockwise:
Tissues
Tacky glue
Wax paper
Paint brush

To those I added rose petals my neighbor had thrown in the trash, along with a bit of baby's breath and one of the leaves I spray misted on Wednesday.  I first laid down some wax paper, then a pleasing arrangement of the flowers.

Next, I laid a single layer of the tissue (my brand had three layers) over the flowers and leaf, then saturated the tissue with watered down tacky glue.

Be careful that you don't press or push too hard, or you'll tear the tissue, as you can see I did.

I decided to make a second piece, since I still had plenty of rose petals.

For this piece, I began with a sheet of hand painted paper, then added the wax paper.

This time I tried to be more careful when I added the tissue and glue mixture.

Here they are after I cut the wax paper and tissue to size, and

this is what they look like after they dried and were sewn around.

Today, Day 5, I took flowers and leaves directly from my neighbor's dumpster, and turned them into art. I suspect I would also be remiss if I didn't wish Magaly G a happy birthday, since she let me know it is today.  Let me know if you have a birthday this month and I'll mention it, too.

Edit: Leida asked a question in the comments, and when I couldn't find her blog, decided to update this post.

The order in which these pieces are made are (for plain piece like the one on the right above) wax paper, flowers or other embellishments, tissue and glue.

The order in which the piece on the left was made are cardstock background, wax paper (glued to card stock), flowers or embellishments, tissue and glue.  You can also add glitter at any stage, too.  Thanks for asking Leida.