Flower Ball

This is my first attempt at a flower ball making the roses from the new Cricut cartridge from Close to my Heart, Art Philosophy.  I used 2, 12X12 pieces of cardstock.  My first flowers are a little too tight, as with practice they loosened up.  I cut the roses at 3, 2.5 and 2 inches.  I got the pearl pins at Michaels.  I know that I saw something like this but I can't locate where. 
If you haven't been to Mandy Leany's blog lately, she has a tutorial on how to make the roses.  Her blog is My Passion for Scrapbooking, she does awesome work.  I want to be her when I grow up. I don't know how to include a link so try to google it or look up my last e-mail.