Decoupaged Candle Jar w/ Handmade Roses

So I love to up cycle things around the house, amazing how pretty a pickle jar can become. 

I made  this for someone very special in my life, my kids grandma.    The little photo faces I added in the center of each bottle cap are of my daughters children, which are four of her great grandchildren.

I was able to go on a road trip over the weekend and deliver it to her personally and I am so happy that she loved it.

To start off with I cut down a pretty napkin to the size I wanted to fit around the jar.  I then ran it through my big shot with a pierced flower die to cut out the center of the napkin.  After I separated the 2ply and removed the second plain white ply I wanted to add a frame in the center.   I then used the same die and the next larger one up and cut the frame out of scrapbook paper.   I adhered the frame to the napkin cut out with wet adhesive glue before I began to Decoupage  the entire thing onto the jar with mod podge.   After I let it dry overnight I then used another die, Sue Wilson - Star Flower Cluster  for the pretty flower spray.  I cut in a tan color and decoupaged that on as well after spraying with glimmer mist.

I then used a different flower die to create the 3D roses implementing the Tim holtz tattered flower roses technique.  I sprayed those with perfect pearls.   Here is a link to a card I made using this same technique on a previous card.
https://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com/2017/09/3d-roses-birthday-card.html

I then added some crinkle ribbon around the top of the jar and added a bow to the front that I wrapped a little tiny premade rose in cream color around the center.   On either side of the jar I added some more crinkle ribbon hanging down that I hot glued underneath the ribbon that ran around the rim of the jar.   From each of the 4 ends I hung a flower that I created from a bodacious blooms flower die (HOTP)that I cut from a light pink card stock, with a pierced flower diecut stacked on top of that in a smaller size matching the frame from the front and then a designer metal bottle cap with a photo of each one of her great grand children that I topped of with a 1" epoxy dot.  I placed a candle inside the jar and voila.......

What a beautiful treasured keepsake came from an old pickle jar!

I will be adding to these fun challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes
DL.ART Thankful Thursday - Anything Goes
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #37
Jo's Scrap Shack - FFC #223
Cut It Up Challenge 142 - ANYTHING GOES!
Dies R Us Challenge #92 - Use Pastel Colors


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