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Altered Bottle:  Photo Bouquet

By Beki Ward
Hot Rod Roadsters
Advanced Scramper’s Team Designer

Supplies:
Empty Prima Flowers bottle
Cardstock (ClubScrap.com):
          Dark Green plain (April 2007, Generations kit)
          Berry plain (April 2007, Generations kit)
          Light Green plain (April 2007 Generations kit)
          Black plain (April 2007 Generations kit)
Rubber Stamps (ClubScrap.com)
          Scroll frame (April 2007 Generations kit)
          Cameo Vine (April 2007 Generations kit)
          Flourishing Vine (April 2007 Generations kit)
          Sentiment (April 2007 Generations kit, borders & background)
          Scroll frame (April 2007 Generations kit, great things)
          Frame & Flourishes (Stampin’ Up)
Ribbon (ClubScrap.com, April 2007 Generations kit)
Bamboo Skewers
Black Pigment Ink (ColorBox)
Clear Embossing Powder (Ranger)
Craft Blade (X-Acto)
ATG Adhesive (PennyWiseArts.com)
O’So Sticky Tape (PennyWiseArts.com)
Foam Tape or dimensional mounting foam (3M)
Glue Dots Mini Clear (Glue Dots)
Embossing Heat Tool (Milwaukee)
Color coordinated paper Prima Flowers (Prima Marketing, Inc.)
Color coordinated buttons (Autumn Leaves)
Floral foam
Floral Spanish Moss

Instructions:

1.      Using black pigment ink and the large frame stamp from the Frame & Flourishes stamp set, stamp image onto black cardstock.  Immediately cover with clear embossing powder and remove excess; heat emboss and set aside. 

2.      Using black pigment ink and the scroll frame stamp, stamp image onto a piece of light green and another onto berry cardstock.  Immediately cover with clear embossing powder and remove excess; heat emboss and set aside. 

3.      Using black pigment ink and the flourish frame stamp from the “great things” unmounted rubber stamp plate, stamp image onto a piece of light green and another onto berry cardstock.  Immediately cover with clear embossing powder and remove excess; heat emboss and set aside. 

4.      Using a craft knife, carefully cut out all frames close to the outer and inner edges of the image.  Add various “face” photographs and layer all frames/pictures onto dark green cardstock.  Trim leaving a border approximately 1/16” around the stamped image.  Using O’So sticky tape, adhere a bamboo skewer to the center back of each frame element and set aside. 

5.      Using black pigment ink and the flourishing fine stamp, stamp image four times onto dark green cardstock.  Immediately cover with clear embossing powder and remove excess; heat emboss and trim closely to the stamped image; set aside. 

6.      Using black pigment ink and the cameo vine stamp, stamp image onto a piece of berry cardstock.  Immediately cover with clear embossing powder and remove excess; heat emboss and trim closely to the stamped image.  Using a craft knife, carefully cut out the unstamped cardstock inside the cameo and mount onto light green cardstock. Trim leaving a border measuring approximately 1/8” and set aside. 

7.      Using black pigment ink and the “to LIVE…” sentiment from the borders & background unmounted stamp plate, stamp onto light green cardstock. Immediately cover with clear embossing powder, remove excess and heat emboss.  Trim and mount onto a piece of berry cardstock; trim again leaving a border measuring approximately 1/16” and set aside. 

8.      Thoroughly wash and dry the Prima flower bottle.  Using the stamped and embossed flourishing fine images and O’So sticky tape, mount around the bottom edge of the bottle approximately ¼” from the edge.  Repeat approximately 2” above.  Using foam tape or dimensional mounting foam, adhere the sentiment over the lower band and the cameo image directly above the sentiment onto the upper band. 

9.      Add a small amount of Spanish Moss inside the bottle.  Insert a piece of floral foam cut to fit through the mouth of the bottle and approximately ¾” of the height of the bottle.  To camouflage the foam, add Spanish Moss between the edges of the foam and the inside of the bottle.  Insert the bamboo skewers with the framed photos into the mouth of the jar making sure they are held securely into the floral foam.  Add ribbon bows, Prima flowers and buttons as desired.  Tie a larger piece of ribbon around the mouth of the jar to camouflage the lid threading.

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