A Jar Full of .......

Another interesting swap from ATCs For All!

My ideas sheet included, buttons, stars, etc, and I intended to stamp and cut the jar out of acetate.  I don't have any Stazon ink so had to use plain old black ... doesn't dry ..... guess how I found out!!
A Jar full of .... Elegance


I used some of my Gelli print papers for the backgrounds of all the cards, choosing various colours.  The Debbi Moore sheet had shades of green in it so I chose an orangey background. The jar was stamped across a small picture of the backgrounds, fussy cut and then attached to the background paper.  I used an image of a lady dressed in white but managed to get black ink over her dress so she had to go!  Luckily the design image I was using was of two ladies, I started all over again with the lady in black!  I fussy cut her out and attached her within the confines of the jar.  I added some silver marks across the card and around the edges, then outlined the jar details with a fine liner pen.


A Jar full of  ... Blessings
I used pale blue background for this card, stamped the jar in black ink and then stamped the sentiment within the jar. I stamped a second image on some spare card as a mask, fussy cut this and placed it over the sentiment.  I  added some stamped leaves using various shades of brown and green ink and various sized stamps.  I removed the mask and then 'touched up' the leaves with Promarkers and Gelpens.  I stamped a lid onto the jar and then used the Promarkers to colour the lid and ribbon.

A Jar full of .... Sunshine
This time I needed a background that would show of the yellow of the 'sunshine' so chose a dark fuchsia and blue background.  I stamped the jar on a separate piece of card and then punched lots of flowers and butterflies from some bright yellow papers.  I attached these punchings to the jar image, then trimmed them so that I could edge the jar with a black inkpad.  I cut a piece of patterned tissue paper, punched a pattern along the long edge and then folded this all up to fit along the neck of the jar.  I overlaid this with a strip of bright yellow ribbon and added a yellow diecut button in the centre.  Once the 'jar' had dried I attached it to the background ensuring that the edges of the 'lace' were attached behind the jar.  I edged this card with navy blue ink.
A Jar full of .... Buttons
This was the first card I made .... the idea was to have a 'glass' jar but not having Stazon ink, I had more ink than clear acetate!  Lol.  I gave up trying to fussy cut the jar, left the acetate cut to cover the card and stamped the image in the centre.
I chose some pastel coloured papers for my 'buttons, diecut an assortment and then attached them to the background card holding the acetate carefully over the card to check I stayed within the jar outline.
Now I had fun!  
My idea was to place the acetate over the buttons and cover the card completely...... I did it but had to hold my breath!!!!  I edged the card with a light brown ink to finish.
Now to post them off!