G45 BY THE SEA: SHIP IN A BOTTLE

This is the third project using Graphic 45's By the Sea collection. I wanted to do a ship in a bottle but since my chubby fingers couldn't fit into a narrow necked bottle, I decided to recycle a pickle jar. Even with the extra room, it was still a little bit of a challenge for my pudgy hands. But I'm happy with the results.

I constructed the boat origami style and then attached

the pretty blue check papers. I used a dowel for the sail

and did a lot of fussy cutting. I love the little boy images.

They remind me of my own sons. :-)

The top and bottom of the jar is wrapped with twine and 

I attached a pretty crystal bobble for the knob at the top.

For the "ocean" I used blue cellophane, cut into strips and

melded together with my heat gun. I was able to insert the boat 

without glue because its just tall enough to reach the top

and bottom of the jar without being crushed. 

I used one of the chipboard tags from the collection, a 

Tim Holtz compass piece, an anchor from my son's toybox,

and assorted roses and shells. I cut a fence from some corrugated paper

using a Tim Holtz On the Edge die.

Blessings,
Melissa