Lavender in Mason Jar

Hello Paper Gardeners.  

One of the new die sets in Susan's new Victorian Garden release is the  Mason Jar and Lavender.   Lavender is such a great die set to have because it can be used alone,  in a bouquet or arranged in a container.  In this die set,  Susan has included a mason jar and  I have a tutorial here on how I created it.  

To begin, die cut the Mason Jar out of watercolor paper. 

Cut a piece of double sided adhesive to stick to the back side of a piece of acetate.

Tape the Mason Jar Die to the top side of the acetate and run it through the die cutting machine.  I had to fussy cut around the outline because the acetate I used was pretty thick. This was not hard to do  The acrylic will make the mason jar look like glass.

On the left is the mason jar with the double sided adhesive on the back.  The backing paper is still on the adheive.  On the right is the mason jar die cut from watercolor paper.  The design embossing shows up well on the watercolor paper.

To make it look like the jar has water in it,  I used Stormy Sky Distress Ink.  The watercolor paper was spritzed with water.  The ink pad was pressed on my glass work surface,  then lightly spritzed with water.  The brush was wet.

Brush the ink lightly over the lower half of the jar.  Dipping brush in darker portion of the ink, draw a circular area on both the top and bottom of the jar.  Allow this piece to dry while creating the Lavender stems.

Create the lavender stems.  Use several shades of purple ink pads and rub over a piece of Susan's Specialty cardstock.  You can brush or sponge ink on the cardstock if you want. You want a variation of color for the flowers.  Add ink to both sides of the cardstock.  Use the lavender flower die and die cut all the flowers.  Shape with the small ball stylus, which is in Susan's Flower Tool Kit.  Die cut the stems from either 100 lb card stock or watercolor paper.  It needs to be a heavier weight cardstock in order to hold the flowers.  Color green.  Add the lavender flowers to the stems.  

Glue the stems on top of the watercolored mason jar.  I cut a few extra stems and glued at the bottom to make them fit down into the water.

Remove the adhesive protective sheet off the back of the acetate.  Press the acetate over the mason jar with the flowers.  Press it down well with a bone folder but avoid the embossed area in the middle.  

I used one of Susan's stamps for the quote.  It was gold embossed, fussy cut, and attached with a foam pad.  Fine gold cording was tied around the neck of the jar and tied in a bow.