I finally had a chance to play! It's been a minute with a lot going on the past month and a half or so. I popped in Dollar Tree last week and found these cute bottles. Sea glass looking with the twine and the bee. Had to get! For whatever reason, they remind me of Saguaros which are blooming like crazy right now so that was my inspiration for these.
Supplies
- Sea Glass Bottles (Dollar Tree)
- Embossable Metal (Amazon)
- Die Cutting Machine (Analog...used my Cricut Cuttlebug)
- Floral Die (Tim Holtz)
- Glue Dots
This is the Tim Holtz cutting die I used. I've had it forever and still get tons of use from it. On the left is the roll of aluminum embossable metal I've had in my stash.
My can't justify getting a newer one Cricut Cuttlebug because it's a workhorse. Lots of brands make similar and as much as I enjoy my crafting tech, sometimes analog is the way to go!
These bottles are so cute!
I cut the embossing metal to size to fit the die, then ran it through the Cuttlebug. Originally, I planned for this to cut the metal as you would paper but this proved a bit too thick. It embossed the metal nicely so I just finished by cutting around each flower layer with scissors.
Then I attached each of the layers using Glue Dots.
To finish, I put two more Glue Dots directly onto the top of the bottle and then attached the flowers. If I decide to use the bottles / flowers differently, they come off easily.
I remembered how much fun metal embossing is so I'm off to work on another project I'll share when it's done!
