Hello! Courtney here today and I am sharing a home decor project I created with the Pirate’s Life Collection and a few basic craft supplies. I’ve been wanting to create a ‘message in a bottle’ themed project with this glass bottle and the Designer Stamps and Dies along with the Pirate’s Life Collection were the perfect fit.
To create the message I first cut the X Marks The Spot Silhouette Shape with my Silhouette Die Cut Machine. I resized the file to about 2.6” x 2” so that the stamped message would fit nicely. After stamping the message with a stamp from the Ahoy Mateys 4x6 Stamp Set I distressed the die cut with a bit of ink to give it a nice worn and aged look.
To add a bit of interest to the outside of the bottle I stamped and heat embossed the ship wheel from the Ahoy Mateys 4x6 Stamp Set onto patterned paper. Then I fussy cut it and attached it to the twine with a couple of jump rings.
The little scene in the front of the bottle was created with a few of skull die cuts from the Walk the Plank Die Set and a palm tree die cut from the Sail Away Die Set. When arranging the die cut pieces in the sand my long craft tweezers came in handy.
Supplies:
Pirate’s Life “X Marks The Spot” Patterned Paper
Pirate’s Life “Pirate Flags” Patterned Paper
Pirate’s Life “Teal/Cream” Solid Paper
Pirate’s Life 6x6 Paper Pad
Ahoy Mateys 4x6 Stamp Set
Sail Away Die Set
Walk the Plank Die Set
X Marks The Spot (#80366) Silhouette Shape
Jack and Jill - Jack Enamel Dots
bottle
sand
twine
black embossing powder
brown distress ink
clear embossing ink
craft tweezers
heat gun
manual die cut machine
Silhouette Electronic Die Cut Machine
