Valentine Roses

I have a Valentine to share with you today, but it's not a card.  I haven't done anything 3D in a long time so I made a treat for Valentine's Day.  I have an 8 month old baby, which means I have lots of those rectangular plastic baby food containers.   I just can't seem to throw them away, they sit in a bag waiting to be used.  So I challenge myself to make something beautiful out of one to justify my stash!

So, what do you think?!  Can you tell this was once a container of baby food?  I must say that I am very pleased with the final result.  Who wouldn't love to get some yummy candy hearts in a lovely container like this!  I used the new Spiral Flower Die to make the roses that are the center of my design.  The die cut makes the rose making process sooooo easy!

The roses are made from Real Red card stock, I cut a quarter sheet for each.  To disguise the lid I added a doily that I gathered and ruffled.  The two roses are hot glued at the base to hold them together and then hot glued to the doily.  Surrounding the roses are two Baked Brown Sugar leaf sprigs that I die cut using the Secret Garden Framelits.  The final touch is a spray of Soft Sky flowers, each topped with a pearl.

The container itself has a 1" wide layer of  paper from the Fresh Prints DSP Pack.  The final touch is a Soft Sky bow that hides the paper seams.

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