I have always loved jars. I have jars (not a jar collection, you must understand) of various sizes and shapes, and I have a vintage button jar with inherited buttons which the grandchildren like to play with (who needs toys?).
Think of this for inspiration.
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I found a Mason Jar free clip art on the net and experimented with getting stuff in it.
First I tried photographing jellybeans. This was fun, but I had to do it fast because they kept disappearing ...
For this one I made a shape card using the jar shape and filled it with my photographed jelly beans. I did this by printing the jellybean photograph, then overprinting with the jar clip art, then cutting around. Then sticking it to a base card and cutting it to shape, then tracing around the shape and cutting inside the lines to make a shaped insert and .... whew!
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Then I filled this one with purchased
liquorice paper ... After taking this photo I covered the single sweet with Tim Holtz Clear Rock Candy which made it look sort of crusty-glazed.
Much less fattening than the jellybeans.
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And then a couple filled with
coffee ....
mmmmmm..mm...m
and my photograph of cashew nuts ... brown card cut with decorative scissors and sanded to distress.
Imagine my joy when I discovered this Hero Arts sentiment stamp!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0iHRGN8mtsjNvs0TCnvdF6bOJSyxOR43Wv7zl_HkDAjNmlrgxI5Es0tap_ZnfW6DZ_dFGn_eRP1yO0ClIXN4Np7GyN-j8xG3kpCPFB7d_6-lNBQNQd7pJEq-ddHYEex4yVVkZxxQ8Bs/s280/SweetSnakes+Jar+CG0513.jpg)
......my photograph of Snake Sours ... unfortunately these kept diminishing too.
I used clear glitter on the cutout sours to make it look like sugar.
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Some spiders I photographed ... one of the models crawled onto the card. The background was embossed, smooshed with embossing ink, then clear heat embossed.
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And lastly, what I set out to do - my button collection in a jar. At least these are sugar- and fat-free!
I hope now maybe you'll look at things in jars in a different way.
Cheers,
Carol
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