Roude Léiw - Red Lion

The Roude Léiw (Red Lion) is the national symbol for Luxembourg and Simon beer is one of many beers made here in Luxembourg.  I always used to take a few bottles over for my dad in Australia - dad enjoyed a beer and as my youngest son's name is Simon it was a little joke between us.  The "bottles" were actually aluminium, not glass so I was less worried about breakages in the suitcase!

I made my bottle using the word processor and MFT Soda Bottle Dies.  I cut and layered up several of the bottle die cuts.  I punched a small hole for a brad in the bottom most bottle.  I then punched a much larger hole in 3 other die cuts, to sink the brad head and then lay the printed bottle on the top.  I added some glossy accents to the completed bottle to give it even more dimension.  Now the little bottle spins on its little checkered table cloth - though I wouldn't recommend doing this with a real bottle unless you've drunk the contents first! 

I spelt out the sentiment with die-cut MFT Bottlecap Letters on die-cut MFT Bottle Caps.  This embossed brick wall helped create the appropriate pub atmosphere I was looking for.

At Let's Squash it Challenge #4, the theme this month is Animals and Embossing Folders.  Since the Simon beer logo is the Red Lion, this is the animal I've gone with.   I picked up the embossing folder at Action and I think the brand was Craft Sensations - there was no title on the folder itself and the packaging is long gone!

The Male Room Challenge #146 also has an Animals theme so I'm entering there as well.

I'm also entering January's Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

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Kate