Cross Box with roses

I made a cross shaped box for a friend.

The box it self is not pretty. It is sort of plain.

I added handmade roses & leaves, ribbon, and rhinestones to make it have more beauty.

I thought that was very symbolic of life.

To picture an old weathered wooden cross is not that pretty on it's own.

In Jesus's day, it would have been a symbol of corporate punishment. Similar to an electric chair, it was what the Romans used to put "criminals" to death.

When we talk about the "beauty of the cross", we refer to the beauty that Christ added.

His loving, self-less sacrifice to die for us. Especially since He had done nothing wrong.

By His death, burial, and resurrection paid the price for our sins.

When I look at a cross, I don't just see two perpendicular chunks of wood.

I see the love of God demonstrated by Christ's sacrifice.

That make it a thing of true beauty.

I used Penny's rose cut files for this project.

Refer to this post for a few more details.

I did something different with the colors this time. (Although it is hard to tell in this picture)

I cut the roses from a dark red cardstock then used Barn Red & Frayed Burlap distress inks to color the edges.  It is beautiful in person ;)

The leaves were cut from dark green and inked with Forest Moss distress ink.

    

Here are the

Cut files for Cross Box

The rose files are from Penny Duncan Creations

the leaves are mine and can be downloaded here.

just leaves

I also added ribbon to the sides of the box lid. I used Zots to hold the transparent ribbon in place then added red rhinestones on top of the Zots to hide them.

Hope you enjoyed this project and post.
Even more, I hope you see the true "beauty" in the cross.