Gotta show off my can's

As I sat at my table the other day I knew that I needed to make a couple of paint cans - it was just hard to get started.  If you have not altered a paint can it is the easiest thing in the world to do.  I just think that I lost my mojo...

I've had some family issues that I've been dealing with and I think that it has helped drain my mojo.  But I didn't give up and it finally came to me.

Mom and I just purchased the large snowflake punch from SU and we love it!  I just have to think of other ways to use it during the year.

So you like?  I used my SU! set Frosty.  That set is a classic, I always go to it when I start a Christmas project.  The paper is from Bo Bunny and it is Cherry Pie Stripe and Red Polka Dot.  I used my nesties to cut out the image and the green layer behind it.  The smaller snowflakes are made with the Martha Stewart punch and I added a red sequin in the center.

I took the sentiment and stamped it in Glorious Green and added it to the green layer behind it.  Then I took it and kinda bent it around my fingers.  To get it to keep it's wavy shape I added a layer of pop dots and alternating tape behind it. 

Here is the green can that I made.

Same thing, just different.  The paper is also from Bo Bunny.  It is their Classic Christmas Dot and Classic Christmas Stripe.  Same as the other ~ Martha Stewart punch, SU! snowflake punch, nesties...

I did the same with the sentiment.  Some ribbon here and there and I was done.

I've got some Christmas cards in the works ~ I'll be back Monday with those.  Have a great weekend, and I might be back later with a digi page or two.

Frosty's can

There I go again with the titles...  I thought that this might catch your eye Ü

As some of you know I like to alter paint cans, and these I think turned out adorable!  I'm going to take these to the Christmas bazaar and try to sell them.  You can put just about anything in them, and who would not like to get a gift in one of these?

First I would like to say that I get all my paint cans from Sherman Williams.  I go there and they sell them for something like $1.50 each.  I have seen them at Lowe's for somewhere close to $3.00.  If you'd like to make one I'd try the local paint store first before the chain stores.

I stamped my image from SU! Frost set - a set that I will always use, he's so cute... and colored the image pieces with my markers.  I covered the can with DP from Imagine That, ribbon, foam snowflakes and crystal brads.  I cut out the image with my CB and my small scallop oval nestie and layered it on to a piece of Bliss Blue cs that I cut an oval out with my coluzzle.  I added some organdy ribbon to the sides of the image with a big silver brad.  I attached the image panel to the can with some big glue dots and I was complete.

This can is basically the same thing, just different colors.  I stamped the image from SU! Frosty set and colored it in with my markers.  I covered the can with DP from Imagine That, foam snowflakes, ribbon and crystal brads.  I cut the image out with my CB and my scallop oval small nesties, adhered it to a piece of Almost Amethyst cs that I cut out with my oval coluzzle template and added some ribbon and brads to the sides then adhered it to the can with big glue dots.

This is the side of the can.  I stamped the image also from Frosty with Almost Amethyst ink and cut it out like a banner.  I tucked the edge just under the image panel and used pop dots to make it look like it's waving. 

Well - I hope that you like this post today.  I like to find different ways to package things, to get some interaction.  One year my Father had my Mother's Christmas gift packaged in a soup can - that was so fun!

I wish for you all to have a super, terrific weekend!

On a can kick...

I wanted to share with you the paint cans that I've been making. I'm on a can kick again I think. I love making these and they turn out so pretty.
I do have to admit though that I can only find the notes for this can that I made. I used the Tea Party paper and the Time Well Spent stamp set. A little stickles here and there, some prima's and crystal brads and I was done.

I hope that they inspire you somehow.

My camera battery died so I will be posting your gum holder tutorial tomorrow sometime.

Have a great rest of your day!

I'm baaaack!!

Hello everybody. I'm back! I first want to thank everyone who has sent me well wishes and cards. That was very kind of you. I'm still sad, but time does help a little.

I've been keeping my mind and hands busy with some Christmas cards. I have an idea of how many I want to send out, and I've made more than I need ~ I think. Before I show you some cards I want to show you a picture of what Danielle made in floral class. I took the picture and it was on my camera for a few days before I put it in the computer, so by the time I got to it the flowers died so I could not take another picture ~ I'm sorry for the fuzzy photo but you can still see it.

Danielle made this in her floral class. It's a real pumpkin that they cleaned out and put one of those floral oasis' in (the green foam). Then they added all the flowers. The pumpkin top is still attached too with a large bamboo skewer. I thought it was really nice.

I had known for a while that I needed to make some items for Ricky's niece. She asked me to make some things for her co-workers for Christmas. Like a dummy, I waited and put it off and did not feel like making them right away. I do that. I wait too long and have to do things at the last minute. It kinda worked out alright. His other niece was visiting so I finished them and gave them to her to take back, that way no one had to pay shipping.

These really did not take long to make. Since I do not have the Top Note die cut I happened to have one already done (Thank you again Mary Beth) and I just traced it and cut it out with Baja Breeze cs. I think I was a little crazy when I thought dots would look nice around the outer edge ~ I had to make 10 of them. Yes, I was seeing dots in my sleep that night!

I stamped the image from Holiday Lineup and colored them in with watercolors, inked the edges up with Ballet Blue ink and layered it on to a piece of Pink Piroquette paper. I wanted something under that and it hit me, I had some large ribbon I did not know what to do with ~ so I added it under the image panel.

For the back side I computer generated the saying and used my Marvy Giga Scallop Circle punch to punch out a piece of Riding Hood Red cs. I added the white dots (didn't I learn the first time???) with my white gel pen and added the saying on top of that. Except for the dots it is a quick project.

She also wanted a paint can for a friend of hers in the americana theme. Well, I pulled out my 4th of July stamps and shot off a can. Paint can's are really very quick to make. They look more intimidating than anything. But once I know what I want to do on the can it's a fast process.

The can is covered with DP from Creative Imaginations and Reminisce. I stamped the flag image from Darcies and colored it in with my watercolors. The bell image is from Printworks, that's also colored with watercolors. The "ribbon" on the lid was a stamp that I've had for a long while and it was not marked, so I'm not sure where that came from? I added various prima flowers and crystal brads here and there to hide the seam and I was finished.

Tomorrow I will show you some of the cards that I've made. Here is a sneek peek:

Sorry for the long post, but I have been gone a while.

I will see you all tomorrow!
Hugs,

Joani

Some more of my can.....

Ok, I meant some more of my paint can's.....

Yesterday was a gloomy day and I really did not feel like crafting anything. But of course the true crafter in me just had to, so I did.

My SIL wanted a paint can made so she can fill it with cookies for the guy who came and fixed her A/C unit. Poor thing without air, in the humid state of Kentucky is no fun. On hot days I don't even come out of my shell!!! It can get so nasty hot here. Take your breath away hot. Growing up in California having 100+ degree temps is nothing to the 80 degree temps with humidity here. Just plain nasty I say.

Anyway, I made her a paint can.

This is the front view of the paint can. I used the SU! set Born to Ride for the images.

The paper is from EK Success. I took the vellum piece and layered it over a piece of Pumpkin Pie cs. The images were colored with my watercolor crayons, then I distressed the edges with my edge distresser tool. I took my black ink pad to it to give it a little rougher look.

I added some black grosgrain ribbon around the top and bottom of the can and some Pumpkin Pie ribbon around the center. It helps to keep the edges nicer looking :)

The stickers are actually stickers that I purchased long ago and they are from Jolee's. I randomly added them around the can.

For the top of the can I used my coluzzle and cut the different size circles from scrap paper left over from covering the can.

The emblem is another find from Jolee's.

I added an orange circle clip and the ribbon loopy brads to add some ribbon to the images to dress it up a bit.

All in all I think that it is still "manly" looking. The only reason why I added a couple of primas to the bottom of the can was to cover a ribbon seam. I like to keep all the seams covered up when I do a can or bottle. I think it looks a little nicer that way.

Remember the other day when I was working with the set "Feathered Hope"? Well, I found this card on my desk that I never finished. My desk was a total disaster area after making all that I made Saturday!

I had stamped this image from the Feathered Hope collection. I colored it with my watercolor crayons and layered it on to a piece of Not Quite Navy cs. I took a piece of beige paper (that who knows where it came from!) and took my Not Quite Navy pad and tapped it on to the beige, then layered the image on it. The DP is from TAC and it is from the Amberly Grace collection. I added a couple of eyelets to it and a couple pieces of scrap ribbon and I was done.

This card I made for my SIL. When we had a fun day over here last week she brought over Chinese food for us. It was so yummy. Kathy had got a good fortune and she thought that it was a bad one at first. Well, she wanted to save it. Of course the idea hit home with me the minute she opened the cookie.

The images used on this card are from the SU! set Asian Art. I stamped the Chinese writing in gold on to black paper. I stamped it again with black on to the red paper.

I stamped the geisha's in black and colored just parts of the image with my watercolor crayons. I swiped the Real Red pad around the edges of that panel before I added it to the card. I then stamped the cookie in Creamy Caramel and colored it in with my prisma pencil. I made a slit in the cookie so it looked like the fortune was coming out of the cookie. I'm sure she will like it.

Well that's all I have for today. I hope you all have a wonderful day! I'm staying in where it's cool :)

Hugs,

Joani

I've been busy, can you tell?

Yesterday was a busy busy day for me. I had to finish up some post it note holders that a lady wanted for the people she works with. I also wanted to make a paint can for my hubby's niece. Her sister is going to be here and I thought that I'd make it and send it back with her so I did not have to ship it. She wanted one to keep candy in on the counter at work. So that one I made with cute candy paper. Of course I was a little nervous because it was my first gallon size one and I only had 1 piece of the candy paper. It came out fine. And of course she does not like pink too much, but I did make it mostly brown.... I so hope that she likes it.

What do you think? Not too girly you think?

Then she wanted a can for her pens and such for her desk. She wanted purple and turquoise. Well, I did not have any turquoise paper so I had to improvise and use sky blue. So I made these items for her. The can say's "Tonya" and I used my cricut machine to make the letters for both the cans, the Base Camp cartridge.

The letter's on this can look like they are buckling up but they are not. It's the ribbon on the center of the can that makes it look that way. I used mod podge on the cans to help seal them. The letter's are not going anyplace.

On the back of the post it note holder is dark purple paper. I took some rub on letter's and spelled her name out then mod podged it to protect the letters. Everything matches too, of course!

Do you remember the other day when I said that I received a call from a lady who buy's from me at the Peddler's Mall? Well, she had a friend who wanted 11 of these post it note holders for Tuesday. She wanted them to say "Thank you" instead of "notes". So I finished those up and packaged them so they are ready to go.

She wanted 11 of them ~ 9 for females and 2 for males. The one on the end was the "guy" one. There is no flowers on it :)

Then I wanted to make a little gift for her to thank her for getting the post it note holders, so I made this.

I took one of the cases that the Angel Company stamps come in and used rub on's to decorate it a little. I took a note pad and "covered" it with paper and decorated it a little with some primas and a sentiment that I punched out with my word window punch.

I added a length of ribbon on the side to "attach" a beaded pen. I also altered a black clip and I was done.

I really got a lot done yesterday. I was pretty proud of myself. I stopped once to take my DD and her BFF to the Humane Society. Well, no not take THEM, but take them to go volunteer. Silly...... And I stopped once and ate. But I was pretty much sitting in the craft room all day. I guess it shows, huh?

I do have to apologize for not listing any of the papers that I've used. To be honest, I don't think I could tell you anyway. I have lots and lots of drawers packed with paper. I do have 2 drawers listed with TAC and SU paper. But most of them are just papers that I've picked up from here and there. I can tell you that the plain card stock is from SU! They are the only ones that I buy cs from.

Well ~ today I am off to visit with family. We are going to my sister in law's to visit my hubby's niece and her little baby. Ricky's great niece. Boy, I bet he never thought he'd have one of those. Time goes by so fast!! I can't believe that my daughter is already a junior in high school.

So I'm off ~ and take the time today to call or visit the ones who are close to your heart!
Hugs,
Joani

Good Morning Everyone. Sorry I've not been around too much, but as you knew I've been busy.

I thought that I'd post a picture of something that I was doing that is not related to the paint cans, first.

On my MSN site I've got a swap due for ATC cards. The theme is "seasons" so I thought what better set to use than the SU! set "Window on the World". To be honest I really don't think that I've used all the stamps in that set.

Ok, and yes ~ I did make more paint cans. Just 2. My SIL came over the other day and took one so I had to make another to put back....

But I made only 2. Really. I'm now done with my rack of stuff. I will take a picture later to show you the display. I've got a doctor appointment late today but hopefully I can get it over there and set up tonight. Can you tell I'm really excited??

Of course like a I said before all the items on the cans are pulled from just about everyplace, but I can tell you that the paper on this can is from the Anna Griffin collection. I used to buy a lot of her papers, they are so elegant.

I'm sure that many of you might notice this paper and stamp set. It is SU! and it is from last year I believe ~ the petals & paisley set. I got it out of the spring mini. Well I was going to put some pink grosgrain ribbon on the can and I noticed some ribbon that I had with the little dots that matched the paper on the can perfectly so I had to use it.

These are really all the cans that I have left. Now maybe I can get back to normal. If only I knew what normal is!??!

I hope to get a few things done today that I will share with you later. I've got a doctors appointment late today - and I'm waiting patiently (ok, not really) for Mr. Brown to bring my package of goodies from theangelcompany™. I see the truck in the neighborhood all the time early mornings and afternoons, but when I'm expecting something he does not come til dinner time. Why is that??? I'm like a cat on a hot tin roof waiting. I try not to think about it, but I keep looking out the front window - ALL day long. I think that they know that, that's why they don't come til late. Ugh....

And just a little reminder that there is only 6 more day's left for the Double Rewards promo that the Angel Company is having. Now's the time to place that order for double rewards like double hostess sets and double the 1/2 off item savings!!! So if you'd like to get in on those savings now's the time to do it. Contact me if you'd like more info.

I hope that you all have a wonderful day! I will be back tomorrow with more (No, not paint cans) but more of something :)

Just a few more, I promise!!!

Just a few more paint cans, I promise. I've got 6 total so I should only be making one more today. These are what I worked on yesterday. I hopefully will get these to the mall tonight then I don't have to worry for a while. Then I can go back to some cards for a while.

I did place and order last night with theangelcompany™ for some other items to alter. They have lots and lots of stuff in the catty to play with. I can't wait!!! Just stretching my "wings" so to speak :)

I have used so many supplies on these cans that my head spins just thinking about it.

I can tell you that they stamps are from SU! and the paper is from TAC™ and SU! Most of the ribbon is from Walmart and the flowers are from all over! For the Father's day can I used my punches from Marvy and friskars to make those and the little circles are made with a 1/2" circle punch.

So for today this is all. I hope that I've not bored you with the same thing for a couple of days. Hopefully tomorrow I will be back to creating other things besides paint cans.

Thanks for stopping by though!

Busy busy busy!!

I just thought that I'd show you what I've been up to this past weekend.

I've been busy making things to sell if you remember at a local Peddler's Mall. Well, so far I've got cards, small notebooks, post it note holders, pens and paintcans. I feel that there is still something missing - something more that I want to make, but I just cant put my finger on it. Of course it will come to me after I take this stuff down and put it in the booth.

These are some if the post it note holders and the notepads that I did. They of course have matching pens with them. For the bag toppers I am going to try my first attempt at making my own rub-ons. I think that I might put something like "a little gift from me to you" on the top. Or something to that effect.


There is so many different papers that I have used it's not funny. So I'm sorry if I can't list everything. BUT, I can tell you that the little notebook right here with the word "notes" in white and the one on the top picture in the middle have the papers used from the Catelynne collection from TAC™. That's one of my favorite papers I think.

Another of my projects was to do some paint cans. I will let you know that the cheapest place I've found paint can's are at Sherman Williams. They are just up the street from me. They are only $1.60 per can for the quart cans. I know the last time I looked at Lowe's they were $3.00 each!!

I wanted to show you an up close look at this can. I "colored" in the image with stickles. I thought that it gave it a cute little touch. The bee on the lid also has stickles on his wings ~ but the picture does not show it. I think I need a new camera.







Here's a look at the front's of the paint cans. I love the brads with the crystals in them ~ I don't use them too much on my cards because they stick out so much and I'm afraid of sending them thru the post office. I know to mark "hand cancel" on them but sometimes they still get damaged.

Well, I hope that you like what you see and I hope that it inspires you to create something nice today. I'm off to create!
More tomorrow.