SORRY.....And a paint can!!!!

Sorry I have been the worst blogger ever.....I missed over a WEEK. **gasp** OK I have been making a bunch of altered stuff for the past two weeks, and I will be diligently posting them this week! I promise!!!! OK this can is for my friends swap on SCS. I got the can at home depot for $4 and its gallon size. First I measured and cut my paper to go around it. Then I laid the paper over the can and pressed down on the circles on the side so I would know where to cut them out. I used a 1" circle punch for this, creating a half moon shape where i had indented. It took two sheets to go all the way around the can! The paper was adhered with Modge Podge, cus I couldn't get the Tacky Tape to lay flat for some reason. Letters were cut out with my Cricut and Stamped with a swirl image(you cant really see it in the pic though). I adhered the pink ribbon with tacky tape to cover the seam between the two papers.

For the lid, I cut out a 5 1/2" circle with my cricut and adhered it with Modge Podge. I used my thumb nail to make sure the sides went all the way down, because the lid is actually about 5 1/4" Make sense??? Then I took some scrap paper and cut 2 circles out with my Nestabilities (one scalloped that i pierced, and one regular with I embossed). The finishing touches were some Liquid Pearls and Stickles in the flower centers and a sentiment stamped on scrap paper with some liquid pearls under it. Oh ya and some ribbon to the handle......Which BTW now that I look at it it defiantly needs some more!!!! Have a great day. I will be posting tomorrow so check back!!!!!!!

Details:

Paper: Imaginisce Loves Me

Ink: SU Real Red

Stamps: Studio G dollar stamp, Swirls by Stampendous

Other: Liquid Pearls pink and white, Stickles red, Nestabillities, Cricut, Paint can, Modge Podge, Tacky Tape, Random ribbon, and gems

Gotta love Target's dollar spot!!

I went to target today to peruse the dollar spot. I was hoping to find some goodies for my friends Valentines day paint can swap!!! I found a ton of stuff for gifts and some stuff to alter too. This came in a 2 pack in clear and black(I bought one of each and will be back tonight to buy a bunch more!!) They are just jumbo clips that have magnets on the back. Too cute I say!!!! This one took about 5 min to make. Card stock is Bazzil, cut with my nestabilities and punched with a paper piercer. The stamps are Studio G from Michael's. I used Stazon Stone Grey and Blazing Red inks. The ribbon is from my stash! I attached all of the layers together with foam tape for a little dimension, and adhered the paper to the clip with Tacky Tape. hope you like it! I'm still debating on if I like the ribbon or not. It looks plain with out it, but it kinda looks out of place. Any hoo. I am gonna try and be a better blogger this week. Life is slightly hectic over here! I plan on altering a bunch of stuff for Valentines day so check back for that. Also.....insert blushing here. In the midst of the Christmas chaos, I failed to send out my blog candy to Linda SS. It is going in the mail today, along with a Sorry-This-Took-Way-To-Long-Gift in the package. My sincere apologies for this Linda, I hope you can forgive me.