There are many reasons to create a card - like celebrating the end of the local recycle-truck drivers strike. During the strike I discovered that the dress from the just-released Lady Dancing Die Set 98394 is perfect for upcycling your lightweight sparkling water cans. It's not the first time anyone ever diecut metal cans...but these cans were just waiting for the perfect dress die to come along!
I've used cans from Cascade Ice Citrus Twist, Pomegranate Mango and Lemon Lime flavors - from my Woodinville Top Foods - for this card. The tiny silvery ballet slippers were diecut from the barcode section of the can. The cans are great for diecutting birds, flowers and butterflies too...and they'd be cool for "green Christmas" ornaments. It's addictive once you get started - and you'll look at juice and water cans in a whole new way.
Carefully trim the cans, then diecut the dresses from the beautiful graphics on the cans. Cut the shoes from the can's barcode section and attach them to the lady, cut from Parchment Cardstock. Stamp Distressed Garden Record G1848 on Mango Distressed Dots with Seattle Sky ColorBox Archival Dye Ink. Trim the cardstock and ink the edges with Seattle Sky.
Diecut the letters to spell "choices" using the Parker Lower Alphabet 98363 set and Dill Cardstock. The letters can easily be separated for diecutting - but I'm keeping the set intact for now so I don't lose any letters. Attach the letters to a piece of Key Lime Cardstock.
Attach everything to a 5.5" square card of Mango Cardstock using a combination of double-stick tape and foam dots for the lady and dresses. The natural curve of the metal adds a nice dimension to the dresses.
Have fun with this project...think of the many ways you can recycle and use your dies! View the Memory Box Collection of dies here...
