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Technique Tuesday - Aluminum Can Embellishments

by Katelyn on May 6th, 2008

If you’re anything like me, you spend half the time you’re drinking your Arizona Tea admiring the can. However, cutting up aluminum cans is kind of like dancing on razor wire barefoot. It is a dumb idea and you’re going to get cut. I drink a lot of this tea in its pretty green and pink can, though. And every time, I look at the design and think what a shame it is to crunch it up and stick it in recycling.

So, today, I put on gloves and carefully cut the can open using tin snips. Good thing I was wearing long sleeves, since it snapped back on me once and snagged my shirt. I sat and stared at the can awhile and then started thinking about how the die cut machine kind of bevels the edge under. I grabbed my Sizzix machine and very, very carefully put the sheet of aluminum in place. I laid the dies out and rolled them through.

Perfect! And the edges are nice and smooth. I’m still not going to try dancing on razor wire, though.

Photo by me

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