Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Twilight Sky Altered Can

Here is my attempt at altering a tin can. I painted the can with a few colors of deep blue acrylic paint to make this twilight sky. I then tore a leafy patterned paper for the bottom of the can for the ground. I added some distress ink to deepen the color of the paper. I then tore a black paper for the sky. I thought the berries in the paper lent themselves to the bird theme of the can. I hand cut the all the flowers and leaves from another patterned paper. The moon was cut from gold paper and the stars are tiny, flat-backed crystals.

For the bird, I used this stamp from B Line Designs and stamped it on red, gold, taupe, and black paper. I embossed the bird on the black paper only with black embossing powder. I then cut out each piece as needed and paper pieced the bird, which I attached with a foam square.


This photo just shows the inside of the can which I haven't touched yet. Looks like the outside used to ;-)
This is the back of the can. I cut a house shape out of brown polka dot paper. I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the gable roof. The egg stamp, from Invoke Arts, was stamped on a robin's egg blue paper and used as the hole for the birdhouse.


Sideview of the can. To finish off the can, I coated it with four coats of Mod Podge in a glossy finish. TFL!

7 comments:

  1. gorgeous! The details are fantastic!

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  2. I just came over from two peas - love your project - it looks great! TFS!

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  3. I want to again say Lisa that this is STUNNING!!!! I posted it on my blog with a link to here so anyone whos stops by my fuzzy blog will know to come on over. I'm still dolling my can up a bit and it's starting to look a little more fun. Hope to get it posted next week! Thanks again for the inspiration. :)

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  4. I heard about your through Fuzzy Slippers.
    This can is adorable.

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  5. Lisa - bravo for starting a blog! Congrats on getting published too! Fab can! Can't wait to see what you do next. Fun to chat today! xoxo

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  6. Love this can- such a beautiful sky you painted! LOVELY!

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  7. Such a fabulous altered can. The fact that you paper pieced the bird is fantastic as seen by the results.

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