Upcycling A Can

My mum passed me an aluminum can the other day and told me she wanted me to do a simple deco for her to put her office pens. Hmmmm... simple......? Not quite possible~ I had to do something cute! Something complicated! So she won't throw it away after using for a few months! So i went ahead to choose the animals that she loved!

Lawn Fawn Critters In The Farm are perfect for this!

Gesso-ed the background. Painted it with blue and green acrylic paint. Stamp and copic color the images before cutting them out. Great challenge was arranging them and rotating the can again and again so the images look "logical". I mean, i won't want to see 2 rabbits side by side... haha!

Next, i applied tons of mod podge to seal the images onto the can. Had to press them down before moving on to the next image because the can is round and the images kept popping up while the glue is wet! Kept telling myself "Patience.......".

And so, ta-da! Love the vibrant colors and cute animals!

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Favourite CNY Goodies

I've printed these photos a few weeks and have been holding off because i was working on other bigger projects (which i will share with you in the next few entries!). Can you imagine the struggle i had because i knew what i wanted to journal and what title it would be and how simple it is going to be as well!

So all i had to do was to find a sketch to kick start this layout. But i happen to find 2 challenges under my radar having a similar sketch feel. So based on Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesday Sketch #41 and Scrapbook Circle May Sketch Challenge, i begun my advanture!

Just in case you don't know... Other than visitings, small gamblings and reunion dinners, the snacks on the guest's living room table is not to be missed. I ate the above 3 items almost everyday and item no.2 is not easy to buy. Somehow, i can't find alot of people selling the honey coated cornflakes only. It always came with biscuits under it, which i don't like! So one day as i was roaming around facebook, i found my friend taking a photo of the honey coated cornflakes because she had just baked it! I thick-skinnedly requested to have it during our reunion dinner and she brought a container full of it! However, everyone at the reunion dinner didn't really like the sweetness of it so........ i thick-skinnedly took the whole container home to eat!!! *Evil*

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