Bottle Caps

I love bottle caps.  In fact, when I was little I collected bottle caps.  Back in those days soda came in bottles, so collecting bottle caps was fairly easy.  I envied Bert from Sesame Street with his collection of bottle caps and wondered if I wrote some fan mail if he would send me some of his collection.  At the local science center there was a huge magnet in a bin with thousands of bottle caps and I loved running my hands through the piles of metal lids.

Close To My Heart must know I love bottle caps because they sell them now:

 

They go along with the Cruisin' paper pack.  And although they don't still smell slightly like diet coke, they are just as fun!  

Not only can you use them on your layouts:

 

You can use them for the Cruisin' Car Game I posted earlier:

 

And for some more fun you can make them into jewelery!

I punched a hole in the bottle cap with my crop-a-dile

You cut/ punch a 1" circle to put inside the cap and glue it in.  Then I cut a flower using the cricut art philosophy cartridge at 3/4" and glued it in.  I added a jeweled flower and then made sure my hole went through the paper too.

Then I added some liquid glass to seal it all in.  I used some bakers twine to make the necklace.

 You can paint over the saying on the bottle cap using the pearl paint and some re-inker.  Or you can cut another 1" circle and glue it to the front with your design on it.  I tried stamping- those 1" hostess stamps are the perfect size- but the liquid glass makes it bleed.  You'll have to use staz-on ink I think or just don't add the liquid glass.

So go have fun with some bottle caps!!  And if you have some extra feel free to send them my way ;)

Cruisin' Car Game Instructions

Cruisin’ Car Game

For this project you will need: 

Cruisin' workshop on the go

My creations memory game

Cranberry Ink

Black Ink

Adhesive

Glue Dots
Cricut Art Philosophy

For the game tiles:

• Cut out 24- 3x3 pieces of the patterned road map paper
• Cut out 24- 3x3 pieces of cardstock (any color) for the back of the tiles
• Cut off all your zip strip borders from the paper in your Cruisin” paper packet.  Cut into 3” pieces.
• Cut out 24 game sayings
• Cut out 24- 1 1/2 x1 1/2 pieces of the patterned signs paper
• Cut out numbers 1-24 with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge
• Glue road map papers on the front of the tiles.  Glue the game sayings in the middle of the paper
• Glue cardstock to the backs of the tiles.  Glue zip strip pieces to cardstock, then signs paper squares, and then the numbers to the backs of the tiles.  (or decorate as wanted)
• File or ink edges as desired

For the game box:

• Ink all sides of the box with a sponge or just rub the ink pad on the sides with cranberry ink.  Ink a 2 and 4 chipboard numbers black.
• Cut out the gray lined patterned paper for the front and back 3x3 each and the top 3x 3 ¼
• Cut out the road sign patterned paper for the sides 3x3 ¼
• Cut out cardstock for the flap- 3 1/8 x 1 3/4.  You will need to trace the curve of the flap and then cut it out.
• Stamp tire tread on papers as desired with black ink
• Stamp “a road trip to remember”, “good times ahead”, “every mile a memory”, and the sign shape with black ink on white paper and cut out.
• Stamp car and gas pump with cranberry ink on white paper and cut out.
• Cut out strips of the gray striped paper to glue on the flap.  Cut out strips of the road sign paper (back of gray paper) to use glue on the top.
• Glue stamped images on cube.  “a road trip to remember” on top, “good times ahead” front lower right side, gas pump on side, car on side, “every mile a memory” and sign shape on back.
• Glue dot a bottle cap to the front of the flap.  Glue chipboard numbers to front so it reads “24 good times ahead”.

Car Game sayings 

Tile front

Tile back

Side

Top

Side

Back

Front

Open front

Hope you enjoy!!!