Let
me start by asking a question that has popped up a lot lately. Yes,
we will be getting back to the garage building project. It has just
been too hot here to work on any large projects lately and now that
it has cooled off (at least for the last few days) I have so many
things that I have to get caught up on. As soon as the weather is
more comfortable and I get caught up with other things we will work
on it again.
Now
on to today's project! This week I decided to look through the
complimentary projects over at PaperMinis again. I love Ann's
projects and I was in the mood for something quick and fun to do
today. Since it is still summer I thought the dolls might need some
cans of coke to keep them refreshed.
It
is really easy to take advantage of these free projects all you have
to do is go over to the Paper Minis site (link here) and sign up for
the free newsletter. In every newsletter (usually toward the bottom
of the page) is a link to the library of these free projects.
Most
of the free projects come in 3 scales: dollhouse (1/12th),
Barbie (1/6th) and American Girl (1/3rd) this
is the smallest scale but all the scales go together pretty much the
same way. You will need to adjust the size of the punch to cut out
the tops and bottoms of the cans in other scales Or just use scissors
for this step.
The
projects come in the form of a PDF that you can download to your
computer so you can print it out. The only real secret to printing
these is to make sure your printer is set to print as “borderless”
(it might be called something different on your printer but it should
be similar. On my printer I go to the preferences tab to tell it
this. If you skip this step your things you print out will not be the
correct scale for your doll.
I
used plain, cheap white cardstock this time. You do need something of
about that weight for the box. You can use a glossy paper but
sometimes the ink will crack on glossy paper.
After
you have everything assembled just give your cans a coat of a gloss
finish and the box a coat of satin and you ready to display.
Be
sure to check out the links at the top of this page to all my other
blogs so you can see what else I have been creating and doing.
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