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Hi! So many of you have asked for help I thought I'd post my directions. Please, please keep in mind that I was just "winging it" as suggested by everyone who I contacted for help with these. I made them just 2 days prior to giving them, so I didn't have a lot of time for error or improvement LOL ! So... as you read over them and use them, please let me know of inconsistencies or unclear directions... or even if something just isn't right. I've reviewed them but another set of eyes never hurts.
E6000 can be found at any craft store like Michael's or Hobby Lobby. It's in a silver tube and runs around $7 (I think). It's thicker than super glue and when it's dry it really holds, it's clear, and it's acid free. It's also waterproof and can be painted. It adheres to wood, metal, ceramics, plastic, etc. I highly suggest keeping some on hand. Oh, and unlike super glue, you can use your fingers to apply it and not glue yourself to your project... or your other hand :shock: ! It just rubs off!
Wow this place is amazing!!! Thank you Marcia for the directions. I'm off to Home Depot to purchase my first paint can to make a gift for my very dear friend's 40th birthday. I searched for "paint can" in the forums and came to a post of someone else loking for these directions a few days ago and Jenn pointed them to this post from Marcia! It was posted back in May and here I am needing it in October. So cool! Everything you always wanted to know about stamping but were afraid to ask... :lol: :lol:
One quick question - does anyone know if O So Sticky Tape will work in place of carpet tape and E-6000? I don't have much time for experimentation - as always I've waited till the last minute to start on this gift :oops:
First, let me say hello and I am sooo inspired by everything I have seen on this site! I love the paint cans and thought about them all night! But, I can't for the life of me download the directions. I keep getting a blank page. I tried downloading other various attachments and had no problem so I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Help! I am consumed by this and must attempt making some cans for Halloween gifts. Please email me the directions or tell me what I am doing wrong. I thank you so much.
Thank you so much for sharing your paint can instructions. I have seen so many adorable cans done up in the gallery and have yet to try one myself. I may just have to try them. I am curious to find out where they are getting the poems for the cans? Thanks again
First, let me say hello and I am sooo inspired by everything I have seen on this site! I love the paint cans and thought about them all night! But, I can't for the life of me download the directions. I keep getting a blank page. I tried downloading other various attachments and had no problem so I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Help! I am consumed by this and must attempt making some cans for Halloween gifts. Please email me the directions or tell me what I am doing wrong. I thank you so much.
Stephanie
First - Welcome Stephanie!!!!!
Second - I also had trouble opening the file. Asked my dh for help. I had to right click on it, then chose "save target as" and saved it to my desktop. From my desktop I was able to open it no problem. HTH
Thank you so much for your directions, I have been meaning to post a question about this very subject.
Thanks again,
Tonya
P.S. Welcome Stephane!!! It will be your newest addiction.
I have found the E6000 glue at Walmart (back in the crafts area). I don't remember exactly how much it was but I'm pretty sure it was less than $5.00. Hope this helps. I use this glue to cover the composition notebooks. HTH :0)Kamie
Jami, thank you for the reply and warm welcome. Best of all, your directions worked! I did it just like you said and 5 seconds later got my directions! Yah! Now I'm off to the store when I should be emailing reports to the office!!! :P
Here's my paint can gift set. Really fun! Thanks Marcia. The MOST helpful thing in all of your directions was the fact that the lid to the Stampin' Mist was the size needed to cut out for the handle :lol: Seriously - that was a huge help!
Don't mean to sound dumb - but, I can't see/find any directions for the paint cans! Am I missing something?? Maybe DH didn't pay our on-line service bill and I am getting jipped of the good stuff!!!!
Hey guys...where did you get your empty paint cans? I have been looking to no avail. Please let me know as I would love to make one for my sister in laws wedding shower!
I get mine at Home Depot or Lowe's in the paint department. Don't forget to get the lid; sometimes they have them on a different shelf than the cans. ;)
I just found it...It is at the bottom of the first submission. You will see the paper clip and right next to that is the initials for the directions..Good Luck
I just explained on the next page..but I will tell you again..It is on the bottom of the first submission..You will see the paper clip and right next to that click on the initals to open the directions..good luck
Now I feel dumb....where's the link for the directions? Can someone email me with it? Does it automatically dissappear after a few days? I tried every link on here and still did not see it.
Peg - look at the very first post to this thread by suthnheart (from back in May). At the very bottom of her post you will see a paperclip and in blue you'll see "paint can directions.pdf"
Your paint can ideas are absolutely beautiful. OMG! I've only been a member of this site for a few months but I had to say THANK YOU for sharing your fabulous ideas and sharing your work. OMG, I can't get over how talented everyone is. I'm so inspired each and every time I walk away from my computer. I may just have to try this paint can gift idea for Christmas this year. Thank you again for all the inspiration.
Diane - Thanks!! I spend so much time on SCS I hardly have time to stamp! :lol: Hey, I see that you are at Vandenburg. My husband has to go up there for work sometimes. Please click on the link below my signature and join us for this So Cal get-together if you can. Would love to meet you!
Thank you so much! I'm with Jami; it seems I spend so much time on here I forget to stamp. And for some reason DH likes a clean house AND dinner ;) Sheesh! Of all the nerve
I would love to come down meet you all too, however I'm already going to be down there for halloween. My sister talked my son into being the "Tin Man" from the Wizard of Oz. Her kids are going to be the scarecrow, the lion and Dorothy, so PJ's been told he needs to come down and be "THE TIN MAN!" So I can't explain to my dh why I need to go down two weekends in a row. LOL When we first moved back to California (from the East coast), I was going down to my parents house (Claremont) every weekend. I think I spent about 2 to 3 weeks here at VAFB out of 4 months when we first moved here. And every time we had a 3 day weekend, we were down here. It was easy because my dh was in Korea for a year and my son wasn't in school. Now the drive seems so dull and boring. So maybe when you all get together again, I'll be able to make it. Thanks again for the invite.
jami- what did u do to solve the problem of the paper not fitting all the way around the can? I had made a quart size can (i don't have a scanner, so can't post a pic) for a wedding, so i put the poem over the "seam" but to me, especially when making a gift can like you, it would be harder to cover the "seam" as there isn't a poem or anything to go over it!! HELP! i was just wondering, because as these cans look beautiful from the front, the person receiving will of course see the whole thing, and may take away from the beauty if there is a huge gap! tia!
steph
p.s.
that is the most beautiful set i have seen in a long time, and this means a lot coming from me since i'm not much of a flower girl!
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oh, and i forgot to mention that oh so sticky tape does work, IF you cover all sides....like around the top and bottom, and then down the seam. that's what i used due to lack of supplies and time! hth
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Steph - I used 2 sheets of barely banana. There is no gap. They overlap just slightly and the 2 seams are right at the handle on both sides. Really isn't too noticeable.
I gave my friend her paint can last night. She loved it :o
Diane - I'm so sorry you can't make it! I do understand about the drive though! I'm not a good car traveler at all! But - you have until Nov 1st if you change your mind. DH could take DS to the Aquarium while we stamp
How very kind of you to post the instructions. I have been racking my braing trying to figure out the logitics of doing this as well as you clearly have. A million thanks to you.
Are the paint cans you get clean or do you have to clean them after you get them? This would be a wonderul idea for my two teens or Christmas!!
Just gotta get the stuff together! LOL Thanks!!
Renee Stewart
Renee: The paint cans are clean. I wiped mine down with a damp cloth as they were a little dusty from sitting on the store shelf.
I'm planning to make one for each of my sons as well as all of DH's nephew's and niece and put their Christmas gift card inside with a few other goodies. I think they will look pretty under the tree. They give away free paint can openers at Home Depot and Lowes for each one you purchase (I had to ask). I'm thinking that I will attach the opener to the paint can handle with a ribbon.
Directions for Paint Cans
