Linda Israel

Multi-Media Artist

Today I’m smashing bottle caps for a project.. It’s kind of fun, and it’s a great way to take out frustrations.. You don’t have to think about much while smashing the caps.. I’ve had a huge bag of bottle caps for a couple of years, waiting for that perfect project… I’ve decided what I want to do with them, but in order to use them I mush smash them first..

A while back I remember reading somewhere that I could smash them using my old Sizzix die cutting machine and a Sizzix converter.. I played around with what cutting pads I had and figured out the best solution for me…

Again several years ago, tired of spending so much money on cutting pads/plates I sought out a local plastics vendor and picked up some sheets of plastic and cut those down to be small enough to fit through my sizzix sidekick.. Just so happen that I had enough of these that I could use these for my bottle caps and not worry about messing up the other plates… So I made a stack of one of my plastic plates and a sizzix clear plate and pushed the cap under the converter.. Down went the handle, pulled everything back out and the bottle cap was stuck to the plate.. Duh turn the cap over so that the rough side was up silly.. So after prying it off of the plate I tried it again and smoosh it went…

I decided that I wanted these to be really flat so I picked up another on of my plastic plates and made a stack of two plastic plates and one clear so I had three and ran the cap through the machine again.. Smash again, ah that’s what I’m talking about! So I spent an hour smashing bottle caps, methodically, push it in, down goes the handle, pull it out, add a plate, back into the machine, down goes the handle… I’m sure anyone watching would be wondering what is she doing, has she gone mad? Well yeah a long time ago, what does that have to do with today? lol…

Back to smashing bottle caps I think I have two or three hundred of these things and I need them flat. lol..

Make today a great day!

Linda

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