Pop Can Light Shade

Ingredients

* Sissix Bigshot Plus

* Sissix Bigz Die 'Garden Flower' to create the flowers

* Sissix Bigz Die 'Gerbera Daisy' to create the leaves

* Spectrum Noir Blue 'TB9' & 'TB6'

Eye Pins Silver 2 inches

Jump Rings Silver 8mm

Needle Nose Pliers

* Collal 3D Glue

Cheap 4 tier Acrylic Crystal Lightshade

* = Items purchased from www.hochanda.com

How To

1. Aquire and strip down a cheap 4 tiered lightshade

2. Collect, Cut and Clean alot of coke cans *****WARNING they are sharp, take care to avoid cutting yourself

3. Use your Sissix Bigshot and the 2 Bigz dies and cut the cans with print side up....u will need alot, 1 leaf for every arm of the lightshade and 1 flower which = 2 large petals, 1 small petal and a small circle

4.Colour the cut outs as follows. Leaves = TB9, Small Petals = TB9, half of the Large petals TB9 and half TB6 and the small circles TB6.. Also Colour the clear acrylic crystals on both sides with TB9 or TB6.

 

 These 6 pictures show the layers for the flowers and leafs etc.

The Layers are built as follows

1. Innermost arms of the Tier: Leaf,eyepin, flower, eyepin, crystal, crystal, crystal, flower, eyepin.

2. Next Inner arms of the Tier: Leaf,eyepin, flower, eyepin, crystal, crystal, crystal.

3. 3rd layer arms of the Tier: Leaf,eyepin, flower, eyepin, crystal.

4. Outermost arms of the Tier: Leaf,eyepin.

5. Work from the inner most layer outwards to avoid becoming tangled, use glue to secure where u feel necessary.

 there is a pleasant tinkling noise from the cans when it catches a draft or breeze

The Finished Shade