A few weeks back, I mentioned a book I had ordered on Amazon called Create Colorful Aluminum Jewelry. There is a simple flower bracelet project inside that inspired me to create my own versions. This project is inexpensive, green, quick, easy, and you will love the outcome!
You will need:
- metal shears
- Aluminum cans in desired colors, empty, washed with soapy warm water, rinsed and dried
- E6000
- Small Craft Punches in flower shapes
- Metal hole punch, or hammer with nail and small scrap of wood
- 5 or 6 mm jump rings, flat or chain nose pliers, 2 pairs
- Clasp for closure
- Sizzix and embossing folder, or embosser of your choice
Here is what to do:
- Carefully cut a flat sheet to fit emboss folder from can. You may want to wear gloves for this part as the shear cut edges of the aluminum can may be sharp (I have yet to cut myself, but it does look scary)
- Run flat sheet through embossing machine
- Use paper punch to punch out shapes from desired areas of can. You will have to cut away the negative area as you go to get to un-punched, colored areas of the can on occasion
- I like my bracelets to be double sided, so I punch out double the amount I need for desired bracelet length, and glue shapes back to back with E6000. Use the same can or an entirely different can to have a reversible bracelet (the purple and yellow bracelets pictured are one reversible bracelet)
- When double sided pieces are dry, you are ready to punch holes for jumprings. I use a hand held metal punch, but you can use a simple hammer and nail on a block of scrap wood to create the hole as well
- Attach jump rings and closure and you are finished
***For the orange one, I attached 2 jump rings to each flower
What do you think? Are you using your cans in creative ways? In case you missed it:
LOVE these colorful bracelets and the fact that you are recylcing!
Johnnie you are a Sizzix ninja! These are adorable 🙂
Those are super cute!
How cute are these. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Shirley! They are super fun to make.
I love them all! Great job!
suzy
Fantastic project! Would love it if you’d take a moment to drop by my linky party and join some great crafters from around the world!
LOVE these … am sharing where I can (FB, Pinterest etc) 🙂
Hi,
Love this idea………..I punched some flower shapes out of soda cans last summer, made some earrings, but the edges of the flowers are kind of sharp…………did you sand or file your edges at all?……..Thanks,
Eve
Hi Eve. Thanks for the question. I didn’t have sharp edges on mine, but filing is what I would do if they were sharp!
Love this project!! Can you tell me if the embossing step is crucial? I don’t have an embossed and was just going to do it without…. Think that’s ok? Thanks for posting!!
You can absolutely make a great bracelet with this technique without embossing. I have done that and it is really cool.
Awesome! I’m going to try it today! Thanks =)
Hi:
I loved your bracelet so much I ran upstairs and made one this afternoon. But my edges are razor sharp. I read thru the comments and saw you filed them smooth, I tried that but still have even sharper edges I swear. Any other hints you can give me?
Hugs,
Vicki
What are you using to punch the shapes. My local “HOBBY LOBBY ” says that paper punches will not hold up to punching soda cans
Friskars paper punches (which I have found at Hobby Lobby) are just fine. Maybe they aren’t marketed for that, but they totally work.
Those are so fun!
They are wonderful! But I may have problum in dealing with the materia…
i love these ideas you came up with , they are soooooooooooo cool
these are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
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