Crazy Tasty

I was trying to figure out a snappy title and then spotted "Crazy Tasty" on the Spam can..lol. I was truly inspired when I saw Jenn's FABulous altered spam can on Kiyomi Krafts. I asked my Mom to save her cans for me {I never buy the stuff but eat the stuff when my mom makes Spam Musubi}. I realize that there is a HUGE population that feels nauseous at the thought of Spam but maybe it's because I'm Asian? I know it's huge in Hawaii {back me up my Asian peeps, either living in Hawaii or living on the mainland}. Anywho's, this isn't about Spam but the container..lol.

This is truly an inspired project for me...the paper rosette is ala Angie over at schwooo! I have to say that Stampin' Up cardstock makes the construction of the rosette a little challenging...next time I'll use thinner DP. You can't seem to see them, but on the Amy Butler DP that I used to wrap around the can, there are tiny pomegranate colored flowers...that's why I used my Stampin' Up Purely Pomegranate stitched grosgrain.

How can anyone resist my new Hero Arts Japanese Dolls? I was actually fussing with the cards forever...really. I was trying to do something like Lisa Spangler's card on the Hero Arts Blog. I had to come to terms with the fact that her card is much larger than the 3x3 cards I was working with. It just wasn't going to happen. So I opted for clean & simple. I used Amy Butler solid celery textured paper and inked up my Stampin' Up Bamboo II with my Memento Pear Tart ink. The ribbon is ala May Arts....super clean & crisp!

I stamped the dolls with Memento Tuxedo black and then followed up the solid black areas with my black Copic marker. Their faces are colored in with Baby Skin Pink{e21} and their cheeks are Light Pink {rv21}.

My Mom gave me 2 cans on Christmas AND said that she wanted one back, decorated...I see how that woman works..lol. I'll be giving this to her on New Year's Day...oshogatsu...a day that we celebrate with tons of yummish Japanese food.