If you’re like me, you’ve got a stash of bottle caps, scraps of Christmas paper and odds and ends of Christmas embellishments laying around. All you need to add is a canvas, some paint, some dimensional adhesive and a little creativity and you’ll have a cute Christmas decoration.

You’ll need:

Canvas (for this project I used a 6"x8" white canvas purchased at an art supply store)
Christmas themed patterned paper
11 bottle caps
Dimensional Adhesive
Circle punch to fit your bottle caps
Small embellishments and rub-ons
Paint
Stamp (optional)
Strong adhesive or hot melt glue

Punch 11 circles from your patterned paper. The circles should be a size that will fit inside your bottle caps. I used the readily-available "soda bottle" size caps. There also are larger bottle caps available, for which you’ll need a bigger canvas. Once your circles are punched, place them inside the bottle caps with a small bit of adhesive to hold them in place. Then cover the paper with dimensional adhesive. You can fill the cap as full as you want, just remember drying time. I only put a thin coating over the paper to seal it in, because I wanted room inside the cap for additional embellishments.

Set the caps aside to dry. This may take overnight – do not rush it. You will know they’re dry when the adhesive is totally clear. If you test them with your finger and they’re not dry, you’ll have a fingerprint in your finish. Trust me on that.

While the caps are drying, paint your canvas. I chose a green metallic paint to give my finished project a little shine. While the paint was still wet, I stamped with a dry, swirl-image stamp. This worked as a "resist" and removed some of the paint. You can also wait until the canvas is dry and stamp with a coordinating ink. Or, you may decide not to stamp on your canvas.

After your bottle caps are completely dry, add embellishments to them as you wish. I used rub-ons, 3-D stickers, beads, glitter, clear stickers, and a metal snowflake charm.

Once you have completed embellishing your bottle caps, arrange them on your canvas and adhere. I used hot-melt glue. Any strong adhesive that will stick to metal and a painted surface will work.

Embellish your canvas as desired.

I added some embroidered snowflakes, a few present stickers and a ribbon trim around the outside edge of my canvas to finish it off.

Products used:
Patterned paper (Basic Grey, Blitzen and Dasher)
Dimensional Adhesive (Ranger, Glossy Accents)
3-D Stickers (Mary Engelbreit)
Stickers (Sandylion, Miss Elizabeth)
Rub-ons (Making Memories)
Charm (Making Memories)
Paint (Delta)
Bottle Caps (unknown)
Embroidered Snowflakes (Hirschberg Schutz)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech, Project Pro High Temp Glue Gun with Ultimate Glue)

Variations: Replace some of the patterned papers with punched photos or use buttons inside the bottle caps. Really, the sky’s the limit.

Have fun with this and I look forward to seeing your take on this cute project.

ScrapFriends articles may not be copied, in part or in full, without the permission of the original author. Links are always welcome.

See more of Chris's work in our gallery.
Read Chris' biography.