Altered Coaster (Frosted Designs Punch Challenge)

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This week at Frosted Designs, our challenge is to use a punch in our project.  Well, I don't have very many punches (I prefer using my cricut) but I have wanted to try this technique for a while.  I figured this would be a good time.

I cut the top and bottom off of a pop can (with a paring knife) and then cut up the side.  I flattened it out with an iron.  It didn't flatten out all the way, but when I punched out the flowers you can see they are mostly flat.  **Caution, the aluminum is very sharp so please be careful! 

I put three colors of alcohol ink on my dabber, dark purple, purple and gold, and dabbed the flowers.

You can see how the colors blend a little.  I went back and added more colors after the first coat dried.  It dries pretty quick!

Here are the flowers all inked up.

I took a coaster and traced it on the scrapbook paper, cut it out and adhered it to the coaster.  I positioned the paper to get the part of the design I wanted on the coaster.

I used gold ink on the edges.

I found this "love" from Home Decor and cut it out at 1" in a metallic black cardstock.

I added some shear ribbon and some clear gems and this is what I came up with!!