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It’s not as if I murder every plant I touch. Let’s just say, if you needed some information from one of your tight-lipped Rose Bushes or thought your Geraniums were skimming off the top, you could probably drop my name to get them to talk.
I don’t keep house plants except for a few sprigs of greenery that have been “propagating” in water for months, foolishly hoping they will wriggle their little root toes in dirt someday. But unfortunately, the odds are not in their favor. In this house, plants either survive on air or completely submerged in water. I mean, I have a reputation to maintain, after all.
In one hilariously bad decision early this summer, I decided to start a vegetable garden because I am just that malicious.
We made special raised garden beds, bought dirt and mulch, and lots of little leafy victims. But somewhere, under all of my good intentions,
I just started channeling my inner executioner.
Anyway, that was just a long-winded way of saying that I can’t get anything to grow in this planter, so I decided to improvise.
Step 1 – Cut and Flatten Aluminum Cans
This quick video will show you how I flatten my aluminum cans for crafting.
Step 2 – Cut Leaf Shapes
I started by cutting out some paper templates with leaves in several different sizes.
This is the plant model I am trying to copy.
You will note that it would rather grow wild in the scorching hot gravel living off water scraps from the other planters than have me care for it in my little tin torture chamber. But I digress.
For my design, I planned to use around 15 strands of leaves. And this plant sprouts the leaves in pairs. So I used about 15 cans to cut all the different leaf sizes.
Step 3 – Emboss Leaf Shapes
I used my embossing tool to “draw” a line down the
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