Showing posts with label fish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fish. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Free printable! Tuna can pack of three

Remember that post in which I made some tiny tuna cans with wrappers?

Here is the new and better version: tuna pack of three!


Same as I did with the individual wrappers, I scanned the life size version of the 3-can-packet, cleaned it, reduced it and printed it to wrap 3 tiny silver tuna cans:


 The wrap measures barely 2 cm:
 

 
I am in love!  If you want to make this project, here you can find the tiny cans, and here you can get the free printable to download and print.  Bear in mind you need 3 cans for each wrapper.  And if you don't want to buy them, you can make the cans with polymer clay or foamboard.
 
As always, please feel free to print as many times as you like, gift them to friends and pass the file along to anyone (links back are nice too!).  Just please do not sell the file or your creations.  Thank you and enjoy! ♥
 
People in this scene really like their tuna!

 

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Something new, never done before

Following up with the Japanese scene, I had purchased a long time ago a kit to make a pond - with gravel, rocks, plants and fish.  However, the recipient was more intended for a garden or an outside scene, so I opted for doing an aquarium instead.

I was surprised when I caught myself thinking that Reutter boxes looked very much like an aquarium.  You just need to turn them upside down, both the clear plastic cover and the base:


Reutter box without the brand paper

... and turned upside down

It didn't take me long to design the aquarium.

I was nervous about mixing the resin for the "water", but I had brought home graduated cylinder to help with measurements.  I had to do 40 ml of water and that was too much for a couple of 5 ml syringes, which was what I had at home.  It turned out OK, and I poured the mixed resin in the aquarium:

I was hoping the fish would float, but it didn't happen...

Still, I love the composition!

I set everything apart so the resin would settle without incidents.  This morning I checked up on the tank, and I noticed that the resin had yellowed a bit, but not too much - it looks a little like murky water, but still everything can be seen clearly:


I am very happy with it.  My furniture is still stuck at Customs, so I have rescued an old table to put it on until the new ones come.