Bottle caps are reappearing all over the craft stores this winter and are being used for home decorating crafts as well as paper crafts. I use bottle caps off and on as the mood strikes but this is my first time adding one to an LTC. Instead of purchasing bottle caps from craft stores I purchase mine by the bag from a local home brewing beer distributor. As I recall I purchased about 250 bottle caps for $7.00. I utilize my rubber mallet and I pound the back side lightly a few times to have the cap curl. After the cap is prepared I stamp, punch and emboss a custom embellishment for the top. The bottle caps can also be used flipped over and decorated but I like to thin their bulk out my pounding them for mailing purposes. By making my own bottle caps I save a pretty penny for bottle cap embellishments.
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