Luckily, Kimbuktu, on her wonderful blog, was ready with the answer to Well, what are you gonna do then? I took her instructions on making a tiny coin purse from an Altoids tin, and ran with them. Thank you, Kim!
So, if you'd like to do this, too, here's what you'll need:
- Empty tins. Altoids are great, but others work well, too.
- Paints
- Protective coating or decoupage medium
- Stickers
- Magazines, books, pictures, etc.
- Doo-dads (That's the technical name for those little bits of this and that like tinsel or buttons or beads or broken jewelry or the like.)
- Glue
- Scissors
- Tape
It took several coats of paint to cover the tins, and after I'd painted them I put on a protective coat of clear. While each coat dried, I flipped through old magazines and sheet music, a book or two....
You can use the original images and words cut straight from your source materials, or copy them, if you have a scanner/printer. The magazine and music I used the originals. The little girl and the elf riding a frog were in an old children's book, and I couldn't bring myself to lay the scissors to them, so I copied what I wanted onto some thick, creamy, textured paper acquired at an estate sale.
The Altoids tin was my first project:
The Value of Enthusiam
Then one using a Celestial Seasonings tin:
Dive Right In!
Then one using a bitty little Starbucks mint tin, that opens at the top:
A Coffee Hallelujah
And last, and probably my favorite, a barn-shaped tin a little magnetized toy had come in:
Little
On that one, I've done the back and inside, too. The others are waiting for that step. The back:
Wee Folk, Good Folk
And the inside:
Kimbuktu's tin has handles, which I haven't done. Yet. I'm thinking of a wire-wrapped bead handle, but that's going to have to wait for later today or else tomorrow.
When I'd finished the little collages, I protected them, with decoupage medium for the magazine pictures, but the "Little" tin, it was small enough to cover with wide packing tape, and I opted for that. My copier is an inkjet, and I didn't want to risk the ink running when I brushed a liquid coating on.
The edges of the tins, which I haven't shown here, I covered with strip stickers meant to be used as scrapbooking borders, which gave a nice finished look.
Are you ready to make yours? I'd love to see the results, if you do!
Wow you have been busy! Love how creative you always are. BTW I am following you on twitter now - I am in love with Twitter.
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OMG good night nurse but these are awesome. I now want to play with tins instead of flower bed stuff!
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness! These are so cute. Looks like you had a tremendous amount of fun.
ReplyDeleteHoly Schmoley! Those are awesome! I have been wanting to try, but have yet to do it...I'll try & remember to show them to you if ...no, when...I do.
ReplyDeleteANd I could not have cut into the book either - she's adorable :)