C is for Cookie - Gina's Altered Wafer Tin

Hello Crafty Friends!
I always love upcycle projects... who doesn't have a stash of tins and boxes waiting to be crafted into something awesome? Today Gina takes an ordinary wafer tin and cooks up a thing of beauty!

Hey everyone, my last project for this month is another upcycled project. My children and I love spiral wafers and I hate throwing tins out so we have a few of these tins waiting for me to do something with them. I started with 2 pages from the Authentique Ingredient 8x8 paper pad which I cut down to the height of the tin (about 6.5 inches) and stuck onto the tin.

I then cut two strips from my off-cuts to about 1 inch width and punched both edges with my border punch. I stuck these strips on the tin where the 2 papers meet. I used one of the Santoro ribbons to line the top and bottom.

I stuck one of the Santoro bows on the top ribbon where it overlaps and used another Santoro ribbon which I stuck around the cover.

I cut a circle from one of my off-cuts with my circle die. This one is about 3.5 inches diameter and I used one of my doily dies on the Bazzill Wax Lips paper. I then stuck them on the top of the cover with the doily die cut slightly off-centre.

I cut some leaves out with one of my dies and inked the edges with my Kaisercraft Forest ink pad. I then layered the Prima Scribbles flowers and the leaves over the doily die cut and used a strip of bling from my stash on the edge of the circle.

On the front of the tin I used one of the 3x4 cards which I stuck in  the centre and then layered those beautiful Tim Holtz funky floral die cuts on the side. On the top left corner of the card I stuck one of the Christmas Cookie buttons. I also decided to add another Santoro bow on the top of the other strip.

Here's a look at my tin from another angle.

See you again soon on the other side of winter and till then stay awesome.

Gina xx

Hello, I Love You: Candy Tin - Lolly's February Project #2

Hello Crafty Friends!

Our February Kit is all about Love and Happy Mail, and Lolly has brought the 2 together very nicely with her gorgeous Candy Tin. It's SO sweet! 

Enjoy!.....

A friend recently gave me some plain silver tin boxes to decorate.  Me? Oh, yes, I'd love to!
I am loving the stamp and die sets from Lawn Fawn that are in the February Kit, and they are the perfect size for this tin.

I knew right away that I wanted a belly band across the lid of the tin, and I wanted it to be made of a row of envelopes.  I stamped the envelopes onto watercolor paper and used a blue paper mask to mask off some of the envelopes when I stamped, to create a layered effect.  I used a very pale blue watercolor to shade the envelopes.

  I love the way it turned out!  I glued the belly band on the right and left sides with Scotch Tacky Glue and let it dry about an hour (I wanted to take extra care that I could slip a card under the band without pulling it up!





(The card and papers used on the tin are from the paper collection is Valentine's Day by Recollections.)

Oh!  The inside of the card! Let's not forget THAT!

Those chickies are TOO CUTE -- and what a great reminder to focus on being a blessing to someone we love, instead of just texting.  :) Technology and instant communication have taken some of the joy and wonder out of relationships.  How often do we receive cards in the mail any more?




Next, I used watercolor paper and the Lawn Fawn ink pad again and stamped out these cuties.  I love that little ink bottle and fountain pen!  Be still, my heart!   And the tiny dies are perfect -- no more fussy cutting.

I also wanted to add chocolates as a gift inside the tin, but I wanted pretty tissue paper, so I stamped on tissue paper.  The Lawn Fawn ink pad dries quickly, so it's great on tissue paper.  I used distress ink for the hearts, and you can see they are more fuzzy (let's call them "dreamy" instead!) because they had time to bleed into the paper due to slower drying times.

So that's my decorated tin project!   I think it turned out so adorable.  If you want to see the video, you will find it HERE.

Thank you for taking a look --

Lolly

Kit products used:

Lawn Fawn black ink pad

Dovecraft Ribbon

Lawn Fawn "Love Letters" stamps and dies