Tin, Tin, Tins!

Hit the jackpot today garage sale hunting! Found all 

these vintage tart tins, molds and wee bottles!   

I love using tins in my art! Check out my 

Altered Tin Pinterest Board

HERE to get inspired!

Speaking of Tins...

www.OutsideTheMargins.com

is having a 3 Camel Snuff 

Tin Special 

HERE

Halloween Mail Art Tin

Halloween Mail Art Tin

Supplies Used

3D Crystal Lacquer 3D Crystal Color Lacquer(Dark Blue, yellow) 3D Crystal Lacquer Pearl ( Blue) Large Windowed Tin Extra Fine Glitter Dust White Gesso or Acrylic Paint Make-up Sponge

Halloween Stamps (Skeleton-Sunday International, Fence-Memory Makers Foam Stamp Halloween Embellishments Rhinestones Washi Tape Clear Cellophane Bag Black Sharpie Pen

This was a fun project to create I love finding new ways to alter these large windowed tins, and then mail them as is through the mail. Don't let your postal person tell you that you can't. You can mail almost anything through the mail....even live chickens! LOL I've altered shoes and mailed them as is through the mail along with plastic bottles and tins. This would be a great project to create and send to college kid away from home, a grand child, niece or nephew just in time for Halloween or a birthday perhaps!

Step 1:  Start with a blank large windowed tin and the following colors of 3D Crystal Lacquer (dark blue colored, pearl blue and clear). Open the tin and start applying both 3D colors on the inside of the plastic window. Fill in with the clear CL.	Step 2:  Use your finger to smooth it out evenly then set it aside to dry (you'll have to prop up the window lid, so it stays level. *Note-I originally applied some of the yellow to give a moonlight appearance but didn't like how it looked once it was dry so I went back and applied both blues over that area so it was evenly blue.
Step 3: Apply white gesso to your stamp using a make-up sponge (make sure to wash your stamp off right away). I choose gesso because I wanted a flat finish but you can also use white acrylic paint.	Step 4: I also stamped part of a picket fence.  Once paint has dried fill in white areas on the skeleton and fence with clear 3D Crystal Lacquer.
Step 5:  While lacquer is still wet sprinkle extra fine iridescent glitter dust over the wet areas.	Step 6: Next Add your choice of embellishments (I added a cardboard moon and bat I had in my stash). I also added some bling to my skeleton by adhering rhinestones (to his eyes and spine) using clear 3D Crystal Lacquer and a toothpick.
Step 7: Next use the yellow colored lacquer and fill in the moon around the bats (this will give it added dimension).	Step 8: While the moon is still wet sprinkle extra fine iridescent glitter dust over it.
Step 9:  To finish off the outside of my tin I added rub-on wording. Allow tin to completely dry.	Step 10: Open tin and add iridescent or paper grass to the inside and fill it with Halloween candy.
Step 11:  Seal your tin with some decorative washi tape.	Step 12: On the backside of the tin using your black sharpie marker write your to and from addresses.
Step 13: Once the tin has been addressed, to protect the tin on the outside slide it into a clear cellophane bag, secure it with tape and take it to your local post office to mail to be stamped and mailed.	Booya!

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more of my mail art.

Something to Crow About Altered Tin

Something to Crow About 

Mini canvas and tin house.

I Combined 2 mini canvases stacked 

and wrapped with paper. 

then mounted them onto the base of a snuff tin
to create my house above.

(click HERE to view my other altered tin house)

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Altered Tin House

For the last year my husband has been bringing me home these Camel Snus Tins.  A guy at his work gives them to him and of course being a good hubby he saves them for me!  I've been stashing them away saying I really need to figure out something to do with them, they really are cute little tins!  Finally the other day after I pulled them out and stared at them willing some inspiration to come to me little by little it did!

It took 3 tins to create my Altered Tin House. 

I was originally going to torch and then paint the 

cans but instead decided to use alcohol inks to color 

them. I'm so glad I did I really like the look 

I achieved. The Moon image is from OTM's  

Charmed Collage Sheet #3

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