April Altered Tin Challenge

I love it! Great work. =20
It is 17 minutes past midnight on the 1st April and I have put my = April Altered Tin Challenge in the RCS Challenges Album of my webshots. = I decided to put off going to bed so I could be first....LOLOL Now I can = go to bed and sleep in a little while knowing that I am ahead of the = game :o) Hope you like it and I look forward to and appreciate comments = on my first altered project. Thanks in advance for looking!

Looks great! I have my tin but it's still full of mints! Barb:o)

You are such a hoot!!! But like I've told you before, you've done a = wonderful job of it! I've updated both the group April challenge page = and your personal challenges page with the pictures of your pretty box!
M-C
It is 17 minutes past midnight on the 1st April and I have put my = April Altered Tin Challenge in the RCS Challenges Album of my webshots. = I decided to put off going to bed so I could be first....LOLOL Now I can = go to bed and sleep in a little while knowing that I am ahead of the = game :o) Hope you like it and I look forward to and appreciate comments = on my first altered project. Thanks in advance for looking!

Great job on the tin and the accordion book is great too Marilyn.
Teresa in MD
It is 17 minutes past midnight on the 1st April and I have put my = April Altered Tin Challenge in the RCS Challenges Album of my webshots. = I decided to put off going to bed so I could be first....LOLOL Now I can = go to bed and sleep in a little while knowing that I am ahead of the = game :o) Hope you like it and I look forward to and appreciate comments = on my first altered project. Thanks in advance for looking!

Wow Marilyn that is REALLY nice and what an endearing subject for the album.
Lynne
It is 17 minutes past midnight on the 1st April and I have put my April Altered Tin Challenge in the RCS Challenges Album of my webshots. I decided to put off going to bed so I could be first....LOLOL Now I can go to bed and sleep in a little while knowing that I am ahead of the game :o) Hope you like it and I look forward to and appreciate comments on my first altered project. Thanks in advance for looking!

Thank you Cleo...I really enjoyed tackling something different :o)

Hurry up and eat 'em Barb.....you will end up having to put them in a = bag so you can do your project....LOL Mine never had mints in = anyway...it contained my BioFlow Magnetic Bracelet...so no extra = calories for me :o)

Thank you M-C...I have waited patiently for weeks....LOL Now I can relax = and await the instructions for the May challenge :o) *running to = hide..... 'cos I see M-C searching for that beaded sandal to toss at me*

Thanks Teresa...loved the challenge...so different :o) Looking forward = to everyone's tins to be posted as the month progresses.

Thanks Lynne :o) Did you notice I even included a little gold filigree ball for my Rainbow Bridge Furkids to play with....LOL Love this challenge idea...it pushes you beyond your comfort zone.

WOW! Marilyn! Great job!! My goodness you must share with us how you did it! I love it!!!
Hugs, Sabrina in Kentucky
a good friend is a life long treasure

Thank you Sabrina...it wasn't that hard really. Sprayed my tin outside and in with gold spray paint bought a Christmas to spray pine cones, after giving it a light sand to allow the paint to grip. Inside is lined with a purple tag, printed with a background stamp and finished with Perfect Pearls for an iridescent look to match the lid. Added some gold crochet yarn and made the tassell and tossed in my gold filigree ball so my Rainbow Bridge Furkids can chase it around :o) It was too big to put in a scrapbook.....LOL
The jewels used are body jewels from the cheap pharmacy on the high street:o) Would you believe that some of them in the pack are exactly the same as the Crystal Stickers I have...... only these cost £1.00 a pk. Crystal Stickers are around £3.99 here for 12 tiny accent stickers. I lined the lid with the same card as the tag, cutting it as best I could to fit the contours...hey...near enough was good enough....LOL It is supposed to look sort of ethnic....Indian/Far East?????
The outside lid is made from thick white card dabbed with different coloured pigment inks and embossing powder applied. I then scrapped some children's wax crayon over and used the heat gun to melt it and move it around a little....kinda finger painting without the fingers....UTEE is hot....ouch!!!!! LOL Covered the whole lot with about 5 layers of UTEE and added a final embossing powder with glitter through it.....I like sparkle....ROFL Cut a square of sequin waste, then cut it into 2 triangles, stuck a piece on each end and trimmed edges. I then carefully used the embossing gun to melt the clear/glitter embossing so that the sequin waste sort of sunk down but didn't melt. I stuck the card to the top and when it was dries I wound the same crochet yarn around a few time to give a sort of border to hide the edge of the card. My jewelled circle with the hand mirror charm in it was then adhered...BTW....jewelled circle is belly button jewellery from cheapo pharmacy.
My labels were originally Paper Pizzazz Embossed Word Labels in silver and say "Special & Memory". I coloured them with a black OHP pen and rubbed over the words before fully dry. I then covered that with red OHP and again burnished before fully dry. I put a hole in each tag and set a star eyelet, then stuck them both onto the lid and attach my filigree butterfly. When the whole lot was dry I covered it with two coats of Judikins Diamond Glaze....voila!!!!!!
Essay over now...so go find your Altoids tin and get started...ROFL Marilyn

Oh!!! that's pretty!!!!!!!!!! ROFL about you being first to post! I = think you made it! You did a wonderful job on your tin!

ROFLOL... I already know what the May challenge is... mine is almost = done so that I can use it as an example when I post the challenge!=20
M-C =20
Thank you M-C...I have waited patiently for weeks....LOL Now I can = relax and await the instructions for the May challenge :o) *running to = hide..... 'cos I see M-C searching for that beaded sandal to toss at me*

Well done Early Bird! I love your little accordial booklet - too pretty = :)
Judy, SA =20
It is 17 minutes past midnight on the 1st April and I have put my = April Altered Tin Challenge in the RCS Challenges Album of my webshots. = I decided to put off going to bed so I could be first....LOLOL Now I can = go to bed and sleep in a little while knowing that I am ahead of the = game :o) Hope you like it and I look forward to and appreciate comments = on my first altered project. Thanks in advance for looking!

Oh my goodness, Marilyn. That sounds so creative. You are a very talented lady! I don't know if I can make such a professional looking one, have never done it before, but I sure am going to try! You are an inspiration. Thanks for the instructiions of how ou did yours. I am printing it off for further reference.
Hugs, Sabrina in Kentucky
a good friend is a life long treasure

No problem Sabrina...have fun and let the creative juices flow.....I am sure you will surprise yourself :o)
Marilyn

Tin Challenge in the RCS Challenges Album of my webshots. I decided to put off going to bed so I could be first....
Now that's dedication! :) ~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life *remove 'nospam' to reply

LOL....not really dedication...it had been online for almost a month in a private album....ROFL I was up in the craft room so I thought I would have a bit of fun since the UK timezone is ahead of the US. :o)
Marilyn
Altered Tin Challenge in the RCS Challenges Album of my webshots. I decided to put off going to bed so I could be first....