The Angel is in the Details

I'm so excited to be a part of Ink Stains 5th Anniversary Celebration!  Roni is one of our beloved Design Team Members here at StampersBest.  

As the owner of StampersBest.com, I have little time to craft these days.  However, I love, love, love artwork, painting, sewing, stamping, the works!  I'm so glad Roni asked me to be a part of this hop :-)

{To go to the start of the hop: http://inkstainswithroni.blogspot.com/2012/11/ink-stains-5th-anniversary-altered.html

Roni is giving away some wonderful prizes on this hop (see her blog), including a Vera Bradley bag full of crafting goodies! You can also enter to win prizes by being a part of this hop by creating your own altered Altoid tin by Dec. 8th, so come play along....}

For my project, I stamped, embossed, glued, painted, colored, and sewed a pillow for the inside of my keepsake box.  I even created a matching button for the little pillow, reminiscent of an old velvet chair.  Here's what I did:

The Stamping, Embossing, Glittering, Painting, Coloring...

(Pictured below) top view of altered tin

Outside Tin Cover Top:

Duke of Windsor Rubber Stamp, StampersBest

Blue embossing powder

Versamark Stamp Pad

Watercolor Paper

Watercolors

Water Pen (instead of paint brush)

Cherub with Rose Rubber Stamp, StampersBest

Blue Glitter

Button covered with glitter

The button was made from a brown plastic shirt button, blue glitter and Mod Podge Dimensional Magic.

For the glitter edges, I used layers of Ranger's Glossy Accents (thicker than the Mod Podge) with the blue glitter.

The Sewing Part of the Project....

Inside of Altered Altoid Tin:

Silk Men's Tie (include the stiffener layer when you cut the tie)

Glue, like E-6000

Altered Tin Printable Template, see pdf below.

The Coloring Part....

Markers Used:

I used the "Ink Stained" Sharpie brand of permanent markers to line the edges of the tin and clean up the glitter edges.  They worked great on metal.

More Stamping and Coloring.......

Bottom of Altered Altoid Tin:

Houndstooth Rubber Stamp, StampersBest

StazOn Black ink

Watercolor paper, again

Jewelry pieces (for the feet)

E-6000 glue

Red ribbon with adhesive tape for around the outside bottom of the tin.

(Pictured above is the bottom view of the tin)

Altoid (R) Tin Printable Template for fabric or paper, click here.

I've provided a printable .pdf file that has the patterns for the tops, insides and bottom of an Altoid Tin (above).  It's free to use for YOUR altered tin project.  Thanks for stopping by :-)