Holidays....

Made this a while back but couldn't photograph it...now have a lovely new camera!...so here it is. Originally a tin of embellishments it somehow cried out to be made into a suitcase!!! I covered it with some K&Co paper with vintage maps on and used various stamps , stickers and cut outs to embellish the outside then covered everything with several coats of PVA to seal. The handle is wire covered in red leather with a couple of wooden beads at each end , a small chain with some "dog tags" on one side. Inside is lined with brown paper , then the holiday images with some shells .

Gift

Altered tin and birthday card for Sam on LTD.

Altered tin

The tin contained a well known face cream in its former life! I painted it with several coats of black acrylic paint , stamped & heat embossed round the edges of the lid then rubbed over with silver wax. The embellishment in the centre is made from Das clay which has been stamped into , painted with back acrylic paint , rubbed over the raised pattern with Versamark & heat embossed with silver then rubbed with wax which gives it a sort of distressed silver look.

Altered tin

Started with a plain tin which had had some tags in . Stamped the top with swirls (Studio G) which was then heat embossed with clear powder, then the whole lid covered in embossing powder( whilst it was still hot) and reheated. It has bubbled a little bit - I think I over heated it ! Added some eyelets and crystal gems around the sides and some pretty blue ribbon around the edge of the lid. Because of the eyelet holes I think this would be good for pot pourri.