TNT: Tin to Treasure

I was recently inspired by the fabulous Cari Fennell.  Who isn't, right?  Cari has the most amazing eye for taking something and making something completely unexpected.  I especially admire her reuse of packaging in her projects.  We are both teaching mini-workshops at the Inspired event in May.  And that is where I saw this fabulous Art Tin Workshop that she was teaching.  So I headed straight into my craft area to see what tin I could play with.

I took a Forever Flowers tin, that had been sitting on the shelf, sadly absent of flowers and decided to make it into something one of my girls would like in their bedroom.

 
After adding some Ranger Acrylic Paint and letting it dry, I added just a touch of Spun Sugar Distress Ink to the surface.  Finally, I coated it with Distress Rock Candy Crackle Paint.

 
When this was completely dry, I sanded the surface in a few areas, to distress it further and allow some of the worn tin to show through.  Then I cut a border from my stitched mulberry paper, added some felt Voila ribbon, a flower and leaves.  I put a light touch of Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam on the edge of the ribbon and the lid before placing Say It In Pearls embellishments around the top of the ribbon and lid.  I quick spritz of Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist to the flower petals, and I was done.

 
And Voila!  I have a pretty tin.  Just for fun, I put some picture pebbles along the bottom to make it a footed tin.

Products used in this project:

• Stitched Mulberry
• Say It In Pearls borders
• Voila self-adhesive ribbon
• tin

And now, to add to the fun...simply leave a comment on this blog post for your chance to win a prize! We will randomly choose a winner on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010. Open to North American only for this drawing.  Check back every 4 weeks or so for a world-wide drawing!!

From the entries received on our last technique post, using Random.org's random integer generator -- the winner for our previous technique post drawing is:

What a show stopper! Wowza Kapowza!

Posted by: Summer Braxton | March 17, 2010 at 05:56 PM

Summer Braxton!

Please contact me so we can mail out your lovely prize at sallylynn@primamarketinginc.com.  Prizes will be held for 7 days only.  Please contact us promptly.

Best of luck to each of you!  And I look forward to chatting with you today and every week with TNT.

P.S. Do you want a Prima Endorsed Artist-Educator to teach a workshop at your store or event?  Contact Lu at 909-627-5532 and dial 2 for more information.  The full schedule of upcoming workshops is online too.  Make sure to check out the current workshop listings on the Prima Artist-Educator blog.  We've got you covered from Kansas to Germany to New Zealand - and everywhere in-between.

 

Sally Lynn MacDonald
http://www.sallylynnmacdonald.com
http://www.facebook.com/sallylynn.macdonald

Products used in this project:

• Stitched Mulberry
• Say It In Pearls borders
• Voila self-adhesive ribbon
• tin

Comments

[Tiffany]

Very creative... now I'm looking around for some tins to empty!!

[Krystle]

Beautiful! I especially love the "feet" idea!

[Shawn Timm]

Beautiful! Your girls are very lucky.

[leslie cranwill]

What a gorgeous tin! I have a bunch of empty lonely tins that will find new homes now! AWESOME!

[Melinda Wilson]

this is a beautiful tin!

[joparker]

What a fab idea and your tin in gorgeous. I have a few of those empty tins that we'll see if we can alter in a "boy" theme...I think I can handle that!!

[Angi]

I create with tins on my blog as well. Thanks for the inspiration. I"m going to have to try Ranger Acrylics.

[Michele K]

Wow, that's pretty darn creative and so beautiful!

[ruth tacoma]

Oh I LOVE this idea! I have the perfect little tin sitting right here to make that with!

[Wendy Crowe]

How adorable! My daughter would love something like this to collect her little "trinkets".

[Anna Koziarek]

super cute and creative! tfs
Anna

[Erika Taylor]

love love love this little treasure. Thanks so much for sharing

[Robin H]

I saw a photo of Cari's tin earlier this month. It's adorable, and I love what you did with yours too! So different. Now I'm itching to go home and get messy with some of my old tins too!

[Nancy L.]

oh wow, its beautiful!

[Nicole H]

So incredibly creative!! Fabulous!!

[Margie Visnick]

What a gorgeous tin! Wow!

[Jess Mutty]

Super cute!! This makes me want to dig up the house looking for tins to alter!

[val gould]

so lovely! It reminds me of one of those old powder tins with the plush powder puffs in them! your daughter will adore this Im sure!

[Robin Wade]

Just Beautiful! I have several of these tins sitting around needing a makeover!! TFS!

[Victoria in Ohio]

Beautiful tin - just lovely!

[Janet]

That is a beautiful tin!

[sandra m.]

on my way to paint some tins! Thanks for the idea.

[Candice Reszko]

It turned out gorgeous!!! I have a habit of keeping everything that I think I can alter into something like this!!! Thanks!

[ScrapNSister1]

Wow! This turned out beautiful! Thanks for the great inspiration!

[lynnef]

How Gorgeous is THAT!!

[Charlotte D]

Absolutely stunning!

[Christy]

Oh that is soooo beautiful. =)

[Regan Tomlin]

I love altering things....and your take on the tin is gorgeous!

[Corinne Braun]

Very cool tin indeed! i've got a tin or two stacked that need some help, thanks for the ideas!

[Mindy Baxter]

This is so beautiful! Love it, Great idea.

[Wanita K]

I have several film test strip tins that I have "rescued" from the trash at work so I will give this a try with them! Thanks for sharing :)

[Dani]

COMPLETELY GORGEOUS! Thank you for sharing!!

[Ginette Bos]

The tin is great!!!! I loved it.It's a nice gift.So i'm looking for all kinds of tins now.

[debb]

Beautiful transformed treasure tin Sally Lynn

[Joelle]

Beautiful, what a great project! My daughter would love something like that... Thank you for the great ideas!

[Barbara]

I keep so many tins, cans, bottles, etc. to store my stash in, now I can decorate them to match. Great idea.

[Cheri Piles]

Super Cute!!!

[Sondra]

What a great idea to turn "trash" into "treasure". Thanks for the great idea; it's so very pretty!

[Misty Willis]

OOOH! I love this idea! I have several Prima tins that I have just held on to and never done anything with them! I will be doing a few of these for Mother's Day for sure! Oh...and your feet idea is F*A*B!

[Brittney Aldous]

This is gorgeous!

[Ezmina]

Wonderful Tin!! Thank you for sharing this project.

[Teresa Jaye]

This tin is sooooo beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Jess]

A stunning way to reuse a great container!

[Jo]

A stunning project!

[Heather Hopkins]

Oh my gosh. How pretty is that tin. It would be perfect for little treasures to store. Love it!

[Kelli]

Oh my, lovely indeed! I have a fair few tins layout about... they could surely use some sprucing up!

[Kim FAucher]

I've got some great ideas and luckily some tins put aside!!

[Anne Thompson]

What a lovely tin! I must have some tins here somewhere that need to be decorated! Thanks for the idea!!! Anne, yourmainestamper

[Rhonda V.]

I love love LOVE this tin! I need some of those trims to play with, it is just too yummy!!!

[Karla]

Really cool tin. I love to alter different kinds of containers.

[Julie O.]

So very elegant! What a great idea!

[Keitha]

What a gorgeous tin! I'm sure your daughter will love it.

[Jodee]

This is so pretty! Nice trinket box or similar.

[lois]

this tin is fabulous!! absolutely beautiful!!

[SuZeQ]

LOVE the tin. Y'all have outdone yourselves once again. Thank you for such great inspiration.

[Teresa Lee]

This is very lovely!!

[Claude]

What a beautiful tin!

[Sarah Kaczorowski]

Wow! I love this tin! Super pretty!