Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Card With Gift Box

Good Afternoon
Hope you have all had a good Christmas I worked all
 over Christmas I have now got the rest of the week off
 now until January, I haven't had time to make or blog anything
   since the beginning of December I was asked by a friend to make
   a card for his daughter, I got the inspiration for this card from this
  months craft stamper magazine he only wanted green and yellow
     I also made a box for the card, the photo's are not very good as i
  took the pictures quick  then had to rush out and post it to his
  daughter for him as he is away and she has to have it by Friday.

Used TH Distress inks and TH Mini Paper Rosette
Die, On the edge Butterfly die and TH Script Stamp.
 For the Box i used Crafters Companion pearl
White Card stock, the large TH paper Rosette die
and spellbinders Die for the window and put acetate
behind it.
Thanks for looking
Hope you have a good day.. 


  

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Christmas Card & LargeTag

Good Afternoon its the second time for me this
week I finally managed to buy the new TH
 Seasonal Distress inks and as i had the morning
off work today i had to try them i made a quick Christmas
Card with Tag i used all three colours on the card Just got a few
Minutes to upload these then back to work for me.

Christmas Card.


Used Iced Spruce, Festive Berries,Evergreen Bough
And TH Christmas Stamps with My Mini Reindeer
Die added some rock candy to the number 25
and glitter to the tree.

Christmas Tag.


 Used the same on the tag and also added A fragment
charm and a few bells to the reindeer's,I also used
Mini branches die and added to the reindeer's,
My  background stamping never came out
all that good on the tag.

Thank you for visiting
and your comments are greatly appreciated
Have a good day.




Monday, 5 December 2011

Few Cards And Atc's

Hello And Good Evening
Wow.. It has been just nearly a month since
i have logged onto this blog, It has been a very
hectic month for me I even missed one of my
brothers birthday's in November the date just went
completely out of my head this weekend was the only
time i had anytime to myself so last night i made two quick
cards and with the left overs card i made  Atc's i just managed
to upload them on the docrafts site this morning before i left
for work.

Birthday Card


Atc


I used TH Distressed Dolly Die on both and coloured with
vintage photo distress ink,Brought the dolly die last month
first time i used it I used TH Mini paper Rosette die, the stamp
is and old one from crafty individuals, the backing paper is
from my stash.

Travel Card.


Travel Atc

Used TH Postcard Embossing folder
coloured with vintage photo ink
The stamps are from Debbie Moore, I used the
TH Mine old jalopy die and ticket die for the
sentiment. I also used up my leftovers of card stock
to make this Atc.

Thank you for visiting
hope you have a good evening.



Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Urban Stamp Tag

Good Evening,
I uploaded some tags last night and completely forgot
about this one i which i made on Friday night
 i used one of the New Urban Stamps by Paper mania
I brought all 4 sets of the new Stamps and some embossing
folders, I used the Botanical Print Stamp set on this tag.

I used the new TH Distress ink
Seedless Preserves and all the stamps are
from the Urban Botanical Print set
I used  Anita's clear gloss on the Butterfly's
and added a few gems.
I also used TH Vintage Lace Die coloured
them with vintage photo distress ink and
also edged the tag with vintage photo.
Thanks for visiting.

Monday, 7 November 2011

Few Christmas Tags

Good evening, I Just finished work  i have now
 got a few days off , I just wanted to upload
 these few tags i made Friday night as i never had time 
 on Saturday morning i was rushing to leave for work
 i only had time to upload the Atc's, I done the resist
technique on the backgrounds for these tags.


I used the large TH Christmas Background Stamp
With distress inks and the TH Christmas Atc stamp
Stamped with Gathered Twigs Distress ink, Used the TH
Mini pine tree and reindeer dies.

This tag is done the same the 25 is from the mini
die just added some bell to the reindeer
the tree and reindeer's are cut out onto chipboard
and covered on both tags with TH coordination's
card on both trees the music paper on both reindeer's
are another set of papers, Festive wishes i masked and
stamped from the background text onto a journal card.
Thanks for visiting
Have a good evening
 

Saturday, 5 November 2011

Few Atc's

Good Morning Hope you are all having
a good weekend, Been at work all week
I would have loved to have gone to the Nec
this weekend I just had to settle for Internet
shopping instead I ordered a lot of tim holtz mini
dies and the new Autumn Seasonal series inks and
 they all arrived yesterday morning,so last night
when i got home from work i made a few Atc's
 using the dies, Its been a long time since i made
Atc's.  

Christmas Atc.

On this one i used Gathered Twigs and
Ripe Persimmon Distress Inks, the stamped
background is a TH Atc Christmas Stamp,
I used the mini Reindeer Die, the holly is
from the holiday lampost die I also added
a bell from paper mania.

Sewing Room Atc.

On this one i just used Gathered Twigs
Distress Ink the stamps are from the sewing set
and the TH Mini Sewing Room set the pattern paper
on the mannequin is from the lost and found stash
I added a sewing machine and scissors charms and
few buttons.

Journey Atc.

All the stamps are TH and i used
Gathered Twigs And Seedless Preserves
Distress Ink, I used the mini old Jalopy and
cut some words from the paper stash
and added them onto Fragments also added
a game spinner to the clock.

Thanks for visiting
Have a good day. 


Saturday, 29 October 2011

Christmas Tag

Hello and Good Afternoon nothing much going
on for me this week, I received my craft stamper
magazine yesterday it got loads of beautiful
inspirations  there is some lovely colour wash and a i pod
case project this month I just made a Christmas
tag using this months free stamp.
I haven't got the stamps that was used in the mag
for this tag so i just used a creative expressions
script stamp and the free stamp  the embossed
border is a paper mania  folder from last Christmas
which i just lightly coloured and added rock candy stickles
I added some bells and a angel charm.
Thanks for looking.

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Festive Tag

Good Morning Looks like it going to be a nice
day today after all the rain we had yesterday
afternoon,I made this tag last night using the My
 mind eye lost & found Christmas papers and a few
  of the lost & found stamps it was to late to upload
  last night as my camera don't take very good pictures
  in the night they always seem to come out to dark.

They paper rosette is from TH mini paper
rosette die and the holly's are from his holiday
lamppost die, the scallop is a large punch and the
trim at the bottom is TH new vintage die cut from
plain white card and coloured with vintage photo
distress ink, all he stamping on this is the stamps
from lost and found Christmas.
Hope you all have a good day


Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Tags

Hello And Good Evening
Been another busy week again for me I haven't even
had time to think thank goodness i now got a few days
off work go back on Friday and it been raining all afternoon,
 I went to the craft store after work yesterday and brought the
 TH Haunted Mansion Stamp Set I am not really into Halloween
 but every where you go there is Halloween i only
used 2 of the stamps from the set and made this tag.
I added a  spiders wed silver charm holding a scull
in the bottom corner and a bird on top of the witch
hazel script the black spiders are just a cheap pack
that i got from the pound store.

Umbrella Man Tag.


On this tag i just used 2 colours of the distress inks
I masked and embossed the script onto the small tag and
round tag i embossed some plastic wrapping and covered the
tag with it and secured it with a few small brads.
Have a good evening
Thanks for visiting.





Sunday, 16 October 2011

Few Tags

Afternoon, What a beautiful day it is today ,
I went for a walk today just to my local craft shop
as it is only 5mins away from my home Just to buy
some Neenah Card ended up buying a few more items
which is what always happens with me, When i got
back i ended  up making  these 2 tags.
Wishes Tag.
 Autumn Leaves tag.
I used distress inks on both tags
the stamped leaves are bo bunny stamps and the
die cut leaves are TH tattered leaves die i cut out
from the paper stash i used clear embossing powder
all over the tag and leaves the large brass leave is from
necklace i brought in the sales, the stamps on the wishes
tag are all TH and the heart on the wishes tag is from 
 a bracelet from primarks.

Thank you for stopping by
Have a good day.


Saturday, 15 October 2011

Festive Tag

Hello and good evening
What a week i have had this is the first time i have
posted anything since last Saturday, I am glad to
be back home,Just made a large tag the first thing i made
since last week and i got the inspiration for this tag from this
 months Crafts Beautiful magazine as i already had this set of
stamps and never got round to using them this just gave me the perfect
chance to try them out.
I used distress inks to cover the tag and embossed
the script, the music stamp is from a set of christmas
stamps from last year which i stamped on the corners of the
tag, I stamped  the music script and image onto white card
 and cut out, coloured the hat in distress ink and added some 
rock candy distress stickles to his hat,also added a little
 colour to the face but it does'tn show up on the picture
 I used vintage photo ink to ink the edges of the music script
  and added some screw brads  I also added a wooden reindeer.

Thanks for visiting.  

  

Saturday, 8 October 2011

Card's Made Using Lee's Craftyloops Daisy Flowers

Hi And Good Morning
Yesterday Afternoon I had a go at trying Lee(crafty loops)
Daisy Flower Tutorial i made one just to see how it will turn out
 i went on to make 6 more they are so easy to make I just looked at the
 photo's on her blog and just made a note of how many flowers to cut out
i made a Get Well Soon card then went on to make a few more cards late
 last night,Thank You etc cards just simple quick cards this is the third of
 her flower tutorials i have tried now and her  instructions are so clear
 and easy to follow, they are brilliant here are the cards i made last night.
Just Saying Hello Card.
I used Paper Mania Kraft Card on all three of these cards
Used my border punches and added  some checked ribbon
and added one daisy flower quick and easy.
Hi There Card.
All the cards are similar the sentiment
and corner  are all Anna Griffin stamps.
Thank You Card.
On this one i used my friskars edge cutter
All the cards have inserts inside.
Get Well Soon Card.
On this card i had half a sheet of an embossed card
from a card i made last week matted onto some crafters companion
pearl card the sentiment is another from Anna Griffin stamps
added two of the daisy's at each end as this is an A5 card.
All the daisy's are made from 160gsm white copy paper
which was just perfect for these flowers.
Thank you for visiting
Your comments are greatly appreciated. 


Monday, 3 October 2011

Black & White Card.

Good Morning
So glad it is so much cooler today,
Nothing much for me today just this quick card
I was asked to make last night, anything will
do as long it is all black and white nothing too fancy
just quick and easy, I just got the new A4 creative
   expressions masks i used that instead of backing papers.
I used A4 card folded in half and matted black core'dinations
card stock the mask i embossed onto A4 white card stock and
cut to size the matting and layering frames are from kanban
i decided to use a sentiment instead of an image, added some
checked ribbon and one of my buttons with a few pins
the handmade flowers are from when i  made a lot of them
from lee's tutorial prima style roses added then onto a few
shop brought flowers that i had hanging around
just hope she likes its.

Thanks for visiting.




Sunday, 2 October 2011

2nd Christmas Tag.

Hello Again,
Hope you are all enjoying this weather in
what ever you are doing today.
This is my 2nd Christmas Tag for the day
 Just using TH dies and TH masks
This is what i managed to make my blending
is not the best .
I inked the background with Stormy sky distress ink
and spritz with perfect pearls I then used TH alphabet mask
just used the 25th letters and  went over them with vintage photo
distress ink i cut the Vintage Market Alphabet die and embossed with
Vintage Photo, the letters th is grunge paper embossed again on the paper
rosette i used stormy sky again and stamped a few small snowflakes then
added the th letters in the centre, the number 25 is from the lost and found
salvage stickers added a fragment with glossy accents, the trim is from
TH I coloured with stormy sky distress ink.

Thank you for visiting
your comments are greatly appreciated. 

Christmas Tag

Hello and Good Afternoon on this gorgeous Sunday
the weather is gorgeous for October, I just made a few tags
just using TH dies and Embossing Folders
I really need to make more use of my dies and folders
as they do not get used much
this is the first one i made.
On this tag i used TH postcard folder and used Vintage Photo
distress ink all over the tag,the leaves and sentiment tag are from
the TH Regal Crest die i stamped season's greeting from a freebie stamp
set. I used paper mania craft card for the TH paper rosette die
 the centre of the die I embossed with TH vintage photo embossing
Powder and added one of my own vintage buttons
 from my stash, and added some green ribbon.

Thanks for visiting
your comments are greatly appreciated.

Friday, 30 September 2011

Last One For Today

Hello Again
And good afternoon, This is the last tag for me today
As i have to go to work, This morning i had some stamps delivered
 I wanted to try them out before i left for work so i made a quick tag
Just using the stamps and distress ink, Embossing Powders.
I used Rusty Hinge Distress Ink on the background
I also mixed some Rusty Hinge Re-inkers with Perfect pearls
then spritz all over the tag, I then stamped the background
with Rusty Hinge and stamped and embossed the butterfly stamp
I cut a bookplate from the large tag die and stamped Paris from the same
set and embossed the bookplate added some brads.

Thanks for visiting.



One More Tag

Good Morning
Going to be another lovely day again
i got work today and i just had the TH Stamp set Papillon
delivered which i have had my eye on these stamps for ages
I finally own them i am going to try and make something before
i leave for work with them today.
I have got one more tag today which i made yesterday evening.
I used fired brick distress ink for on the background
then spritz with perfect pearls i also used a creative expressions
mask, then stamped the swirl in each corner the flowers are
 made with grunge paper using TH Tattered florals die and painted
 with spice red acrylic paint when dry i sprayed  with CC Spray and
 sparkle gold and added a brad, the key is from the TH key collection.

Thanks for visiting.




Thursday, 29 September 2011

Another Tag

Hello and good Afternoon
 I hope you are all enjoying this lovely weather today
This is my second visit today, last week i cut out so
many large tags using my TH die and coloured the backgrounds
with distress inks and pearfect pearl mist ready to start to decorate
 i am going to try and make at least one each day this is one of the
ones i made this afternoon.
On this tag i used spice marmalade distress ink
and then spritz with perfect pearls i stamped a TH
Flourish Swirl around the edges with SM distress ink then
over stamped in black soot, The butterfly's and small flowers
are both from TH Dies cut out with papers from his paper stash,
inked the edges in vintage photo distress ink
I also added rock candy distress stickles on the flowers and butterfly's
i added some game spinners and black gems in the
 centre of the flowers, I also added a TH Ticket and covered it with
 crackle medium, the bookplate is from the large tag die cut out in plain
white heavy card stock and embossed with gold embossing powder and
added black gems at both sides to finish off i added some making
  memories vintage trims.
Thank you for visiting.

Card No Sentiment Yet

Hi and good afternoon
Hope you are enjoying this lovely weather today,
I made this card on Sunday its just a quick card
Uploaded it over at docrafts and forgot to add it here
Its just a quick card using some new stamps.

There is not much on it as whenever i buy a new set
of stamps i stamp the images out and put them aside
ready to put on a card this image is from the Vintage
Communication set by creative expressions I can't
remember the name of the backing papers as i have
had these for a while now and i picked two that match
just matted them onto green card stock, I just stamped
  the tel numbers list onto 160gsm copy paper and used
a border punch down the side, I added some ribbon and a brad.

Thanks for visiting. 





Monday, 26 September 2011

More Tags

Hello and good evening
Been a busy day for me today
These are the rest of the tags i was meant to upload
from yesterday and never got round to it till now
   as i ended up making more backgrounds ready to
 make a start on a few more tags. All the items on these
 tags are again from TH except for the charms and ribbon.
 
I Used distress ink on the backgrounds then spritz
with perfect pearls mist, all the stamps used are TH
the butterfly and script was stamped and embossed
and the ribbon on the  dreams tag  was plain white cotton
which i coloured using distress ink in stormy sky i added a dream
ticket also coloured added a few screw brads and edge the edges
of the tag with vintage photo ink.

The sewing room die i cut out using craft work card stock
coloured the background in distress ink and stamped
over it and added the mannequin
and covered with material also added this tape measure
ribbon around the waist and across the bottom of the tag 
added a few sewing charms.

Thank you for visiting
your comments are greatly appericated
 

Sunday, 25 September 2011

Few Large Tags

Hi And Good Afternoon
Weather is turning out quick nice this afternoon we had a
lot of rain this morning, And its back to work for me today
 I started a few large tags yesterday afternoon before i went out
i finished them off this morning just had time to upload these two,
I went over to docrafts site first and uploaded them in the gallery.
 everything i used on these tags are all Tim Holtz except for the
 brads on the bird cage and the ribbons and the tree template
I manage to do four all using the TH large tag die.



On These  i used TH Distress inks on the backgrounds
I used a TH stamp and stamped in stormy sky ink
I stamped and embossed umbrella man and the TH script
added a ticket and TH mini hinge a imagine hanging tag and
added some vintage ribbon on the bottom of the tag.

On the birdcage i used a crafters workshop mini branches template
the cage is cut off in grunge board and painted with TH gold dabber paint
added some brads and TH Ticket and some vintage border ribbon,
covered the bird in music paper and added a brass crown hanging
from the cage the bird song i done on my Dymo Letratag.

The other tags i will add on  in the morning
hope you all have a good day
Thanks for visiting.




  

Thursday, 22 September 2011

Paper Rosette Christmas Card

Hi And good morning
looks like we are going to have another lovely day today
last night i cut out loads of TH large tags with my die
ready to stamp on and decorate and decided to spritz some
copy paper for backgrounds at the same time ready for stamping on
as i was doing that i decided to make a Christmas card using
one my own papers and TH paper rosette die
I always use 160gsm photocopy paper for using shimmer
sprays as it don't curl up or wrinkle I ended up with this.

The paper was spritz with Blue blitz shimmer spritz
I used a Kanban Christmas stamp and stamped all over
in versafine smokey grey ink i cut out my background and
 matted onto silver mirror card, I also used a EK Success punch
 for the border in the centre I used my TH paper rosette die which
 i haven't used for a long time and cut out two paper rosettes
using the same paper and cut out a few circles with mirror card
matted the rosette's onto them
cut out a smaller circle and added a creative expressions
Christmas quote and added it in the centre of the rosette's.

Off to make a few tags or a card or two
Thank you for visiting and
 your comments are greatly appreciated.


Sunday, 18 September 2011

Few Quick Christmas Cards

Hi And good afternoon
 It has been raining on and off
 since yesterday evening, Its back to work for me this evening
I have just spent some time making a start on some Christmas
cards nothing fancy when the Docrafts Creativity mag came out a few
 weeks ago i brought a few of the Christmas Stamps and the Embossing
folders and thought i could do some some quick cards with no stamping on
just embossing just using 2 of the embossing folders i got a bit bored and
ended up stamping on one of the cards, these are the four i made.

I also used my crafters companion for the shapes embossed
and cut out then and embossed with the paper mania Christmas
tree and all the white backing on all four cards are the paper mania
snowflakes embossing folder and added some gold ribbon.

Same Background Just embossed the tree and cut
out and embossed the tree with the Christmas folder.
 This one again i used the same snowflakes folder
and stamped the sledge and embossed it and just added
a few red gems.

This one i used the baubles again cut out and embossed
in silver and added a bow to the centre bauble.

Thank you for visiting and your comments
are greatly appreciated



Friday, 16 September 2011

Steam Punk Male Card

Hi And Good Evening
Still Playing around with some of my new stamps the ones
I used on this male card are from Kanban I am not very good
with colouring I have the whole set of pro markers and other
colouring items but i hardly use them as I can never get the shading right
 On this card i used metallic paints.


I Used white A4 card folded in half
Added black core' dinations card stock added a matt
silver mirror card which i embossed with the cuttle bug clockworks
folder and added some screw brads to each corner
 I stamped the figure onto Neenah  Solar Smooth White card and cut
out i then used Lumiere Metallic Acrylic Paints in Pewter and Silver
and painted  the figure added a few gems to his jacket as buttons,
for the background i used the a ink duster and TH Black Soot distress
 ink and stamped the clock and top hat over the card I also added a
  few of TH Game Spinners to the clocks and added some TH corners.

Thanks for visiting 

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Black And White

Hello and good evening been such a lovely day
today I was going to make another male card never got
the chance been out all day when i got home I just made this
  black and white quick and simple card tonight
I got so many new stamps so i am just playing around
with them at this moment.


The card is 6x6
I stamped a Vintage Background Stamp onto plain white cardstock
added black silk ribbon as a border just over half way along
and the end panel i stamped 2 keys,all the keys and the script stamp
 are all TPC Vintage Studio Stamps, I stamped the script onto kanban
card and mattered and layered that onto black card and just added
a few black and white gems in each corner.
Thanks for visiting

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Male Birthday Card

Hi And Good Evening
I was asked to make a male birthday card something
with ships on i had a few stamps in my collections i managed
to make this card but i am still not to sure about it plus i never
had much in embellishments for this card i did find one silver anchor
button in my button box this what i ended up making.


I just used TH Stormy Sky Distress Ink
the backing paper is from the nitwits collection
that was free in a magazine i stamped the Anchor And Rope
on the backing paper, the matting and layering cards are
from Kanban I coloured the white card with distress ink
 and stamped a background stamp on it from the same stamp set
then i stamped the ship over it with Onyx Black Versafine ink
I added some bakers twine across the card also added a TH small
tag coloured and stamped then stamped a birthday stamp over the tag
background and added a silver button,still not sure about this card
so i am going to try and come up with something better.
Thanks for visiting. 


Sunday, 11 September 2011

Jack Frost Atc

Hello Again and Good Evening
Just one quick Atc using one of
my new Christmas Stamps
Used TH Distress Inks for the background
I then Stamped the image in Green Memento
Ink, Added fine Crystal Glitter on the top half of the
Jack Frost Letters also added a silver tree charm.
Thank you for visiting.






White,Red & Black Christmas Card

Hello And Good Evening
Haven't been around for a while been working then I
 had to go on a training course got back Thursday evening,
I got a lot of new Stamps Steam Punk, Some Christmas Stamps,Etc
just haven't had the chance to play with them and i just don't
seem to have any inspiration, I did manage to make a Atc
and a simple Christmas card nothing special just trying out
some of my new stamps this is what i managed to make.

I used A4 white card folded in half stamped over the card
with red and black ink then stamped again on plain white paper
for the centre of the card and matted it on to plain red card
and added some red ribbon, the image i embossed with black
sparkle embossing power and mattered onto red card used a
TH tag and just added happy Christmas tied with some bakers twine.
A quick and simple card.
Thanks for visiting.



Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Lollipop Fabric Flowers

Hi And Good Afternoon
Lee(craftyloops) has the most beautiful flower tutorials
on her blog i have already tried the Prima Style Roses
yesterday afternoon i thought i would try one of her
Lollipop Fabric Flowers i was only meant to make one
just to see what it would turn out like i ended up making
quite a few this is how they turned out.


I used a selection of silk and cotton fabric
also done the flowers in 2 sizes and finished
them off with vintage buttons
I will be using these on cards and photo albums.
Thank you for visiting.


Monday, 29 August 2011

Vintage Card

Hi And Good Morning on this Bank Holiday Monday
Just a quick vintage card for me today been off work
all last week and never got a chance to make anything on my days off,
Just before work on Saturday i managed to make this card using
my new Crafty Secrets Creating with Vintage Patterns CD
 and the new Crafty Secrets Key of Life Stamps
never had the right ribbon in my stash just used what i could find
this is what i came up with the only stamping on this card is the
key and sayings, The image off the girls i think is crafty secrets i am not
quite sure as i got a lot of vintage images in my stash.


The card is 7x5 card stock I covered the front of the card with pattern
papers and edge the edges with TH Vintage Photo Distress Ink
all the papers on this card are from the CD and all the papers on the
disk are 12x12 i used Photo shop to reduced the sizes on the Vintage
notepaper and the music sheet edge both of the edges again i cut out the
image of the girls and adhere it to the music sheet i also added a key to the
side of the notepaper the key is from a necklace from Primark the left over
paper i used TH on the edge die and added it to the side of the notepaper
stamped a few sayings on the paper and added a stamped key the flower
i made out of some cream silk ribbon and added a button in the centre
I also added some cream lace ribbon down the side of the card.

Thank you for visiting
and your comments are greatly appreciated.


Sunday, 21 August 2011

Altered Altoids Tins

Hi And Good Afternoon
Got quite a few Altoids Mint Tins Hanging around so I
thought i would have a go at altering them I decided to just papers
on the ones that i altered I used Tim Holtz, Paris nights, Free papers
from a craft magazine, these tins are perfect for little keepsakes, gifts etc.

Tim Holtz Papers  Altered Tin


Used Tim Holtz Paper Stash on this one
Also covered the inside of the tin.
Covered the base and lid of the tin with Mod Podge i like the matte
mod podge i then put the tin on top of the papers and cut around
with a sharpe craft knife to get the correct shape
I cut 4 of these for the inside and outsides.

I just cut out long strips to cover the inside and outside
with the tape measure paper  
I got a tub of Vintage buttons which i got for 3.99
from TK Maxx there are about 80-100 in the tub
used one the front of the tin just for decoration .


Inside the tin i cut up some white scrap card and coloured the edges with TH Scattered Straw
Distress ink and stamped a TH Quote on Each Card to go inside the tin to give as a little gift
i also Coloured a few cards and left them blank to use as tiny note cards
great little gift.

Another Altered Altoids Mint Tin


Using the free papers from this months
Simply Card And Paper craft Magazine.

Covered the bottom of the all the tins
and added another vintage style button.

I cut up 2 long strips of white card and done a long card and  scored
  along every 2inches and added some backing papers again from the free papers
there are 10 on each side they can be embellished with mini photo's etc
perfect little mini album.

Tim Holtz papers Altered tin.


Done exactly the same as the above tins used TH Clock Theme
Papers and script papers for the inside.

Just added a vintage style button from my tub of buttons.

The papers on this tin are Colourbok Papers.


I altered 6 tins altogether for little gifts as they are all the same
I won't add the other two, I got 2 more tins to alter
I am going to sand them down and paint them ready for stamping
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