This is an idea I have put together to hopefully make a whole pile of similar altered tins to squirrel away until I need them for birthdays. I craft almost every day, but I never seem to have a card ready when I need one!
The 60mm x 47mm x 12ml metal tins came from eBay.
I started by lining the inside of the tin with an appropriate, small patterned print paper, using a template I made for a similar project.
When the glue was dry I was then able to add a little faux stitching using a black biro round the edges.
I handwrote the greeting on a white wooden heart (The Works) using a black, fine tipped, permanent pen. I also mat and layered a birthday cake button on a scrap of pink, patterned paper and then again on silver mirror card.
On the back of the above I stuck two flat, round, wooden beads together to make a sort of base, so that the embellishments could stand slightly proud of the top and bottom of the tin to give a little extra dimension. I need to look into perhaps finding some small, springy bases to add extra movement or even making some.
When everything was sorted I was able to stick both embellishments on either side of the open tin.
It, however, looked a little lacklustre so out came some tiny silver stars which I just scattered here and there ……..
……… which finally brought out the birthday sparkle.
On the outside of the tin I added an embossed tin, birthday greeting embellishment ………
……… along with a couple of wooden bees and a few tiny nail art flowers (of which I need to order a few more).
I used a green acrylic paint pen to do the leaves. Voila!
