It's #Cre8time for an AMAZING Altered Tin... by Bridget Cordero

Hello everyone. When it comes to altering things I am the queen... well OK maybe the princess, although I am the Queen B in our house – LOL! I have lots of tins in my hoarders stash and thought "hmmm... maybe I will do one of those". 

For this altered tin project, I used a variety of products from Amazing Casting Products. The Alumilite Dyes work even better then my mixed media paints and dyes. I also used Amazing Casting Resin and the Amazing Mold Rubber to mold the doll hands (I found in a garage sale) and the large bolt (I found on the ground).

Sometimes it is very hard for me to stop and take pictures as I craft because when I'm in my zone there is no stopping me so if you want to see how this beauty was made sit back, grab a drink and watch the video. Thank you all for checking out this project.

For more details on this altered tin project

please CLICK HERE to watch the video. Enjoy! :)

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Happy crafting! ~ Bridget

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Altered Resin Altoid Tin

Everyone love those little Altoid tins, but now they are embossed with the logo and can be hard to alter. I came up with an easy solution....pour a coat of resin over the top to even it out. 

Add regular scotch tape around the edges of the tin. Burnish well!

Pour resin mixture. I used the white resin.

After it sets up, remove the tape and begin to file edges to a slight curve.

Close up of thickness. Mine was a little thick but it came out just fine.

Filing edges with a giant fingernail file

Make some molds of embellishments.
These were molds I had already made of a clock and water meter cover 

Cover top, bottom and inside with scrapbook paper.
Coat with a layer of 3d Crystal Lacquer.
 Edges are painted with enamel paint

Edges are painted with enamel paint.

Cover surface with a coat of  3d Crystal Lacquer. Some metal pieces will bleed a blue tint under the 3d Crystal Lacquer so you may want to test your findings. I also used some watch parts as embellishments. 

(the New Orleans Water Meter cover is popular here)

Tanya Ruffin

Create Studios
www.tanyaruffin.com

Altered Altoid Tin

This was my first try at an altered Altoids Tin, so don't mock it too badly - lol.  I really like how it came out!

The tin itself was not difficult and there are a lot of tutorials out there (just google) so I won't go into that other than to say - don't cover it all with paper until you research - I did and mine wouldn't close so I had to make a loop closure for it. 

In looking at samples others had created, I noted quite a few with frames on the front.  And, since, eventually, I would like to make a class out of this (once I get it right), I knew I needed more than one of whatever I choose to use on top!  So, I chose some frames that I purchased in a kit a couple of years ago at a warehouse store.  I know that I can't possibly find them again, so I had to be able to make more.  And . . . in steps my  Amazing Mold Putty:

I mixed my Amazing Mold Putty mixing a 1:1 ratio of "A" and "B" (click on the link at the end of this post to go to their website for a tutorial).

 

Next I made a mold of each of my frames and then mixed my  Casting Resin (use the link above for detailed instructions) - equal parts A and B. As soon as parts A and B are thoroughly mixed you can begin pouring into your mold (It will turn an opaque milky white when it is completely hardened unless you are using clear or unless you added some dye to it like I did!  I mixed one drop of the African American dye  (Alumilite Dyes ) to side "A" before mixing the resin.  Check out my step-by-step pictures below.  You can see that the frames have a bit of color even before I play with them.

 

 

 

I choose the very last frame in the bottom right pictures to use for my tin.  I then painted it black (I only needed on coat because it was not the white resin).  After it dried I rubbed a bit of silver on it and it was ready to adhere to my altered tin.  If you look closely, you can see a key I made and showed in an earlier blog post. . .  couldn't alter the tin with just one molded item!

 

 

I really like the way it turned out.  Next time I think I will go back and dry brush a bit of the black back on it to "dirty" it up a bit (like the key).  Let me know what you think.

 

 

Thanks for checking out my project!  The  Amazing Mold Putty and Casting Resin are so easy to use and as I've said in the past, you really can recreate any embellishment you want to use more than once.  Head over to the Amazing Mold Putty website and check out all of their products.  Be sure to comment and ask questions if you have any.

 

~ Make Today Count

Wendy

www.scrappinwendysway.blogspot.com

 

 

 

Sweet Treats Tin

Hello Amazing Mold Putty Fans!  Jan here sharing a small tin that would be perfect for sweet treats or keepsakes.  I molded the knob and then cast with resin.  Gray paint was applied to the knob and when that was dry, a coat of peach paint was applied.  I'm just lovin' this amazing mold putty!