Altered Pringle Tins and Bauble
By Sue Smyth
I love to recycle, and pringle tins are one of the best
and most rewarding things to decorate.
I wanted to do
a Christmas theme but not so much that I could not
use this throughout the year.
I was after an ornate look, as if it might be an artifact
or piece from a royal palace, so I knew gold would be in the mix lol.
I simply adore how the antique beads came up. I have
used cheap gold and coloured beads and rolled
them in a dish of Alcohol ink
Here I have used Mushroom and Cranberry to give
them an aged look. They remind me of mercury glass I think.
I have also used a cheap plastic snowflake decoration
as the base for the tree tin.
I have decorated the front with ID frames and sunbursts
then set a jewel or resin rose
in the centre, I just could not resist
adding a sweet bird trinket too.
This is a pringle tin, and I have used
a fibre bristle tree on top, but I have sprayed it
red with Dylusions post box red.
Then I have brushed Dimensional magic (or glue)
over the bristles and rolled it in gold
glitter!!! It looks superb in real life.
This tin is a Chai tea tin ( I have sprayed the inside with
black spray paint to disguise any marks left inside)
The finial on tip is an old Christmas tree topper.
I have sprayed it with matt black spray paint
and rubbed over with Alchemy gold
wax.
Check out how I achieved the texture on the surface
on my mini tutorial below
Antique Bauble
My next project uses much the same techniques as above but
with a few twists.
This gorgeous bauble uses ID border chipboard
and two doiley chipboard shapes.
I wanted it to look good no matter what angle you
looked at it.
Then I have layered a large filigree trinket with a sunburst
Chipboard. then a ruby gem.
Around the edge I have added dimensional magic
and some beautiful red micro beads, I have
used a pointed tool to mooch them into
shape. I also love the mirror glass shards
that I randomly adhered to the spikes of the
chipboard.
I started with just an ordinary foam bauble from
Kmart...costing 2.00
I snipped out the centre of the doily so it would
fit over the bauble top.
Then with texture paste (as this has more grabbing power on round
objects) I have glued the chipboard onto the bauble.
The tip is to spray the chipboard with a little water
first, then it will mold nicely to the shape.
Then add rubber bands to hold in place while it dries.
Once texture paste is dry, paint with black gesso.
Then paint with orange Dylusions paint, leaving
little bits of black showing.
Then I have rubbed over Inka Gold, in Copper, and Red.
Then I added a little Metallic Red and Gold Alchemy wax
because I liked the colours.
Over top of that add more gold paint rubbing over the
raised areas and decorate as above to finish.
Altered Tins Tutorial
These are the humble containers I started with.
Add a generous amount of texture paste.
Then add some trim to the top and bottom and stipple
the texture paste, then I have used
glass beads. just at the top and bottom not the middle.
Spray the border chipboard with a little water and
wrap around the tin, add a rubber band to hold in place.
I have done the same for the second tin.
When Texture paste is dry, paint them black with gesso.
Then paint over with orange dylusions paint. I have used
orange because it is close to gold in colour and
I wanted an over all gold humm.
Then rub over with Red, copper and gold inka gold
to finish and decorate the front and lids as you like.
Happy Crafting
and a Very Merry Christmas to you all
thank you for following my crafty projects throughout
the year and I hope I inspired you all
Sue Smyth
