Trash to Treasure: Altered Spice Tin

Before

Like any good squirrel, I save household items that I think can be used somehow in my crafts.  Let me tell you, I've got quite the collection stored up!  Today, I thought it time to finally bust into the trash...uh, I mean stash!

First up, a spice tin, ground black pepper to be exact.

Add a little decorative paper, a lot of Tim Holtz tissue tape (wow, am I LOVING this stuff!), a dash of Distress Crackle Paint, and few pinches of embellies, blend well, and I've now got myself a pretty altered tin.  And since I also feature twine, I'm entering it into Gingersnap Creations GC102 Spicy Supply Challenge - Twine.  (How appropriate...a spice tin for the "spicy supply" challenge!)

After!

The Details:

• First, to ensure good adhesion, I dulled the tin's finish with steel wool.  I then covered the tin in various scrap pattern papers using spray adhesive.  Although it didn't really matter, because I got a little crazy with the tissue tape...LOL!  On top of the tape, I added random thin patches of Antique Linen Distress Crackle Paint.
• I also covered a chipboard label holder in a thick layer of crackle paint.  You can use a heat tool to speed the drying process once you see cracks form. 
• Some Vintage Photo and Wild Honey DI really bring the cracks out on the label holder.  Metallic rub-on wax in bronze and copper give it a subtle metallic sheen. 

• A hunk of cotton dobbie remnant and some twine add a touch of softness next to the crackle paint elements and TH metal foliage. 
• All of it topped off with a sentiment on a scrap of the background paper, cut like a pennant, crinkled and distressed.

I haven't finished off the top yet.  Will probably add some floral and use it as summer decor.  Maybe some mini Black-eyed Susans.  The result feels very vintage farm girl to me.  The metal of old tractors and tools, crackled paint of a turn of the century farmhouse, cotton garments caught in the breeze on a clothesline...can't you just see it?  :-)

Supplies:

Paper:  Scraps of decorative paper

Stamps:  Chatterbox ‘Fabulous’

Inks:  Distress Ink ‘Vintage Photo’, ‘Wild Honey’; StazOn ‘Jet Black’; metallic rub-on wax bronze, copper

Embellishments:  TH tissue tape ‘Symphony’; Papertrey Ink Rustic Button Twine ‘Cream’; bottle cap, cotton fabric remnant; TH copper brads; chipboard label holder; TH tissue tape; TH foliage elements

Tools:  glue dots; 3M Super 77 spray adhesive; steel wool; Exacto knife

Misc:  spice tin