Decorating Tins

Decorating tins can be a great way to recycle and create some special altered art at the same time.

"When life gives you scraps,
make something with them!
~Unknown"

Decorating tins can be such fun. Ever wondered what to do with your empty Pringles cans? They seem too good to throw away, don't they? They have nice solid sides and a top that seals. If you need a container to hold small items or give away as a gift, Pringles cans can be just the thing!

First, eat or store your chips. Then wipe the tin out with a clean, damp rag a few times so that no salt or oil remains on it or on your fingers. Now you are ready to begin the fun part.

Gather your supplies. You will need:

• Cardstock or designer paper of choice
• Double sided tape, Stampin' Dimensionals
• Decorative elements such as flowers, buttons, brads, lace, ribbon, sequins etc
• Stamps and stamping supplies of choice, if desired

  Here is How I Made my Decorated Tin:

  1. Cut cardstock to fit the tin. You want it to be as wide as the body of the tin and able to overlap on the edges when you wrap it around.
  2. Decorate your cardstcok as desired before you adhere it to the body of the can. Here I used some Stampin' Up! flower stamps and then I stamped a few more on different coloured cardstock, cut them out and adhered them over the original stamps to make a 3d effect.

     

  3. Place double sided tape on the wrong sides of both ends of your cardstock. Adhere one end of the cardstock to the can, then smooth the rest over the can, overlapping the other end of the cardstock. Adhere this overlapped end down as well.

     

     

  4. Apply your lace, ribbon or sequins as desired, making sure this embellishment does not interfere with closing the lid of the tin. I used a Xyron machine to add some ribbon to the join of the label

  

  You have now completed decorating the body of your can. Next turn your attention to the lid.

  As the lid is plastic, it is easy to cut through it with a paper punch and is no match for the Crop-a-dile. Here's what I did:

  1. I cut a circle of cardstock to fit the top of the lid
  2. I decorated the lid by punching holes through the centre and inserting a silk flower or two with a decorated brad to hold it there

     

  3. I applied gems to the edge of the lid with double sided tape. This left some stickiness between the gems so I applied glitter powder to the remaining sticky bits

     

  4. I turned the lid over and added a scallop punched circle of cardstock over the split pins of the brad, and wrote a message to the recipient of my gift

  

  I took to decorating tins when I took part in a scrapbooking swap where we exchanged them. I filled the can up with all manner of scrapbooking goodness. It was a fun swap!

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