Altoid Tin Art

I joined an altered altoid tin (or any available tin) swap.  Alter the outside, fill the inside, send it on it's way.

So, I searched my stash, luckily I am pretty organized so I had a box where I drop tins into in case I ever need them, lol.  I found several I liked, chose three to alter.

I dug out the air dry paper clay and put a layer on the tops. 

I tried to make a "hump" type lid on one, one I put a knob on, and one I tried to use a cookie cutter to make a butterfly... that was no too successful.  Had to let that dry over night.

Then, I found the micro beads.  I have never used these much before, but I thought, I will use these up on the tins.  I painted the tins with a thick coat of acrylic medium and dumped on the beads.  Let that dry over night too.

Like I said, I haven't used micro beads before and when I checked, there was quite a bit of brown clay showing so I had some metallic green acrylic paint and I gave the boxes a wash of that to fill in the bare spots.  Then I gave them a guilding too.

I bought a box of knobs one time... what they are really for I have no idea, but they make the cutest legs for things like this, so I had to try to figure out how to mount them.  I drilled holes through the bottom of the din then used carpet tacks down into the knobs covered with glue to attach them.  I am not sure how stable this attachment is but they do hold the tins up, lol.  They got a wash of the metallic acrylic too.

Some 3-D paint spots and guilding and they looked pretty cute!  I sent one on it's way before I realized I had not taken a photo.  

I have to play with more tins.  They are so cute.