I'm up on the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog this beautiful Monday morning. Today I'm sharing an altered tin containing mini gift cards. I taught a class a while back using these tins with Christmas tags in them. I loved the idea and decided to make a few to give as gifts.
I started by tracing the tin lid and bottom. The bottom I traced twice and trimmed one of the papers to fit inside the tin.
Next, I inked all of the edges before adhering the papers to achieve a vintage appearance to the tin. I cut a thin strip from the collection pack cover to use around the outside of the lid. This worked well and showed the image on all of the patterned papers.
The top of the tin is embellished with fussy cut and die cut papers.
Here are a few angle shots that show the dimension on the tin cover.
I made four mini cards that measure 3x3 covered with the same papers. They are embellished using die cuts and have various greetings on them.
And, here is the finished tin and card collection...
I really had fun creating all the tin and mini gift cards. This makes a great gift that keeps on giving
Featured Die Cuts
Memory Box Amana Circle
Memory Box Lorelei Leaf
Memory Box Virtuoso Music*
Poppy Stamps Ornate Tea Set
Prima Crocheted Doily
Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Rectangle Nestabilities
*Similar die cuts available
Challenges Entered:
Crafty Gals Corner #137-Use Punches or Dies/8-28
CropStop Linky Party #31-Anything Goes/9-12
Day Dreamers Challenge #1-Anything Goes/8-28
Die Cut Divas-Anything Goes/8-31
Eclectic Ellapu-Anything Goes/8-30
Really Reasonable Ribbon #170-Anything Goes with Ribbon/8-30
Scrapy Land #72-Anything Goes with Die Cuts/9-3
UnstampaBelles #71-Collage with a Twist/8-31
Challenges Entered:
Crafty Gals Corner #137-Use Punches or Dies/8-28
CropStop Linky Party #31-Anything Goes/9-12
Day Dreamers Challenge #1-Anything Goes/8-28
Die Cut Divas-Anything Goes/8-31
Eclectic Ellapu-Anything Goes/8-30
Really Reasonable Ribbon #170-Anything Goes with Ribbon/8-30
Scrapy Land #72-Anything Goes with Die Cuts/9-3
UnstampaBelles #71-Collage with a Twist/8-31
Thanks for stopping by my blog...I hope you are inspired to use die cuts on all your projects.
Visit the Dies R Us Store and browse their awesome inventory of die cuts to add to your stash!
Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store. For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.
Vicki
11 comments:
Stunning! This is beautiful and a great gift to give. I love all the die cuts and embellishments you used. It is just beautiful.
Such fab upcycling with this tin!! Love very much all the dimensions and the colours, great gift for everyone! The cards inside are fabulous!
Thanks for the tutorial
Oh, Vicki, this is amazing!!! I love your gorgeous tin and matching mini cards! So very, very pretty! So happy you linked this up to Cropstop this month! Your work is truly inspiring!
What a fabulous project.....you've inspired me. Did you include envelopes too with the cards? Thank you for sharing it with us at Unstampabelles Wynn DT
Wow, this a whole lot of wonderful creativity, Vicki. Thanks so much for joining our Anything Goes challenge. We hope that you will join us again soon. I'm SO glad you chose to play along.
Blessings to you,
Karen Letchworth
Really Reasonable Ribbon
A gorgeous little tin. Love the gold butterflies. Thanks for sharing with us at Unstampabelles.
So gorgeous! Good Luck! Thank you for joining us at Day Dreamer Challenges, Nora, DT.
WOW - these are DIE-lightful!
Such a wonderful surprise to find inside the tin!
Thank You for joining us at the Crafty Gals Corner :)
Absolutely Gorgeous tin and cards! Thank you for joining us over at Really Reasonable Ribbon this week! Hope to see you back for our next challenge that starts this friday!
Hugs
Cheryl
Such a cute card and a great addition to our challenge. Thanks for joining us at Really Reasonable Ribbon. Huggs from Ginny at Polly's Paper Studio.
Such fabulous work! These really pushed my buttons - so pretty. Thanks for joining in the fun at Unstampabelles.
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