Graphic 45 Rare Oddities altered cookie tin tutorial

It's October and it's time for some spooky fun with Graphic 45's Rare Oddities!  Really, what could be more fun than altering a cookie tin and getting all messy?  Believe me, before this project was finished I had paint, glue and mist all over me, my desk, the floor,  and everything near by including the poodles!

Watch my video for the process for creating this fun tin!

To make this tin, I started by painting it with black gesso, then I dribbled on some paint.  Next I applied a lot of different mists and sometimes dried between colors and sometimes not, as I wanted the colors to bleed together.  I sprayed the tin with Krylon Fixative so that the colors wouldn't bleed any further when I painted on the matte medium that I used to glue down the paper strips, frame, and Mr. Bones. 

The frame behind Mr. Bones, is diecut and then heavily embossed with gold and black embossing powders.  I also sprayed the center to make it a darker green.  It really was cut from Articles of Antiquity paper but that's hard to see!

I made all the flowers with the exception of a few small black roses.  I used some scraps and pages from the 6 x 6 Patterns and Solids pad.   You can make your leaves and vines look more realistic by dabbing on some mists or water colors to give them a varied colored appearance as I have done to my vines.  I dabbed on an olive mist and then tipped the leaf ends with a dark red mist.

This is the tin I used; you could use any other tin you have on hand.  

Here is a list of supplies that I used.  It is long BUT, you need not use the exact things that I used.  Whatever mists, paints, etc. that you have will probably give you a similar effect.  The idea here is to get out all those mists and paint and play, have fun, make a mess!

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities collection:

Brews and Potions (12 x 12) 4501144 - bat and book strips

Articles of Antiquity (12 x 12) 4501147 - diecut behind skeleton

Ghostly Greetings (12 x 12)  4501148 - flowers

Cabinet of Curiosities (12 x 12) 4501149 - skeleton fussy cut

6 x 6 Patterns & Solids 4501151 - flowers and vines

Tags & Pockets 450160

Decorative Chipboard 4501154

Journaling Chipboard 4501155

G45 Staples Claw Feet 4501027

G45 StaplesDoor Knockers 4501028

G45 Staples Stamped Metal Brads 4500422

Other:

Pepperidge Farms cookie tin

Black gesso

Izink opaline, gold

Shamrock green acrylic paint

Silks Vavoom Red

Heidi Swapp Chartreuse mist

Prima mists:  Empress Gold, Pressed Petal

Dylusions Funky Fuschia mist

Lindy's mists: Cajun Carnelian Red, Golden Lump O' Coal, Gator Gumbo Olive

Shimmerz Vibez Snow Storm

Liquitex Matte Medium

Krylon Workable Fixatif

Prima Static stencil

Art-C Gold embossing paste

Stampendous embossing enamel: aged gold, aged black

La La Land large rolled rose die

Spellbinders Romantic Vines die

Sizzix Alterations Tattered Floral die

Paper Arts Bodacious Blooms die

Tim Holtz Ideaology corked vials

Prima Glass Beads - plum

ColorBox G45 Decades Antique Moss ink

Ranger Distress Ink:  Rusty Hinge, Black Soot

Really Reasonable Ribbon green gingham check

Every year I host a mini camp at my house and have a project for everyone to make.  This year the girls made this cookie tin.  Here is Kathi's tin.

Here's Peggy's tin!  Love that the girls were able to follow the video tutorial and create their own tins!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I know this was an extra long post, hope you enjoyed it.  These tins were so much fun to make, give it a try!