Christmas Sardine Tin Finale

The Christmas sardine tin swap with Lou and Sherry has finished and I enjoyed it so much. It was really inspirational and I have already thought of more ideas for more tins. These are the final layers for Sherry's tin which is now home. Apologies for the photos but the light is just rubbish just now. It rained all last weekend. I added a flying angel to the back of the scene Lou had created. I used my other deer for the front of the tin. I coated it with Distress Rock Candy and then rubbed silver Adirondack paint into it for the effect.

I made a hanger from beading wire and some snowflake brads I found in my stash. I also coated the wings with white microbeads left over from cross stitch projects. The blue beads were wired and then glued to the edge as they were a bit fiddly.

I also deepened the colour of back the tin using some Liquetex paint I had and then edged it with some sticky lace tape I have for the final tweek. I hope Sherry liked it and I love how the tins are all so different in style. Roll on the next swap.

My tin arrived home from Lou and it's just stunning. I borrowed her photo as it is so much better than mine. It's like a little shrine to Christmas and a great start to the season. Thank you both ladies for your fabulous work.

Psychodiva's Altered Sardine Can

This is how it arrived, with the crow unattached so I could add it wherever.

And the finished piece:

I must confess I was a little stumped, but thanks for Google!!  I clicked on Crow Animal Spirit, and all results referred to the Crow being "The Guardian of the Void", so the key seemed appropriate.  As I researched the Crow in the Animal Spirit World, the North American Indians refer to Crow Magik & Medicine, I'll not give too much away you can do your own googling, but these results lead to symbols for medicine  hence the staff with entwined serpents and wings aka The Caduceas, which was placed behind the Crow.  I added a painted plastic bottle top as the stand.

I love these kind of projects, you learn so much when you do the research for them and I become quite attached to the finished results.

Apologises for the photos, I just couldn't get the lighting right..

Sonja's Altered Christmas Sardine Tin

This is how it was looking when it first arrived waiting for layer3:

I added the big swirly star at the top and a small garden of star flowers and the words "Scatter Joy".   I toyed with the idea of adding bigger wings to the outside of tin but decided against it.  

The garden of stars looks like this:

I've really enjoyed playing with these little cans, hopefully we'll do a few more in 2013.

Heads Up: I've had lots of problems with blogger rotating my pics, but by renaming them to .PNG seems to have resolved it.

Christmas Sardine Tin - Lou Stage 2

This is step two of Lou's sardine can that is now ready to post Monday after I had a senior blip and lost Sherry's postal address. This is what I got in the mail and the colour was lovely very burnished gold and vintage.

I keep various odds and ends that catch my eye and I had two deer from a christmas card I liked one year that had been waiting for that right something to come along. I used one of the deer while the other is actually heading for Sherry's tin that is half done already after arriving yesterday. I coated the base with texture paste and sequin waste and the used a Stampin Up shimmer paint when it was dry. The angel is from Lisa's Altered Art and I printed her out on cardstock so she was sturdy and could be mounted at the front of the tin. There was some cotton wool for the snowy effect. I also wrapped the tin with twine and then glued down some microbeads from my cross stitch stash. The wood veneer trees are Studio Calico embossed with some Blonde Moments UTEE.

I have really enjoyed this swap but stopping is an issue so there is something left for the other participants. I've got a Halloween tin on my mind just now as I've found the tins really inspiring. Sonja.x

Altered Sardine Can II; Layer 2

This is a NON Christmas Altered Can for Jazz.  Jazz mentioned a couple of theme ideas and I liked the idea of "In the style of KLIMT".   I've added lots of gold swirls inside the can and lots of wire and beads to the outsides, this was very fiddly and something I won't rush to do in a hurry but I do like the look.

Look forward to seeing the end result.

Christmas Sardine Can :Layer 2

Just finished playing with the sardine cans, having a great time with them.  This is Sherry's Christmas themed can after I've added layers of tissue paper, paint and then glammed up with some snowflakes and glitter.  I've left the outsides and wings untouched.

It's now ready for posting.

Altered Sardine Cans

My 2 cans all set for the next layer.

Christmas: The can has several layers of gesso, followed by red acrylic and then gold acrylic paint.  The paper inside the can is from my secret swapper, I do love all things spotty..

NON Christmas:  The can was covered in pages from a latin text book, then a layer of scrunched up tissue paper was added over this.  The dolls head is attached to a long screw, this is not secure as I think it will be easier to play with loose.

Girls feel free to get weird and wacky with these.

All packaged and ready for posting tomorrow.

Secret Stash received and wow...

...there are so many goodies in my big box from my secret mystery swapper:  A big selection of scrapbook paper, stamps, paint, ink, ribbons, lots of embellishment, old comic, old sewing pattern paper, sequin waste, journal spots, really cool magazine pages and that's just a fraction of what's in there, not to mention the fabulous gift of 4, yes 4 fabulous mail art cards.  WOW, THANK YOU so much for your generosity.  Now to think about what to create, so many lovely goodies to play with :)

  

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These are all so cool and I know my Daughters may snaffle a couple if I don't keep a close eye on them.  Thank You 

And this is what I made using scrapbook papers, magazine page, paints and chipboard pieces.

So many goodies still to play with.......

mail art from Lou

This arrived this morning off Lou or Posh Scot and its very me.... have.put it on top of my easel

Introducing Poshscot aka Lou

Hello, I’m Lou. I love to lose myself in the process of creating and I’m really keen on ‘up-cycling’, mixed media collage and textile art.  My ethos to creating is to start with a blank canvas and make it mine, size doesn’t really matter, big or small it’s all good. 

I’ve been swapping internationally for over 10 years now and find it really pushes the boundaries for me.  

This textile piece is based on a roundabout not far from my home.

This collage was an experiment with ink and wax.

Buddhism plays a major part in my inspiration and well being.

Surround Yourself with Inspiration.