Happy Monday, peeps! I hope you had a great weekend! I've got a little different project for you today! I haven't done one of these altered Altoid tins for a long time, and I thought it would be fun to delve into my big stash of vintage/retro Halloween ephemera and create a 3D item! So here we go:
I first covered the front of the tin with some Tim Holtz paper that was stamped with a vintage spooky design by Close to My Heart. I added an image from an Authentique scrapbook page, diecut with a Stitched Shapes oval die. The "Happy Halloween" was stamped on another TH paper; this stamp is an old Crafty Secrets vintage Halloween one; the bats are from the same set. The crescent moon is from a mini CS Halloween set, stamped, colored and fussy-cut.
The back of the tin was covered with a Tim Holtz Halloween paper image:
and the sides were covered with adhesive glitter ribbon (Close to My Heart) and a hand-dyed (Cajun Craze ink) scrunchy seam binding bow.
When you open it up, this is the inside:
The left side features a panel from a Crafty Secrets ephemera page; I simply cut it to fit the tin and rounded the edges. I added some Tim Holtz stickers and black glimmer stars:
The right side (my favorite) features another panel from Authentique; I cut out the elements to fit the tin, layering the cat, the candle and the smaller pumpkins around the image. The background is paper from My Mind's Eye Honey 6x6 pad, decorated with a ticket from Crafty Secrets ephemera pack:
I added a little Tim Holtz sticker for fun:
I am not quite sure why I love vintage Halloween images SO much. My Halloween decorations at home feature a lot of these style images too....I think they remind me of my dad! He was a good one to give you a scare at Halloween! Anyway, I will add this to my collection of Halloween decor and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! I am entering it into the new Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge, the Funkie Junkie Boutique Halloween challenge, as well as the Inkspirational photo challenge:
Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!
