I like to save my tuna tins or salmon tins they make fabulous catch alls. The taller tins are not easy to come by with out the ribs in the tin. The ones that I have were from canned asparagus, that is the only tin that I have found that is not ribbed.
Make sure that you do not have any rough tin burrs left on the can from opening. Peel the paper off and make sure that the glue is removed really well, if there is some residue of glue it will show after the tin is painted.I know aerosol is not at all a green product!
You can use brush on paint for the tins so as not to use aerosol, but it really doesn't work too well.
Spray or brush the tins with a flat black, or color of your choice, spray paint. I like the black background, I think it looks really cool with whatever I decide to decorate with.
For this tuna tin I used acrylic paints and used a flower pattern and method that I learned when I used to tole paint eons ago! I use it for a candle holder. I sprayed it with a matte finish krylon spray.This tin has been painted with acrylic paints as well. Just use whatever method of painting or embellishing you choice to use. You can see that this tin has not been sprayed with a lacquer.
This Tin is easy enough for kids to make.
With this tin I simply glued some really nice flower decals and embellished the rim edge with some gold trim. For a kids project there are so many wonderful decals, trims, phrases and letters. Using your imagination the possibilities are endless. What an easy, inexpensive and useful little gift to make for a childs teacher or daddy or mommy!
Here are a few different embellishments that I picked up to decorate my tin with.
When you have your tin decorated the way you want it to be you can paint it with a clear lacquer paint, either a matte or a gloss it depends on your preference. The tin that I have displayed as a candle holder has been lacquered, the others haven't been, notice the difference.
Until Next Time
Keep On Rockin' On
Jean9
My StumbleUpon Page
17 comments:
What a terrific idea! I love it when recycling is that pretty to look at.
You're one very talented artist. I like your idea of using recyclable items for your artwork. You make fabulous creations.
Hey! Just wanna let you know that you are one of the winners of the birthday giveaway and I've transferred the credits to ya. :)
These are great ideas... I love what you've come up with. I do not have the patience for crafts like this, but I really like seeing what you create.
You're invited to my blog sites.
I added you to my blogroll.
they look amazing!!! :-)
wow thats really beautiful! I wish I could paint like that! I have covered some cans in wallpaper and tissue paper ot stamped on paper though, not in a long time! Maybe I am overdue! lol
Those tins look so fabulous! What a great, easy craft. Of course, I'll be doing the gluing method since I can't paint a picture to save my life! :-D
ohmigoodness! How do you come up with these amazing ideas? You are very creative and these are practical and cute! I love it! Thanks! The girls and I will give it a try!
hi! thanks for dropping by my site and for leaving a note. i really appreciate it...
i love your crafts! wow, excellent ideas! i would love to try these but i am afraid it will not come out as beautiful as yours...
i admire you for your talent. i love the tuna can candle holder. i save tin cans too but i just wash them and use them as they are.
cheers!
Those are all great ideas. I will have to try some of those soon.
I have tagged you for a Meme :-) http://chica-pumuckl.blogspot.com/2008/07/meme-for-me-award.html
Talk about making something out of nothing...your creativity inspires me!
Those are food tins? How cool!
I love what you did with the food tins. They look fab. Very talented.
That is an awesome idea, I just really wish I had the creative bone somewhere in my body so I could do this sorta thing.
Still don't know how I passed Art in years seven and eight in high school LOL.
Stuart
Post a Comment