Friday, March 30, 2018

Spring tin

Here's a spring tin I've been dreaming up for a couple months... well, now that Easter is upon us, I thought, "Okay!  Time to take action!"



Supplies:

  • Tin from the Asian food store inked with Distress/Adirondack Alcohol ink in Mushroom and mixative in Pearl
  • Moss-covered styrofoam pebble from the dollar store
  • Flowers from various times and places... so interesting to think of where each came from and how they are all together now!
  • "Egg" in background was a diecut from a Basic Grey pack from years ago.  I inked it with Frayed Burlap DI
  • Bunny cut from a piece of DP (I think it was an Alice in Wonderland set, but the full page is long gone).  I glued the bunny to a tiny dowel and poked it into the mossy rock.
That's it.  I was close to adding a handle to make this look like a basket, but that definitely took away from the arched white flowers, which I feel fill that role.  I also considered adding pearl trim, but it was just too much for this scene, which I ultimately liked more natural and spring-y.

I'll share this cutie at the following challenges:

16 comments:

  1. That action you took created a very joyous piece. Thanks for sharing it with us over at TIOT. Happy Easter. Erika

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  2. A fabulous spring tin! WOW! Thank you for joining us at Try It On Tusday!Happy Easter!

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  3. An absolutely beautiful spring project. Thank you for sharing it with us at rry it on Tuesdays.
    Happy Easter
    Yvonne

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  4. An amazing project! I love how all the Easter and springtime elements came together so beautifully - perfecg 😁. Thanks so much for joining us at Try it On Tuesday! J 😊

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  5. Thank you for joining us at MMM, with this beautiful Easter display, fantastic work

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  6. This is a gorgeous Easter/Spring decoration. I love the arch of flowers. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Alphabet Challenge.
    Crafty hugs
    Lesley

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  7. A beautiful Easter decoration, love all the elements of it.

    Thanks for joining us at Try It On Tuesday Challenge

    Joan

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  8. Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Alphabet, good luck!!! Amy DT

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  9. What a wonderful project. Thank you for joining us at TioT.

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  10. This is fab, never would have thought of this but im so glad you did and shared it with us.
    Thank you for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. Have a great day x

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  11. Mimi, this is just adorable and a beautiful piece of spring home decor! I have a huge hoard of these little tins to make Christmas ornaments, but I've never thought of making an Easter ornament. Now I am inspired! I'm so happy you shared this with us at Frilly and Funkie--so perfect for our Bloomin' Marvelous challenge! Hugs! PS I hope you had a wonderful Easter!

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  12. What a cute perfect spring project! Thanks for playing with our Casual Fridays challenge and good luck!

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  13. Oh WOW! Such a stunning creation for Easter. Thanks for playing along CAS-ual Fridays Spring Fever Challenge. DT Lisa

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  14. What a beautiful Easter floral tin! Thank you for joining us at Frilly and Funkie xx

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  15. Woot woot! You're the proud owner of a $25 GC to the Funkie Junkie Boutique! Hop on over and do a happy dance. So happy for ya! Hugs, Autumn

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  16. I was so excited to see you were picked as our random winner at Frilly and Funkie, Mimi! Congrats and have fun shopping! Hugs!

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