Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Embossed CD Tin



I would have never thought to emboss on something other than paper, but when I read Heather's blog the other day, she had embossed on a tin. That very same day I received a tin in the mail that I ordered from Eclectic Paperie. So I gave it a try! You emboss it the same way that you would on paper. I used Snow Burst for the stamps. I inked them up in Versamark and stamped them onto the tin. Then I poured on silver embossing powder and melted it with the heat gun. The tin gets pretty warm so I set it aside while I made the belly band. I crimped a strip of Bashful Blue. Then I added a strip of Blizzard wrapping paper. I tied on some white organdy ribbon and added a scallop in the middle for a little something. I'm not sure what I'm going to put in this yet, but I have a lot of workshops coming up, so one of my hostesses just might be the lucky recipient!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Erica,
I love this. I have never tried it. I have an empty tin I will have to give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration. Hope your week is better. We have the stomach flu YUCK
Dawn

Anonymous said...

very neat -- gives it such an "elegant" touch

Anonymous said...

What a pretty tin! I am going to give this a try! Thanks for sharing!

Stampin' Project Junkie! said...

How cool!! I'm going to have to try this out!!! I have tins on there way!

Jill said...

How cute is this! What a great idea and your finished product is wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

That paper is to DIE for!!!! i love how you embossed this tin, what a wonderful idea!! Maybe I should give it a try?!

Noel said...

What a cool technique!! I'll have to give it a try sometime!

Corie said...

Great idea -- this just adds the perfect touch!!

Heather P. said...

Your tin turned out GORGEOUS! Wow, Erica!