For You Tin

Happy Monday!  I hope your weekend was wonderful.  Kirsten received my package on Saturday so now I can show you the last couple of projects I put in her box of goodies.  Kirsten mentioned that she liked dark chocolate, so I bought some dark chocolate raspberry Ghirardelli squares.  Now I'm not a fan of dark chocolate, but those raspberry squares are exquisite!

I wanted to put the chocolates in a tin so I started by wrapping four of the chocolates in a strip of Berry Bliss DSP. 



Next I altered the tin (I bought these tins here). 



I used Sticky Strip to adhere the ribbon around the edge of the lid.  When I tied the knot in the ribbon, it gathered the ribbon and you could see the silver edge of the tin around the knot.  I untied the knot and adhered a 1" piece of the same ribbon to the front of the tin behind where the knot is.  If you look closely at the photo above, you'll see both pieces of ribbon.  Normally the tin showing around the knotted ribbon wouldn't bother me, but this little trick comes in handy when you're altering a tin with a pattern or color on it that you completely want to cover.

With the lid on my tin, I added two more rows of sticky strip to the bottom for my designer series paper (DSP).  It's important to keep the lid on the tin while you're doing this so you know how far the lid comes down the side of the tin.  The top row of sticky strip is right below the bottom of the lid.  I took the lid off and measured from the bottom of the tin to the top of my second piece of sticky strip and that's how wide I cut my DSP.  The DSP does not go to the top of the side of the tin.  There will be about 1/4" gap not covered in DSP.  That's because it won't fit under the lid. 



I finished the tin by adding some Rub-ons to the window in the lid.  This is a very quick project to make (it took me less than 15 minutes) and it's a fun way to give chocolate.  Thanks for stopping by!  ~Dannie

Stamps: One of a Kind
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate, Berry Bliss DSP
Ink: Purely Pomegranate
Accessories: Purely Pomegranate Double-stitched Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Eastern Elegance Rub-ons
Punches: Small and Large Oval