It came from SPACE! Tacky Sci-Fi Altered Tin

[noooitaremybirthday]

Woo hoo! I can finally share this altered altoids tin I made for the Vices Altered Tin Swap I was lucky enough to be paired with Cackle, the incredible, and one of her themes was Tacky Sci-Fi movies. How on Earth could I resist crafting that one?! And so this Sci-Fi altoids tin was born...


I used acrylics to pain the background night scene complete with UFOs and sparkly pigment powder tractor beams. Some of the stars in the sky are crystal gems to add that extra other-worldly twinkle...


You can see the black glitter I lined the inside edge of the tin with. It looks like space-rocks The alien and girl are from a vintage movie poster. I coated the beast in clear glaze to make it look slimy and frightening, much like the tactics used in so many of our favorite lame creature-features.


The bottom has glass marbles for accent, and the base is a lamp socket. My favorite lamp sputtered out and died, but Bobby fixed it and I was left with this perfect little spaceship-looking thingamajig. It's colored with alcohol inks, then roughed up with sandpaper.


The back! The alien city is made from a bunch of cotter pins and one of those silly fake car keys the car dealerships send out stuck to mailers.


The beads along the outer rim are held on securely by gluing twice! First, stick them on using a line of glue around the rim. Then let that dry completely. Then put a line of glue along the outside edge of all the beads. Use glue that dries clear! Tada!

I wanted to keep this so bad, but alas, it belongs in another place... A far away place... Outer Space (aka Cackle's house)
Thank you for looking!

[MeganCrafts]

This is absolutely amazing.  Fantastic homage to classic sci-fi.

[fiddlegirl8]

nooo - THIS IS AMAZING - I love it!  You are the most awesomeist!!!  Yes, that is a word!  It describes YOU!!  

ps - it's so good it's GREAT, if you ask me.

[alwaysinmyroom]

Your imagination is incredible!  I love the lamp socket base and using those pesky keys that we have no use for but keep anyway!

Thanks for sharing some of your techniques...lots of effort and fun went into that tin!

[PerfectlyBohemian]

I think everyone needs a little tacky in their home.... If I had to choose, this would be the kind that I'd want Nifty.

[bookstorebabe]

I hit this rocks! Loove it.

[noooitaremybirthday]

Thanks for the kind words! Thanks for the "this rocks" bookstore babe

[cackle]

I am very lucky to have nooo as my partner.....I LOVE my Sci Fi tin to bits!

[LimeRiot]

You are so brilliant!! This is totally fantastic.

[mouseatethekitty]

How neat! What an awesome tin! WHat kind of glue do you use to keep the paper on the outside of the tin so nicely?