'Winged Egyptian god of Dominoes'
by Leigh Snaith-Brunton - The Sharpie Domino Queen

Rubber Stamps:
Zettiology ( www.zettiology.com ): 3 Egyptian Figures - discontinued (alternative image 23-125H), Egyptian figure - 16-85F
Above the Mark ( www.abovethemark.com ) Foreign Text - 140141

Tiny domino beads - www.craftingsandthings.com

Directions:
Start with a tall mint tin from Starbucks. With a pencil, lightly mark where the lid of the tin sits on the body. It's better to leave the area where the lid closes unpainted to prevent the lid from sticking or the paint peeling off at a later stage. This tip is mainly for those of you who plan to use the tin to put things in.

Gently sand the tin with sandpaper just to roughen up the surface a bit. Apply one coat of metal primer paint and leave for an hour to dry.

Put a small amount of black and burgundy acrylic paint onto a mixing surface. Mix the paint together a bit but not totally - you want some of the burgundy to show through. But the main colour you end up with is a rich reddish-brown. Apply the paint to the tin by dabbing it on with a paintbrush for a mottled effect. Let the paint dry.

Lay the 3 figure stamp on your work surface and ink it up with a gold pigment ink pad. Hold the front of the tin above the middle of the stamp image just to eyeball where the image will stamp. Then turn the tin and move it sideways (still hovering above the image) and then press down gently. It's very important that the tin doesn't slip to prevent smudging. Then slowly roll the tin across the stamp. If you smudge or don't get good coverage then just take a piece of damp tissue paper and wipe away the ink and start again. Once you're happy heat set the ink.

Randomly stamp portions of the same image to cover the lid and heat set.

Edge the rims of the tin with a broad point metallic paint pen.

Stamp the 2nd Zettiology image (16-85F) twice onto black cardstock and heat set. In pencil hand draw the shape of a wing over the lower portion of the image and cut it out. Turn the wing over and place it over the lower portion of the second image and trace the wing pattern for the other wing.

Attach the wings together in the middle with a strip of double-sided tape (on the front side of the wings where they'll stick to the back of the tin). Turn the wings over and stamp the text (140141) in gold pigment ink and heat set.

Lay the wooden circle over the stamped face on the cardstock and eyeball the position. Trace around the circle in pencil and cut out. Colour the back and the sides of the wood circle with a broad point metallic gold paint pen then glue the face to the circle.

Randomly add some detail with a white PrismaColor pencil to all the larger black areas of the stamped sections on the tin, wings and face circle.

Edge the wings with a fine point gold metallic paint pen.

Glue the scraps of stamped cardstock to 4 sides of the small wood block and 5 sides of the larger wood block. Glue 4 mini game pen dominoes to the sides of the larger wood block.

Glue the 'King Tut' charm over the head portion of the stamped image and the mummy charm over the narrowed legs portion of the same image on the front of the tin. Glue the Ankh charm over the more obscured eye of the face and the tiny sun in the center of the forehead.

Glue one tiny domino bead to each wing and 3 in a crown formation around the head. Use Diamond Glaze to glue all the charms and the mini dominoes.

With a fine point metallic gold paint pen colour in the pips on the domino beads.

Now to assemble all the pieces:
   *Glue the small wood block to the lid of the tin in line with the back edge.
   *Glue the circle face to the front of the small wood block so the face is at an angle.
   *Peel off the paper covering on the double-sided tape and adhere the wings to the back of the tin.
   *Finally glue the larger wood block to the base of the tin.
   *Use Aleene's clear tacky glue for all of the above.

Once everything is dry paint the entire altered tin with a coat of Delta Ceramcoat glossy clear varnish.

Altered Domino Tin by Val Snaith

Directions:
Using a jumbo domino tin that my dominoes came in - I first tea stained a sheet of ordinary copy paper when dry I cut out an oblong window, placing the paper over the tin allowing the window to show the Huge Size Dominoes that is printed on the box. Using Aleene's Tacky Glue to stick the paper to the tin.

I used a mixture of orange, brown, yellow and black fibers, once again using Aleene's Tacky Glue to stick the fibers around the window.

On the top of the tin I used triominoes, chekits, miniature and tiny dominoes gluing them on with Aleene's Tacky Glue. In the centre of the tin I glued a black shiny domino. I coloured the triominoes and chekits with Adirondack Alcohol Inks for a vibrant, polished effect.

I applied the inks with an applicator I made. I stuck a piece of velcro to a wooden block and attached a piece of white felt to the velcro. Then add a few drops of each of the inks to the felt and dab this onto the game pieces. The inks blend into wonderful colours and patterns, the ink dries very fast.

I used the black wooden dominoes and placed them around the box, sticking them on with Aleene's tacky glue that dries clear.

And finally I placed the fiber called FIZZ Sapphire around the bottom of the tin.

Source for the fibers, dominoes and other game pieces: http://www.craftingsandthings.com

“Torn Metal Tin with Domino” by Julie Quandt

Rubber stamp by Oxford Impressions, “Dressmaker” plate

Directions for Domino:

1. Cover standard white domino with VersaMagic Sugarcane ink.  Set with heat tool.
2. Stamp image from Oxford Impressions “Dressmaker” plate on domino with Stazon ink.
3. Add additional color with chalks using a Q-tip.  Since it is a vintage image, I didn’t worry when some of the color rubbed off; I think it looks more aged that way.
4. Glue snaps onto the domino using Perfect Paper Adhesive.
5. Edge the domino with a gold metallic leafing pen.

Directions for Tin:

1. Sponge Metallic Olive Green Lumiere paint on all sides and bottom of tin.  Let dry.  Do the same inside the lid.
2. Lightly sponge on Bronze and/or Super Copper Lumiere paint over the olive green paint inside and out.
3. Once dry, glue desired collage images into the tin with PPA or matte medium.

Directions for “Torn Metal”:

1. The area surrounding the domino may appear to be metal, but it’s actually a credit card heated, manipulated and painted to look like metal.  (Leslie Altman described this technique in Somerset Studio Gallery III magazine, pg. 24.)
2. Center the domino on front or back of an old credit card.  Trace around the domino with a pen or Sharpie.  Using a ruler, draw diagonal lines through the traced area to make an X in the middle.
3. Using your heat gun, heat up the plastic for 10-20 seconds, holding the heat gun about 1-2 inches away.  Quickly lay a wooden ruler over your lines and cut with your craft knife from one edge of the box to the other.  Do not cut outside the box.  You will need to do this a few times, heating the plastic in between cuts, to get through the plastic.
4. Continue until you have cut completely through the X you drew.  You should now be left with four triangle shapes.
5. Using your heat gun again, heat up one triangle until it is soft enough to work with.  Use a pair of flat nosed pliers or a ruler to quickly bend back the plastic.
6. Continue on with the other pieces.  If the plastic you have already bent back is re-heated, it will “forget” how you left it and flatten out.  Point the heat gun at an angle to avoid heating those areas.  I also used a wooden ruler or pliers to cover the areas I already worked on to avoid this.
7. Once the “metal” pieces are shaped the way you want, coat the entire piece of plastic with black Neopaque paint or another acrylic paint.  Once dry, sponge on different colors of Lumiere paint (I used Olive Green and Super Copper) to give the plastic an aged look.
8. Finish the “metal” edges with a metallic gold leafing pen.

I glued the “torn metal” and the domino to the finished tin with E6000.

Stamp: Marilyn Monroe for face & torso - The Stampsmith

Instructions
Spray paint 1 small Altoids tin gold, inside and out.
Let dry. On a small wooden disk about the size of a nickel that has been prepped with gesso, stamp the face portion of Marilyn Monroe portrait. Color the face with colored pencils.

On a mini domino that has been bleached overnight and rinsed,
I stamped the torso from the same stamp. I gathered 2 layers of sheer white ribbon for the skirt and attached to the back of the domino with Diamond Glaze adhesive. Let dry.

While it's drying, I applied drops of Ranger alcohol inks to the letters spelling "Marilyn" (I used raisin). I attached a small piece of plastic window screen to the top of the lid. I slid a piece of gold punchella under the outer edge of the screen. I cut out 2 legs from thin cork and stamped with vintage boots and using Diamond Glaze, attached them to the lower edge of the tin.

I used a piece of foam behind the domino to lift it off the tin, the same with the "face". I had strung some beads on wire for arms and put it between the head and torso...all were attached with Diamond Glaze. I spelled out "Marilyn" down the side and also glued in a couple of random beads. All were attached with Diamond Glaze.

'Love is in the Sewing' by Leigh Snaith-Brunton - The Sharpie Domino Queen

Rubber Stamp:
Foam mounted Heart and I love You stamps by AllNight Media
Love Letter by Hero Arts

Tiny domino bead - www.craftingsandthings.com
Mini travel sized domino - www.craftingsandthings.com

Directions:
Start of with a mini Altoids mint tin. Gently sand the tin lid with sandpaper just to roughen up the surface a bit, also sand the base of the tin to cover the manufacturer's writing. Leave the sides of the base undecorated because the colour matches the colour scheme.

Apply one coat of metal primer paint to the lid and the base and leave for an hour to dry.

Apply burgundy acrylic paint to the lid by dabbing it on with a paint brush for a mottled effect. Apply black paint to the base. Let the paint dry.

Randomly stamp the heart in Opalite ink onto the lid of the tin and heat set.

In a swap a while ago I received two faux 'Love Letter' postage stamps stamped in red on sticker paper. I put one sticker on the lid of the tin and other one inside the lid. Then adhere the cancelled 'Love' postage stamp with Aleene's clear tacky glue to the lid too. Put aside to dry.

Stain a white mini travel sized domino with Pink Pizzazz Ancient Page dye ink by gently blending it into the surface with a piece of tissue and heat set. Stain the sides of the domino in the same way and heat set.

Ink up the sentiment stamp with Cardinal Ancient Page dye ink and stamp the mini domino. Add a couple more hearts from the same stamp to cover the whole domino where needed then heat set for the last time.

Edge the rim of the tin with a broad point metallic gold paint pen.

Embellish the tin lid by gluing on the following with Diamond Glaze glue:
    *Add the key and ladybird charms to the lid top and the heart lock to the side of the lid at the front of the tin.
    *one tiny domino bead and the mini travel domino.
    * rhinestone jewels to the key, the lid and one on the domino.

Let all the embellishments set in place for a few minutes then coat the entire lid surface including the mini travel domino with Diamond Glaze. Put the tin aside for a few hours until the glaze is dry.

While the tin is drying colour two oblong magnets with a metallic gold paint pen and let them dry.

Cut a small piece of thin red silk ribbon to fit inside the tin lid. Knot each end to prevent fraying.

Cut a piece of scrap paper to the basic size of the inside dimensions of the tin base and insert. Run a fingernail around the sides of the tin creasing the paper and remove it. Following the crease cut the scrap to the right size. Use this as a template to cut a liner from a piece of pink patterned paper. Glue the patterned paper inside the tin.

Attach the red ribbon to the lid of the tin with the two magnets and pull the ribbon taught. The ribbon will hold spare buttons and a tiny safety pin in place. Attach two red bobble-head pins and a needle to the magnets. Inside the tin put a mini sewing kit and a pair of tiny collapsible scissors (don't forget to remove the scissors if you take your mini sewing kit on a plane with you).

Attach your name label to the underside of the tin and then coat with Delta Ceramcoat gloss varnish.

The finished altered sewing tin would make a great gift in a small red organza drawstring bag or as a neat way to keep it in your handbag.