An anniversary gift

Walt and I don't exchange cards or gifts on our birthdays or anniversaries.  But this year is special so he's getting 2 cards and a gift.  As you know, over at Studio L3 Linda is hosting the 2nd Compendium of Curiosities weekly challenge.  This week she chose Tim's pocket watch that can be found on page 35 of Tim's book.  And to encourage you to participate, Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 gift certificate to their store to a randomly picked entry.  Yowza!  Who doesn't like to go shopping?!?!!?

This photo was taken on a glacier in Alaska...we got to dip our hands into a crack in the glacier where a small stream had formed and drink some of the purest water on the planet.  That is one memory we will never, ever forget!   

Tim's small airplane (Warehouse District) was stamped on shrink plastic in Manganese Blue archival ink.  'travels' was stamped on scrap paper and edged with brown distress ink.  The stamp is one of the pre-inked ones from JustRite Stamps.

I'll be putting the pocket watch inside this altered Altoid tin.

Tim's Lost & Found paper covers the tin.  The tutorial that inspired this package used Mod Podge matte to adhere all the papers.  The airline ticket (Warehouse District) was also stamped on shrink plastic but in Jet Black archival ink.  I sponged a bit of Coffee archival ink around the edges before I shrank the image.

Using a scrap of gray cardstock, I cut one of the smaller banners from the TH/Sizzix Tattered Banners die.  'Embrace. The. Adventure' was stamped in Jet Black archival ink.  This stamp is from the 'Dressed For Art' Studio 490 set.

Here's a front view and an interior view.   I wrote many of our travel destinations all around the outer edges of the tin.

More papers from Tim's Lost & Found were cut to size for the inside.  I edged the papers with Coffee archival ink.  More CAI was added to the inside walls to soften the gold interior.

With the theme of 'Anything Goes' over at Simon Says Stamp Show this week, I think I'll submit this altered tin.  Maybe I'll  win a $50 gift voucher or even get a 'Top 3' blinky award.  

You have to participate to win!