Altered Money & UHU

Don't you wish we could just alter money? Turn a $1 bill into $100? I somehow think that may be slightly illegal. However we can alter how we carry our money. So I thought, why not bling it up a little?!

I have to be honest I'm not much for purses, seems as though the bigger they are the more we find to carry. So I like small wallets. Which is how all this led to UHU, read on................

I was lucky enough to get to participate in this month's September Sample-of-the-month at UHU. For September UHU sent out a UHU Twist & Glue sample and a Saunders Aluminum accessory box. My job was to see what I could come up with these two products, especially the Twist & Glue. Here's what I did:

So here is the finished project:

This is the outside of my tin, standing up.

First I painted my tin with red acrylic paint. To adhere the paper (Kaiser Crafts) I brushed the UHU glue directly onto the tin. It worked great! It allowed me enough time to place the paper correctly and then dried quite quickly. Which is good for those like me, impatient! After I had my two pieces of paper on the tin I also brushed another layer over the paper for extra protection. I couldn't believe how smoothly it went on and left no streaks, nor did it make the paper bubble. I also used the UHU to adhere the metal embellishment (Kaiser Crafts) and the ribbon.

Now for the inside:

I created my own blinged up one-of-a-kind wallet. The right side has a money band that is glued to the sides of the tin and is slightly raised above the paper so I can slide lots of cash under it, LOL (My whole big $2 and I had to steal it from my son's piggy!)

And the left side I sewed small pockets to hold debit or credit or any kind of cards. Since I never seem to have cash on hand I needed a place to put my debit cards. Then for when there is no cash (most likely) I made sure that I still liked what the inside looked like by adding some all important bling!

By adding some stickles in a variety of color I made sure that even when empty it was still purtty. And now you can also see how I stitched the small card holder pockets into place. I UHU tin inside empty adhered both sides with paper the same way as the front. UHU brushed on underneath and then another protective coating on the top.

So let's talk about the UHU Twist & Glue. I am just amazed at it's versatility!

First it is an easy open container. How many times do we fight with opening glue? Well I do!
It brushed on without leaving streaks and dries completely clear!
Now catch this, After painting the tin red I noticed that the more I open and shut the tin the paint was wearing in certain places. So I wondered if the UHU might protect that also like it did the paper. So I mixed some acrylic paint and some UHU glue and painted the exposed areas. BOOM! It totally worked! So now the paint isn't flaking off.
It is strong and can be used on paper, wood, felt, cardboard, fabric and felt.
Can be used to glue these materials to metals, ceramics, glass, polystyrene, foam & many plastics
Washable with soap & water
Acid free formula isﾠ solvent free & non-toxic
Not damaged by freezing

There are two other bloggers out there that I know have also completed this project with their own spin. Go take a look at what Amanda and Mary did. Such great talent!

I had a complete blast doing this project. I really love to alter items and the UHU made this easy to do. I hope you liked the project and you'll skip on over to the UHU blog and take a look at their other great ideas.

4 Comments

Wow so pretty. The inside items are nice too.LOL

Ter:)

Posted by: Terri | September 26, 2008 at 01:56 PM

It's brilliant! Everyone in the office wants one! It's not only gorgeous but fashionable and functionable! Wow! Awesome review and project. UHUers are amazing!

Alyssa
ww.GlueWithUHU.com

Posted by: Alyssa | September 26, 2008 at 09:33 AM