Decoupaged Altoid tin

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Okay, so I had this small whitman's sampler tin- its just like the hinged altoid tins but it's deeper. Anyway, so I am making a thing for my bf, and I stuck images clipped out of victoria's secret all over it, but now it is very hard to close and even harder to open (because I decoupaged the sides completely)

Is there a way I can fix this or do I just have to deal with it? Once i had to pull so hard to open it that the top of the tin came off the little hinges O_O

I really can't scrap the project because I don't have another catalog with the same images in it (these were PERFECT) so I'd really like to know if I'm just going to have to "deal" or if mayyybe there's a way to fix it.

Oh, also, I used Plaid "Royal Coat" decoupage finish for it, if that makes a difference.