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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Travels... you are going to love these! ! !

 A long story very very short... some one showed Sande and I this adorable little suitcase that they had made at a Tim Holtz class... and we fell in love with it... 


So I decided that it was about time I got the brain into gear and made one... 

Oh what fun I had making these... I started out with one... and of course couldn't stop.... you know me... 




 One is never enough... besides, I am going to have to show a lot of people how to make this fun little suitcase, so I have to know all the ins and outs of how to make it and simply make it... 


I used paper on this one.... actually a K&co paper... a little bit thicker than paper... and used real sheet music on the corners...  


This is the little 'lock' area.. and it 
of course locks the suitcase
 I used Bazzill for the handles and put sewing holes along the edges for detail... 


I had to make this look like a real suitcase, so I put a key, tags and also a Tim Holtz 
Philosophy token on it... Since this suitcase is for my
Mom, I used the LIFETIME one... as it is going to be a little suitcase with a book on the inside of all the places in the world she has been to...  in her LIFETIME... since she is 92 ... I didn't want her to really think her travels were over, so I added a few extra pages in the back... 
 
 Here is the book cover... and it has 25 pages... as she has been to almost that many places..  
her Travels... love it... she is going to really enjoy this... and look back at all the great places she has been and remember things that she has forgotten... 
 On the inside of the box... more great K&co papers... a fish... and a flower... wow... fun things... very collage like and all done for me... 

Don't forget this little suitcase is made from 100% chipboard... and covered with papers...  Love making these cute little things...  




 Here is the inside of the book... actually the first page... places in the USA that Mom has visited...  


And a quilled flower on the inside of the cover.. 

When I was little we had a car that sort of looked like this... and we called her Jenny...  I hope Mom remembers this... this car use to have major problems.. but it generally got us to where we were going... overheating or not... LOL... a real problem in the hot summer months.. 


 Okay... now as I said... Sande and I really wanted to make these and had been planning on doing them for a while... so we had bought some really nice suede papers... and so I wanted to do a couple in them... I even embossed the darker color using a bubble folder by Cuttlebug...  




 You can see the Philosophy token a little bit better here... this is for a journey journal... 



 The lock area... and the swivel chain by Tim Holtz Ideology line of great things...  I love these things... really puts the finishing touch on things... don't you think.... try them ... they are fun to use too.. 
 This is the inside... fully lined... and of course the little books will be going on the inside.. 


the suitcase is 4" X 5" and 2 inches deep... so it is a good size little suitcase... and can hold a nice little book... 
 I wanted one done with a heavy cardstock... so I used some of Tim's papers... and this is going to be a suitcase of all the places that Glenn and I have traveled together in our 42 years together...  what fun remembering all those places... and trips that we took...
 Here is the inside... more of that great paper...  love it... 
 Okay... then I had to get a little funky... and made my own paper using some 6x6 stamps by Impression Obsession... love these stamps... and when Susan and Marie were over the other day, I used some of Susan's stamps and made these papers and then made the suitcase...  


I have not finished it yet... but will ... needed to think through some things on it... 


Here is the inside of the box... wow... I love this color with the brown outside... 
Oh by the way.. the outside is Gathered Twig Distress ink.. and inside is the Plum from the new Archival inks...  isn't that a rich color...  I love it...  

I am going to finish this and will show it to you when done... but not really sure yet what I am going to do with it... 

Just wanted to share these with you... dont' you just LOVE them... I do... and the books are just the right size... not too large and not to small... Spellbinders can be used in them.. and all the things we love to use fit perfectly... wow... what a fun project... 

Hope you have a fun day... and thanks for stopping by for a visit... hope to see you again soon.. Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

1 comment:

  1. I love these little suitcases. I'm glad you gave us the dimensions because I would never have guessed they are only 4x5". So cute. That class must've been a lot of fun.

    Grace
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