I love purses, beach bags and other sorts of accessories. This tote bag set from Papertrey Ink is an older one that I did not use the past two to three summers, but for our Just Us Girls Die Week #830 "Forgotten Favorite" I decided I had to get it out to play. Here is the beach bag I came up with for the challenge, which is a gift card holder as well! The team has a big variety of cards for you with stories that go along with them, so be sure to visit their blogs and read up on each card. Bonnie Klass is our Guest Designer for the month of July, so visit her blog as well!
- Papertrey Ink Go-to Gift Card Holder: Beach Bag dies
- Simon Says Stamp Summer Sentiments
- Patterned papers
- Hero Arts Hero Hues Core ink pads
- Ranger Distress Oxide ink pads
- Vellum
- Foam tape
The longest part of the process is choosing colors and papers for the bag and accessories. I started with the gray tropical patterned paper, then chose the rest of the colors by pulling out colors in the paper.
I used a favorite tropical leaf patterned paper for the background, but covered it with vellum to soften the look and not fight with the bag's pattern. I cut some sand, ink blended it, and stamped off some granules of sand on it.
I love seashells and had to add a few, so those were die cut and ink blended too. Tassels are in fashion these days on purses, totes, wallets, so I added one to the bag.
This was a fun card to put together and I hope you will get out some older dies that you haven't used in a while, but still love. See you in the gallery!
Carol
