Relax & Enjoy

Another tote bag made with pretty papers, this time for the monthly Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop with the theme 'Fun with DSP'.

The purpose

Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop - Fun with DSP

The tools

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

The products

Stamp set(s) - Notes & Totes, Elements of Text

Dies - Notes & Totes

DSP - Florals in Bloom

The colours

Strawberry Slush, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Bubble Bath, Pool Party.

The make

The Notes & Totes die set (available to order at the beginning of May) was the perfect choice for this theme and Florals in Bloom, the perfect dsp.

I decided on the gorgeously cheery Strawberry Slush as my main colour and picked out a piece of dsp featuring it for the background layer.

The tote bag is big enough to fill the card so my sentiment was stamped twice and the beginning part was fussy cut to be stuck on top of the bag.

How pretty is the flowery dsp I've chosen for the bag itself? I love the combination of Strawberry Slush and the Spring like yellows and greens. Last time I used this set I added the sunglasses, this time I used the water bottle, little lotion bottle and sun cream tube as well as a bit that I think works for a newspaper and the scarf.

The little bottles and tubes are cut as a single piece but I wanted to make them a bit more interesting with a different colour pump dispenser or lid. Easily achieved by cutting a second piece and trimming the bit I wanted to use.

I love the little stamped images too, the sunshine, the tropical flower, the water drops, they are all very cute.

My card came together by adding the trim to the bag and then 'filling' it with all the little Sunny Day Out essentials before adding it to the card and sticking 'relax &' on top.

The gems I've used are this year's In Colors and are really pretty with a slightly pearlescent finish.

I wonder what the other Stamptastic Friends blog hoppers have created for this challenge. You can check them out by clicking on the links below.

All the products will be available at the beginning of May, so not long to wait now. I will add product links to this post once they have been released.

Thanks for looking,

Katie x