A Traveling Tote

Good morning everyone, Steph here today working with a cute canvas tote bag I found at a local store.  It had a car on the front and I immediately thought it would a wonderful starting point for a travel tote.

I placed some chipboard inside the bag because I didn’t want the ink to soak through to the back and started working.   Using ColorBox Crafter’s Ink in Sunshine and Tangerine, I took a wet paint brush and painted the colors onto the car – Sunshine all over and Tangerine for the highlights.

Using the   2″ Flourishes ABC stamp set, I placed the letters on the canvas bag, then I inked each with ColorBox Aquamarine ink, carefully lining them up as I went along.

Using Limelight ink with the 1″ Leaves All Over stamps, I stamped leaves around the car and on the handles.  I used Berry ink with the 2″ Doily stamps for the top portion of the bag.

I liked it, but thought it needed something more.  so, I adhered some May Arts ribbon on top of some more May Arts ribbon and added it above and below my letters.

Don’t you think this would be wonderful to take with you on a trip to hold  a few of your favorite goodies?

 Thanks for stopping by today.