CCL "TAKE ME AWAY" BLOG HOP!

Welcome to my post in the Creating the Crafty Life "Take Me Away" Blog Hop!!! If you are coming from Leslie's Blog, then you are on the right track! If not, I encourage you to start from the beginning of the hop at Misty's Blog.

The theme of our hop is vacations/destinations, so I made a cute little travel suitcase out of an Altoids tin. It went from this:

To this:

I covered the tin in patterned paper and added appropriate stickers/embellishments to make the suitcase appear as if it's been "around." The handle is made out of a cut strip of leather and I adhered brad heads to the ends to make it look like it's fastened to the suitcase.

I continued the theme on the inside, adding bits of appropriate papers showing various destinations. I made a tiny mini out of chipboard and covered the "pages" in matching patterned paper, then bound them together with a small dog tag chain.

A closer look at the contents. :)

And the back!

I hope you like my project.... I really enjoyed making it for this hop. Makes me want to go on vacation right now!

There is a lot of hidden blog candy to be won, so please be sure to leave comments and to follow all the blogs along the hop. Here's what's up for grabs for the GRAND PRIZES:

$20 gift certificate to the MB's Treasurista store!!!

Check out the STORE

To be eligible for the grand prize, you must do the following:

*MUST* "like" MBT Facebook page - FB PAGE LINK

*MUST* be MBT blog follow - MBT BLOG LINK

*MUST* follow and comment on all the designers' blogs

5 Digi images

http://www.digistamps4joy.co.za/eshop/

Here is the line-up for the hop:

Misty - MB's Treasurista

Leslie - Scrap of Art Designs

Carli - Krolli Kraft!   <------- YOU ARE HERE!

Deb - Crafty Texas Woman   <-------  NEXT UP!

Amanda - The Life of a Compulsive Crafter

Liz - Scrapilicious Life

Tiffany - Maineokie Scrapers

Adelle - ANoriginalcrafts

GOOD LUCK, AND HAVE FUN HOPPING!

'Til then,

Krolli