Suitcase With Summer Memories

Suitcase with summer memories

Posted by Vaessen Creative

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Bring some summer vibes into your home with this sunny DIY project. Fill the suitcase with a few of your favorite items that remind you of summer. You can use souvenirs of past vacations, a straw hat, seashells and postcards. Would you like to know how to make this eye-catching creation? Just follow the steps below.

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You Will Need (13 things)

  • Paper mache set of 3 suitcases

  • Straw hat outer dimension 18 cm.

  • Glas tubes x3 doorzichtig Ø3x20cm

  • Potje glas bloem 190ml

  • Burlap cord natural 2mm x 100m

  • Vaessen Creative satijnlint dubbel 9mm 10m lichtblauw

  • Macrame cotton line cord 10m 4mm

  • Creative elements handmade paper symphony flowers x8 blue

  • FolkArt • Home Decor Chalk turkish tile 236ml

  • American Crafts DCWV 30,5x30,5cm x36 world maps

  • Core Essentials cardstock 30,5x30,5cm 235g roasted pepper

  • Joy!Crafts • borduurring bamboe 20cm

  • Kaisercraft captured moments 3x4" 3x16 ass. take off

Steps (11 steps, 240 minutes)

  1. 1

    Paint the suitcase inside and out.

  2. 2

    Stick a ribbon around the straw hat and glue a flower where the ribbon crosses.

  3. 3

    Draw a circle on the scrapbook paper using the circumference of the embroidery ring. Cut the circle out a bit larger, so that the paper can easily be stretched over the ring.

  4. 4

    Spray a little water on the paper to make it more flexible and fix it into the embroidery ring.

  5. 5

    Punch out a nice text or quote and stick it onto the paper in the embroidery ring. Please note: don’t stick on the letters until the paper is dry.

  6. 6

    Cut out various text cards and ink the edges with Distress Ink from Ranger.

  7. 7

    Stick the cards inside the lid of the suitcase.

  8. 8

    Wind jute string around the glass tube and fill it with shells.

  9. 9

    Fashion a coil of rope for decoration.

  10. 10

    Glue a clothespin to the back of the lid, so that the suitcase stays open.

  11. 11

    Use some of your own knick-knacks, postcards and souvenirs to make the suitcase more personal.