Christmas Travels

The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is back this week with a transportation inspired challenge.
Anything travel related can be your inspiration.  I decided to pull out my little used Valise die and create a Christmas mini book.

I created a crocodile texture on my valise with the layering stencil and the gold crackle paste and a mix of sprays to add to the color on the texture.

I die cut a series of snowflakes and sprayed them with a brown spray ink.

For the inside a series of tags:

Of varying sizes and directions:

To insert the tags a simple accordion center to the book:

I lined the inside with soft rose pattern paper.   I cut a series of tags with various images / backgrounds in coordinating colors.

This is one of the pages with a stenciled with paste word on the front. 

The tags have different embellishments, colors and images:

I made sure both sides of the tags had stamping /embossing / embellishments:

I added gold edges on the tags using a krylon pen.

And added a few more snowflakes on the tags as well.

 Here is the outside before the snowflakes and before the accordion is taped together.

 Products: Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Crocodile, Crackle Embossing Paste, Heidi Swapp - Gold Lame Color Shine, Sizzix Valise Die, Ranger Distress Spray - Vintage Photo, Stampers Anonymous - Sketch Santa, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Holiday,   Stampers Anonymous - Deco Christmas , Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - White, Gold,   Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Dies, Stampers Anonymous - 2014 Christmas, Simon Says Stamp with Clearly Besotted,    Hero Arts - Wood Grain,  Memory Box - Twelve Days of Christmas, Authentique - Faith, Krylon Gold Pen

Come join in all the fun and play along for a chance to win a $50 gift voucher at Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!


Suzz