Vintage Suitcase

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22/08/2015 (EDIT)
I can't believe that this post was repinned from the Pinterest board  about 1500 times!!! I'm so glad people like it! I want to thank every visitor of my blog.

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Are you familiar with the works of Laura Denison from "Following The Paper Trail"?  She's so inspiring!  I came across the picture of her Vintage Suitcase and couldn't resist making one for myself. The tutorial with the pattern is available here.

This is my take on it:

Several close-ups:

And of course, the suitcase cannot be empty:

I've created several things to put inside - 4 ATC's (Postcards Series), a matchbox, a mini album with tags, a pair of big post cards:

Here's a pile of the ATCs:

The bottom is stamped with various sayings' stamps from Tim Holtz:

I decided to make a double bottom:

There's a secret pocket for things you would like to hide :)

Here are the large post cards and an envelope I made back in 2012 ( I have a tutorial here):

Here are the 4 ATC cards I created to match the style and spirit of the suitcase:

And here's a matchbox which contains fake handmade matches (used for there earbuds, dipped them in glue and then in brown embossing powder). Not very happy with the result, but for now it's the best version of the matches I could achieve:

The tutorial for making this matchbox may be found here:

The paper I used for creating this box was a plain white, I sprayed it with Distress Stain Sprays (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain and Rusty Hinge), stamped it with an antique letter stamps and splatter stamps, created a couple of circle cup stain using a ring left from a roll of glue dots, just dipped it a bit in Distree Ink):

The last is a mini album with tags (which I made back in 2012 as well):

The sentiment used on the cover is from Tim Holtz and the wings are from Graphic 45 "Steampunk Spells" stamp set:

Ups, forgot to antique the inside tags:

The inside and outside covers of the mini album are painted with Tim Holtz "Clear Rock Candy" crackle paint:

And here's another mini album I've recently finished (will post the pictures of it later on) and it fits perfectly inside the suitcase:

It was a lot of work, but it was soo fun!! I hope you like this creation!


Thanks for watching!