Hi everyone! Summer is about to be upon us and for me that usually involves a beach vacation! There is nothing I love more than heading to a sandy beach with a bag full of supplies and goodies so I don't have to leave until late in the day when I am exhausted from a day in the sun! When I saw the amazing 'Sunshine and Blue Skies' paper collection from Simple Stories I knew this was the perfect collection for a summertime craft!
YouTube is loaded with tutorials on paper beach bags. I found one style that I really liked and just followed the tutorial to create this super realistic bag that is complete with a pocket on the front and plenty room on the inside. Plus it so adorable in this bright tropical patterned paper! I added contrasting patterns for the trim and the handles and made a little tag to fit in the front pocket!
To create the flip flop shaped mini, I simply grabbed one of my own sandals and traced it onto the patterned paper. Then I carefully stacked a few pieces together and cut. I cut a total of eight flip flop pieces and adhered two together for extra stability. Before adhering completely, I added in a rectangular strip of patterned paper to create the pages.
On this page of the mini, I made photo flips using the 3x4 journal card and then used these fabulous pool people bits and pieces to hold them down using a small piece of magnet- super cute! I also accented the pages with lots of other embellishments and stickers from the collection!
Moe fun pages full of photos spots and tons of the beautiful and bright tropical and summer themed decorations of the collection. These happy colors just scream summertime!
The last two pages feature a pull out card on one side highlighted by another bathing beauty and on the other side, another flip out piece showing off lots of the two by two journal cards. Both pages have been accented with the charming and colorful chipboard and stickers of the collection!
The beach bag is roomy enough for the mini and so much more so I made a simple chipboard covered notebook that is perfect for journaling on the beach or poolside. The chipboard was covered in more of the fun patterned paper and decorated with more fabulous stickers. The inside is filled with enough blank pages to keep you busy all summer!
This beach bag, flip flop mini and tropical notebook will definitely put you into a Summer state of mind! To see it in action, visit my YouTube channel or check out the video below!
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