3D Egg Carrier turned in a tote - -

www.scrapdivadesigns.com  just held her March product release for Easter/Spring projects ahead. I picked up both her new Butterfly Set of dies - 4 sized butterflies in that set - and I also picked up her 3D Egg Carrier die set. Here is a photo of the butterfly set:

and a photo of the 3D Egg Carrier die set:

The Egg Carrier die set has the main piece for the carrier front and back pieces, and a stitched piece to fit over the front and back pieces. It also has all the dies for the bow as well as the egg carrier tray that fits between the front and back die pieces. Before I ordered this die set other crafters were showing this die set completed and it holds two eggs or two items you would want to put in there. It was cute but I wanted to make a tote out of the carrier so I can use it as a tote and fill it with treat holders I am making for Easter. Here are photos of the first two totes I turned this carrier die set into:

Each of my totes were made differently. The top one I used a floral print for the tote front and back pieces but I also used a small printed card stock to line the inside of the tote. To make the insert for turning the carrier into a tote I made two different sizes. For the pink floral/kraft card stock tote I decided to measure the egg carrier dies that were meant to be used and I used that width for the width of my insert. I used that width and for the length I used 11" as the solid card stocks for my totes I was using was 8 1/2" x 11".  I scored this strip with the long side at the top of the scoreboard at 2 7/8" and again at 8 1/8". Turned this and scored each long side at 3/8". Creased the scored lines and clipped the creased lines and at the top and bottom flaps. Normally I would use tear and tape to assemble boxes or a tote but this time I used liquid glue. 

To assemble these two totes - for the pink floral tote I die cut out the two front/back die pieces using kraft card stock. Then I measured the window opening, allowing extra, for my clear acetate window sheet. I cut two pieces of the acetate for the windows on the totes. I only have plain acetate but I wanted a design on it so I layered the two pieces of cut acetate sheets and I ran them through the die cutting machine in an old dotted embossing folder. Once embossed I was ready to assemble the tote pieces. 

Putting the kraft tote front piece on the work table, right side up, I then put tear and tape on the acetate sheets on the edges and adhered those over the window openings on both the front and back tote pieces. I used the stitched tote die and cut out my printed card stock for both the front and back of the tote. With those cut out I used liquid glue and put the printed card stocks onto the tote pieces over the acetate windows. For this kraft tote I wanted to line the inside of the tote with a light pink floral print so I cut out a front/back base carrier/tote piece. With the acetate adhered to the front and back pieces I used liquid glue and put the light pink floral print over the back of the kraft piece with the acetate sheet in the window. Set these aside to dry. Die cut and sponged my bow pieces and assembled the bows and added the butterflies I had made last week to the center of the bow on the tote front. 

For the blue floral tote I decided I wanted the box insert to be narrower than the kraft box insert. I measured the tote pieces and decided my width I wanted the tote to be and I cut a piece of the blue solid card stock 2 3/4" x 11". Again scored it with long side at the top of the scoreboard at 2 7/8" and again at 8 1/8". Turned it and scored on each long side at 3/8". Creased the scored lines and clipped the folds to form the box/insert and I used liquid glue to put the tote front and back pieces onto the box/insert piece. Glued the sides to the tote front and back to form the box/insert. Again assembled the bow and added a butterfly to the center of the bow. 

Here is a photo to show the two totes next to each other so you can see the size difference of the box/insert pieces:

And another photo to show size difference:

I will say I think the 2 3/4" width of the box/insert piece works better with the 3D Egg Carrier die set and it still allows lots of room to add treats or treat holders. That is the size I used on the blue tote.  Here is a photo to show the insides of the totes:

The blue tote shows the blue card stock used for the front and back pieces of the tote and in this photo:

You can see the inside pink card stock that I used to line the front and back tote pieces. This is a very easy die set to assemble and lots of possibilities for decorating the front of them. They are sturdy and free standing so could be used as a treat holder table marker at a holiday table. Cute tote to be used for any holiday or just to hold a gift. Happy I was able to finally get this tote made!