Scrapbook Collage Inspiration WIP

I visit the scrapbook store almost as much as fabric stores & have a huge collection of paper I can't resist buying, yet, I (sadly) rarely get around to paper crafting anymore, and I (also sadly) haven't printed up many of my photos since I received a digital camera years ago. (These are both things I plan to be changing soon. I even have paper project plans -woohoo).

I also love paper collages, bits of ephemera, scraps of fabric, ribbon, written words, buttons... I have pretty good collections of those too ;)

So, this week, with those in mind, 2 ideas came together:

1) I Love reading through my Somerset Studios collection, especially all of the inspirational collages. When I see one, I wonder how I can make one, only, with my fabrics, bits of trims, and buttons I have all around.

2) I wanted to make myself-and potentially for the shop, a small clutch to take on my seemingly endless taxi mom trips-library pit stops-drive thrus (food, banks, post office, pharmacy and more. My family from Germany were surprised how many types of drive thrus we have!) picking kids up etc. etc. I don't always want to drag a big purse with me-just my wallet-keys and phone...so I thought a clutch would make a great smallish 'canvas' to try out some fabric collages on...
This is what I came up with. A WIP still-

I like it so far, but think I need to get (even) more daring with my fabric combinations. Really making it more scrappy...

I made a divided pocket for the inside

It also has a zipper closure . The flap will have a bit of velcro to hold it down. I just wanted to cover the zipper and have a place for more collaging!
It isn't exactly as I envisioned, and being a prototype, there are things I'll modify a bit, but I still like it...and, since it's a prototype, this one will be for me :)

Hopefully will finish it up today.
What are you working on?