Hi Friends
I did say
that I intended to improve on my blogging this year, so here is my second blog of the year
and it’s a tutorial! That makes me happy.
This tutorial
was inspired by a request I received a while back to make an invitation card
for a birthday party themed all star, hope you like it
Supplies:
You will
need
3 x different
colour card stock
Dies for
shaping your design (I used sizzix and spellbinder dies)
Ribbon
Glue
4mm double
sided tape
Crop-a-dile
How
Cut your one colour card stock at 3 ¼ x 11(I used red)Score the card on the long side at 5 ½ and fold
Using your choice oval die, cut the one end into shape (I
used my sizzix die for this). That will give you the base of your card.
Using an oval die of your choice cut out an oval shape to use for the sides of your shoe, or 'ears' as I like to call them, in the same colour
as your base card.
Cut 3 half moon shapes from your two remaining coloured card
stock (2 from the one colour and one from the other), I chose black and white for
mine.
Glue the two contrasting half moons together.
Then glue
the base of your card to the half moons ensuring that you leave a little bit
sticking out as on the picture below.
The next thing to do is to glue the last half moon on to the
base of your base card to make the nose of your sneaker.
Now for the ‘ears’; mark with a pencil on each of the half
ovals where you want your shoe wholes to be and punch the wholes using the
crop-a-dile
Make sure that the wholes align on both halves and stick double
sided tape on the edge of each half oval
Remove tape and align to the edges of the base card on each
side. I didn’t make a large card so the 'ears' stick out a bit, but that's okay
because we have scissors for that. So if you flip the card over you can just
cut the excess off.
Tie a knot on one end of the ribbon to keep it in place and thread
the ribbon through the wholes on your sneaker to your desired style
I then went ahead and embellished my card with silver peel
offs. I thought that they actually compliment the shoe. Earlier on when I thought
of making this design I started with a white sneaker and as you can see it was
a bit larger than the red one. I think I prefer smaller:-)
I’m sure some you crafters can improve on this design by
making it easier and prettier. Feel free to do so and please share your
thoughts. Happy Crafting!
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