Shoe Hop!!!

Welcome to the Heartfelt Creations Shoe Hop!

The Heartfelt Creations design team has been SOOOO busy! We are making projects for the July CHA with all sorts of beautiful fall colors with a vintage feel. And today, we're showing off Heartfelt Creations' images with a Shoe Hop - we've become paper cobblers - making designer paper shoes - SO MUCH FUN!

To make sure you see all the beautiful shoe creations, the hop started on the Heartfelt Creations blog, and if you're following the links, you came from the lovely creations of Giovana Smith. If you're starting here, you're "in the middle"! You can head to the HC Blog to start at the beginning, or simply follow the link at the bottom of the post to the next shoe creation, then work your way around.

I have a couple of cards on the HC blog today, too - so I will post them tomorrow and Friday - be sure to stop back to see the details. I made 3 shoes, two of which are on the HC blog. Only one has a "vintage" feel to it - once I made one, I was in party mood and created a couple of bright shoes. I made the orange one as a gift, so it's a little "extra" for today's hop.

Designing the Shoes

For creating these shoes, I started with a template from Ellen Hutson. As much as I'd like to call myself a "paper engineer", I haven't quite gotten to the point that I can create a 3-d replica of an object without assistance. Using a template let me concentrate on colors and textures, instead of obsessing about how the paper would shape up. Of course, I still did a fair amount of that, too... I altered the template slightly for the pink and orange shoes, to create a criss-cross toe instead of a single piece. And for the orange one, I used created a separate heel, using some corregated card stock.

Here's some hints for using templates:

• Create your first shoe out of scrap paper - I went through several attempts before I got one I actually liked. I would have learned a lot by doing a scrap one first.
• Instead of tracing the template onto the paper, use repositionable adhesive to attach the template to the paper and trim around the shapes.
• Cut two at once - my shoes came out much better when I cut both sides at the same time; For the pink shoe, I actually folded the paper, and lined up the back of the shoe on the fold so that the shoe upper was a single piece.
• Be sure to score the folds you will make, and make them wide enough to hold the tape you use. The bone folder is essential for getting the crisp creases you need.

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Vintage Shoe

Paper

Ancestor.com Designer Paper (K & Company)

Stamper's Select White (Paper Trey)

Inks

Tea Dye Distress Ink (Tim Holtz)

Stamps

HCPC 2274: Graceful Pansy 2 PreCut Set

HCPC 2273: Graceful Pansy 1 PreCut Set

Accessories

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Peony Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Shell White Microfine Glitter

Sticky Tape Sheets

Double-sided tape (PK Glitz>

COPIC markers (Imagination International)

Rose shaped bead (CTMH)

Pleated lace fringe (Offray)

Bone folder

Zip Dry

Scissors

Shoe Decoration

For the flower on the toe of the shoe, I applied a piece of the sticky tape sheet to white cardstock, then covered it in the microfine glitter. Then I stamped two pansy images in the tea dye ink onto the glitter, and colored with COPIC markers (B70). It produces a very pretty effect!

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Orange Party Shoe

Paper

Designer paper (American Crafts)

Orange corregated cardstock (unknown)

Inks

Pumpkin Pie (SU!)

Stamps

HCPC 2241: Innoscents Flowers 1 PreCut Set

HCPC 2242: Innoscents Flowers 2 PreCut Set

Accessories

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Blossom 2 Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Paper Blossoms Toolkit (McGill)

Double loop edge punch (Martha Stewart)

Blue gem brad (Paper Studio)

Bone folder

Zip Dry

Scissors

Shoe Decoration

For the paper loop edge, I punched a long edge from the same paper, and adhered it to the inside of the top edge of the shoe before I started the shoe assembly. For the flower, I stamped the larger flower on the orange side of the paper, and the small flower on the dotted side of the paper, and cut them out using the matching Blossom 2 Nestabilities dies. Then I clipped the flower petals, and distressed them using the paper petals tool kit. I punched a hole through the center of the stacked flowers and the toe of the shoe, and mounted the flower with the brad. For the heel, I simply cut the shoe straight across the back, eliminating the heel that was part of the template. Then I folded the corregated cardstock into a triangle and stuck it up into the heel area of the shoe, then cut it off and the right height. I mounted it with Zip Dry.

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Bright Floral Shoe

Paper

TheGoods designer paper (American Crafts)

Stamper's Select White (Paper Trey)

Inks

Rose Red (SU!)

Stamps

HCPC 3370 Easter Lilies PreCut Set

Accessories

Crystal lacquer in pink and clear

Double-sided tape (PK Glitz>

Small adhesive gems (Recollections)

Bone folder

Zip Dry

Scissors

Shoe Decoration

For the flower spray on the side of the shoe, I stamped the flowers in pink ink on white paper and trimmed it closely. Then I added pink crystal lacquer on the flowers and buds, and clear crystal lacquer on the leaves. While the lacquer was still wet, I placed a small pink adhesive gem on each stamen in the center of the flowers. After it was completely dry, I used Zip Dry to adhere it to the shoe.

Following the Hop!

Thanks for checking out our shoe hop! Your next stop is "down under" with the beautiful works by Sue Walsh. Enjoy the journey!!!

Yellow Rose Lattice

Inspiration

Happy HC Day! LOL!! It's Wednesday and this week there are more creative inspirations on the Heartfelt Creations blog, featuring this month's release - the Bella Rose Collection, as well as cards made from other HC sets. My card features the HCPC 3396 Bella Rose Lattice Background PreCut Set, another stamp that can be the spark for so many possible designs.

I pulled out my watercolor crayons for this one - I like the "uneven" shading you get with these. I lightly colored the image with crayons before wetting the color. If you get too much water, you can dab it with a paper towel, and touch up the area with a little bit of color on the brush.

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Paper

Daffodil Delight (SU!)	5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Old Olive (SU!)	2" x 2"
Very Vanilla (SU!)	2" x 2"
Watercolor paper (Strathmore)	4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Classic K McKenna paper pack (K & Co.)	4" x 5 1/4"

Inks

Versamark (Tsukineko)

Soft Suede (SU!)

Old Olive (SU!)

Stamps

HCPC 3396 Bella Rose Lattice Background PreCut Set

HCPC 3354 Classic Message PreCut Set

Accessories

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Big Scalloped Circles LG Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

1 3/8" Circle Punch (SU!)

Distressing tool (Tim Holtz)

Clear embossing powder (Stampendous)

Heat gun

Watercolor crayons (SU!)

Watercolor brushes

Ribbon (Hobby Lobby)

Bow-Easy

Foam dots

Scor-Pal

ATG 714

Craft knife (Xacto)

Scissors

Rotary Trimmer

Instructions

Image

Ink the background stamp with Versamark, then with brown ink. Emboss with clear embossing powder and the heat gun.

Color the image lightly with the watercolor crayons, starting with the roses. After coloring each area of the image, use a watercolor brush dipped in water to smooth the colors.

Once the entire image is dry, carefully cut it out - use a craft knife to cut out the inner spaces.

Assembly

Cut the patterned paper, and distress the edges of the paper. Mount a strip of ribbon around the lower area of the patterned paper, and tie a green bow and attach it very near the right side of the patterned panel. Mount this on the front of the card.

Stamp the sentiment in green on the vanilla paper and punch out with the circle punch. Cut and emboss a green scalloped circle. Mount the sentiment circle onto the green scalloped die cut. Using foam dots, mount the lattice on the patterned paper, with the lower part of the lattice around the bow.

Mount the sentiment using foam dots close to the right edge of the lattice image.

Thanks for stopping by!

Swingin’ Z

Inspiration

This card is my last post for 2010!  My next post will be January 2, 2011 – I simply cannot believe how quickly the year flew by, and especially how fast my nice “relaxing” week off is going.

I created this one for a 21-year-old, who is saving money for a first trip to Hawaii.  We gave her some funding as a gift, and I made this card to inspire her with thoughts of Hawaii.

The design is called a Swinging Z-Fold, and it was the featured technique in last week’s “Inkling” newsletter from Splitcoast Stampers.  If you make cards, you’d love this weekly email with lots of ideas and great tutorials.  You can subscribe here.  They have a great tutorial for this technique (including a video) – click here to check it out.

On this card, the outside and inside are both decorated.  Here’s the outside:

And here’s what it look like when opened:

Ingredients

Paper

Note: finished card size is 4 1/2” x 4 1/2”

Cameo Coral (SU!)	a) 4 1/4” x 8 1/2” b) additional small scraps
Tempting Turquoise (SU!)	a) 4 1/2” x 4 1/2” b) 3” x 3” c) 2” x 4” d) additional small scraps
Summer Sun Textured (SU!)	small scraps
Real Red (SU!)	small scraps
Pink Flamingo DSP (SU!)	4 1/8” x 4 1/8” – 3 pieces
Whisper White (SU!)	a) 1 7/8” x 3 7/8” b) 3” x 3” c) small scraps

Ink

Tempting Turquoise (SU!)

Stamps

Fifth Avenue Floral (SU!); Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!); Motivational Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms)

Accessories

Punches: Small and Medium Oval (SU!), Flower and leaf punches (Make An Impression); Octagon Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Cuttlebug (Provo Craft); Scor-Pal; Adhesive Transfer Gun 714 (Scotch); Glue dots; Craft Knife; Rotary trimmer with straight blade (Fiskars); Scissors

Instructions

Making the Base Card

Starting with the coral paper, score it at 2 1/8”, and 4 1/4”. 

Mount a pieces of the patterned paper onto the un-scored side of the base.  I cut the paper specifically to highlight the sunburst pattern from the paper.

Apply adhesive on the scored side of the cardstock base facing the patterned paper, with additional adhesive on the outside half.  Mount another piece of patterned paper there.  Score the same panel again at 2 1/8" to make it easier to fold later.

Turn the card over, and apply adhesive to the other side of the scored panel, with additional adhesive on the outside half. Mount your last piece of patterned paper, and score once more at 2 1/8”.

Fold the scored side, then place the die template in the center, and trace only the LEFT side of the template, starting at the fold line at the top, and around the left to the fold line at the bottom.

Now, using the craft knife, cut along your traced lines.

Mount the un-scored square panel of the base card onto the large turquoise square.  For this card, I used the back of the turquoise square to write our greeting to the birthday girl.

Now you’re ready to decorate.

Decorating the Card

For the cut out decoration on the outside, use the largest octagon die to cut and emboss a turquoise shape.  Use the next size die to cut a white octagon, and stamp the sentiment in turquoise.  Mount the blue octagon to the card, and then the white octagon onto the blue.

Stamp Happy Birthday in turquoise on a scrap of white paper, and punch out with the smallest oval.  Punch a larger oval in turquoise.  Mount the birthday sentiment on the blue oval.  Adhere it to the inside of the card on the un-scored panel.

Use your remaining scraps to punch out leaves from blue, the largest flowers from coral, the medium flowers from yellow, and the flower centers from red. Mount these using glue dots around the sentiments.

Final Notes

I want to wish each and every one of you a very Happy New Year and many blessings in the coming months! If you are celebrating away from home, please stay safe on New Year’s Eve, and travel home safely.

Thanks for stopping by.