A little while ago, I was at Hobby Lobby (one of my favorite
stores EVER) doing a little shopping. I went into the gift section and saw one
of the cutest jewelry holders shaped as a shoe. I remembered I purchased a shoe
file a LONG time ago and decided to do a paper version. That is inspiration for
the project. Today I would like to share my prototype with you.
For my prototype, I used the Safari Stack by DCWV. I also
used the solids from the Christmas/Winter Combo pack (the brown matched
perfectly). After I chose the papers, I selected my shoe file which was
purchased in the Silhouette Studio Store. (When files are opened from the
store, the entire file is grouped together and placed on the mat. Sometimes,
they pieces are larger than the mat and you must move ungroup them). I
ungrouped the images and separated them according to the colors I wanted to
use. Basically, on one virtual mat I had the outside of the shoe and the inside
and heel was on the other mat. On the inside sole piece, I added slits for the
rings that could be stored in the shoe. A word of warning, make sure you keep
in mind the inside and outsides of the shoe especially when using a pattern
paper or textured paper! It took me a couple of tries to get the pieces to line
up properly.
Once the shoe was assembled, I used some brown lace I had in
my stash (purchased from Hobby Lobby) and scrap pearl string I had left over
from a different project. I decided to make lace flowers for the front and back
of the shoe. This is a good trick to cover up some of the imperfections :) The
center of the flower is a cluster of single pearls and I colored them with a
Copic Marker (sand) to match the pearl string.
I am going to keep this one since it is a prototype, but
next one will be for my mom! I hope you enjoyed today's project. Thanks for
stopping by, Krafthead~
