A Girl Can Never Have Enough Shoes
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Last winter, I was scouring the internet for some fun hybrid projects I could make, when I came aross this CUTE paper witches shoe on the Skip To My Lou blog. My head started spinning with all of the possibilities this shoe template would hold. I really wanted a digital version though, so I could use any of my digi papers I wanted. A few weeks ago I emailed Cindy at Skip To My Lou and asked her if I could make her printable template into a digital template and share with our readers. She was so excited and shared that she had been wanting to learn more about digital scrapbooking for a while 
so, she and I will be teaming up in the near future as I teach her (and her readers) about digi scrapping!
Now, lets get busy making some shoes! I converted the printable shoe template into a digital template and made myself a couple of very cute shoes:
Here’s how I did it:
1) Digital part – If you are new to the blog, you might not yet know how to use a digital template (we use them a lot around here 
). You can learn how to use them HERE. The digital supplies I used for my shoes were: Flergs glitter styles for the outside of the shoes (I just added the layer style to the template shape itself, no need to add paper at all), the pink paper inside of the Cinderella shoe is from Zoe Pern, and the gingham paper inside the Dorothy shoe is from Stephanie2.
Once I had the digital paper “cut” to the shape of the template, I adjusted the lightness on the Cut&Fold lines layer, so it wasn’t as visible after printing ( you will still need to be able to see them so you know where to crease your paper). Here’s how:
2) Print – When I do hybrid projects and print at home, I almost always use HP Presentation Paper in a matte finish in 32lb weight (purchased at the office supply store). I have even been able to ModPodge this stuff and it has not run. The colors are always rich and it is thicker than regular paper. For this project a little bit heavier paper would have worked better to hold the treats inside.
3) Cut out the shoe by following the solid lines. Then, you will need to crease/fold by following the dotted lines. For the outside of the shoe, all folds will be done with white side facing white side, except on the tongue of the shoe where you will fold pattern to pattern. Here is what it will look like when you are done:
4) Assemble outside of shoe: You will want to overlap and glue the heels of the shoe first (so the heel creates a box shape). It will look like this:
Next, apply some adhesive to the top of one of the toe covers and then layer the other toe cover on the other side on top. It will look like this:
Now, you will need to apply adhesive to the flaps on the sides of the tongue and glue those to the inside of the shoe. Here is what they look like BEFORE they are glued:
5) Assemble inside of shoe: You will need to fold the inside of the shoe with the patterned paper facing each other. It will look similar to this:
Apply some adhesive to the reverse side of the inside of the shoe and then line it up starting at the toe first. Once the inside is in place, you can start to embellish. For this shoe, I wanted it to look like a glass slipper, so I used some spray adhesive (purchased at the home improvement store) on the outside and then dusted it with silver glitter. Make sure to do this over a trash can to avoid glitterfying your whole house!
Here is the completed shoe with some pumpkins to remind the princess to be home by midnight:
I also made a Dorothy inspired shoe in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Wizard of Oz:
Wouldn’t these make fun invitations or party favors? They are super quick to work up and so much fun! We would love to see what you do too, so link us up!
You can download the free digital tempaltes here:
Have a GREAT weekend!
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October 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 am
This is so darn cute, but the link isn’t working for me. Wouldn’t they be great decorations for a Princess party or even a bridesmaid’s party.
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 am
yep, link not working! Very cute, I’m thinking princess party, too!
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:05 am
That is cute! It would also be great for an invitation to a Cinderella birthday party for little girls
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 am
Links are working now, sorry about that!
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:56 am
Thanks Steph! I just came across the Skip to My Lou blog and really love her ideas. I had saved off her shoe post to try it out, but it’s going to be SOOO much better to do it digi and use some of my digital paper. THANK YOU for the template! You ROCK!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:10 am
Looove this idea. My 12-year old daughter is having her birthday party soon…this is going to be a perfect favor container. Thank you so much!
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 am
What a totally adorable idea! Thank you for the template. I can’t wait to try it!
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:33 am
Oh, my goodness, this is the MOST AWESOME THING I have seen in quite awhile!!! I don’t normally do hybrid stuff, but this really is amazing, and I am TOTALLY going to do it with my daughter and some of her friends. WOW! I LOOOOVE that Dorothy shoe – with the red glitter and then the blue gingham inside – brilliant! Thanks SO MUCH to you and to Skip to My Lou for sharing!!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
Okay, I’m not totally aware of internet etiquette in all its subtle forms, but I posted about this post, linking to it, I used the picture of the dorothy shoe and the other one (second image in this article) to show the project, and then linked that image here, and you can see my blog post here:
http://knittinjen.blogspot.com/2009/10/most-amazing-hybrid-craft-ever.html
Was that ok to do? If not, please let me know and I will remove, but I kinda think it’d be okay, because I’m just posting about something I think is really incredible! But if it’s not ok, just let me know, thanks.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:28 pm
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October 2nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
OMGosh! How much fun is this? Thank you!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:52 pm
That is too cute! Thank you so much for creating a digital template!
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Thanks! These would make fantastic party favors for my daughter’s Cinderella party! Hmmm. Now my mind is running…
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:16 pm
This is totally perfect for a bridal shower I’ve got coming up! Thanks for sharing!
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:53 pm
This is so cool! Thanks for sharing the template!
October 3rd, 2009 at 2:26 am
Wow! Super! Thank you very much.
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:57 am
Thank you so much!!LOVE this!
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:30 am
Good things come to those who wait, thank you!
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:42 am
Very cute, thanks so much
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:01 am
[...] understand that this will NOT replace our normal Friday morning post. And yesterday, Steph wrote one AMAZING post and showed us a great hybrid project. So if you are coming to the site (as opposed to reading [...]
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 am
What a fun idea! Thanks for sharing it, Steph. Congrats for bridging the paper/digiscrapping gap as well!
October 3rd, 2009 at 2:24 pm
thanks for the template!
and i love the Skip to My Lou blog! i have been following her for a little while now and always look forward to the things she shares. will look forward to seeing you on there too!
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Steph-
You totally amaze me. These are so CUTE! You are so talented…
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Totally FUN!!! TFS