Baby shoe for Paper Dolls Challenge

How stinkin' CUTE is this!

It is a baby shoe I made for the Paper Dolls Challenge. The "Dolls" wanted a project with svg's and stamps. I got this idea from something I saw on Splitcoast Stampers. I remember "helping" my grandmother make doll shoes when I was little. I actually still had pattern! (it was written in pencil over 30 years ago!)

I and true to form, I made a cut file for it.

(Sorry I am not sharing this one. I am going to tweak the file and make a boy version then sell the svg/template on my Etsy store. I'll post the pictures of the boy shoe when I get one made...

sooo many crafty ideas and never enough time...LOL)

I wanted to go ahead and post it so I could share and enter it in the Paper Dolls challenge

As for the details...

I cut the the shape out of white cardstock using the svg I made. Then I stamped a Clear Dollar Stamps rose on it and embossed it with pearlized embossing powder. Then I inked it with TH Distress Ink; Victorian Velvet. On the inside, I took the stem from the rose stamp set and stamped "lines" on the inside so it would look like stripes. (you know me and details by now :)

When I made the file, I put a small hole on the strap and another one on the shoe where the strap would line up to it so I could put a brad on for the "buckle".

I decided at the last minute to just put a self-adhesive pearl on.

And of course, I HAD to add a rose!

The instructions for this rose will be on the tabs at the top of my blog sometime tomorrow. I already have a couple of flower instructions up there.

The Paper Dolls challenge will end in a few hours.

(I completely waited until the last minute)

You can always join in on the next challenge. It is such a great site.

Head over there and see for yourself :)

Paper Dolls Challenge Week #4 Flip Flops

What a fun challenge this week over at the Paper Dolls Blog! It is challenge #4 and the theme is Flip Flops!

Eleanor of SVG Shop has provided these really fun flip flop boxes.

Aren't these adorable!

I added felt ribbon instead of the paper pieces for the foot.

Then I added some ribbon with beaded trim to the edge of the box lid.

This was so much fun you have to try it out for yourself :)

Head on over to the Paper Dolls Blog in join in on the fun.

You'll FLIP over it!

(sorry, I could not resist :)

Paper Dolls Challenge week 3

Well the Paper Dolls are having another cut file challenge. I missed the challenge last week, but the dollhouses they made were so cute I just might have to make one just for the fun of it.

This week they have a challenge designed around cut files inspired by the graphics they used on their blog.  Belinda (aka Bee) from  Bee's Hive O Drama made the svg's.

I used Belinda's frame and heart shaped button and made a shaker box card with a see-through window.

I added blue glitter to the shaker box to look like water.

(It reminds me of those plastic cases with sand in the middle where you can flip it over and watch the sand flow to the other side :)

On the inside I have a cute little duckie and some waves.

The inside pieces all started out as white cardstock and I used my wonderful TH Distress Inks to color them.

(wild honey, rusty hinge, stormy sky, & tumbled glass)

I do not have a black Distress ink so I placed a couple of drops of Slate alcohol ink on my non-stick mat and sprayed it twice with water. I added a drop of blending solution then rubbed the innertube piece all around in it. My fingers got a little messy but it worked :)

For the cloud effect, I placed a scalloped edge stencil over the paper and used my blending tool to smooth Stormy sky ink around the stencil and all over the paper. I moved the stencil a few times, creating a cloud appearance when I lifted the stencil. 

I have had that stencil for several years... back when chalking was the cool new technique in scrapbooking :)

You could just cut 's solid tag and use it as a stencil.

 I have used this little duck before.

I still can't remember where I got it. (If anyone knows who made it please let me know and I will gladly give her credit.) This little critter always makes me smile. The waves are from a free cut file from SVG Cuts. I trimmed them a little to fit my card.

If you would like more info on the shaker box with the see through window, I did a tutorial on it. Look for it on the tab just under the header at the top of my blog.
Hope it makes sense :)

Here are the cut files and template I made for the card base.
Card with window

You can get Belinda's files on the Paper Dolls Blog and enter the challenge.

Happy crafting!