Technique Tuesday

I saw the cutest thing this weekend. Some marketing company given us all a piece of styrofoam that was in the shape of the sole of a shoe. It had a u-shape cut out of the bottom and a short line cut out of the top. When you pulled those two pieces together, it made a flip flop. What a stinking cute idea!

I can see it advertising travel, real estate (good foundation!) or education, and of course summer fun places.

Anyway, it inspired me to create a pool party card for my twins' birthday party coming up in a few weeks. It was simple to trace the flipflop and I guess it would work to trace any of them. The strap is about 1/2 inch in from the edge of the card, and the small piece between the "toes" is a little more than an inch from the left edge and extends 1 3/4 inch down. It is 1/4 inch wide.

I adjusted the idea so that the heel of the "shoe" is actually folded up and when you "open" the card, it creates a decorated flip flop with all the information. I'm thinking seriously of using this same technique as a journaling file on a scrapbook page.
For this one, I don't have the details of the party yet, so the inside is a little on the bare side. I traced the non-folded section onto cardstock so the card would have weight and strength to it. To hold the "strap" across the top of the card, I folded the little piece cut between the "toes" around the strap and anchored it with a flower and a brad. I could just as easily eliminated that little piece altogether and used a bit of a 3D Foam Square to hold the strap in place.

I'm thinking the top of the card is needing something, maybe something stamped on solid paper? I'm also thinking of adding a folder tab to the top of it, like a label, so it will be easier to open.