Trendy Tuesday – Flip Flops
by Katherine Elliot
Summer time around my part of the world brings warm weather, vacation travel, and casual attire. Why not celebrate the season in your paper crafts with the trendiest casual footwear of the season, flip flops! Enjoy checking out some of these summer theme projects with silent versions of these fun sandals. Flip flop shapes and stamp sets make it easy to add these to your projects.
Mini Album featuring Spellbinders Surfs Up dies, image source Spellbinders Paper Arts.com
Spellbinders” Surf”s Up dies have all the beach theme shapes you may need including surf board, beach ball, umbrella and flip flops.
Pair fun, summer time shapes with the perfect sentiment and image stamps from companies like Papertrey Ink, My Creative Time and Great Impressions stamps.
Card by Debbie Olson featuring stamps from Papertrey Ink, Flipping Out, image source Thinking Inking
Card by Katie Jones, featuring sentiment stamp from My Creative Time, image source Crafting with Katie
Card by Irene Rhodes, featuring stamps from Great Impressions, image source Splitcoast Stampers
Lil” Inkers Designs has coordinating flip flop dies and stamps. Decorate your sandals and your project any way you choose and match a fun greeting using their Flip Flop stamps.
Lil” Inker Designs Flip Flop steel rule dies
Lil Inker Designs Flip Flop Stamps
Show off bright, colorful sandals on a clean and simple white card to make these signature signs of summer really stand out…
Card by Kim Singdahlsen featuring Lil” Inkers Designs, image source Joyful Creations
Glam it up with the sparkle of glitter paper sandals…
Card by Sarah Jay featuring Lil” Inkers Designs, image source Criminal Grace
More beach theme stamp sets offer you additional choices for your summer projects, like Flourishes” set, Beach Life, featured next…
Card by Cindy Lawrence, image source The Creative Closet
Beach Life stamp set, image source Flourishes
Craft your own beach scene with torn paper, bright summer colors, and fun dimensional sticker flip flops like Jeanette Cloyd created in her card below…
Card by , image source Splitcoast Stampers
Jolee”s Boutique stickers, image source A Cherry on Top
Simply color the straps of your sandals for a subtle touch and easy coordination with any choice of patterned paper, like Lisa Henke”s card demonstrates featuring stamps from Unity Stamp Company.
Card by Lisa Henke, image source Unity Stamp Company
Flip Flop Happy stamp, Unity Stamp Company
Brads and embellishments can customize your project and add more dimension.
Card by Lisa Swift, image source Two Peas in a Bucket
Sometimes bigger is better. A template flip flop shape used in the next project features larger embellishments on a larger flip flop shape that could be lots of fun to use for that next luau theme party invitation or other summer celebration.
Flip Flop shape card and digital cutting file, image source A Cherry on Top
So do you flip for these shapes, or do you flop for something else? I”d love to hear what”s on your mind.
Enjoy the summer and happy crafting, everyone!
Katherine, I love your posts! You find the most incredibly inspiring creations. I haven’t joined the flip flop trend yet, but this post has my mind spinning with ideas….THANKS!
So many great flip-flops – and papers and stamps and dies. I clearly have some shopping to do! Thank you for the shout-out on my peace, love and flip-flops card!
I love anything with flip flops…. Since I am a Florida girl, they work year round for me. Thank you for including my You Flip, You Flop card this week on Trendy Tuesday…
Irene Rhodes card made me howl with laughter and I love the peace,love & flip flops card saying, too. The use of the sequins on it, as well as on Jeanette Cloyd’s sun (clever sand effect) are all cards I want to make ! To quote a ‘card’, Happy ‘we’ have each other- the clever ideas are so inspiring !