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Decoupage a pair of shoes with your favourite comic book and embellish them with a stitched shoe clip!
I couldn't resist making a pair of Crafterella comic print shoes and I'm so happy with how they turned out.

Posted by Cat Morley from London, United Kingdom • Published See Cat Morley's 1146 projects »
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  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 1
    Step 1

    For this you'll need a pair of shoes that are ideally leather or another material with a smooth finish. You'll also need a couple of pages of a comic book and some modge podge.

  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 2
    Step 2

    Working on one small area at a time, paint your shoe with modge podge.

  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 3
    Step 3

    Cut out some frames from your comic and place them on your shoe before painting over them with another layer of modge podge.

  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 4
    Step 4

    Build up your design until you have covered your whole shoe. Make sure to get lots of pows and speech bubbles on there to make them look extra awesome.

  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 5
    Step 5

    Paint with several layers of modge podge, leaving each coat to dry hard.

  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 6
    Step 6

    To make some cute shoe clips, sketch out a speech bubble or action bubble design on to cross stitch fabric.

  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 7
    Step 7

    Stitch around the words with black embroidery floss.

  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 8
    Step 8

    Cut out your design and place on black felt.

  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 9
    Step 9

    Use a contrasting colour of thread to stitch the bubble onto the felt and cut off any excess cross-stitch fabric. Cut a small border of black felt around your design.

  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 10
    Step 10

    I then cut the bows off the front of my shoes.

  • How to make a pair of decoupage shoes. Crafterella Comic Shoes - Step 11
    Step 11

    Glue your shoe clips in place and you're ready to go fight crime in your cute new shoes!

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