Flip Flop Card

There's a wonderful stamp store about 50 miles from my house.  The artist in residence is Vicki Bridges.  She teaches classes and has a page on Facebook. Mizbizzibees Little Bees, where she shares her card layouts.  She posted this one today and I just had to try my hand at making one.

The original had sandpaper pieces with torn edges for the beach.  It's too hot today to go all the way into town to buy sandpaper, so I used patterned paper instead that looks like real sand.

I would have sworn one of my Cricut cartridges had a flip-flop sandal and probably spent a half hour trying to find it! LOL!  Never did, so I used Design Studio and a shape from Doodlecharms to make my own.  I made two sizes, one for the sole and one for the insole. 

The straps on the sandal are just 1/4" ribbon.  I punched holes in the shoe and then threaded the ribbon through them and secured it with a lime slice brad from Eyelet Outlet.

The flower is just three layered punched shapes with a dot of  Pearl Pen for the center.  The sentiment is part of a summer themed stamp set I've had for some time.