Hi friends! Here is part two of our DIY collaboration with Vans Girls! I love the nineties so I decided to create a pair of shoes inspired by all the beautiful parts of that decade! If you've never transferred magazine images to canvas fabric, it's easy! Here's how…
1. Supplies needed: Vans classic canvas shoes, vintage magazine, scissors, water, liquitex and paintbrush. 2. Cut out designs from the vintage magazine. Keep in mind that the images will be flipped when you transfer them, so avoid letters and words. 3. Apply a thick coat of liquitex to the image side of the magazine cut outs. 4. Paste the images face down (adhering them to the shoe) in your desired design. Allow to dry. 5. Once dry use a spray bottle filled with water to lightly coat the images. 6. Use your finger to gently rub the paper off, revealing the image underneath. Keep in mind that this process is a bit mess, some of the image may rub off slightly as you remove the paper. 7. Use another light coat of liquitex to seal your design. 8. Elsie finished my shoes by adding drawings with a fabric maker. Note: For more photos and tips for transfering magazine images to fabric see here.
So cute, right? Have fun making your own pair of summer slip on shoes… Emma
PS. See Elsie's Vans DIY here.
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Love the shoes. So creative. I might try it. Thanks for the tutorial.
xx
Heel in Mint
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Dude that’s rad.
cutest shoes ever! have to make these. endless possibilities!:)
these are REALLY REALLY COOL. your use of mag clippings is pure genius.
this is so creative. cool shoes!
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xo
I’m so curious about liquitex. I hope I can find it around here!
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Pretty awesome idea!
xoxo
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Very cute, ladies! And so easy to dress them up, super cute!
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Really interesting way to dress them up.
Love love love! Vans are so awesome. I need some really nerdy ones I think. I wonder how they wash though… Will rain or washing mess up the images?
AHHH! Crazy cute!!!
x
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LOVE them!!!! 🙂 You guys are awesome!
I can not wait to try this out! they are so rad!
Emma you look like a billabong girl here.. the shoes look great!
-K
I would have never thought to do this. They look great.
Agh awesome. I like the style of these sneakers too- the slip ons are nice, plus I don’t like shoes that come up too high on my foot if that makes sense. x
what kind of Liquadtex? They have paints and a million different acrylic mediums to choose from. Will any kind work? I use the Super Glossy for normal collages and a a medium for my acrylic paints.
Amazing!!!
That liquitex trick looks AMAZING! I need to try it asap.
Izz.x
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PS, where is your dress from in the pic? I LOVE it 🙂
Amazing! They turned up looking awesome! cCongrats and thanks for the tut!
I think Elsie’s shoes are adorable, but I’m partial to any shoe I don’t have to tie. Thanks for the great tips.
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Love the shoes, and honestly I’m giddy that you have a vintage seventeen! was this one that you kept? i wish i had thought to save some of my favorite issues!!
Kate 🙂
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I also LOVE the dress! Where is it from?
Hehe, looks pretty amazing!
wow.. this is so cool… 🙂
Love this! 🙂 http://lovesimplegreen.blogspot.com/
Q: where is your dress from in the pic?
A: ModCloth! 🙂
Wow! So cute.
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Amazing, so creative and easy!
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WHATEVEN IS THIS!!!! I WILL BE DOING! <3 x INFINITY! (ok, I know, enough with the caps!!)
~Sacha
WHY do you love the 90s…. it was a horrible, ugly decade.
i love them both!
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What a great and creative idea. I’m going to do this to my daughters shoes.
Thanks
I adore your dress, too, Emma! It’s absolutely gorgeous! And those shoes are so clever + unique. I love how you can choose any clippings you want to personalize it, though I’m especially fond of those camera ones you chose. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Wow super creative shoe design! I wonder if these are waterproof?
Your DIY posts are the best by far!
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I think this idea is amazing. I love your retro colorful style and your blog is always filled with fun unique ideas. Question, I know you have been in many magazines and I was wondering if it would be possible for you to make a list of some of your favorite magazine reads. That would be so helpful. I can’t wait to see what great new ideas will come up next. Oh and your recipies are fantastic my mocha chip frappe was so yummy <3
I actually had this idea a while ago, and I paint shoes and sell them on Etsy! 🙂 Here’s a link to the ones I posted on DeviantArt, and the link to my Etsy where they are sold:
http://checkthisjuliet.deviantart.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/anniecurle/
Annie xx
Fun!
-Lindsey
http://ettu-tutu.blogspot.com
They looks amazing I didn’t know you could paste cut outs of magazine and use them to decorate your shoes (in this case you vans)
Love it!
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Those are seriously ballin’. I’d rep those in a heartbeat. Swoon.
I’ve always wondered how to transfer kool images on to fabric. I will definitely try this out. Thanks for sharing!
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Supercool!!!
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AMAZING EMMA! 🙂
This is my favourite project you have done and I am fed up of sayying ‘i might try that’. I am getting some supplies and DOING it!!! Thanks ladies.
Sam
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I aso love the 90s! they look really cute they turned out great .
Zoe
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I love the shoes! The design is really amazing. I can’t believe that it’s that easy to do! Aside from liquitex, what else can we use to have the same outcome?
xoxo
Renee J.
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Awesome!! Cute collage :3
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cooool!
my sister and i need to try this! thanks for sharing!
Such a good idea, amazing!
Gosh, Emma, you look so young in that dress! 😀
Adorable 🙂
OMG this is soo cool! What a great idea..I will definetly try this :))
Xx
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both sneakers are so cute! I need to do this!
I think I have never been so in love with pair of shoes. Those are so freakin’ perfect!
the 90s inspiration is totally killer, love the images you chose!
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I love these as well! Such a good idea.
Wow…
but can they be washed in the machine?
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The black pair are cool! You can pull off vans, I have never felt like myself in them ;/
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I just took my daughter to the VAN’s Warp Tour this past week in STL and I could gave used some spruced up van’s. I need to make a pair for next year.
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Oh how nice trhis DIY is! great idea 🙂
How creative! Love it.
Great tutorials! Thanks for sharing.
That’s so cool!
Shadow
I love them!!
You are very creative!!
What a clever idea! I must try this soon 🙂
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A BEAUTIFUL MESS, like this Shoes
What type of Liquitex did you use?