Archie Comics decoupaged flats! (Photo heavy!)

[FunnyFace]

Hi all, it's been a looong time since my last post here. I started this about a month ago, worked on it on and off and finally completed it last week. Nothing much to it, just a regular dirty old pair of suede flats that I plastered in a choice selection of Archie comic cutouts with some good ol' Mod Podge. And then painted in the gaps between with bright red acrylic paint. I haven't got 'before' photos of the shoes but I can tell you they weren't ideal for a project like this. They shrank and crinkled after a wash for one, and the surface is not as smooth as it ought to be for decoupaging. Also, living in a scorching tropical climate means the Mod Podge is tricky for wear. Nonetheless, I finished it to see how it would turn out and here are some snaps of the result :















It took a lot longer than expected to pick out and compose the cutouts, but it was really fun to leaf through old Archie comics for funny bubbles and action scenes

Thanks for looking!

[NH822]

These look so cool!!!!

[crendon]

You know those would be really cool even as a little art piece on a bookshelf somewhere...that way they don't pick up every particle of dust you ever walk on...oh yeah, I know Mod Podge, and we do not get along!! The shoes are way cute though, worth the experiment I think.

[skaborsk]

i have wanted to try this for a while, but was worried about how they would hold up. yours came out great!

[FunnyFace]

i have wanted to try this for a while, but was worried about how they would hold up. yours came out great!

Thanks! I would wear it out for quality testing but unfortunately the shoe itself is really quite a pain to wear after shrinking one size down. I plastered the shoes in strips of white tissue first to give it an easier and smoother surface to work with, then glued on the cutouts with Mod Podge. I added about 4 final coats of Mod Podge to seal when I was done with cutting and pasting. It would take a lot of care and attention but I actually think they would hold up well if say you don't wear it out in horrible weather. It would be ideal to use a perfectly smooth pair of leather or pleather flats so the pieces of paper don't crinkle and you wouldn't have to prime them beforehand like I had to.

[Riechan]

Really nicely done ^^ So cute !!
I am doing something similar, with a bracelet, but I don't have modge podge only white craft glue, is this just as good to seal it?

[FunnyFace]

Really nicely done ^^ So cute !!
I am doing something similar, with a bracelet, but I don't have modge podge only white craft glue, is this just as good to seal it?

Hmm I don't think white glue would seal as well as Mod Podge. I've used white glue for papier mache and decoupaging just once but i think it worked because I was using thin colored tissue and not pieces of paper so it soaked up all the glue easily. I could be wrong though.

[BonEsInspired]

very cute!
nice work

[mlheran]

These made me smile so much!! I love the colors and it brought back memories of happily reading all my mom's old Archie comics -too fun, thank you!

[FunnyFace]

These made me smile so much!! I love the colors and it brought back memories of happily reading all my mom's old Archie comics -too fun, thank you!

You're right! I too love all that heavy use of primary colors. I haven't touched Archie comics in ages and while working on this I thought to pick up a new copy in the book store. To my disappointment it seemed the colors in the new issues look pretty washed out and badly printed.