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HaPpy HaLLowEeN!!!

Hey! Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and Happy Halloween!!

In honor of this holiday.... We are hosting a CHALLENGE!!!... We want to see what each of you have created for this SPoOky holiday and/or Fall Season!! Send in your entries to megan@fancypantsdesigns.com by midnight on Sunday, November 2nd for your chance to win one of several SPOOKTACULAR prizes!!

This can be your favorite layout, card, or home decor/altered item! Please only 1 entry per person!

Spread the word...you wont want to miss out on this one!!

 

Weekly Project #2

Here we go again! It is week 2 of our totally fun Monday projects!! This weeks project was created by another BRAND NEW member of our DT!!...Anne Jo Lexander.... We have totally loved seeing all of the talent our new members hold, and know you are all going to enjoy it as well! The talented Ania has created this super cute card and bookmark! She has even been so kind to provide a product list, instructions, and even a pattern! Now you have no excuse of why you cant make some yourselves! :)

     

      

From Ania...      

"Hi there!

I thought I’d share a cute little project with you – giving away handmade cards is great – being able to attach small, inexpensive and useful gifts along with the cards is even better! And it really does not take that long – depending on how complicated you want to do this."

Material-list
The Daily Grind:  “Notebook doodles”, 8x8 paperpad, “Titles and tags”, “Printed chipboard shapes”
All Fall: “Rubons” and “stamp 2”
Leftover scraps
Fancy Pants “Clear Mix and Match” transparent die cuts
Chipboard-embellishment (I used a heart from “Creative books”)
Happy Holidays woven ribbons

Embossing powder, white and brown
Glossy accent
Crop a dile
Jumpring
3d foam
Sewing machine
Corner rounder    

Directions:

1.       Take out the 5.5x2.5” transparent rectangle from the transparent die cut-sheets. This will be our little gift – a bookmark. 2. Measure the card on the 12x12 sheet according to the bookmark. For this one I used these measurements

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3.       Score along the striped lines with a bonefolder or similar, and fold. “The bottom” flap will be the pocket that holds our bookmark. I sewed the edges of this one, but you can also just use a very thin strip of doublesided adhesive. I also used a corner-rounder on the corners to match the rounded corners of the bookmark.

4.       Decorate the front and the insides of the card. Love how the 8x8” pad is so perfectly propositioned for cards! Use 3d foam to adhere stuff to the front – it gives a lovely and exciting dimension to the card.

5.       Decorate the bookmark. I decided to leave the see-through transparent mostly bare. I think it’s pretty that way!!

6.       I wanted to use my sewing machine to mark the edges. Love the effect!

7.       Cover up the backside with paper next, carefully matching the front J

8.       Cover  the chipboard-heart with leftover-paper. Use the swirl-stamp and emboss the heart to decorate it further. Cover with glossy accent to make it more sturdy.

9.       Punch holes and tie w/ a ribbon. I used a jump-ring to keep the ribbon in place on the bookmark.

10.       Voila J A practical gift and a matching card to boot! J

 

Thanks so much Ania! We look forward to seeing more of your great talent!

                                                                             

   

A surprise well accepted!?...

Hey! It was so great to hear all of your comments about our new Limited Edition collections, Arctic Chill and Splendid. We are excited about this release, and are so glad you are too!! Through a random drawing, we have pulled five winnners!! These winners will each recieve product from their favorite NEW collection as they stated in their comment! (remember, we will send these out the first week in November! :) ) In no particular order.....

-Bianca Gaspard

-Nicole Stout

-Shannon Hayer

-Tatiana Shafer

-Kimberly DiNapoli

Please email megan@fancypantsdesigns.com with your shipping info!!

Congrats to you lucky winners!!

Check back monday for new project ideas!!

WeEklY PRoJect #1- Round 2!

How's that for soon?..... :) This weeks project was created by one of our BRAND NEW Design Team Members!!!...Ronda Palazzari... We are so excited to have you part of our team Ronda!!

Using everything Happy Holidays, Ronda made this super cute Christmas album!

Check out these cute pages! Each of the following are different, how fun to do each different, or alternate styles!                               

      

What a great gift idea!

Thanks so much Ronda! We are excited to see more from you!

Check back each Monday for projects from our DT!! Also, dont miss the post below!-winners are listed!! :)

A little behind....

Hey all of you! We have been running a bit behind around here with posting our fabulous blog winners!!! So here goes!!

First off, we have our RANDOM winners from World Card Making Day- you winners will be recieving an email from me shortly! :)

*Amanda Muirhead

*Judith Lahaye

*Diana Waite

*Cindy Couacaud

*Jennifer Hansen

Next up is our 3 winners from the Oct. 13 TrICkS and tReAtS post! We loved hearing all of your faves!! The three lucky random winners are....

* Kerryn Lawson

*Rachel Tops

*Jiggy Jen

Congrats to all of you!!! If you could email me (megan@fancypantsdesigns.com) with your mailing address, we will get your fab prize packages sent out!!

Also, check back later!.. .We have started up again with our WeEklY PRoJects!! I will be posting the first one very shortly!.... like TODAY!! So make sure you come back and visit us! :) Later this week, the newest winners will be announced!

SURPRISE!

So, we've been keeping a pretty good secret here at the Fancy Pants shop...2 NEW releases!  We wanted to do something new and fresh from Fancy Pants, so we've got a Winter line and a Valentine's line! 

The Arctic Chill line, by Jackie Eckles, has some of the best colors for Winter... if you don't have snowy winters where you are, no problem, we've got some bright, beautiful colors for those SUNNY winter days!  I love the big snowflake patterns, but I also love the bright yellow polka dots and sophisticated damask patterns...and funky flourishes...and...and... see for yourself :)!

And, then there's Splendid!  A very Splendid set, indeed!  I think one of my all time favorite papers is here in the Valentine's Cards...I've already got my little Abbi on board for using them this coming 'Love' Season!  They are awesome...in fact, our designer, Michelle Coleman, drew these little characters herself...amazing!  I love all of the traditional, with a twist, colors used throughout this line! 

So, there it is...our big surprise!  This product will begin shipping on November 1st and that means that we will have a few little shipments of our own to go out :)... so, if you're interested in receiving one of these little boxes let us know why!!  Random winners will be chosen and announced next week...the special packages will ship out when orders begin shipping!!

Woo Hoo...it's good to be Fancy! 

Tricks and Treats! (For your pages that is.)

With Halloween just around the corner I wanted to share this fun page with you using a great mix of Fancy Pants products!  So, the treats for the page are plenty:

I used the Daily Grind (black polka dots, dark orange); All Fall (orange polka dots) and Daydreams (purple) papers to get the Halloween color scheme.  Our Spooky Tree Glitter Cut; Daily Grind and With Love Buttons, Say It Simple Letters and Felt from our With Love set! 

Here's a trick:  Add gold/silver embossing glitter to your painted chipboard letters.  This ties the title together with the glitter cut (which you can't see great in this shot ;P) on the tree.  So, I painted the chipboard black to match the page, then I added some embossing powder.. a fun trick that makes the title a treat for the page :)!!

I trimmed the two vertical images to zoom in on her costume...the top photo is a 4x6 image.  I placed the tree on top and beneath some of the photos for a layered effect...and to keep the focus in the right places!  I also used some of the extra index photos as little accents to the page design! Add your journaling (font: Old Type downloaded from twopeasinabucket.com), buttons and felt and you've got a fun page that is pretty quick and easy to create...the glitter cut is the main embellishment on the page and it's already done for you!!!

Now...it's your turn... tell us about one of your favorite scrapbooking "treats" from Fancy Pants and we'll pick 3 scrappers that will win a mix of the supplies that were used to create this page!!  Happy Halloween.....Jodi.

In memory of hard work..WINNERS!!!

Sorry it has taken a bit to announce our 10 random winners from the "in memory of hard work" post! Thank you so much for your help in trying to track down this book! :) We hope it will be returned!!

Anyways... back to the winners!!!!

Here we go!... In no particular order.....

*Natalie Steinberg

*Lisa Watson

*Jen D.

*Tracey

*Janelle Lee

*Kristie Livinston

*April

*Jenn Ryan

*Lous Stiner

*Dawn Hetrick

CONGRATS WINNERS!!! Please email megan@fancypantsdesigns.com with shipping info so we can get some FANCY product sent out to you!! :)

World Card Making Day!

World Card Making Day is today!!! What a fun day to celebrate all the reasons that we make cards!  Welcoming new babies, new neighbors, a note to a dear friend, thank you's, birthday's, condolences and so much more!!!  Here are a few of our recent favorites!

And I love this card from our talented DT gal, Cindy Tobey!  An adorable card that can be used for many occassions to brighten anyone's day!!  She used one of our fun Glitter Cuts (You are my Sunshine) for a sparkly addition to the True papers and Kewl Ribbon, Harvest buttons and Splash set pin!

And just a couple more simple pieces from Jodi Sanford using stamps from our Doodles and Things set and our Fresh Mod set!  The papers are from our Simplicity line and ribbon from the Kewl Ribbon set and buttons from our Splash button sets! The tag is a fun little bag topper (filled with treats, of course) for your favorite neighbor... or a welcome tag for the newest neighbor to join your street!

And, in honor or World Card Making Day, we want to see your favorite cards that you've designed.  One entry per person...we'll pick 5 RANDOM winners from those that send us their card images! Email megan@fancypantsdesigns.com with CARDS in the subject line.  Please keep attachments to 500kb or less! Please send all submissions by Tuesday (Oct. 7th)at midnight EST :)! We'll also feature some of the cards we receive on our blog in an upcoming post (with permission)!!   

Happy World Card Making Day!  Make and Card and send it our way!

Side Note: We'll be announcing the random winners of our last drawing on Monday!