Miss Fancy Pants Designs

Fancy This: Treat Bags

This time of year my daughter’s classroom has birthday parties and holiday parties almost on a weekly basis, for instance her upcoming St. Patrick’s Day party. I sometimes struggle coming up with quick and easy treat ideas for her to share with her class that I can create inexpensively and in bulk. This treat bag that I’ve created is easy, cute, and can quickly be adapted for any party theme simply by switching the color combinations and embellishments. So, let’s get started!
 
Fancy Pants supplies:
Childish Things: Book Shelf pattern paper
Artist Edition: 12x12 Memo Pad (Blue Notebook pattern paper)
Childish Things: Trim
Childish Things: Glitter Cuts
Childish Things: Chipboard pieces
Childish Things: Buttons
Childish Things: Rub-Ons
Childish Things: Elements Sticker

Other supplies:
brown lunch sized paper bag
sm. Plastic bag
lace border punch
star punch
corner rounder
scissors
stapler
black marker
tape runner
liquid adhesive
 
Instructions:
Step 1.
Cut paper bag approximately 5” high to make the bag 5”x5”, then cut the top of the cut off bag with your border punch.

 
Step 2.
Add ribbon, glitter transparency, rub-ons, stickers, chipboard, and buttons to embellish.



 
Step 3.
Cut Childish Things Book Shelf paper to 4 ¾”x 5 ½”, the notebook paper to 4 ¼”x5” and adhere on top of book shelf paper, round top corners of bookshelf paper, staple green and blue Childish Things ribbons to top left of bookshelf paper, spritz notebook paper with mist, adhere punched out star to top right of notebook paper and adhere Childish Things red button, then use black marker to write ENJOY!

 
Step 4.
Place treats inside small plastic bag, fold over top of plastic bag, then staple bag on top of notebook paper. Insert treat card inside paper bag.



 
I really enjoy creating these little candy bags for my daughter’s classroom, and they are so quick and easy that she can even help in the creating process. I hope you enjoy making this or your very own version of this treat bag.

-Sarah Mullanix

FP + Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop: A Day With You

I will admit that I have been a big fan of 3L Scrapbook Adhesives. Their E-Z Runner Permanent Adhesive, is the only tape dispenser I used when I am paper crafting. When I can find the combo pack, I always stock up! One feature I love is the no hassle of having to refill! Once I am done with it, I can simply move on to a new one! Now, for this project I did step out of my box, and tried the new My Stik tape runner. I have seen this in our local  scrapbook store, and have been a bit curious on how it works. After using it for this page, I am instantly in love! This tape runner will definitely add some color to your scrapbooking bag. It is fully customizable, and it can also be adjusted to feel comfortable in your hand! Great, and smooth application. Also, because I love to add layers to my projects, I know that my embellishments, and photos are going to stay exactly where I position them!



This photo is  of my daughter with one of her best friends, was perfect with the Childish Things collection. It is definitely on the list of my favorites paper collections! I love everything about it! The colors are colorful, and the patterns are playful! A perfect combination for documenting all those photos of my children when they were younger. If only they could stay little for just a bit longer!



I love to emboss on different layers of my page. This gives the element much more dimension, which means I am going to need a very strong adhesive. So behind the herringbone brown paper, I used the  Crafty Power Tape dispenser. Love that it is super tacky, and that I can cut it while on the dispenser. No more hunting for my scissors! It is double sided, and think this will now be my go to tape on mini chipboard albums!



Finally, I do love creating my own embellishments! On this flower it has several blooms, layered together, so I also used the crafty power tape to adhere them together! You can also see a small peek of the vellum butterflies. Vellum is definitely a very thin paper, and needs to be adhered with a strong adhesive too. For this element, I used the E-Z Permanent Squares from the pink tape runner. I was already a fan, but now have a few new favorites to add to my scrapbooking inventory. A girl can never have too many adhesives!

Fancy Pants supplies:
Childish Things: Imagination, Snacktime,BookShelf, Cards and Strips patterned papers
Childish Things: Chipboard Pieces
Be You: Be You 2x2 Stamp

3L supplies:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Runner
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Squares
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L My Stik
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Power Tape

-Suzanne Sergi

Don't miss out!! Leave a comment on this post and every post this week for a chance to win some goodies from Fancy Pants and 3L! And visit the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog for more ideas and ANOTHER chance to win!

You have until Friday, March 11, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn from all comments from all blog hop posts during March 5-11, 2012, by a random number generator and posted here on our blog and on our FB page on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Contest is open to US and international residents.

FP + Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop: Creative Cards

Welcome to the Fancy Pants Designs + 3L Blog Hop! 

Adhesives are such a basic necessity for paper crafters. But what about taking those basic adhesives and turning them into something worthy of being front and center on a project? 

I have a quick tutorial for you today on creating your own glitter papers like I did for this colorful birthday card.


I used 3L’s Crafty Power Tape to give the plaid paper from the Summer Soul collection a little WOW factor! 


Let me show you a few step-by-step photos.  It’s really very simple!

I started by adhering the Crafty Power Tape along all of the horizontal pink stripes in the paper. 


I peeled away the top layer from the tape and sprinkled it with pink glitter.  Then just shake off the excess and you’ll have glittery pink stripes!


I proceeded to do the same thing with the green stripes, placing the Power Tape over each one.


Sprinkle green glitter and shake off excess!


So fun a sparkly! A simple way to dress up an already pretty piece of patterned paper. Here’s another card I created using the same technique, this time with the plaid paper from Wave Searcher to create a baby boy card.


I used a mix of Fancy Pants collections here … the paper is from Wave Searcher, the airplane and bicycle are from Childish Things and the chalkboard label is from the Off to School collection. I love mixing and matching things!


Want some more creative card ideas? Check out these sweet cards by my fellow Pocket Chick, Vicki Chrisman.

Here is what Vicki had to say about 3L products!
"I chose to use It's the Little Things line with my Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Adhesives to create a little card trio. I loved being able to add dimension to the elements on my cards by using 3D foam squares. They also work great for adhearing my buttons. I used MyStik Permanent Strips Dispenser for my general adhesive for these cards, and Crafty Power Tape for the borders and narrow strips." -Vicki

Thanks for stopping by and a BIG thank you to 3L for supplying the adhesives for today’s projects!




~Betsy Veldman

DON'T FORGET!! Leave a comment on this post and every post this week for a chance to win some goodies from Fancy Pants and 3L! And visit the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog for more ideas and ANOTHER chance to win!

You have until Friday, March 11, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn from all comments from all blog hop posts during March 5-11, 2012, by a random number generator and posted here on our blog and on our FB page on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Contest is open to US and international residents.

FP + Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop: Childhood Layouts

With quilts being all the craze right now I thought I'd try my hand at quilting with paper.



My first page, 'Happy Day' using the Childish Things collection is what I call landscape quilting where I designed a structured background as the base for my page. To secure the loose pieces of shaped patterned paper before stitching, I used the E-Z dots repositionable runner. This allowed me to adjust the paper placement as I stitched them making sure they lined up perfectly. To make my little blue starry clouds, I used the Childish Things filter embellishments but needed to strengthen them. I solved this problem by covering a piece of cardstock with Power Tape with Dispenser, then pressed the filters on top before cutting out the x2 cloud shapes.




When assembling my page I made use of tons of 3D Foam squares, layering them in different heights to create interest to my page.






For my next page, 'Childhood Up's & Down's', also using the Childish Things collection , I used my quilted triangles of patterned paper laid in vertical rows to give the overall feeling of up & down movement. Again I the E-Z dots repositionable runner was great to secure the paper pieces, enabling me to shift & nudge them until they were perfectly spaced, before machine stitching in place. My quilted background became the perfect base for my page. I used the different directions of the 'arrows' to help my title feel like it is going up & down.



Again I used plenty of 3D Foam squares to raise my elements off the page, doubling up sometimes for extra height.



Thank you 3L for your allowing me to play with your amazing adhesive products. They made working on these Fancy Pants projects a breeze!!

-Kim Watson

REMINDER! Leave a comment on this post and every post this week for a chance to win some goodies from Fancy Pants and 3L! And visit the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog for more ideas and ANOTHER chance to win!

You have until Friday, March 11, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn from all comments from all blog hop posts during March 5-11, 2012, by a random number generator and posted here on our blog and on our FB page on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Contest is open to US and international residents.

FP + Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop: Flower Accents

Hi everyone! I’m here with another blog hop project with Scrapbook Adhesives! Who doesn’t love a good adhesive?! I mean really!
 
It’s been down right gloomy here for weeks so I thought I would pull out some peppy papers from the new Be You line and see if that could brighten my mood. What do you know? It worked!





I did lots of mixing of these lovely Be You papers and then made some ribbon flowers with FP ribbon and the Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Power Tape and filter flowers, too.

Fancy Pants Supplies:
Be You: Forget Me Not patterned paper
Be You: Marbles patterned paper
Be You: Cards patterned paper
Be You: Daylight patterned paper
Be You: Hide and Seek patterned paper
Be You: Chipboard pieces
Be You: Chipboard banners
It’s the Little Things: Ribbon
It’s the Little Things: Brads
It’s Your Day: Brads
 
Other supplies:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Power Tape
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L My Stik

Here is how I made the ribbon flowers:
1. Cover a 1 3/4” punched circle with the Crafty Power Tape (trim off excess around edges).


2. Start on the outside edge, and begin scrunching ribbon around in a spiral until the circle is covered (you may need an extra piece of power tape to hold down end).


3. Finish center with a decorative brad or button.
 
Filter flowers:
1. Start with a FP Filter Paper embellishment. I used the medium sized one.

2. Begin at the outside edge, cut a spiral shape into the filter as shown.


3. Start with the center and shape the spiral around itself using the My Stik adhesive here and there to keep its shape!
 
I had fun using the adhesives from Scrapbook Adhesives. The My Stik has a nice feel and goes on great! And the Craft Power Tape has a strong hold for all those heavier embellishments!
Thanks for letting me play!


-Greta Hammond

Psst! ... Remember to leave a comment on this post and every post this week for a chance to win some goodies from Fancy Pants and 3L! And visit the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog for more ideas and ANOTHER chance to win!

You have until Friday, March 11, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn from all comments from all blog hop posts during March 5-11, 2012, by a random number generator and posted here on our blog and on our FB page on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Contest is open to US and international residents.

FP + Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop: Be You Banner

Be You has to be my favorite line right now, so I was really excited to be able to create a project using it! I thought it would be fun to make a banner for my scrapbook room! So here it is, hope you enjoy it and want to make one for yourself!



Fancy Pants Supplies:
Artist's Edition: Chipboard banner kit
Be You: Heart ribbon
Be You: Buttons
Be You: Gametime, Daffodils, Forget Me Not, Lazy Days, Daylight, Gardening, Subway Art, and Hide and Seek patterned papers
Be You: Flocked Heart overlay
Be You: Filter embellishments
Be You: Chipboard piece (Live in the Moment)

Other supplies:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:  My Stick Runner and Crafty Power Tape
assorted punches
acalloped edge scissors
micro-hole punch
aquamarine 'bling!'
black ink
black pen of choice
wire curler
black floss



Instructions:
1. Trace papers and flocked overlay to fit banner pieces and cut, ink and adhere using the My Stick Runner ... (I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this thing! It's a-m-a-z-i-n-g!)

2.  Cut 1 1/2 strips (I used 3) of FORGET ME NOT paper. Trim with scalloped edge scissors. Use the micro hole punch to punch out holes around edge (this mimics the holes in the edge of the paper filter).  Add ink and black stitching lines. Adhere and trim to banner pieces. Use large hole punch to punch holes for ribbon to pass through, using the holes on the back to guide you)

3. Using large scalloped punch, punch 6 circles (It measures 3 1/2 inches across). Using the smaller scalloped circle punch, punch 6 of those (this one measures about 1 7/8"). Again, using the micro hole punch, punch around edges of all circles. Ink all edges with black, and add stitching with your black pen of choice. Adhere smaller circles inside the larger ones using your MY STICK RUNNER!!!  Set these aside for now.

4. Cut out the BE YOU from the SUBWAY ART paper. Add black ink and definition lines around them with your pen. 

5. Punch 5 small flowers, ink edges black and adhere to the BE YOU letters. Add "bling" in centers.

6. Add pop dots or foam squares to backs of letters, and adhere to your pre-assembled circles. 

7. Carefully line up your completed scalloped circles onto your banner pieces, making sure they are all at the same level. Stick these down with your MY STICK RUNNER!!  (I told you I loved that thing!!!)

MIDDLE BANNER PIECE
1. The CURLZ...  Cut 8 or 9 - 1/4" x 12" strips.  Using your wire curler (or a pencil), curl your strips .  Set aside.

2. Gather the large paper filter, and use STICKY TAPE to hold it together.  Add a few more pieces to hold your CURLZ.  Start sticking your CURLZ down, using more STICKY TAPE as needed; making sure to spread them out evenly.  If you want more, go ahead!! They are hopelessly addictive, and look amazing!

3. When you have all your CURLZ where you want them, begin to assemble the top scalloped circles.  Using the GAMETIME scallop circle (pink with black dots), stick the smallest paper filter to it using ... you guessed it... MY STICK RUNNER .  Add another small scalloped circle for the center.  Using foam tape, stick the CHIPBOARD EMBELLISHMENT (Live in the Moment) to this piece.

4.  Now that you have that part assembled, it's time to add it to your banner/CURLZ part.  I used quite a few foam squares to raise it high enough so as not to 'squish' my wonderful little CURLZ.  This also gives it more depth, and adds more interest!



ASSEMBLING YOUR BANNER
1. Using your cream ribbon that came with the banner kit, thread this through your punched holes, making sure to keep the cream ribbon to the BACK of each banner. At the ends, loop them and tie into a knot. Make sure to leave about an inch between each banner to add the  button bows.

2. Cut "5"  2 inch pieces of the blue heart ribbon. Choose which medium sized buttons you would like to use, and figure out where you want to put them ahead of time. 

3. Using about 6 inches of black floss, thread through your button, with both threads going to the BACK of the button. Take this and lay it on top of your blue heart ribbon, and place both  on top of the cream ribbon. Wrap both threads in OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS around all ribbon layers, and then bring threads UP THROUGH THE BUTTON HOLES. Tie in a knot, and then a bow. You can use a small dab of clear glue to keep your bow from unraveling, or you can double tie your bow.

4. Repeat this 4 more times to make all your bows for the middle part of your banner.

5.  For the end bows, I made them more like bows, and did the same thing with the buttons, only I used the largest buttons  in the package. 

I hope you enjoy making this as much as I did!  I love looking at it as it hangs in my scrapbook room!  It reminds me to be myself, and it also reminds me that I am truly blessed to be able to have this opportunity to be on the Fancy Pants design team! Oh, and you HAVE to go out and get that little MY STICK RUNNER from Scrapbook Adhesives!  Happy scrapping!
Toodles!



-Valerie Sanchez

P.S. Remember to leave a comment on this post and every post this week for a chance to win some goodies from Fancy Pants and 3L! And visit the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog for more ideas and ANOTHER chance to win!

You have until Friday, March 11, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn from all comments from all blog hop posts during March 5-11, 2012, by a random number generator and posted here on our blog and on our FB page on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Contest is open to US and international residents.

FP + Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop: Vacation Boxes

Welcome everyone! Today kicks off a week full of fun projects as we team up with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L for a Blog Hop! Every day this week we'll have some great projects by our Pockets Chicks showing you how great Fancy Pants and 3L go together. Come back every day for inspiration and leave your comments on each post for a chance to win a great Fancy Pants and 3L prize (more details at the end of this post!). You will also want to be sure to hop over to the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog every day this week too! Their Design Team will be providing even more inspiration and ANOTHER chance to win some great FP and 3L!

I'm starting things off today, with a project I created for my girls for our upcoming vacation. We are surprising them and taking them to Florida. Shhhh! :-) So, I thought these little vacation boxes would be fun for them to have on the trip. In each box is a sketch/note pad for drawing what the see or journaling about each each day, along with canvas bag that they can use to collect shells that they find on the beach. I also figured they could use the box itself to stash whatever other momentos they collect along the way.

Fancy Pants supplies:
Summer Soul: Filter Embellishments
Summer Sou: Chipbard Embellishments
Summer Soul: Cards patterned paper
Off To School: Chalkboard Stickers
Summer Soul: Starburst stamp
Wave Searcher: To The Beach stamp
Artist Edition: Memo Notebook pages
Artist Edition: Metal Charms
Summer Soul: Glitter Cuts
Artist Edition: Chipboard Alphas (white)
Wishful Thinking: Alpha Stickers
Beach Babe: Alpha Stickers
Various FP trim and ribbons

Other supplies:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L My Stick
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Power Tape
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Squares
metal box
Modge Podge
acrylic paint
pain brush
corrugated cardboard
1" circle punch
hole punch
canvas bag
StazOn ink pad
scrap chipboard

Here's how I created the Vacation Boxes:
1. Apply Modge Podge to surface of metal box.


2. Lay Filter Embellishment onto wet Modge Podge. Apply another layer of Modge Podge over the Filter Embellishements to seal and protect.


3. Repeat with additional Filter Embellishements. Allow to dry.


4. Paint top of box with acrylic paint. Allow to dry. Apply another coat of Modge Podge to top.

5. Using Crafty Power Tape attach trim around rim of lid. This tape is strong a great alternative to messy hot glue.

6. Apply Off To School Chalkboard Stickers and Summer Soul Chipboard Embellishments as desired. Tie on ribbon.

Next, I created the little Note Pads:
1. Cut a scrap piece of corrugated cardboard to desired size (mine was 5x7"). Cut various sheets of paper from the Memo Notebook (this is a great way to use leftover scraps - mine were trimmed to about 4.25x6"). Cut 2 cards from the Summer Soul Cards patterned paper for the cover.


2. Paint corrugated cardboard with acrylic paint for a beachy, white-washed look.


3. Punch holes in the top and attach binder rings.

4. Decorate the cover as desired. I tied on one of the Artist Edition Metal Charms and adhered a Summer Soul Glitter Cut, using the Crafty Power Tape (it works great on transparent pieces!) and a Chipboard Alpha.


I also created these cute orange peel flowers.




These flowers are easy to make. The E-Z Squares are great for small embellishments like these and the Crafty Power Tape worked great for attaching them to the cover. I know these notepads will get a lot of wear and tear, so I know the Crafty Power Tape will keep those little flowers in place.


Here are the finished notepads...


The Beach Bag is simple to decorate:
1. For a sturdy surface to stamp on, insert a scrap piece of chipboard into the canvas bag.


2. Using a permanent ink, like StazOn, stamp as desired onto bag.


3. Attach tags. Ta-da!


I hope you enjoyed these Vacation Boxes and that you've gotten some great ideas here! Remember to leave a comment on this post (and every post this week) for a chance to win some Fancy Pants and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L goodies! And don't forget to visit the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog too!

You have until Friday, March 11, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn from all comments from all blog hop posts during March 5-11, 2012, by a random number generator and posted here on our blog and on our FB page on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Contest is open to US and international residents.

Be sure to come back! We have TWO posts tomorrow, by the talented Valerie Sanchez and Greta Hammond!


-Amy Peterman

 

Inspiration From The Everyday: Book Cover

Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by the blog today!  Today I am sharing how I was inspired by a book cover to create a fun layout. I have to admit, I do not own this book, it was one I came across on the internet. The concept is interesting, but I was much more interested in the design of the cover. Here's the book:

I loved the lines of words next to the tall cat. I could immediately see stitching as lines, and multiple alphabets for words, as well as one cut out figure from a photo. So, I took the challenge and created this layout:



I think it turned out very cute!  I used the fun new Be You collection.  I cut pieces of paper for the lines but also added the stitching.  I just love this photo of my daughter and it went nicely with the design I was going for. 

Fancy Pants supplies:
Be You: Lazy Days patterned paper
Be You: Gametime patterned paper
Be You: Hide and Seek patterned paper
Be You: Marbles patterned paper
Be You: Be You Cards patterned paper
Be You: Daffodils patterned paper
Be You: Forget Me Not patterned paper
Be You: Nesting patterned paper
Artist's Edition: White chipboard alphas
Artist's Edition: Black chipboard alphas
Artist's Edition: Brown chipboard alphas
Beach Babe: Pink chipboard alphas
To The Moon: Green chipboard alphas
To The Moon: Buttons
Summer's End: Alpha Stickers
Off To School: Buttons

Other supplies:
white floss
adhesive
craft knife/scissors

Well I hope you found a bit of inspiration from this post today! If you do a layout or project inspired by this post, please share it with us on our Facebook Wall! 

Have a wonderful day!


-Pamela Young