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New Release: Little Sport + Giveaway!

So here we go again with another fun and fabulous new release--one of FOUR being released at CHA Summer in a couple of weeks! And, it's a first for us ... a sports line! We are well known for our nice, masculine lines, but we've never thrown a lot of sports stuff into the mix, so this is fun for us---and it is perfectly suited for boys and girls sports! Alas, do not worry, for this line is not just a sporty line, but is full of simple masculine patterns whether you have sporty subjects to scrap or not! So, here we introduce you all to Little Sport---sing along if you wish :)!

For it’s ONE, TWO, THREE strikes….. Don’t miss out!!

Be on the winning team with Little Sport from Fancy Pants Designs! Whether you’re hitting a home run, doing the touchdown shuffle, slam dunking the ball, or scoring the winning goal on the field & throughout the game of life, let Little Sport be your coach at capturing life’s memories in motion. This championship lineup is complete with  loads of colors, prints and graphics that are not only perfect for sports, but for those more masculine pages you want to scrap!

 

Plus, NEW to the Little Sport Collection are such players as the fabulous 12x12 Sticker Fundamentals (totally awesome new set), which are the perfect “assist” for all of your project needs and the “rookie” 4x6 Brag Pad to use with our sell-out crowd Brag Books (oh, yeah!)!

So, what do you think? Let us know in a comment on this post and you'll be entered to win Little Sport. We'll choose two comments randomly to recieve this new collection.

You have until Monday, July 2, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winners will be drawn by a random number generator and posted here on our blog on Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Contest is open to US and international residents.

-Jodi Sanford

 

Sneak Peek: Little Sport

Here's a little peek at our newest collection! Come back again tomorrow for a full reveal and a chance to win!!

-Amy Peterman

 

Product Spotlight: Wave Searcher Patterned Papers

Summer Solstice was just last week, so it's officially summer! Woo hoo! We're celebrating today with fun projects using out Wave Searcher Patterned Papers, the perfect companion for those hot summer photos!

To The Beach by Piradee Talvanna
Piradee says, "For today's post on pattern paper, I thought I would make use of the left over bits of pattern papers that I'm always hoarding away (even the smallest pieces, I'm always thinking that I might use them somewhere sometime LOL).

Here on my project using various circle punches and scraps from the wave searcher collection (along with tons of foam dots), I'm able to mixed and matched the various bits of pattern paper without having to worry to much if the paper designs matched (a fun way to also mix papers from different collections)."

Mini Album by Valerie Sanchez
Valerie says, "Happy Summer everyone! It's finally here, and it's H-O-T!! The perfect time to sit down with some Fancy Pants Designs goodies and make something awesome! For this project, I chose the Wave Searcher patterned papers. I decided to make a mini album using the banner kit, because I knew I would have some great pictures of July 4th weekend at the lake (our "beach" here  in Utah!! I really do miss the ocean...)  I love how the little pocket to hold pictures and journaling came out! There is room for more, depending on how many pictures you have. On the next page, I thought the tiki strip would be cool to use some photo booth pictures ... you know, the ones where you all cram inside this little space and make funny faces! Whichever papers you decide to use, have fun with it!  All of the embellishments were a blast, including the stamps, which I used on the back cover. Thanks for checking in on my latest creation! I hope you have as much fun with this line as I have!   Have a wonderful 4th of July and get creating!!!"

So, now are you ready to get to some summer scrappin'? We hope are Pocket Chicks have inspired you! Please come back again tomorrow, we may just have a little peek at our next release!!!

-Amy Peterman

 

Fancy This: 4th of July Star

Independence Day is one of those holidays that doesn't always get a lot of attention when it comes to home decor. We have cookouts and fireworks and maybe put out a few extra flags but why not really celebrate the birthday of America in style! I used red, white, and blue patterns from Childish Things and Country Boutique today to create this fun and festive 4th of July decorative star. 

Fancy Pants Design Supplies:
Childish Things: Imagination patterned paper
Childish Things: Snack Time patterned paper
Childish Things: Book Shelf patterned paper
Country Boutique: Defined patterned paper
Childish Things: Chipboard Banners
Childish Things: Trims
Childish Things: Alpha Stickers
Assorted buttons

Other Supplies:
Large wood star
Small wood stars
Paint
Marker
Twine
Stick pins
 
Instructions:
1. Cover the large wood star with the solid red paper. Trace the star on to the red checked pattern and cut it out about 1/2" inside the trace line. Adhere it to the center. Cut a round or doily shape from the white Defined paper and adhere to the center. Doodle stitching around all edges. Cut 4-5 one inch strips from the blue star pattern and ruffle them. Adhere them with hot glue around the outside edge of the wood star. 


2. Wrap the large red striped ribbon around the bottom half of the star. Use hot glue to pinch together a bow from another piece of the ribbon. Add a couple of stacked, twine tied buttons to the center of the bow.


3. Add your title in alpha stickers to the center of the star. Pierce two Childish Things chipboard banner pennants with stick pins and stick them in the paper above the title. Add some twine tied buttons and a small white painted star to their centers.


4. Cut five small stars from the white patterned paper. Adhere a small blue painted wood star to the center of each and add these stars to the five points of the large star.


5. Border punch three 12" x 1"-1.5" strips of coordinating paper. Accordion fold each strip, adhere it into a circle and hot glue it flat onto a scrap of paper. Punch coordinating circles to adhere to the fronts of the accordion flowers and add doodled stitching. Cut three coordinating stars and add doodled stitching. Add small painted wood stars to the centers of each. Punch a hole in the top of each accordion accent and three holes in the bottom of the large star. Use twine to hang the accordion accents from the bottom of the star.


And that's it! This is a great little project to create instead of a wreath for your front door or to give to your cookout hostess. Thanks for taking a peek today. I hope I have inspired you to make something festive for your 4th of July celebration!
 


-Jess Mutty

Follow Us on Pinterest and Win!

Welcome to Friday! Do you love Pinterest as much as we do? There is so much inspiration to be found there. Inspriation for home decor, recipes, party ideas, fashion, and even scrapbook layouts (if you haven't checked out Kim Watson's post from Wednesday, she got her layout inspiration from Pinterest)! We've been pinning away and would love for you to join us! We're curious to know which "pin" of ours is your fave. Let us know and you could win this...

All you have to do is follow us on Pinterest by clicking the link here or on our blog (top right corner), find your favorite pin from any of our boards, and leave a comment here telling us which is your favorite! We'll then choose one winner to recieve the new Country Boutique collection kit!

We hope that you'll be inspired by all the fancy projects we've pinned.

Good luck and have fun pinning!

Leave your a comment on this post.You have until Friday, July 6, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be chosen by random number generator from all eligible entries. Winner will be posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Sorry, this contest is only open to residents of the continental US.

-Amy Peterman

Inspiration From The Everyday: Vintage Poster

Hey, hey Fancy Pants blog readers ... it's summer & cause to celebrate! I feel inspired by sunshine, warmth & fun times and hope you will be too, by the project I have to share today.

I love vintage print, posters and ads. I love the colors used, fonts, and overall design of yester-year, hence my need to have a folder on Pinterest filled to bursting with inspiration I can draw on. This poster caught my eve for today's "Everyday Inspiration" post.



Looking at the page design, I felt challenged by the unusual color blocking & image placement. I thought interpreting it into a scrapbook page would be great fun for us to try. Please find below a sketch to help our creative process.





As per the poster shown above, I placed my blue panels at the top of the page to become my "sky" & I divided up the bottom red panel into "red & yellow" representing "sand". Keeping a central focal point by clustering the photos in the middle just as they did, grounded the page perfectly. I found by adding 'playful' accents around the photographs, a sparkly sun & fun title, softened the very graphic page layout. In keeping with the inspiration piece the addition of white stitching along the angles added interest & texture.

The bright, summery papers & accents from the Summer Soul collection perfectly complimented these crazy photos of my little guy & his friend at the water chutes.

I encourage you to look for inspiration in the most unlikely places. One can be inspired by just about anything.

Happy Wednesday!

-Kim Watson

Fancy This: Laundry Signage

Hi everyone!  I've got a fun project to share with you today that has a purpose.  We are trying to get the kids more involved in the chores around the house.  Previously they had been just piling all the laundry on the floor in the laundry room and leaving me to deal with it.  Well I have told them now that they need to sort it out.  I made some signs using the Half Bracket Chipboard Banners to hang on the baskets so the kids know what goes where.  

Fancy Pants Designs Supplies:
Artist Edition: Half Bracket Chipboard Banners
Time For Spring: Spring Floral patterned paper
Time For Spring: Ruffles patterned paper
Time For Spring: Gingham Dress patterned paper
Time For Spring: Tip Me Over patterned paper
Time For Spring: Sugar & Cream patterned paper
Time For Spring: Flower Patch patterned paper
Time For Spring: Sweet'ner patterned paper
Time For Spring: Short & Stout patterned paper
Time For Spring: Die Cuts
Time For Spring: Alpha Stickers

Other Supplies:
Gesso
Ink
Embroidery Floss
Burlap
Crackle


Instructions:
1. First I covered my chipboard banners with some of my favorite pieces of paper from the fabulous Time For Spring collection, and cut them out.


2. I painted on some gesso in the center of my banner pieces, and added some splatters as well. You can use white paint instead of gesso.

3. I glued some burlap to the back of my pieces.


4. I took the letter stickers and added the labels (colors, whites, delicates, towels) that we use to each piece.

5. I then added a crackle texture technique. It is painted over the whole piece including the letters. It helps keep everything securely on (so no missing letters later) but it's also just a cool look! I added a bit of pink ink to the cracks.
 

6. Then I decorated each banner piece using strips of papers, flowers, stitching and ribbon. 








7. Then I added them with ribbon to my baskets.  :)  

Of course, you can make this a quicker, simpler project by skipping some of my steps, but anybody can do this fun project!  I am thinking of doing more projects for my laundry now with the collection to match these.  :)

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!!  Have a wonderful day!



-Pamela Young

Product Spotlight: Wave Searcher Stamps

 

Summer is almost here! So let's kick it off with some hot ideas from our Pocket Chicks using our Wave Searcher Stamps!

Patio Gift Set by Vicki Chrisman
Vicki says, "I had so much fun creating this little summer themed set for a friend. Their home is on a lake front so summertime means outdoor entertaining for them. I thought this would be great to have ready to go, for taking out to the patio table. I used the Wave Searcher Stamps to create name tags to tie on drink bottles for guests.  I made a matching permanent marker for guest to add their names to their tags. I also stamped on the plain white napkins just to add to the fun.



Along with the stamps I used papers, chipboard, buttons, and a transparentcy, all also from the Wave Searcher line to create this patio serving set.



The salt and pepper were oringinally clear. I wrapped the "Flocked Transparency" around them to make them a little more fun:)"

You Are My Sunshine card by Yuki Shimada
Yuki says, "What I love about these stamps is that they are the perfect size for the card making!
I stamped two TIKI images on the right of the card. The arrow image from the To The Beach stamp is really versatile. I stamped then cut them out for my title work. I cut out the title letters from the Boarting patterned paper using my Silhouette. I really love the bold color of this paper."


Down To The Beach card by Yuki Shimada
Yuki says, "I used 3 stamps for my card. I chose the Wave searcher silhouette image for my main design.
I also stamped and cut the little banner image. I love this cute tiny banner image!  I used the To The Beach image for a part of my title."

Summer card by Betsy Veldman
For a hint of shine and pop of color, Betsy heat embossed the surfer silhouette image with black embossing powder and misted the background on this striking card.


Congrats card by Betsy Veldman 
Betsy shares, "This card is a little play on the idea of 'climbing the totem' pole. I stamped the images with brown ink and colored them with copics."

-Amy Peterman

Country Boutique Winners

Happy Tuesday! We're back with our Country Boutique Winners! We are excited to give our newest collection to these two lucky readers...

What a lovely collection - so very versatile!

Posted by: Donna VW | June 07, 2012 at 06:42 AM

 

Love all the muted tones. They look great with sepia and b&w prints (photos) and love that Quatrefoil paper in the wedding collection!
:O)
Jessica S

Posted by: Jessica Shelton | June 07, 2012 at 11:23 AM

 

Congrats Donna and Jessica!! Please send an email to: lisa@fancypantsdesigns.com with the following information:

1. Name of Contest (Country Boutique giveaway)
2. Your full name
3. Address where your prize should be sent

-Amy Peterman

Fancy This: Wedding Display

My dear hubby and I are coming up on our fifteenth wedding anniversary soon. So, when I recieved the new Country Boutique line, that includes a wedding series within the collection, I knew I had to make a unique piece in celebration of our wedded bliss. :-) The display above is what I came up with and I'll be surprising my love with it as a gift.

Here is what I used to create it...

Fancy Pants Designs Supplies:
Country Boutique: Die Cuts
Country Boutique: Banner Die Cuts
Country Boutique: Wedding Cards patterned paper
Country Boutique: Wedding Script patterned paper
Be You: Trim
Artist Edition: Metal Charms
Artist Edition: Trim (Black)

Other supplies:
old ruler
clips
jute
stick pin
buttons
brad
foam adhesive
hot glue gun

And here is how I made it...

 Instructions:
1. Collect bits and pieces and photos (average size 2x3") for your collage.
2. Cut out one of the cards from the Wedding Cards patterned paper.
3. Trace template (included with Metal Charm) and cut "with love" from the Wedding Script patterned paper. Adhere to inside of Metal Charm.
4. Cut a strip of paper to fit the back of your ruler. Arrange die cut ribbon shapes and Be You trim along paper strip and adhere. The adhere strip to back of ruler.
5. Arrange and adhere photos, die cuts, wedding card and embellishments as desired. Note: I used bits of jute as accents ... tied around my small photo, threaded through a large button, and tied to the Metal Charm. I also used a stick pin and one of the small ribbon die cutes to make a mini flag.
6. Hot glue clips to ruler and clip some photo and die cuts in place.

Here are a few detail shots.









I hope you enjoyed this project as much as I enjoyed creating it! It was fun reminiscing about our special day as I created it and it made me that much more thankful to have such a wonderful man to spend my life with. I can't wait for the next fifteen + years!



-Amy Peterman