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Winners: Scor-Pal Blog Hop + Scrapbook Trends

Happy New Year's Eve!!! We've got our winners of the Scor-Pal Blog Hop and Scrapbook Trends giveaways!

 

Our random winner of Scor-Pal's new Score, Fold, Create! book and some assorted Fancy Pants Designs goodies is...

 

Neat ideas - haven't used Scor-tape yet. Will have to look for it in the stores.

Posted by: Cheryl | December 21, 2012 at 08:51 AM

 

And the winner of the Home for Christmas prize pack sponsored by Scrapbook Trends magazine is...

 

Oh wow this is a stunner!!! Thanks for my chance!!!

Posted by: Lisa L. ( Lisa's Creative Niche) | December 19, 2012 at 12:39 PM

 

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

1. Name of Contest that applies to you (Scor-Pal Blog Hop or Scrapbook Trends giveaway)
2. Your full name
3. Address where your prize should be sent

Thanks to everyone for playing along! And happy 2013!

-Amy Peterman

Fancy Friday Freebie: January 2013 Calendar

Now that Christmas has come and gone, 2013 is fast approaching! Welcome the new year with this FREE January 2013 Calendar download! These calendars are great to use in our Brag Books!! Grab a Brag Book and get ready to document 2013!!

Stay tuned to our Facebook page and right here on our blog for fabulous sneak peeks of our new releases beginning January 2, 2013!!

-Amy Peterman

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS  and The Gift of Berry Sprouts!

I hope that you are all enjoying this wonderful holiday season with the ones you love!  For this Christmas Day post, I just wanted to share a quick, personal story of a dollar store gift I received several years back that has stayed with me all this time!  

Each year, we 'lend' our kids about $10 to spend at the dollar store on their family--Mom, Dad and brother(s), sister(s) since they are just too little to earn their own money!  Well, you know what you'll find at the dollar store, and it's usually something you'll toss out after a few weeks, but this gift was different and it meant a lot to me.  

My little Marli-girl bought me two little 'berry sprouts' as my gift.  It was kind of funny as I unwrapped them, just two little branches with berries on the tips...some of the berries were already white from being tossed around, and the red paint chipping off, plus,  just the branches alone didn't really serve a purpose...they needed something to go with them.... or did they?  Well, I quickly realized they didn't. These little berry branches reminded her of me because I like to craft and "make things" so she knew that I would find them very neat all by themselves AND because she thought I could come up with something crafty for them!  

In the end, I did come up with something 'crafty' for them--I simply placed them on a shelf to be seen in my scrapbook/craft room.  I pass them often, even now, and even though I've purchased many more 'berry sprouts' over the years to serve some crafting purpose, I've never felt the need to put these two branches to any other use...they are being used every day as a reminder of what gift giving is.  It didn't matter the cost or the purpose of the gift, what really mattered is that it was picked JUST FOR ME, by my sweet little three year old daughter!  

I've used them in my photo as a little reminder of what really matters today...a little tattered, a little torn, but one of my all time favorite gifts!  

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

 

 

 

 

Merry Christmas Eve and Sneak Peeks Coming Soon!

I bet that you are all busily preparing for Christmas and celebrating with family today, so we'll keep our post short and sweet!  I just wanted to let you all know that next week {after all of the holiday rush} we will begin our sneak peeks...so excited about this release!  We have all sorts of new embellishments and some really amazing lines coming out...  And be sure to visit the blog this week, too...we still have lots to share with our current collections!  

 

 

Scor-Pal Blog Hop: Accordion Trees + Idea Book & FPD Goodies Giveaway

Welcome to day five of our blog hop with Scor-Pal! I hope you found some great ideas to try on the Scor-Pal blog & here at Miss Fancy Pants? Today, I am going to show you how to make some fun accordion trees. Perfect Christmas décor for the mantle, that are really easy to make.

Fancy Pants Designs supplies:
Home for Christmas: Patterned papers
Home for Christmas: Mingled buttons
Blissful Blizzard: Silver Glitter paper

Other supplies:
Scor-Pal: Scor-Buddy
Scor-Pal: Scor-Tape
Hot glue gun
Tree template download

Instructions:
1. Download, print and cut out tree template.


2. Transfer design to patterned paper.


3. Using Scor-Pal, score fold lines and fold into shape.


4. Grab your Scor-tape.


5. Apply Scor-tape to open side of tree.


6. Adhere tree together.


7. Apply little pieces of Scor-tape to inner folds of tree.


8. Pinch pleats closed.



BONUS tutorial:
Using glitter paper, cut & fold star using Scor-Pal, attach to top of tree using hot glue.


Decorate your little trees with Home for the Holidays, Mingled buttons.

Thanks for joining us today and this week. Leave a comment on this post (and every Scor-Pal Blog Hop post this week) for a chance to win some Fancy Pants Designs goodies and the Score, Fold, Create! book pictured below.

You have until Saturday, December 22, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn by a random number generator from all Scor-Pal Blog Hop posts this week and posted here on our blog Thursday, December 27, 2012. Contest is open to residents in the continential US only. Thanks. :-)

And remember to head over to the Scoc-Pal blog for ever MORE inspiration and ANOTHER chance to win! They are giving away this awesome book and some FPD goodies too!

-Kim Watson

Scor-Pal Blog Hop: CD Folder + Idea Book & FPD Goodies Giveaway

I created the CD folder for Christmas gift using Scor-pal and Fancy Pants Designs products. I did not use any papers for Christmas line on this project. These papers are from the Little Sport collection! I love the color combo of this collection. 

Fancy Pants Designs supplies:
Little Sport: Patterned papers (All Star and Baseball)
Home for Christmas: Stamps
Button

Other supplies:
Scor-Pal: Scor-Buddy
Scor-Pal: Scor-Tape
cardstock
twine

Instructions:
1.Cut base paper like this and score along the dotted lines. Adhere to Score tape on the both sides of the bottom then fold up.

2. Cut All Star paper into 11 3/4” x 5 3/4”. Cut Baseball paper into 5 3/4” x 2 3/4” and 5 3/4” x 5 3/4”.

3. For making an accordion flower, cut a strip 12 x 1” and score every 1/4”. Then fold, adhere ends and flatten.

4. Adhere to patterned paper on the base paper.

5. Decorate the cover with the accordion flower, die cut banner, stamp images, buttons, and glitter paper.

Remember to leave a comment on this post (and every Scor-Pal Blog Hop post this week) for a chance to win some Fancy Pants Designs goodies and the Score, Fold, Create! book pictured below. We'll have another great project later today, from Kim Watson ... and another chance to win!

You have until Saturday, December 22, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn by a random number generator from all Scor-Pal Blog Hop posts this week and posted here on our blog Thursday, December 27, 2012. Contest is open to residents in the continential US only. Thanks. :-)

And remember to head over to the Scoc-Pal blog for ever MORE inspiration and ANOTHER chance to win! They are giving away this awesome book and some FPD goodies too!

-Yuki Shimada

Scor-Pal Blog Hop: Christmas Cards Ideas + Idea Book & FPD Goodies Giveaway

Hi everyone! Welcome to the fourth day in our blog hop with Scor-Pal. I hope you are having a fantastic December so far! Today, I am sharing some Christmas cards I made with the Home for Christmas collection. I also used my Scor-Pal and some Scor-Tape. There's still some time left to make cards for neighbors or friends if you want to.  ;) 

Have A Very Merry Christmas
I used my Scor-Pal and made random scores on my card and then sanded them down to create a fun background. I used the Scor-Tape on the left side of my card and then added glitter to it, a very easy way to add glitter to your projects. That stamped tree was the perfect finishing touch to my card. 

Merry Christmas
I LOVED the houses in the Home For Christmas brag pad, I just knew I wanted to use them on a card.  I used my Scor-Pal to make a corrugated border to place under the cute houses. 

Christmas
If you've seen much of my work then you know that I LOVE the stencil cards! This time I tried adding it to my card directly as is...no ink and no missing letters. I love it! And the Scor-Tape works perfectly to keep all the letters together simply by placing a strip behind the whole thing. The Scor-Tape also works wonderful with ribbon...so easy!

Remember to leave a comment on this post (and every Scor-Pal Blog Hop post this week) for a chance to win some Fancy Pants Designs goodies and the Score, Fold, Create! book pictured below. We'll have some great projects tomorrow, the last day of our blog hop, from Yuki Shimada and Kim Watson ... and another chance to win!

You have until Saturday, December 22, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn by a random number generator from all Scor-Pal Blog Hop posts this week and posted here on our blog Thursday, December 27, 2012. Contest is open to residents in the continential US only. Thanks. :-)

And remember to head over to the Scoc-Pal blog for ever MORE inspiration and ANOTHER chance to win! They are giving away this awesome book and some FPD goodies too!

Well thanks for stopping in today! I hope you feel inspired to try something new or make some cards.  : ) Have a wonderful day!! Merry Christmas!!

-Pamela Young

Scor-Pal Blog Hop: Holiday Card + Idea Book & FPD Goodies Giveaway

Today, I am showing you how to use the Scor-Buddy by Scor-Pal to make a dress look more texturized.  Using the "Home for Christmas" collection, I am making a few Christmas cards for a few special people in my life. 

Fancy Pants Designs supplies:
Home for Christmas: Patterned papers
Home for Christmas: Sticker Fundamentals
Ball trim

Other supplies:
Scor-Pal: Scor-Buddy

Instructions:
1.  Cut out the silhouette of the woman. Turn the silhouette over and use a pencil to draw the lines as shown.


3.  With the lines as a guide, score the lines. When you turn the silhouette over, you can clearly see the scored lines.


5.  Add a fun belt using Fancy Pants Designs ball trims.


6.  Score the back side of a piece of background paper for the card as shown. 


7.  Score a second piece of background paper for the card.


8.  Cut out a present to put atop of the platter. Assemble the elements together. Use Fancy Pants Designs Stickers Fundamentals for sentiment. 

I made two versions of the cards that you can see. The scored effect looks much more pronounced in the photography using on the solid color paper. I hope this has been helpful and give you an idea on how to use the Scor-Buddy by Scor-Pal.

We hope you are enjoying all of the project inspiration this week. Remember to leave a comment on this post (and every Scor-Pal Blog Hop post this week) for a chance to win some Fancy Pants Designs goodies and the Score, Fold, Create! book pictured below. We'll have another great project this afternoon from Pamela Young ... and another chance to win!

You have until Saturday, December 22, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn by a random number generator from all Scor-Pal Blog Hop posts this week and posted here on our blog Thursday, December 27, 2012. Contest is open to residents in the continential US only. Thanks. :-)

And remember to head over to the Scoc-Pal blog for ever MORE inspiration and ANOTHER chance to win! They are giving away this awesome book and some FPD goodies too!

-Jing-Jing Nickel

Scor-Pal Blog Hop: Journaling Card & Gift Box + Idea Book & FPD Goodies Giveaway

I am so excited to be part of the Scor-Pal blog hop! I was not very familiar with this product until now and I love it! I had so much fun working on my projects! I created a fun journaling card {or gift tag/gift card holder} and a gift card box!

The journaling card was made using one of our Friday Freebie patterns, found HERE!
 
I printed the free pdf file onto some cream paper from our Home For Christmas collection. I trimmed the bottom area off and used my Scor-pal Scor-Buddy to score along the dotted lines. 


Then, I cut it out according to the pattern to attach the pocket to the card (also part of the pdf file).


Then, using my Scor-Tape, I added it to the scored parts of my card pocket and adhered to the card.


Last, I fancied up the front of the card pocket with some of our Home For Christmas patterned papers, layered stickers, and made a fun 'junk bow' with a mix of ribbons and papers!  I also added some text and design to the included library card!  This is a perfect little journaling piece, gift tag or great for tucking a holiday or git card in...whatever you like!


And, on to the gift card box! It seems like more and more I end up buying gift cards for the holidays and I always feel like it's so impersonal--even if it isn't :)...so, when I saw the gift card holder box in the Scor-Pal book, Score, Fold, Create! I knew I had to make a few to really personalize the gift cards I was giving and I'm so happy with the result...and, it really was easy!! I simply followed the instructions included in Score, Fold, Create! and within 30 minutes had a fancy gift box complete with a little ribbon pull on the drawer! The gift card fits perfectly inside! I embellished the box with more of our Home For Christmas collection!

Thanks for joining us again today. Leave a comment on this post (and every Scor-Pal Blog Hop post this week) for a chance to win some Fancy Pants Designs goodies and the Score, Fold, Create! book pictured below. Jing-Jing Nickel will be here tomorrow morning and Pamela Young will be here tomorrow afternoon with more great projects using Scor-Pal and Fancy Pants Designs.

You have until Saturday, December 22, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn by a random number generator from all Scor-Pal Blog Hop posts this week and posted here on our blog Thursday, December 27, 2012. Contest is open to residents in the continential US only. Thanks. :-)

And remember to head over to the Scoc-Pal blog for ever MORE inspiration and ANOTHER chance to win! They are giving away this awesome book and some FPD goodies too!

Home for Christmas Giveaway with Scrapbook Trends and Fancy Pants Designs

It's almost Christmas ... wow, less than one week away ... and who says Christmas is for kids? We LOVE presents, right? Well, it just so happens that the Christmas elves from Fancy Pants Designs are giving away a fabulous Home For Christmas prize pack to one ... well, actually, TWO of our favorite fans! If you leave a comment below, you will be entered to win this awesome prize pack with over $60 worth of Fancy Pants Designs Christmas products—papers, glitter alphas, chipboard frames, stamps, buttons, brads and more! AND, if you want to have TWO chances to be chosen, just head on over to the Scrapbook Trends Facebook Page and enter to win there, too! Don't you love Christmas elves? I do! Have a happy week finishing up those last minute Christmas purchases!

You have until tomorrow, December 20, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn by a random number generator and posted here on our blog December 27, 2012. Contest is open to residents in the US and International residents. :-)


-Jodi Sanford