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Fancy This: Wrapping Paper

With Christmas just under two months away, now is the perfect time to start thinking about how you will wrap all those gifts that you'll be giving. Amy Peterman shares with us a fun idea for making wrapping paper that you can get the whole family involved in! Amy's daughter, Hattie, shows us how. The result is beautiful, one of a kind gift wrap!

Supplies:
Craft paper
Various Fancy Pants Chipboard and/or Transparent Die-cut shapes
Happy Holidays Stamp Set #1 (trees & Merry Christmas)
Blissful Season Stamp Set (snowflakes)
Spray glitter mist
Ink pads

Instructions:

1. Choose desired shapes from Fancy Pants Chipboard and/or Transparent Die-cut shapes.

 

2. Spread out large sheet of craft paper and arrange shapes.

 

3. Spray glitter mist over shapes.

 

4. Remove shapes.

 

5. Stamp randomly with stamps.

 

6. Let dry.

 

7. Wrap gifts! (If desired and your packages are square/flat, the steps above can be done after the gift is wrapped.)

Thanks Amy for the fun idea, and thanks Hattie for showing us how to make our own pretty wrapping paper!

Fancy This: Happy Halloween layout

With Halloween just around the corner, Vicki Chrisman has created this simple-to-create layout. You''ll be dying to create your own, as soon as you get those fun costumes pics this weekend.

Supplies:
Trick Or Treat: Haunted Mansion paper
Trick Or Treat: R.I.P paper
Trick Or Treat: Ghoul Talk paper
Trick Or Treat: Rubons
Trick Or Treat: Woven Ribbon
Trick Or Treat: Buttons
Trick Or Treat: Halloween Title Glitter Cut
Adhesive
Sewing Machine (optional)
Small letter stickers

Instructions:
1. Trim Haunted Mansion paper to 8.5 x 11 for background. Freehand cut a moon and a strip from the R.I.P paper. Trim a matte from Ghoul Talk paper for larger photo.
2. Layer and adhere paper pieces and photos to background.
3. Apply Trick Or Treat Rubons (spider wed, stars, spider, trick or treat and swirls).
4. Adhere Glitter Cut, trim, button and small letter stickers. Finish with some decorative stitching with a sewing machine (optional).

Fancy This: Halloween Centerpiece

Our Fancy This project for the week is this fun Halloween Centerpiece created by Staci Taylor!

 
Supply list:

Trick or Treat: Great Pumpkin paper
Trick or Treat: Monster Mash paper
Trick or Treat: Skull paper
Say it Simple Chipboard letters
Orange ball trim
tin or other container
craft foam
shredded paper
craft wire
glitter
black paint/spraypaint
ribbon
skewers

Instructions:

1. Cover a container with patterned paper. Measure a piece of craft foam to fit inside.

2. Fill the inside of the container (covering the foam) with shredded paper. 

3. Cover plain chipboard letters with glitter. 

4. Paint 3 skewers black and attach them to the backside of each chipboard letter.  Stick the skewers into the craft foam.

5. Cut out Halloween images from patterned paper and adhere each image to a length of craft wire. Wrap the wire around each skewer randomly.

6. Attach ball trim around the container, and tie a bow around one of the skewers.  

Fancy This: Twisted Pumpkin

Not into carving pumpkins? Why not embellish one! Nikki Bellish shows you how you can create your own  Twisted Pumpkin.

 

Supplies:
Trick or Treat: Monster Mash
Trick or Treat: R.I.P
Trick or Treat: stickers
Trick or Treat: buttons
Trick or Treat: notebook journal
Craft knife
Adhesive/ Mod Podge
Decorative scissor’s
Pumpkin (remove stem)
Sewing needles
Heat gun
Embossing powder

Instructions:
Stem:
• Cut four to five, two inch strips of the Trick Or Treat: R.I.P. paper.
• Use the craft knife to cut four thin strips leaving about ½ inch, at the bottom of the strip.

• Stick needles in the base of the strips to hold strip in place, where you want your stem.

• Use Mod Podge to twist and form your stem, use heat gun to dry.

Vines:
• Cut five, one inch strips of the Trick or Treat: R.I.P. paper, and cut four thin strips leaving about ½ inch, at the bottom of the strip. 
• Use the needles to place the strips on the pumpkin.

• Use the Mod Podge to form and twist the strips into spirals (Remember to use the needles to help make your vines clime the side of the pumpkin.) 

• Use heat gun to dry.

Leaves:
• Draw a bunch of hearts, all different sizes.
• Cut the hearts with decorative scissors.
• Fold the heart in half, and fan both ends.
• Use needles to pin the leaves around the vines. 

Decorative pieces:
• Cut one inch by two inch pieces, about eight.
• Use craft knife to cut a curve on both sides of the two inch side. 
• Use decorative scissors to cut the one inch ends, and fold into a V shape. 
• Use the needles to pin the leaves down at the base of the stem.
• Use pages from the Trick Or Treat: Notebook Journal and a stickers from the Trick Or Treat Stickers, and glue them onto the pumpkin. 

• Use Trick Or Treat buttons randomly to decorate.
• I used Mod Podge, and embossing powder to distress the pumpkin.

Fancy This: Halloween Treat Bowls

Now that we are into October, Halloween is quickly approaching and will be here before we know it! Whether you host a party, attend a party or hand out candy to trick-or-treaters, this project created by the talented Ronda Palazzari is for you! Check out these cute planters turned Halloween treat bowls!

Supplies:
Trick or Treat: Rubons
Trick or Treat: Printed Ribbon
Trick or Treat: Ball Trim
Trick or Treat: Woven Ribbon
clay pots
black spray paint

Instructions:
1. Spray clay pots with black paint.
2. Once dry add the rubons.
3. Finish off by tying with ribbon.
4. Fill with candy!

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to Ronda for sharing this fun and easy project with us!

Fancy This: It's a Girl Thing Layout

This week's Fancy This project is a gorgeous layout created by Liana Suwandi! See below for the supply list and instructions. 

Supplies:
Dancing Girl: Dream Dancer paper
Dancing Girl: Girly Girl paper
Dancing Girl: So Cute paper
Dancing Girl: Strips paper
Dancing Girl: Hip Hop paper
Dancing Girl: Notebook Journal
Dancing Girl: Rub-ons
Dancing Girl: Buttons
Dancing Girl: Cards
Daydreams: Rub-ons
Bag-O-Tags
Kraft Kuts Green Blue Alpha Stickers
Cardstock with edge
Butterfly punch
Glitter rub ons
Date stamps
Felt flowers
Heart brad
Jewel
Border punch

Instructions:
1. To start this project, use “Dream Dancer” patterned paper as your base. (layer#1)
2. Cut strips patterned paper “It’s a girl thing” and use as the title and add this to cardstock with edge as shown. (layer#2)
3. Cut strip paper about 1” and adhere on the bottom of title.
4. Use “Girly girl” paper to adhere on the bottom of strip paper.
5. Cut about 8”x4.5” “So cute” patterned paper and adhere this on top of base #2. (layer #3)
6. Cut circle from “Girly girl” paper adhere this on top of layer #3
7. Cut 1.5”x6” purple pattern from “Strips” paper, adhere this on top of layer 3.
8. Print out photo 3”x4” and used it as focal point.
9. Print out photo 2.5”x2” and border punch directly to photo.
10. Hand cut flower from “Cards” and add jewel on top of it.
11. Print out journaling and cut strips.
12. Finish up layout with some butterflies punched from paper, buttons and swirl glitter rub ons.
13. Stamp date and age info on top of tags.
14. Machine stitch layout and have fun with the products.

Fancy This: Christmas Wreath

We've had so many requests for how to make Ronda Palazzari's beautiful Christmas wreath, we've decided to share her tutorial with you for today's Fancy This project.

Ronda says, "This fun poinsettia wreath is a great way to bring something Fancy to your Christmas decorating. I used a variety of Christmas Magic paper to create this wreath. There are so many possibilities with this wreath; you could do one pattern paper or multiple like me."

Supplies:
Christmas Magic Pattern Paper
Glue Stick
Strong Adhesive
Foam Floral Ring
T-pins (or regular sewing pins)
Buttons/Beads or Both

Instructions:
Note: It is best to do this like an assembly line. Once you get going, the flowers become so easy to create.

1. I have two different sizes of poinsettias. Cut pattern paper into strips. You need three strips per poinsettia. 
For the larger poinsettia you will need 1.5 inch x 4 inch strips.
For the smaller poinsettias you will need 1 inch by 3 inch strips. 

 

2. Fold your strip in half length wise. Then fold in half from top to bottom.

3. Using your scissors, cut in an arc from the outside to the fold part. This makes the point of the poinsettia. 

 

4. Unfold the pattern paper and you get a “squashed”  oval.

5. Now fold this oval in half top down, you will see the backside of the pattern paper.

6. Fold one side back up.

7. Flip over and do the other side.

8. Fold in half again.

9. Holding the center, run your finger under the pattern paper to pop it out.

10. Here you can see the progression of the “leaves” of the poinsettia.

11. It takes 3 “leaves” for every poinsettia flower.

 12. Once you have these leaves, I like to take a plain glue stick and glue the “leaves” together.

 

 13. After adding the glue, pinch & hold the “leaves” together.

14. You can see what the three look like once the leaves are glued.

15. Now you are ready to assemble the poinsettia. I cut small circles out of the scrap paper for the “base”.

16. With a dab of hot glue or a really strong adhesive in the center of the circle, put all three leaves of the poinsettia together.

17. Now you have this great little poinsettia.

18. So building the wreath … Take your poinsettias and place them randomly around a floral ring using T-pins to secure them in. Keep building around until your wreath looks full.

19. Once your wreath is full, you can add on buttons & beads to the center of the poinsettias.

Thanks Ronda for these great step-by-step instructions!

Fancy This: Grocery List & Note Board

This week's Fancy This project is a Grocery List & Note Board created by Anne Jo Lexander. She printed out several copies of a list of her most common grocery items and bound them right to the board. Now she can check off items as she needs them and then tear the sheet off to take to the grocery store. It's a super easy and useful project!

Supplies:
Mixed Media Book - Square
Daily Grind 8 x 8 Paper
Kraft Kuts Alpha Stickers
Matte medium
Post-it note pad
Ultra-strong magnets
Wire binding or clip rings

Instructions:
1. Cover the chipboard square with Daily Grind patterned paper.
2. Paint over the paper with matte medium. This will protect the paper and make it more durable.
3. Punch holes and add paper with either wire binding or clip rings.
4. Glue a pad of post-its to the board.
5. Add ultra-strong magnets to the back of the board and hang on your refrigerator.  

Fancy This: Altered Journal

Liana Suwandi created this beautiful journal to keep track of her toddler’s eating, napping and playtime habits. Liana says, "The main person who writes is me, but this can simply be passed along to a nanny or babysitter." What a great idea!

Supplies:
All Fall: Penmanship paper
All Fall: Spelling paper
All Fall: Woven Ribbon
The Daily Grind: Rubons
The Daily Grind: Titles and Tags
Kraft Kuts 2 Die Cuts
All Fall: Printed Chipboard Shapes
Rub ons: Double Alpha
Summer Soiree: Buttons
notebook
border punch
circle punch
manila tag

Instructions:
1. Cover the front of notebook with the penmanship side of the All Fall: Penmanship paper. Add an angled piece of the same paper with the orange showing to the left side of notebook. Punch edge with a border punch before adhering if desired.
2. Add a manila tag in the middle slightly angled.
3. Punch circle from All Fall: Spelling paper. Add "WRITE" to the circle with Double Alpha rubons.
4. Using cute bird from Kraft Kuts 2 Die Cuts, add glitter to the bird’s eyes and add bird to journal.
5. Add “Routine” rubon from The Daily Grind: Rubons, and embellish with a green button on top of the “O”.
6. Adhere chipboard speech bubble and add “Be Sure to:” from the Daily Grind: Titles and Tags.
7. Add pencil chipboard, and ribbon with machine stitching. Also add ABC chipboard.
8. Add machine stitching around the three outside edges of the journal cover.

Thanks for sharing this fun project with us Liana!

Fancy This: Life is Good layout

Kay Rogers has come up with a great layout for us this week for our Fancy This spot. She is showing us just how versatile our new Little Sprout line can be! It's not just for baby projects! Look at this beautiful layout about her daughter.

Here are some detail shots of the sweet embellishments Kay created for this layout. She explains how to make them below.

 

Instructions:

1. Punch/cut. Use your favorite punch or die-cutting machine to cut out the shapes. I cut the butterflies, the swirls, and the flowers.
2. Emboss. Next, I embossed my shapes. I ran the accents through a die-cutting machine using an embossing folder with a dot pattern.
3. Ink and fold. I ran chalk inks over the shapes, picking up the dots, and also outlined each shape. I also folded each shape so it lifts up from the page.
4. Layer and embellish. For the flowers, I layered different flowers for added dimension. I topped it all off with a jewel. For the butterflies, I added jewels and layered them over the swirled shapes.