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Fancy This: Christmas in July Album

Today's project is from Kay Rogers! A beautiful Fancy Pants album filled with layouts that showcase her Christmas photos.

This is what Kay had to say about her album, "I don’t know about you, but when the holidays are over, and I have finally printed out the pictures of the festivities, I am plumb done with Christmas. So how about pulling out those photos now and scrapping them? One of the things I love about Fancy Pants Designs is the fact that you get a complete line of products; from albums to papers to diecuts to ribbon to fabulous embellishments. What that means for me is NO DECISIONS. I am not a mix and match scrapper. I match. Period. I don't have time to mix. And I didn't have to! I laid out the following products for this 8 x 8 album and never had to go beyond it. How cool is that?"

Supplies
Happy Holidays 8 x 8 Album
Happy Holidays Printed Chipboard Alpha
Happy Holidays Embellishment Kit
Happy Holidays Cards
Happy Holidays Printed Chipboard Shapes
Happy Holidays Tags & Titles
Happy Holidays 8 x 8 Paper Pad

Instructions
Print your pictures. You can use a multi-photo template to make the process quick and simple. Then simply put your album together. I was amazed by how quickly it all came together. At a time of year that I could enjoy it!

Thanks for sharing your lovely album with us Kay! Merry Christmas in July!

Fancy This: Candle Holder

We have another great project for you this week from Denine Zelinski. She's given us instructions on how to make this cute little candle holder. Wouldn't this make a sweet gift?

Supplies:
Power Flowerz Chipboard
On A Whimsy Buttons
Summer Soiree Notebook Journal
Kraft Kuts Blues Alpha Stickers
Wooden Box
Acrylic Paint
Wire
Mod Podge
Pen

Instructions:
1.  Use acrylic paint to paint your wooden box.
2.  Adhere notebook page to box.
3.  Paint chipboard pieces and add tiny dots with pen.
4.  Adhere to box.
5.  Thread wire through large button and curl ends. Add smaller button on top. Adhere to sun.
6.  Add letter stickers.
7.  Complete rest of saying with a pen.

Fancy This: Big League Ball layout

This week's project is from Greta Hammond. She created a fun layout to showcase photos of her son at a Major League Baseball game. I love the masculine feel that our new That Boy Kraft Kuts collection give this layout.

Supplies
Kraft Kuts Be Dotted
Kraft Kuts Star Dotted
Kraft Kuts Arrow Half Bracket
Kraft Kuts Blues Alpha Stickers
Harvest Felt (brown scallop)
Daily Grind Printed Chipboard Shapes (yellow stars)
Daily Grind Buttons
yellow cardstock
twine

Instructions
1. Use KK Be Dotted as the background for the layout.
2. Layer KK Star Dotted on top and then machine stitch around the circle.
3. Mat photos with cardstock and adhere to layout.
4. Cut corner from KK Arrow Half Bracket to house your title. Mat it with yellow cardstock and add to bottom right corner of layout.
5. Make title using KK Blues Alpha Stickers.

6. Tie twine around a strip of brown scalloped felt and adhere under main photo. Finish with a yellow chipboard star from Daily Grind Printed Chipboard Shapes.
7. Add journaling strips printed on yellow cardstock.
8. Finish embellishing page with circles cut from KK Arrow Half Bracket, blue button and more printed chipboard stars.

Thanks Greta for sharing your beautiful layout with us!

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Fancy This: Dad Banner

We hope all of you enjoyed Father's Day yesterday. Did you get some great photos of the kids with dad? Here is lovely way to display one of those special photos and honor dad in a festive way. Nikki Bellish created this beautiful banner and gives us instructions below for how to create your own.

Supplies:
Summer Soiree: Wave
Summer Soiree: Cards
Summer Soiree: Lounging
Kraft Kuts Number Bracket
Kraft Kuts Stripey
Summer Soiree:10X10 Circle Stamps
Mixed Media Flower Book
one 5X7 photo
black embossing powder
dark blue Cardstock
Craft Wire
wooden rod
paint

Instructions:
First piece:
1. Take one piece of the chipboard from the Mixed Media Flower Book.
2. Cut the chipboard in half, and cover the chipboard with the Summer Soiree: Wave Patterned Paper.
3. Cut into the rounded part of the Kraft Kuts Numbers die cut paper at a diagonal.
4. Glue everything together, and distress the edges.
5. Stamp on top of the Kraft Kuts Numbers paper, with black embossing powder.
6. Remove the guard of a large corner punch, to create a large scalloped edge on dark blue cardstock.
7. Glue the scalloped edge to the back of the chipboard.
Second piece:
1. Cut a triangular shape out of Summer Soiree: Wave paper. No need to measure.  
2. Use the large corner punch to create some more large scalloped edge borders, and place them along the edge of the piece.
3. Stamp the scalloped border stamp at the top of the triangular shape, and use the same embossing powder to emboss your stamp.
4. Place the 5X7 photo on your banner.
5. Use a Die cut machine to make your DAD letter's out of the Summer Soiree: Lounging and Summer Soiree: Cards, patterned paper. Layer them and glue them together, then place the letter "A"onto your photo.
Third piece:
Repeat same steps as the first piece.
To Assemble:
1. Paint wooden rod.
2. Die cut some stars and attach them to a wire. To spiral the wire, wrap around the wood rod and pull gently down.
3. Punch whole's in each side of each piece of the banner, and attach them to the wire. Wrap the other end's of the wire to the wooden rod. 
4. To hang the "D" letter's, punch a whole in the top part of the letter, and attach letter's to the bottom of the mixed media chipboard. 
5. Evenly space out your pieces.

Thank Nikki for your inspiring project!

Come back again on Wednesday for another Designer Spotlight to meet another one of our talented designers.

Fancy This: Bless This Home Guest Book

Amy Peterman created this beautiful Guest Book for today's Fancy This project. Amy and her family recently moved, and with this lovely book, she will be able to keep a record of all who visit them in their new home! Such a fun idea that would also make a wonderful house warming gift for someone. Amy shows us how she made her Guest Book below.

 

Supplies used:
Storybook (11 x 8.5)
Say It Simple Chipboard Letters
Lotsa Letters Chipboard Letters
Kraft Kuts 1 Die Cuts
Kraft Kuts Red Gold Alpha Stickers
Kraft Kuts Embellish Boy Stickers
All Fall Woven Ribbon
Fashion Sense Pin
Bag-O-Tags
Other supplies:
Glimmer Mist
Tiny Alpha Stickers
Paint Dabber

Instructions:

1. Place chipboard letters (Amy used a mix of Say It Simple and Lotsa Letters) on the front cover of storybook.

2. Using Glimmer Mist, spray over the chipboard letters and storybook cover.

3. Punch out one of the houses from the Krafts Kuts 1 Die-cuts and place it on the back cover of the storybook (Amy placed it printed side down so she could use it on the front cover later). Spray with more Glimmer Mist.

4. Allow Glimmer Mist to dry and remove house die-cut and chipboard letters. Using a paint dabber, paint around edges of storybook.

5. Apply border sticker from Kraft Kuts Embellish Boy Stickers to bottom of front cover.

6. Apply Kraft Kuts Red Gold Stickers.

7. Apply tiny alpha stickers.

8. Cut out label sticker from Kraft Kuts Embellish Boy Stickers and cut it in half. Apply one half to the top edge of front cover.

9. Adhere house die-cut.

10. Tie All Fall Woven Ribbon around front cover and place pin and tag near the knot. Hand write on tag and label.

Thanks for sharing your project with us today Amy!

Fancy This: 9 Mini Album

Recently, our very own Cindy Tobey was a guest on Scrapbook Memories. Today, Cindy is sharing her project with us that was featured on the show! Check this out!

Click here for instructions on how to make this album.

Thanks Cindy!

Fancy This: Ribbon Title

Today's Fancy This project is this layout created by our talented designer, Michelle Filo. Isn't it gorgeous?! Take a look at her title. It's made out of ribbon! Pretty cool isn't it? Well, it gets even better, she is sharing her fun, ribbon technique with us today!

Supplies
Sweet Pea ribbon (used for the title)
Splendid paper
Splendid die cuts
On a Whimsy buttons
On a Whimsy ribbon

Instructions
1. Cut your ribbon in half. You can use it whole if you are creating a really big title, but for smaller ones you need thinner ribbon.

2. Cut the ribbon into smaller pieces planning for what you want to spell out. You can draft the letters on paper to make sure you are cutting the pieces the right size.

3. Adhere your title, piece by piece, to your finished page. I used mini glue dots.

Wow! Such a fun technique with gorgeous results...and it is actually pretty easy! I can't wait to try this technique, thanks for sharing it with us Michelle!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to enter our Father's Day Challenge. The deadline is Friday!

Fancy This: Candy Box

This week's project is an adorable Candy Box from Anne Jo Lexander. This would make such a sweet gift, maybe for your child's teacher as we are near the end of the school year here in the U.S. This would also make a fun party favor, and as Anne Jo shows us, it is really easy to make!

Supplies
Summer Soiree Buttons (red button and packaging)
Splendid Rubons
Splendid Patterned Paper
The Daily Grind Gingham Ribbon
Small letter stickers
Candy

Instructions
1. Remove the paper insert from the button package.
2. Trace paper insert shape onto patterned paper. Cut out shape.
3. Add rubons and letter stickers and then insert into clear package.
4. Add candy and close box.
5. Wrap ribbon around the box and finish off with a button.

Pretty fun and easy isn't it? I love that Anne Jo so beautifully reused the button packaging too! Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back later this week for our Product Spotlight!

Fancy This: Create layout

We've got another great project for you this week! Brenda Hurd has brought us this beautiful layout that will inspire you to create. The technique Brenda used for the See Through Letters is definitely one you will want to try (details on how-to below). This is one layout you won't want to tuck away in an album. Wouldn't this be great hanging near the place where you create?

 

Supplies:
Transparent Die-cuts: See Through Letters
6x6 chipboard Sugar and Spice
Patterned Paper - On A Whimsy
Kraft Kuts 2 (sun)
On A Whimsy rubons
On A Whimsy buttons
Journal notebook - On A Whimsy
8x8 Mixed Media books - square and flower
Delight Stamps (small dot border)

 

Instructions:
1. Cut 8x8 square of patterned paper and sew around edge. Adhere to 8x8 square chipboard.
2. Paint acrylic letters with desired color (let dry), paint edges of picture, 8x8 acrylic circle and stems of flowers.
3. Using small dot border stamp from Delight stamp set and white ink pad lay letters flat on scrap piece of paper and stamp over paint.
4. Adhere Journal notebook to acrylic circle, adhere letters and then stick this to square - this gives you an idea of where you can put adhesive without it showing through.
5. Add Picture.
6. Adhere buttons to flower stems place over circle and square next to picture. 
7.  Add "Happy" rubon to the die-cut sun and then adhere to project.
8.  Add bird rubon above the 'a' and the 'smile' rubon onto the picture.

If you like the Kraft Kuts Brenda used on this layout, come back tomorrow for a surprise!!! Also, join us again on Wednesday for another Designer Spotlight.

Fancy This: To Be Loved Frame

This week's Fancy This project comes to you from our talented Greta Hammond. Greta has created this beautiful, dimensional, framed art using our 8x8 On Display Frame and the Delight collection. We love how she placed some items under the acrylic sheet (that comes with the frame) and some items on top.





Supplies:
8x8 On Display Frame
Delight papers
Delight rub-ons
Delight: printed ribbon
Delight buttons
Delight journal book
Other: twine, thread, scalloped punch.

Instructions:
1. To make the frame, create the background with green solid and add a punched border of the pink at the bottom. Put this behind the acrylic of the frame.
2. Layer the other elements on the front to give a little dimension. Greta started with the scalloped journaling piece and then her photo.
3. Add the ribbon to the top part of the frame and create a bow with another piece of ribbon. Attach the button to the bow with a piece of twine and then adhered it to the frame.
4. Cut out the quote from "Cards" and adhere it to overlap the photo slightly and also the ribbon.
5. Finally, I add a bit more dimension by layering some rub-ons in the lower left corner and add threaded buttons for the flower centers.

Come back again on Wednesday for a chance to learn more about another one of our design team members. This week we get to know Denine Zelinski!