World Card Making Day Blog Hop + Giveaway + Card Drive

Happy World Card Making Day! We're so glad you are here! We've got a special post today, full of fun!

First off, we hope you are enjoying hopping around to all the different blogs who are participating in this special day. We love that so many people are coming together to share their love for card making, as well as reaching out through Operation Write Home to the brave men and women who protect our freedom!

For this blog hop, we asked our Pocket Chicks to base their card creations off some OWH sketches. Here's what they came up with uisng Sketch #77, #123 and #36.

Hi by Kim Watson
Kim says, "I felt so inspired by the sketches being featured on the Fancy Pants Designs blog in support of OWH that I thought the fact that I live in Africa shouldn't stop me getting some cards together for this worthy cause. I imagine finding out where my cards originated from would be cause for a joke or two amongst the USA hero's abroad. LOL! When designing them, I tried to keep the cards free of flowers and as unisex as possible, which wasn't as difficult as I imagined once cracking open my long awaited box of latest amazing Fancy Pants Designs collections. Using The Good Life products for this card I layered some circle shapes again; slipping them under a contrast strip for variety & instead of hearts added flags & a sentiment. For something a little different, I cut a diamond shaped all-over design in white to create a fun background texture, filling in a yellow diamond here & there for a flash of unexpected color."

Joy by Pamela Young
Pamela says, "I created this card based off OWH's Sketch 77 using the fabulous Home For Christmas collection.  I stamped the word 'Joy' on the background, and for a fun and funky scallop border on the bottom, I adhered chipboard buttons and then layered on top of the bottom half of the buttons a strip from the Tape Stickers sheet."

Merry Christmas by Amy Peterman
I flip-flopped the design of sketch 77. I layered some Tradition Filter Embellishments for the circle element in the sketch and added a couple brads and a Mingled Button to mimick the small heart elements. My card base is the Stars and Holly patterned paper from the Tradition collection and I finished off the design with the chevron stamp from the new Home For Christmas collection.

You Super Star by Kim Watson
Kim says, "I made this card using Little Sport. I followed the basic design, omitting the central circle & swapping out the hearts for a title, flags & stars. The addition of red chevrons & colorful stars made the card masculine & fun too."

Noel by Pamela Young
Pamela explains, "This card uses OWH's sketch 123 and the wonderful Home For Christmas collection. To layer the chipboard on top of chipboard, I used a 3D adhesive. This sketch was a no brainer with the fabulous banners that Fancy Pants Designs has with their collections."

Live Laugh Love by Kim Watson
Kim explains, "Again using the fabulous The Good Life collection, I changed things up a bit. I turned the sketch vertically, using central rectangles for the positioning of the sentiment. The amazing thing about the sentiment is that it is actually one of the NEW lines Fancy Pants released at the last CHA, 4x6 Brag Pads. They are little booklets filled with different card designs perfect for scrapbooking pages and cards alike. Lastly I added some bright pennants, cloud shapes & a button trim to finish it."

Merry Christmas by Valerie Sanchez


Joy by Valerie Sanchez

Gosh You're Awesome by Kim Watson
Kim explains, "For the last sketch number #36, I really took creative license. More The Good Life, but again I turned the sketch vertically & opted for a top opening card this time. The 3 x 3 1/2" rectangle was interpreted into complimenting patterned pennant shapes for a modern twist; with great results."

So, how's that for some card inspo? Want a chance to get your hands on some of the Fancy goodness our Pocket Chicks used on their cards? Here's two ways you could win!

Giveaway Drawing
Simply leave a comment on this post and we'll choose one random winner to recieve a Fancy Pants Designs prize pack! You have until Sunday, October 7, 2012, at midnight (12:00 am MDT), to enter. Winner will be drawn by a random number generator and posted here on our blog Tuesday, October 9, 2012. Contest is open to US and International residents! :-)

Card Drive
Send us your handmade cards! We'll be collecting cards for Operation Write Home now thru October 31, 2012. Create your cards following these guidelines and desired themes, send them to our address below and from all the cards we receive, we’ll draw one winner to receive a random pack of FPD goodies. We'll announce the winner here on on our blog Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

Send your cards to:
Fancy Pants Designs
Attn: OWH Card Drive
2441 N. Main St., Ste. 8
Sunset, UT  84015

We hope you enjoyed hopping by today! We look forward to reading your comments and seeing your hand made cards!

-Amy Peterman

 

 

Comments

[croppinmama]

Oh, wow-where do I begin? Love all the adorable cards. Now I'm inspired to make flags! Thanks for supporting OWH, too!

[Stacy Buller]

Love to see all the different interpretations of the same sketches. Really fantastic work by the ladies. Thanks for participating in the hop and for sharing some Fancy Pants goodies with us.

[Kathy Stacy]

Gorgeous work. I really like the layering and embellishments used on your cards. Thanks.

[Dixie]

Goodness! Lots of eye candy on this post! Thanks for hopping with OWH!

[Mindy H.]

Wow! I love everyone's different takes on the sketches. So much inspiration! Thank you for supporting OWH and offering a fun giveaway!

[Donna Nuce (Crafty Colonel)]

Wow all these cards are so gorgeous! I am amazed at the creative talent shown. Thanks for an opportunity to win.

[Brenda Lubrant]

What great card inspiration you have shared with us on National Card Making Day. All of the cards are great using so many different Fancy Pants products.

[Kelly Malacko]

Thanks! Great cards.

[Sue D]

What a wonderful selection of cards for this blog hop!

[Teresa Inman]

All the cards are fabulous! I love them all !!

[Kathy A.]

Lots and lots of wonderful and inspiring cards. Thanks so much.

[Nancy M]

Wow--lots of colorful inspiration! Thanks for supporting OWH!!

[Carla Hundley]

Love the Christmas cards. Great ideas
from all of them.

Carla from Utah

[Mary S - Big Mamma]

I love all the cards you posted today. I requested a free stamp so I can start sending cards off to the OWH.

[Anjenic G]

Wow you all have been really busy. So many beautiful cards. TFS AJ-

[Rebecca W]

Gorgeous cards and a wonderful organization to support. Thanks for the giveaway chance.

[Misty C]

I love all of these cards so much. That Gosh your Awesome card is so fun! The Joy card is my favorite.

[Debbie G]

Like all the cards. Very creative.

[Sandy Lewis]

It inspires me to see how different the cards are from one sketch. Isn't it amazing? Love all of the cards!

[Dana]

Wow talk about eye candy here today. The samples of design team work was totally over the top. Most blogs only have a few examples but you ladies went all out. Wow. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win. Hugs.

[Donna]

Beautiful cards! Love all the details on each one!

[Kimberly Clark]

wow... love the cards and the sketches - thanks for the chance to win

[S. Kerzner]

Love all the cards. So inspired I sent away for the stamp to do cards for operation write home. Thanks for all the links.

[Sav O'G]

OHHH! These are amazing creations today--LOVE the first one! FAB use of papers and embellies! THANKS for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com

[Ann M]

What beautiful cards!! All of them, so many different looks for each sketch!