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

[Karen Aka Soccerboyzmom]

Cards are fabulus and I love the sketches. I think I will take those and use them for inspirations. Thanks for the drawing to be able to win some goodies.

[Stacie]

Love all of the card inspiration today! Beautiful ideas!

[Miriam Prantner]

Beautiful cards! Love how the PCs interpreted the sketches! Thanks for the chance to win!

[Brittany]

What great cards!

[Kathy C.]

Great use of OWH sketches!

[Cynthia B.]

Wonderful cards! I love the banners on Kim and Valerie's cards. OWH is such a great cause - thanks for sharing!

[Kathy Mc]

Great cards and love to see how others interpret sketches. So much versatility. Thanks for the chance to win a Miss Fancy Pants prize package!

[Ruth G]

I love seeing what designers do with sketches! These cards are all fantastic!
I'm glad to see you getting the word out about OWH! Thanks for all you do!

[marybethL.]

Love each and every card! Gorgeous!

[Kelly Massman]

What fun cards!

[Lynda]

Such cute cards & for such a worthy cause!

[silvia haynes]

Great cards!!

[Misty L]

Many interesting takes on the sketch & winter theme of the hop. Thanks for the inspiration.
Hummer Hugs,
Misty
http://deliteful-gifts.blogspot.com/
http://deliteful-alpha-sets.blogspot.com/
hummingbird204 at comcast dot net

[Michele Smith]

These are alllll so pretty! The papers, ribbons and little details are really unique on each one. Great job everyone!! BTW, I was pen pals with an Amy Peterman from Cheboygan, MI long long ago. You didn't happen to live there at some point did you???

[Melinda Wilson]

Awesome cards and thanks for the giveaway!

[Kindle Lover]

I especially love the second card!

[Melinda]

So much inspiration ... even a 'live, laugh, love' card.

[Barb Glasier]

love all the cards-have actually used quite a big of Fancy Pants paper on cards I have sent in already

[Kathryn]

Thanks for supporting OWH with these awesome cards and with your own card drive. I love seeing several takes on each sketch!

[April Ramsey Boyce]

All of these cards were absolutely beautiful! Cannot wait to use them for more cardmaking inspiration!

[Christie Proctor]

Love the colors of the Joy card. Wow the details and color combos are great. What talent. Thanks for helping OWH

[Lisa L. ( Lisa's Creative Niche)]

so many wonderful sketches and inspirations! Thanks so very much I love OWH and what their organization does!

[Denise]

Great cards! So much inspiration.... I'm gonna burst!

[Lee Mae]

Great set of lively and imaginative cards! Love all the details and papers. A lot to think about and learn from with each card. Thanks for supporting OWH!

[sherry gardner]

These cards are awesome...