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Fancy Pants Designs September Guest Designer - Diane Payne

Last Summer, Gossamer Blue and Fancy Pants Designs organized a Guest Designing contest. Our winner, Diane Payne, is our September guest and received a bix box full of Fancy Pants Designs goodies! She graced us with beautiful, thoughtful and meaningful projects, along with a questionnaire to get to know her better!

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Hi Diane! We are very happy to have you guest design for Fancy Pants Designs! Can you tell us a little bit more about you?

Hi everyone! I’m so excited to be here sharing a little about myself along with some projects I made with the new Fancy Pants Designs collections. I married the “new kid in town” that I met in 6^th grade. I’m a lucky girl…he’s my best friend in the whole world and we’ve been married almost 25 years.  We currently reside in Texas and have a son, Wyatt, a daughter, Alyssa, and two little lap dogs that complete our family. The kids are both in high school and keep us busy (in a good way) with football, softball, and wrestling. We enjoy traveling as a family and generally take a beach vacation in the summer and a trip to the mountains in the winter for a little snowboarding and skiing.

I work full-time writing Flight Attendant training programs for an airline. When I’m not working or spending time with the family, I can most likely be found in my scrapbook room. I have been blessed with many designing opportunities over the last few years and have been published in Scrapbook Trends, Create, and Creating Keepsakes. I am currently designing for Lily Bee, {a flair for buttons}, Come On Get Crafty and write. click. scrapbook. I also enjoy photography, reading, and working out.

 

How long have you been scrapbooking?

I’ve been scrapbooking since I was married almost 25 years ago. My first album was of my honeymoon, complete with bits of memorabilia I saved and hand drawn titles on copy paper. After I had kids I was re-introduced to scrapbooking through a Creative Memories party. Today, anything goes in my paper crafting. I enjoy mixing 8 ½ x 11 layouts in with my 12 x 12 pages and will make an occasional mini album too.

The topics for my pages are driven by whatever photo or story is inspiring me at the moment, although I do make more everyday moments layouts than event pages. I have a large collection of vintage photos from my family and my husband’s family too. They will often make an appearance on my pages and are fun to mix in with current day photos. 

My most used scrapbooking tools include my vintage Underwood typewriter, my sewing machine and my Silhouette Cameo. I will use at least one of those on every page I make.

 

What is your favorite Fancy Pants Designs line? Why? 

My favorite Fancy Pants Designs collection to date is What a Wonderful Day. I love bright bold colors and yellow and this collection delivers both!

   

What a Wonderful Day Superb / What a Wonderful Day Swell / What a Wonderful Day Sticker Fundamentals / What a Wonderful Day Tape Stickers / What a Wonderful Day Label Stickers / What a Wonderful Day Turquoise Corrugated Paper / What a Wonderful Day Decorative Bags / What a Wonderful Day Ephemera Pack 

 

Show us your 3 latest Fancy Pants Designs layouts and tell us a little about each one…

The newest Fancy Pants Designs lines are a great mix of colors and themes, providing something for everyone.

 

Collecting Moments Inch By Inch / Collecting Moments Tick Tock / Collecting Moments Spinner / Collecting Moments Sticker Fundamentals / Collecting Moments Label Stickers / Collecting Moments Navy Alpha Stickers / Collecting Moments Decorative Bags / Collecting Moments Button Set / Collecting Moments Ticket Roll / Collecting Moments Resin Flowers/Vintage Hues

 

This layout uses the Collecting Moments line. The design for this layout was inspired by the Button Set embellishments. I love how the buttons and chipboard looked clustered together on the packing card and thought it would be fun to create a similar look by grouping those embellishments on each side of my photo and filling in the spaces with pieces from the Ticket Roll and sticker sheets.  

 

For my next layout I used the Happy Go Lucky line.

 

Happy Go Lucky Perky / Happy Go Lucky Sunbeam / Happy Go Lucky Sticker Fundamentals / Happy Go Lucky Tape Stickers / Happy Go Lucky Label Stickers / Happy Go Lucky 4x6 Brag Pad / Happy Go Lucky Small Decorative Tags / Happy Go Lucky Patterned Photo Frames / Collecting Moments Resin Flowers/Vintage Hues / Cork Shapes Hearts & Stars

I like using the coordinating Tape Stickers included in each collection to create quick and easy borders for large elements. For more visual interest, I mixed and layered a variety of Tape Stickers over each other.

To create a focal point for my title and the large flower I cut using my Cameo I placed them inside a Patterned Photo Frame.

When I saw the Merry Little Christmas line I knew I wanted to use it for a vintage photo of my father-in-law at Christmas time.

Merry Little Christmas Kris Kringle / Merry Little Christmas Caroling / Merry Little Christmas North Pole / Merry Little Christmas Sticker Fundamentals / Merry Little Christmas Label Stickers / Merry Little Christmas Red Alpha Stickers / Merry Little Christmas Large Decorative Tags / Merry Little Christmas Flair

The photo really tells a story all on its own…I love seeing all the popular toys of the 50’s era around the Christmas tree. To showcase the photo I layered it on top of the coordinating Decorative Tags and then embellished with stickers and flair. I really love how it all pops off the black background.

I am often giving gifts at Christmas and wanted to come up with a creative way to present it. I really love the envelopes included in each line. Typically, I use them on my layouts for hidden journaling and layering but thought it would be fun to use one for gift giving.

Merry Little Christmas 4x6 Brag Pad / Merry Little Christmas Flair / Happy Go Lucky Patterned Envelopes

First, I adhered a greeting from the 4x6 Brag Pad to the front of an envelope, embellished it with flair and then placed the gift card in the envelope.

Next, I inserted the envelope containing the gift card into an upside-down clear Mason jar.

I created a festive scene in the jar to complement the tag by adhering small Christmas bulbs to the inside of the Mason jar lid. To raise the ornaments higher than the lip of the jar lid, I stacked several foam dots to the desired height and place an ornament on top of each stack.

To finish it off, I added enough fake snow to cover the foam dots and reach the bottom of the ornaments, and then screwed on the lid.

Once the lid is secure, turn the jar over and shake!

Thank you Diane for sharing with us your talent!

Guest Designer: Melissa Stinson

Hello, everyone! My name is Melissa Stinson, and I'm thrilled to be guest designing with Fancy Pants Designs this month!

Before I launch into my projects, here's a little background information about me- I’m a 32 year old software engineer married to a full-time graduate student (and med school hopeful). We don’t have kids, so my scrapbooks are filled with photos of our everyday (and not so everyday) adventures. We love to travel when our work and school schedules line up to allow it, and when we’re at home we’re always into something (the current project is DIY’ing a new kitchen from the floor up). I love documenting all of those things in my albums and having them to look back on. It’s amazing how many things my scrapbooks remind me of that I would have otherwise forgotten!

When Amy first got in touch with me and asked me to guest design with Fancy Pants Designs, I crossed my fingers and hoped that Hopscotch would be one of the collections I was asked to work with. I was totally thrilled to find it included in my package- I'm so in love with the colors and the patterns in this collection! For my first layout with this set I pulled out a travel photo from a couple of years ago. It seems I like to take photos of flowers whether at home or on vacation, and this lovely bunch of bougainvillea had been sitting in my photo binder for quite a while just waiting for the perfect paper to match it. I used a set of blooms cut from the large floral paper as the largest embellishment on my page, then cut pennant shapes from some of the other papers in Hopscotch to layer behind the photo.

I love using the same scrapping supplies that I use for my regular layouts in my Project Life album, so after I was finished making my bougainvillea layout I went ahead and put together a Project Life page, too! This is a great way to use up leftovers after you've finished scrapping with a collection, and also a fun way to be creative when you might be short on time since each pocket only takes a few minutes to embellish and complete. The tiny alphabets in the Hopscotch collection kit were especially useful for adding small titles and captions to my layout.

The snowy scene in the photo on this page might seem far removed from the tropical blooms on my Hopscotch collection layout, but would you believe these pictures were taken less than 6 weeks apart (in completely different locations, of course!)? I love how the muted reds and aquas and soft grays of Blissful Blizzard really enhance the chilly feeling of this photo. The sheet of silver glittered cardstock might have been my favorite thing in the whole pack- as soon as I spotted it I pulled out my snowflake punches to whip up some custom embellishments for my page!

Thank you to everyone for stopping by today, and thanks to Amy and Fancy Pants Designs for allowing me the honor of being this month's guest designer. I had a blast playing with Hopscotch and Blissful Blizzard! If you'd like to see more of my scrapbooking, please stop by and visit my blog.

 -Melissa Stinson

Guest Designer: Jill Cornell

Hello and Happy November! It's Jill Cornell here with you today and I am so thrilled and honored to be guest designing for Fancy Pants Designs and sharing projects featuring the Hopscotch and Home for Christmas collections.

Before I dive into my projects, here is a little more information about me: I live in Iowa with my husband of 9 years. We have twin 3-1/2 year-old daughters that keep me very busy! I am a stay-at-home mom but have a degree and career experience in communications and public relations. Scrapbooking and paper crafting are what keeps me sane these days but when I am not creating I enjoy reading, baking and cooking, spending time with friends and family and heading to the gym. My style is fairly simple but I enjoy adding machine stitching and feminine details to my projects. I am currently designing for American Crafts, Elle's Studio, Simple Stories, Webster's Pages and Emma's Paperie. I have also had my work featured in many of the major scrapbooking and paper crafting magazines.

First, I have several projects for share with you using the Hopscotch collection. My first layout is of one of my daughters and a sweet moment of her with her daddy at church one morning.



The banner stickers and die-cuts are great for mixing and matching.



I like to add a little vellum under my photos for a little texture and softness. The calendar cards are great for everyday moments.



I removed the center of the letters and added patterned paper behind.



For my second layout, I decided to create one with a fall theme and pulled out my Cricut and the Straight from the Nest cartridge to help me cut out some leaves. I also used some leaf punches. I kept the colors of this layout to mostly brown, blue, cream and orange to match the girls' outfits as they played in the leaves.



I cut a variety of leaves using the punches and Cricut and then scattered them around the page.



For this title, I misted the "happy" card with Tiger Lily Glimmer Mist and stapled some twine to the top.



The larger leaf is actually punched from wood veneer and then backed with patterned paper.



While I was at it with the Hopscotch collection, I created a card.



I pulled out the pinks and blues and used the leftover punched leaf from the layout with some layered chipboard and buttons.



Next, I worked with the Home for Christmas collection. We always take a family photo in front of our Christmas tree and I hadn't yet scrapbooked our photo from last year.



I mixed and matched more of the banner die-cuts and layered some chipboard, button, and brad. A little vellum adds more texture.



I had a lot of fun layering here with the different patterns, chipboard frames and stickers. The glitter alphabet stickers are so pretty.



The little layered tag was dressed up with a chipboard button and green button. I also used stamps on this layout.



For my second layout, I captured a family Christmas tradition with our new friend, Buddy the Elf. I created a storyboard with this one as I had several photos I wanted to use. (This is one tradition I am excited to keep up this year as the girls are still talking about Buddy the Elf.)



I punched out several snowflakes and then backed them with patterned paper and embellished with brads.



I punched vellum circles and then added the numbers with stickers in the collection.



Here I just added a few little details here and there with chipboard.



Finally, I also created a quick and easy card with Home for Christmas. I layered a few frames with a dimensional sticker.





Thank you so much for visiting with me today. My projects truly came together so easily with the variety of patterned papers and embellishments in each collection. I have been a longtime Fancy Pants Designs fan, and I am so thankful to Jodi and Amy for the opportunity to be here today! Please stop by and visit my blog. (www.jillcornell.blogspot.com)

 
-Jill Cornell

Guest Designer: Amy Heller

Hi everyone! It's Amy Heller here today I'm so excited to be guesting for Fancy Pants this month! A little about me:

I was introduced to scrapping in 2004, like many scrappers, from an in-home party. But I didn't scrap with real consistency until 2008, once my kids were a bit older and out of their infancy stages. :) As a graphic designer by profession, this hobby has brought me back to the fundamental reasons why I fell in love with design in the first place: paper, color, letter form and layout. My style has of course evolved from those early days. Now I would definitely say that I have a fun, cheerful, colorful and whimsical style. I LOVE to layer pattern, color and texture (especially with buttons, ribbon and sewing). I think it's safe to say that I love to embellish on my work. :) I currently design for Two Peas in a Bucket as a Garden Girl, October Afternoon, and Lily Bee Design where I serve as the Design Team Coordinator. I've been fortunate to have had my work published in several amazing magazines ranging from Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbook Trends, CARDS, Paper Crafts as well as Scrapbooks and Cards Today. I am from the beautiful state of Washington, but I currently live in a small town in Connecticut with my awesome husband of 12 years, our daughter, who is nearly 10 and our son who is 6.

I had the terrific opportunity to work with the very newest collections from Fancy Pants Designs, Hopscotch and Home for Christmas. I had so much fun with both collections. They are both wonderfully versatile and beautiful collections!


You Are My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine
At first glance Hopscotch may appear a very Spring or Summer-inspired collection. Of course you can certainly use this collection for those seasons, but since we are headed straight into Fall here in my neck of the woods, I thought I would try to use this fabulous collection for some photos I took recently during our transition from Summer to Fall.







I used the circle that is drawn on this background sheet as the jumping off point for my warm late-summer sunshine in the corner of this page. It also serves as a great shape to frame my photos that I wanted to layer up with lots of movement, just as if my son is swinging on the swing right on the page.


Smiles Are Soul Kisses
For this next page, I really wanted to bring Hopscotch right into Autumn. The warm oranges, yellows, browns and tangerine hues make it a cinch to create beautiful fall layouts.







I really love the ombre effect in the background papers and the polka dots here, coupled with the white washed papers add lightness and warmth. Not all fall pages need bee dark and heavy, and these papers display that perfectly!


Christmas Cards Set
I just love the Home for Christmas collection! Filled with warm traditional colors coupled with trendy patterns make this a wonderful collection for this upcoming holiday season.







I created a set of cards using all aspects from this collection, from banners, stickers, ribbons, alphabets and buttons, I know that I will be making many more holiday cards from this collection. It really is lovely and warm without being too conservative, which I love!

I sure had fun with these latest collections, Hopscotch and Home for Christmas! I have loved working with Fancy Pants Designs this month and hope you are just as inspired to work with them, as I was! Thank you so much for having me join you this month! Please stop by and visit my blog.

 

~Amy Heller :)

Guest Designer: Shanna Noel

Hiya!! My name is Shanna Noel and I am so thankful to be here as the guest for September! What a fun gig! I live in Sonoma County California with my sweet husband and our two little ladies. We have finally moved back home near family after 13 years moving all over the United States! I never thought I would be so happy to be home!

I started paper scrapbooking in June of 2011 and instantly fell in love. I come from a digital scrapbooking background and I loved that with paper my kids could play along too! And boy do they ever! They love making little mini books to doodle in, etc.

It it always a lot of fun when you are sent a box of goodies to create with. It is like a little challenge, so much fun! I was actually sent the Little Sport collection, since we don't watch sports and only participate in the swim team, this really was a challenge. But you know what? Fancy Pants has some AMAZING B sides! My box was also full of CHEVRON! Hello, chevron!

It was my mother-in-law's birthday, and some of her favorite colors are red, black and teal so this collection could not be more perfect! My mother-in-law is also a paper crafter (cards mostly) so I simply attatched the Tape Sticker sheet, from The Good Life collection, to the back side of the card front (behind the die-cut title) with a bit of the Tape Stickers. This way she could pull off the stickers and use them again!



My love for chevrons is going strong. Strong enough in fact that in our new house I painted the floors a NICE & BIG chevron. I know I am crazy. But to tell you the truth? I could NOT LOVE IT MORE!!!! I love all the chevrons that were included in my Fancy Pants Designs paper!


Do you ever look at your children and wonder where your baby went? That's what happened this morning, oh my she is getting big!  I loved this yellow paper with the graphic arrows on it (from The Good Life collection)! To really make it pop I cut a couple out and added some of the Tape Stickers behind it to bring some detail.

Fancy Pants Designs has some amazing lines coming out! I can't wait to see what you all do with them!! Thank you so much for having me this month! I had a lot of fun! xox-

-Shanna Noel

Guest Designer: Susan Neal

Hello Fancy Pants Designs friends! So happy to be here today ... surrounded by all good paper things. I've been designing and teaching paper crafts for over 12 years, mostly with Paper Crafts Magazine. For the past 3 years I've struck out on my own to teach & design my own paper (cards, albums, home dec) kits for your crafting pleasure! I also hang out at our local NBC affiliate here in Salt Lake City and do paper crafting and cooking segments for the number one ranked (shameless plug here) local lifestyle program, Studio 5. 

Paper is the ultimate plaything ... the creative possibilities are endless. Sometimes, however, like the middle of summer, we're just too busy playing in the sun and ignoring our stash. Save your works of art for the winter months ... this summer, keep it simple. Fancy Pants Designs makes that easy with their coordinating collections of paper, die-cuts and embellishments.  

My current paper crush is Country Boutique. Subtle patterns and colors make photos and embellishments pop. I especially love Fancy Pants Designs Buttons. Deeply saturated and a variety of sizes made these an easy addition to each of my projects today.



I keep and re-purpose every cute package that comes into my house. I'm seriously running out of room and need to start giving more away. Altering boxes is a dramatic way to use your paper. Simply cut to size, adhere well (stay as close to edges as possible) and sand off edges. I used the clock and ticket die-cut to finish this keepsake gift box.



I'm a card maker more than anything. Something about that sweet little canvas just begs to be filled. I kept this one very simple, just stamping a sentiment in the top corner of the die-cut file and adding a distressed flower, button and ric rac. 

This should make someone I love pretty happy.



All three projects in just a few hours while it rained this morning (a pretty rare occurrence here in Utah.) Here's hoping you find a quiet moment this summer to touch bases with your creative side. 

If you need more inspiration or would just like to visit, please stop by my blog.

-Susan Neal

Guest Designer: Vicki Boutin

Expressing myself creatively is something I have always been compelled to do. I like to live in a world of full of color and pattern and I enjoy creating art that encompasses those things. Whether it be paper crafting, photography or mixed media art, I like to get my hands in it and have fun doing it!! This was an exciting year for me with the release of my first book Creative Foundations. You can currently find my work in Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine or come and visit me at one of the workshops I teach!     
 
I am so happy to be guest designing for Fancy Pants this month! I have been a lover and collector of Fancy Pants Designs product for many years and I couldn’t wait to dig in and create a few projects.
 

 
In the Life at the Beach layout, I used the Summer Soul line and some color blocking. This line is so “HOT” with the pinks and orange and it worked well with these photos of my niece at the beach!
 

 
Color blocking or in this case using a grid pattern, allows for fun product layering.
 

 
The Childish Things line is so fun and whimsical!  I like the play on the primary color palette in this line and the little girl and little boy elements.
 



 
I like to stretch my uses of pattern paper and opted to punch a bunch of circles and layer them on this page. I also added this thick striped ribbon with a few loops in buttons.
 

 
For this final layout I mixed product from Time For Spring and Country Boutique.  I like to mix monochromatic and tone on tone patterns on a project and then tie them together with a stripe.
 



 
Here I used star punchs instead of circles and layered some punchouts and an arrow from the Wave Searcher line.
 

 
I finished up my projects with a quick card using the Wave Searcher line. Love the tiki elements in this line!!!
 
Thanks so much to the gang at Fancy Pants Designs for letting me stop by! I can’t wait to see what you have in store for your next release!!! 
 
Please stop by and visit me at my blog.

 -Vicki Boutin

Guest Designer: Kathryn Krieger

When I first saw the Fancy Pants Designs Be You collection, I knew I wanted to use it to scrapbook this series of photos for my sister. These pictures are from the New Zealand leg of a three month backpacking trip she took through South East Asia. I thought the powerful message of the Be You collection would be perfect to showcase her memories from a time when she felt like she could go anywhere and be anything she wanted. This series of layouts is now hanging in her apartment as wall art, and is a message to live life with honesty, integrity and joy.



When I sat down to plan this project, I decided I wanted to show how a scrapper could use the same basic layout design (you'll see the three sketches look very similar) to create three layouts that look different individually, but all go together as a series. Using the same basic structure for each layout allowed me to unify them visually, but changing the photos, papers and embellishments allowed them to each maintain their own unique look.

 

In this age of email, texting, twitter and facebook, it's easier than ever to communicate with our friends and family. While I enjoy the instantaneous communication modern technology provides, I also know that I love it when someone takes the time to send me a card or letter.




 

One way that we can have cards on hand to send our friends and family is to make a few quick cards with the scraps from our layouts. Here are two examples of very simple cards that can be made quickly and easily and still bring a lot of joy into someone's day.

-Kathryn Krieger

Kathryn Krieger is a professional scrapbooker, mixed media paper artist and online educator. She strives to create unique works of art and practical tutorials to inspire paper crafters and memory keepers to create beautiful works of art worthy of their precious photographs and memories. You can see more of her work and tutorials on her website: Kathryn Scraps.

Guest Designer: Ronda Palazzari

Hello everyone. I’m Ronda Palazzari and I am back today, this time as a Guest Designer. I love Fancy Pants Designs so I am very happy to be here. I was thrilled to work with two of Fancy Pants Designs New lines Childish Things and Be You. Today, I am sharing with you a couple layouts, a card, and a tag using these versatile lines.



My first layout is called You Found You. Be You was the perfect combination for this layout. My niece recently got married to her prince which brought back memories of watching her grow up. It reminded me of her search to find herself. Recently she has really found out who she is and who she wants to be.  She was positively glowing at her wedding. Not only did this paper line match my theme for this page, it also matched her colors for the wedding, pale yellow and grey.





I used the rub-ons on the chipboard to emphasize the story. For extra pops of color, I used the tiny buttons around the photo.
 


This Heart card was a breeze to complete. I knew I had to use the flock transparency for card front. I attached it to the cute hide & seek paper wanting that green to show through the hearts. I attached the ribbon using my sewing machine to create the ruffle. For the finishing touches I add the glittery die cut and chipboard title. Easy Peasy!

The circle layout uses Childish Things. My sweet nephew Felix turns one in a matter of days. I cannot believe how fast he is growing up. It made me think of the day he arrived and the happiness he has brought to my brother & sister-in-law. The line was a perfect fit for this photo.



I used bits and pieces from the chipboard, rub-ons, and sticker sheets. I love that big red ribbon but didn’t want it overpowering the page so I scrunched it up and stitched it down. I had to have that big button right next to it! To complete the page I journaled in a circle around the picture framing the focus of the story.

This last piece is a mixed media tag using Be You as inspiration. I love the colors and the funkiness of the rub-ons so I used them to guide my design.



I used old book pages on a tag and colored the background using watercolor crayons and spray mist. Next I added a black outline to the tag using oil pastel. I then layered the rub-ons with the chipboard pieces. A simple baker’s twine bow completes the artsy tag.
 
Thanks for joining me today on my Fancy adventure. I had fun playing with all of the wonderful supplies and showing the versatility of their products. Fancy Pants always has a special place in my heart as it was my first design team. I will always be a Fancy girl!

-Ronda Palazzari
 
Ronda Palazzari is a mixed media author living in the burbs of Denver. Her first book, Art of Layers, has just been released with Northlight Publishing. She currently designs for Maya Road, Sizzix, Purple Onion Stamps, and Antiquated Collection. She has been published in Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbook Trends, Somerset Memories, Scrapbooks, Etc, Artful Blogging, as well as many idea books. You can find out more about Ronda on her Blog.

Guest Designer: Emily Pitts

Hello, I'm Emily Pitts and I'm happy to be here as the guest designer for Fancy Pants today. I live in Denver, Colorado with my husband Kelly and our two teenagers, Annie and Ethan. I've been scrapbooking for almost 6 years and have had so many great opportunities to be a part of this industry AND capture my family's day to day with paper and glue.

I got to work with two of the new lines, Summer Soul, a feminine beachy themed line with lots of pinks, soft aquas, greens, and yellows, and Be You, a happy pink, blue, yellow, and black line that sports quirky birds and lots of empowering statements. At first glance, I thought the Be You line would be the one that worked best with my whimsical graphic style, but I fell in love with one particular piece of paper from Summer Soul and ended up really having fun with a line that I wouldn't normally gravitate towards, teaches me once again to not judge a book by it's cover! I cut up "Coconut Tree" into 1x1 inch squares and used them on two different projects. One is colorful, the other is subdued. I love that I could pull two completely different looks out of one piece of paper!

The first was a layout about my great grandmother, we called her "My," I'm not sure why exactly ... She traveled a lot and was born to a father that thought taking pictures was important. A couple of generations later, I'm so grateful she has so many pictures to tell her stories. The only problem is I have the photos, but the stories are gone. I can only guess. "Coconut Tree" had a vintage 1950s feel to me and I think it worked perfectly to support the photo of My in Hawaii. I used the filter papers and made a flower, put my title of a banner made from the B side of "Marbles" from Be You., finishing the design off with a hand cut word and some chipboard shapes.



The second project I wanted to see how the cream, brown, and aqua squares looked together, so I made a quick card. I used a similar design as my layout, only smaller and rotated on its side. I've been doing this a lot lately, reusing designs, it take the thinking out, which I sometimes need. I love how soft and breezy this card turned out.



Next I had another layout about my grandpa, he was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy in his middle age, so I never knew him without the disease. He walked with a cane or used his motorized cart a lot. He must have been in pain more than I knew. Looking through old pictures, I know he was a funny kid and young man, he was always dressing up in funny costumes. When I found this picture of him with my grandmother as a young couple, I knew it would work well with the Be You line, he's the one the arrow is pointing to, being goofy. The happy colors, the great chipboard banners from both lines, and fun rub on saying, "BE YOU." were just what I wanted to show how he loved life.
 


Finally, I made a card using the Be You line. I thought the "Be You Cards" paper had some great saying on them, perfect for the front of a card. I used one of my go-to designs and put this together really quickly.



I had a delightful time playing with these lines from Fancy Pants, I love that all of the pattern sides are balanced with a subtle B side, it makes it so easy to use the papers together. I also love that similar colors are used between lines, making both lines go even further. I was able to create some layouts featuring vintage family photos that I love and some cards that will be heading out to friends tomorrow. I hope I've shared a few ideas to inspire you. Thank you Fancy Pants!

-Emily Pitts