Miss Fancy Pants Designs

Tutorial with Jess

Hi everyone... hopefully you're rested up, excited for the new year, and ready to get crafty with me today!

This tutorial will walk you through the basics of how to create this mini album with just a paper construction.  It's simple, but effective.

Timbergrove Patterned Paper Elements / Timbergrove Patterned Paper Retreat / Timbergrove Patterned Paper Bit-N-Pieces / Timbergrove Patterned Paper Crystals / Timbergrove Patterned Paper Delight / Timbergrove Patterned Paper Play Day / Timbergrove Patterned Paper Strips / Timbergrove Sticker Fundamentals / Timbergrove Tape Stickers / Timbergrove Label Stickers / Timbergrove 6x6 Pad / Timbergrove 4x6 Brag Pad / Timbergrove Patterned Envelopes / Timbergrove Decorative Bags / Timbergrove Small Decorative Tags / Timbergrove Large Decorative Tags / Timbergrove Flair / Timbergrove Patterned Photo Frames / Timbergrove Title Pieces / Timbergrove Ephemera Pack / Timbergrove Button Set / Timbergrove Ticket Roll
 

The interior pages are simply three folded papers, cut in varying dimensions, and sewn down the center.  

Choose 3 patterns and cut the pages:

- Outer: 9" wide by 8" tall

- Middle: 8" wide by 6" tall

- Inner: 7" wide by 7" tall

 

Round the corners. Fold the pages in half, layer them together, and hand or machine sew them straight down the center:

 

Cut an approximately 24" length of ribbon.  Use a strong adhesive to center it along the back of both covers of the album, leaving even tails on each side:

 

The cover is a series of layers, in this order:

- A 4" x 7.5" piece of green striped paper, outer corners rounded, and with a sewn border.

- A large patterned envelope

- A 3" x 3" square of teal ledger paper with a sewn border, a die cut snowflake or doily, small tag, and two tickets.

- The "walking in a winter wonderland" sentiment strip (cut from paper) matted on red paper.  

- A small snowflake or doily near the top of the envelope, with a piece of flair on top.

 

Now we can work on the interior pages.  Note: I printed all my photos at 2" x 3".

 

Page 1

- Border punch a 3" x 8" strip of the red dot paper and add to left side.

- Add the sentiment title piece.

- Assemble the snowman near the bottom. 

 

Page 2

- Add a photo to the frame and adhere to center. Add sentiment sticker.

- Mat the "ice cold fun" strip (from 4" x 6" pad) on teal paper and add to bottom.

 

Page 3

- Cut 6" piece from strip patterned paper, border punch and add to right side.

- Add two small tags to the upper left side.

- Add photo in the frame and adhere to center. Add sentiment sticker.

- Thread button with twine and add to bottom of frame.

 

Page 4

- Layer border sticker slightly off the right edge. 

- Cut 3" square piece of woodgrain paper, border punch two sides and adhere as shown.  

- Add two die cut snowflakes or doilies to ephemera circles and adhere as shown.

- Mat photo with green paper and add to the center. 

- Add sentiments to the bottom and near the photo.  

 

Page 5-6

- Layer border sticker slightly off the left edge to match the sticker on the other side.

- Cut the "Fun filled winter activities" sheet from the 4" x 6" pad so that it fits on both pages.

- Mat photo on cream paper and add to right side.  Add sentiment sticker. 

- Layer large tag on the right side.

- Add a small patterned envelope with a small tag inside to the large tag.  

- Add "another beautiful season" sticker to the bottom, cutting to fit.  

 

Page 7

- Cut a 2.5" x 7" strip of gray chevron paper, border punch the long sides and adhere to left side.

- Create a simple tag to put inside the large patterned bag and add to the bottom of the page.

- Layer two tickets (one with twine), a flourish die cut, and a large button on top of the bag.

 

Page 8

- Cut a 2.5" x 4" strip of small red dot paper, border punch the long sides, and adhere as shown.

- Add a photo to the frame and adhere to center of page. Layer a border sticker and sentiment sticker to the bottom of the frame. 

- Add a tab sticker to the upper right side, with a chipboard button on top. 

 

Page 9

- Adhere a die cut snowflake or doily to the top left corner. 

- Mat a photo with teal paper, wrap with twine, and add to center.

- Mat the "brrrrrrr" sentiment from the 4" x 6" pad with teal and add to the bottom. 

- Add the sentiment sticker above the photo. 

 

Page 10

- Adhere the "weather report" page from the 4" x 6" pad to the center of the page.

- Add a die cut snowflake or doily to the bottom and layer an ephemera flourish, punched woodgrain circle, and circle sticker on top.

- Mat the photo with light green paper and add to center of the page. Add sentiment sticker. 

 

And there you have it!  Now you can tie the album closed with the ribbon ends and display your winter cuties!

- Jess

Tutorial with Victoria

Hello everyone! Today I'm going to share with you a tutorial on how to create a figured mini-album. For this project I used Merry Little Christmas collection and a few photos of my friend's daughter from their last New Year's celebration. First of all I die cut shapes from cardstock. For this album I used a star, a circle, a  square and a label. Then I chose main paper that match my photos. 

Some elements are seen from the front and from the back, that's why I fold a piece of patterned paper, glue it together and then cut. In this case it is not only neat but also thicker. 

To create pages more interesting I usually make layers. For example, for my first page I cut a whole star and a half of it from different patterned papers. I glued a punched border to the half star and then to the main star, after that I cut off excess paper. 

Usually, when I cut shapes, I make photo mats and find embellishments but not attach them to background. I usually cut photos with the help of die cuts as well if I have the size I need. 

 

Next step is to adhere all backgrounds to cardstock on each side. Be careful when you have bottom and top of the page to combine it correctly. 

 

Than I create holes for my future ring at the top of each page. After that I usually make it smooth with a tip of a brush. 

 

Next part is my favorite. I create layers with the help of different embellishment, make it pop-up with some foam tabs and join pages together. 

 

This type of mini-album is my favorite now. It's easy and pleasant to create and then to present to someone who is special to you.

Below is the project page by page.

 Merry Little Christmas Ornament / Merry Little Christmas Caroling / Merry Little Christmas North Pole / Merry Little Christmas Holly Bough / Merry Little Christmas  Wassaill / Merry Little Christmas Baubles / Merry Little Christmas Sticker Fundamentals / Merry Little Christmas Tape Stickers / Merry Little Christmas Label Stickers / Merry Little Christmas  Patterned Envelopes / Merry Little Christmas Ephemera Pack / Merry Little Christmas Button Set / Merry Little Christmas Clothespins / Merry Little Christmas Ticket Roll

Hope you'll find it interesting and give it a try. I'm sure you'll like the process and the result!

Have a happy crafting day!

- Victoria

Tutorial with Izzy

Hello, everyone!  It’s Izzy here on the blog today to show you a fun way to turn patterned photo frames into Christmas ornaments.

Merry Little Christmas Patterned Photo Frames / Merry Little Christmas Brag Pad / Merry Little Christmas Sticker Fundamentals / Merry Little Christmas Label Stickers / Merry Little Christmas Ephemera Pack / Merry Little Christmas Button Set / Merry Little Christmas Ticket Roll / Merry Little Christmas Mini Christmas Trees Traditional

I have been eyeing these Merry Little Christmas frames with the idea of repurposing them. They are so festive that I hated to tuck them away in a scrapbook album.

After I chose my frames, I flipped through the Merry Little Christmas Brag Pad to find pages I thought would make a nice background.

To make the ornaments, I trimmed the Brag Pad paper to match the frame size. I stapled a twine hanger to the top of the paper, added pop dots, then adhered the background to the frame.

The Ho Ho Ho frame cried out for a Santa die cut and I found the perfect one in the Ephemera Pack. I added a chipboard button at the top to give the frame balance.

The next frame had the phrase, “under the mistletoe,” printed at the bottom. I thought it would be cute to add alphas to say: “meet me under the mistletoe.” On this frame, I used one of the little brush trees, first staining the tree trunk brown with distress ink.  The trees are made from wires and are easily malleable. I flattened all the limbs at the back so the tree would lie flat then attached it to the frame using a gel medium.

For the last frame, I used a sentiment from the brag pad as the base. On the front, I layered a small tree button on top of a larger die cut tree.  I used a ticket on the opposite side to add a bit of whimsy.

I can hardly wait to add these ornaments to our Christmas tree this year. In the meantime, I tested them out on a little pine tree out back. I think they’re going to be perfect!

We would love to see what you’re making for the holidays. Feel free to link your Fancy Pants Designs projects in the comments below or post them on our Facebook Page.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

- Izzy

Tutorial with Tessa

I recently got my hair cut and wanted to create a page about my new 'do with my favorite collection of the moment - Collecting Moments. While thinking about the title, I decided that I wanted something with some texture. I wanted something that people would want to run their fingers across. As I perused my craft room, I found my embroidery floss and instantly knew how that textured title was going to come to be!

Collecting Moments Potpourri Patterned Paper / Collecting Moments Tick Tock Patterned Paper /Collecting Moments Rosewood Patterned Paper / Collecting Moments Sticker Fundamentals /Collecting Moments Ephemera Pack / Collecting Moments Button Set / Collecting Moments Resin Flowers / Artist Edition Just Words Stencil Cards 

To make your own, you will need embroidery floss, a needle, scrap cardstock, a pencil, and a stencil card.

First, remove the letters from the stencil and trace the entire stencil onto the scrap piece of cardstock.

Next, thread your needle and begin sewing long stitches across the first letter. Stagger your holes so that you don't rip through the paper. Keep the stitches close together so that no cardstock peeks through. Continue with each letter/color of embroidery floss.

Once the sewing is complete, trim the cardstock to be slightly smaller than the stencil card. Add foam adhesive to the cardstock.

Last, adhere the stencil to the cardstock, making sure to line up the letters so that no cardstock peeks through.

I love the way the embroidery floss gives my page texture and dimension. The mix of alphas is fun, too!

I also played with dimension and texture elsewhere on my layout by combining die-cuts, resin flowers, and chipboard buttons.

Thanks for checking out my layout and tutorial! I'd love to know if you get a chance to play with this technique!

- Tessa

Tutorial with Diana

Hello fellow Fancy Pants Designs lovers! Diana here with a quick little tutorial on adding interest to your layouts. 

First look through your stash and decide on what products you would like to use. I decided to use a mixture of items from the brag pad, 6x6 paper pad, kraft bag and cork stars.

 

When I create a layout, I do like many of you do, I move my paper around until I find something that makes me happy.  In this case, I pulled out several of the notes paper from the brag pad and layered it with some ephemera, the kraft bag, and a paper from the 6x6 paper pad. After I placed everything together, something still felt amiss. It needed a little bit of texture so I took my favorite punch and punched out a small section from two of the notes brag papers. 

 

After placing my cork stars, journaling, and title, I was almost ready to call my layout complete. A little bit of ink splatter was still just the finishing touch this layout needed to pull everything together.

 

Here you have it. The completed layout. Don’t you just love that huge kraft bag and those papers from the brag pad? They are an awesome addition to anyone’s stash!

Collecting Moments 6x6 Paper Pad/ Collecting Moments Brag Pad/ Collecting Moments Ephemera Pack/ Collecting Moments Ticket Roll/ Memories Captured Family Album Paper/ Memories Captured Black Alpha Stickers/ Artist Addition Kraft Bags/ Cork Labels and Shapes 1/2" and 1" Cork Shapes Hearts and Stars

 

Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!

-Diana

Tutorial with Nicole

I'm in a household surrounded by boys.  I've come to terms with it and most days I'm all right with the lack of girly-ness around here.  I do however like making the occasional girly scrapbook page and really like when I get to use flowers.   Obviously I don't have a chance to use flowers often, but this time I made an exception for this layout of my youngest son.   The flowers made the perfect embellishment and since they are a little rustic looking and blue I thought they would pass this time ;).   He is after all doing a very boy thing and destroying those pretty bluebells.  

Collecting Moments Inch by Inch Pattern Paper / Collecting Moments Tick Tock Pattern Paper  / Collecting Moments Homework Pattern Paper / Collecting Moments Domino Pattern Paper / Collecting Moments Tape Stickers / Collecting Moments Sticker Fundamentals / Collecting Moments 6x6 Paper Pad / Collecting Moments Patterned Envelopes / Collecting Moments Small Decorative Tags / Happy Go Lucky Brag Pad / Swagger Tap Stickers / Down by the Shore Tape Stickers

I used the tape stickers from several different lines to make these cute little flowers.  Choosing the stickers that supported my blue color scheme.  Just follow the steps below to create your own.    

After finishing up my tag I ended up making a few more little flowers and placed them in a visual triangle around my layout.  

My hand cut title I made more indigo in color by using blue and purple chalk ink.  It gave my layout the perfect finish and helped match the color of the bluebells in the photo.  

Here is another quick example of this technique on a card.  

Trend Setter Strips Pattern Paper / Trend Setter Posh Pattern Paper / Mint Corrugate Paper / Trend Setter Tape Stickers / Trend Setter Sticker Fundamentals

 

Notice the little strip under the flowers.  It's another tape sticker folded and the ends trimmed in a 'v'.  

Hope you enjoyed my little tutorial today and remember flowers can be for boys.  :)

- Nicole 

Tutorial with Glenda

Hi!

Schools around the world differ. The first day of a school year varies in different areas around the world because of weather, climate, season and culture. The norm is for school to begin in late August or early September in the northern hemisphere and in January or early February in the Southern Hemisphere countries.

School is a major part of a child's life. Scrapbooking the school year is important as it documents and preserves childhood memories. There are plenty of opportunities throughout the year to take photos of varies experiences and events in the school calendar.

It is traditional in South Africa to have posed photographs taken towards the end of the scholastic year. This is a layout of one of these typical posed school photos of my niece, Skylar using the Collecting Moments Collection focusing on the school theme showcasing fun techniques.

   

Collecting Moments Bingo Night Paper | Collecting Moments Strips Paper | Collecting Moments Inch by Inch Paper | Collecting Moments Potpourri Paper | Collecting Moments Homework Paper | Collecting Moments 6 x 12 Tape Stickers | Collecting Moments 12 x 12 Fundamental Stickers | Collecting Moments 4 x 6 label Stickers |Navy Corrugate Paper | Memories Captured Flair

 

Potpourri paper, floral side is the background for the layout. Trim Inch by Inch paper to measure 10 ½ x 10 ½“. Adhere at an angle with top left corner 1” from left, ½“ from top edges and with top right corner ⅞” from top edge. Stitch a 1” line on all four sides. 

Cut paper strips to the following sizes and adhere onto Inch by Inch piece :

Adhere strips of paper as in image above. Stitch around paper strips as indicated in red lines in sketch below:

Cut Navy Corrugate to measure 6½ x 4¼ “. Adhere 3” from top and 1½“ from left edges. Adhere photo (4 x 6”) 1” from left edge of Navy Corrugate piece.

Adhere ‘enjoy the little moments’ Collecting Moments Sticker Fundamental 1¼“ from bottom and 2” from left edges. Adhere foam strip to ‘ENJOY Every MINUTE OF Every DAY’ Collecting Moments Label Sticker. Adhere 1¼“ from left edge, just above ‘enjoy the little moments’ Collecting Moments Sticker Fundamental. Adhere a pink star fromCollecting Moments Sticker Fundamental sheet to the right of the ‘ENJOY Every MINUTE OF Every DAY’ Collecting Moments Label Sticker.

Adhere tab and star from Collecting Moments Sticker Fundamental Sheet and bracket tab with word from the Collecting Moments Label Stickers to left edge of photo.

SEAM BINDING: Place seam binding on a non-stick craft sheet. Prepare seam binding by spritzing with water. Dab Distress Ink at intervals on seam binding. Blend by spritzing with water and dabbing with paper towel. Crinkle seam binding by rolling it in palm of your hand. Loosely unravel and set aside to dry.

PENCILS: Lightly sand pencils to remove gloss from pencils. Ink the text stamp with Archival Ink.

Roll the pencil onto the stamp using medium pressure, from bottom to top of stamp and set aside to dry.

Adhere inked seam binding from right edge of layout onto the Navy Corrugate piece.Tie seam binding around two stamped pencils and adhere on left side of seam binding. Adhere ‘HAPPY’ Memories Captured Flair to the right of the pencils. Adhere star fromFundamental Sticker with a foam square.

Finish layout with stickers of choice from Collecting Moments Sticker Fundamentalsand Collecting Moments Label Stickers.

Looking forward to seeing your layouts recording those school day memories.

- Glenda

Tutorial with Kim

Hello there crafty friends, Kim here! Today I am going to show you my step-by-step process to create a mixed-media, layered scrapbook page using the Memories Captured collection. 

Mixed media supplies your are going to need:

• Charcoal spray mist
• Gold spray mist
• Bubble wrap packaging or a bubble wrap stamp
• Embossing ink & white embossing powder
• Yellow ink
• Charcoal ink
• Red distress paint
• Pink acrylic paint
• Old charge card
• Toilet tissue inner

This is the page I am going to create with you. 

Memories Captured Memories paper / Memories Captured Cards / Memories Panorama Paper / Memories Captured Patterned envelopes / Memories Captured Decorative Frames / Memories Captures Button Set / Memories Captured  Flair / Memories Captured  Ephemera  / Star Cork Shapes / Etcetera Label Stickers / Stencil Cards / Artist Edition Filter shapes

 

Follow steps set out in the tutorials below to create a page like mine. 

1. Using charcoal spray mist, color a strip a third of the way up on your page.
2. Wipe page with embossing buddy (see my blog for a tutorial on how to make one of these darlin's) 
3. Stamp a bubble wrap design randomly within the misted strip using embossing ink.
4. Emboss with white embossing powder & heat set.

      5. Add some charcoal chevrons using a stencil & charcoal ink.

      6. Brighten things up a little with yellow ink & the small herringbone stencil card.

      7. Mix your red & pink paint together until you get a fun cherry color.

      8. Using a cardboard tube inner 'stamp' some circles around your page.

 

      9. Using a water color brush, smoosh some very wet paint onto the edge of the charge card. Tap it to create some cool spatters & drops on the page.

     10. Mist the filters with gold spray ink & allow to dry. 

     11. Snip them into 'petals' and machine stitch for effect.

     12. Layer with cork shapes, buttons & sequins. 

 

Once your texture treatments are dry, start layering papers, photos, buttons, stickers.

Cut out some paper circles from the Panorama patterned paper and layer it with chipboard accents & a patterned paper frame.

Slip a filter paper flower under your photo layers, sew buttons on and hand journal for a personalised feel. Don't you love the coek shapes!? They add great texture and overall page balance. 

 

I hope you have found my step-outs helpful? If you do try them out remember to post your page to our Facebook page with a link back to this post. I'd love to see & comment on them!

Thanks for stopping by, have a fabulous weelend!

˜Kim 

Tutorial with Victoria

Hello dear Fancy Pants fans! Today I'm going to show you how to create a magnet photo frame and to reuse some stuff. I'm absolutely in love with the idea of upcycling and try to use this possibility every time I can. Here's what we get: 

Down by the Shore Striped Towel / Down by the Shore Wave Rider / Down by the Shore Whale / Down by the Shore Strips / Down by the Shore Flair / Down by the Shore Rub Ons

The picture above doesn't show a dimension of this frame. You can see it here: 

So, now I show you a step by step tutorial on how to create this photo frame.

 

Step 1 As a base I used a piece of cardboard 4x6 inches and as a photo frame - an empty scotch spool. First, we need to cover the edges with white gesso. I used wide nylon brush for that. 

Step 2 Then I prepared two stripes of patterned paper for the frame 1/2 inches each, cut 2 anchors on my Silhouette machine and adhered  them together for more thickness. Then I cut my photo using circle die and chose embellishments.

Step 3 For the front and back I prepared same pieces of paper 4x6 inches. Then I cut two pieces of different paper - 3 1/4 and 3 inches height and 4 inches wide, placed them together and draw a curve, then cut it. 

Step 4 Now it's time to adhere them to our base. On this stage I also rubbed the images and glued the anchor. 

 

Step 5  I adhered the photo first and then applied glue exactly in the middle of the spool to be sure it wouldn't be beyond the edges. A photo is 1 mm larger than the frame, but in my case it doesn't matter much because of the b/w photo. 

 

Step 6 On the final stage I simply adhered a piece of magnet tape to the back of the frame. I also used a corner rounder and then carefully applied a gesso on the edges. 

 

Now it's time to add more embellishments. I used a flair button with a crab. 

A photo frame with a magnet is finished. To create it you will need not to much time and you can surprise someone :) 

Enjoy your time creating something for you or your family!

- Victoria

Tutorial with Amy

Hello Fancy Pants Designs fans, Amy here to talk about adding texture to your projects. Fancy Pants Designs has great products like cork shapes, corrugated card stock and fun embellishments to make adding texture a breeze. Here's a project that I created using lots of texture. 

Let's get started, the first thing I do is gather my supplies.

I am using the Memories Captured line, which is truly one of my favorite Fancy Pants Design lines out there.  I am also going to be using the 3x8 pattern stencil set, which is perfect for adding texture.

Once all my supplies are ready, then I start playing around with design.  Here was my first attempt.

I have started snapping a quick shot using my iPhone so I don't forget where things went. :)  Then it's time to add some texture using some modeling paste.  As I was getting the stencil ready to use, I kept all the pieces to use on my layout, they were too cool to throw out.

I added some modeling paste randomly to the stencil, and this was the outcome.

Once that dried, I added some gold mist, and went to work getting everything glued down.  Here's the finished product.

3x8 Pattern Stencil Set | Black Alpha Stickers | 4x2 3/4 Scallop Bracket Cork Label Sticker | 1" Cork Shapes Arrows | Black Corrugate | Memories Captured Photos paper | Memories Captured Snapshots paper | Memories Captured Strips paper | Memories Captured Sticker Fundamentals | Memories Captured Label Stickers | Memories Captured Decorative Tags | Memories Captured Flair | Memories Captured Ephemera Pack

Here are some closeups.

Thanks so much for dropping by the blog today.

- Amy