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New Fancy Pants Day 3: Summer Soul

TGIF!  I'm just popping in very quickly to share another project using one of the new Fancy Pants lines.  The collection of the day is Summer Soul.  You can hop on over to the Fancy Pants blog to see what the team has created using this vibrant, sun-drenched collection.

Here's a layout I made of my older daughter during our trip to the east coast a couple of summers ago..Swimming with the jellies (said in my best Crush from Nemo voice...) 

The water was filled with jellyfish and the kids were really scared at first.  I mean, we live in Iowa.  We don't know anything about swimming in the ocean.  All we've heard is that jellyfish sting.  And it hurts.  So they were scared.  But then we saw kids catching them and holding them.  They were dead and missing their tentacles.  Turns out Marlin was right...Dory, the tops, the tops!  Only touch the tops!  Sorry...another Nemo reference.  I can't help it...it's my all-time favorite kid's movie.  :-)  My older daughter is the most adventurous one of the bunch and it didn't take her long before she was picking them up and holding them.

I used lots of the glitter transparencies here as well as the papers and chipboard.  Such fun, summer colors that make me long for some summer sunshine and afternoons at the pool!

That's all for today...thanks for stopping by!

All supplies from the Fancy Pants Summer Soul collection, available February 2012.

New Fancy Pants Day 2: Childish Things

Hello again!  It's time to show off another new CHA collection from Fancy Pants Designs.  Today's collection is my favorite of the 4 collections being released.  I just love the colors and vintage-y designs!  It's called Childish Things...isn't it just the cutest?!  

First up is a scrapbook page of my youngest.  

I love those colorful banner pieces and used them to create and alphabet banner all the way across the top of my page.  

I used the Filter Embellishments to create a fun flower accent.  

 

 

Next up is a shadowbox/frame.  

I had fun piecing together lots of different patterned papers from the collection and embellishing each section with chipboard, buttons, trims and more.  

 

 

And lastly, I have a simple card.  I used the heart stamp from the Childish Things collection, embossed it with red powder and cut it out.  I layered it over a Filter Embellishment and topped it off with a button.  

The chipboard letters are from the Baby Mine collection.  I layered them over one of the journaling cards from the Childish Things Cards paper.

I hope you enjoyed today's peek at another one of the new Fancy Pants collections!  To see more of what the team created with this line, you can visit the Fancy Pants blog HERE!  

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies not linked:  Fancy Pants Childish Things collection - patterned paper, chipboard, stamps, buttons, filter flowers 

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Go-to Gal Blog Hop -- A Muse Studio Stamp it 3 Ways (x's 2)

Have you been following along with the Paper Crafts Connection and Moxie Fab World blogs?  Lots of fun sneak peeks of the newest special issue...Stamp It! 3 Ways!  Here's a peek at the cover and you can purchase it by clicking HERE...

In honor of this new issue, my fellow Go-to Gals and I have put together a little Stamp it 3 Ways (x's 2) blog hop!  Each of us has created a project using the Harlequin Background stamp and Essential Sentiments set, both from A Muse Studio.  

I decided to take these stamps and create a colorful birthday card.  For the background, I stamped the Harlequin Background using Versamark ink, then heat embossed it with several different colors of Zing embossing powder for a festive and colorful background!

The simple "happy birthday" sentiment is from the Essential Sentiments set.  I thought the font was perfect for this card.  The fun number border sticker is from Simple Stories Happy Day collection.

The multi-color embossing was really simple to do..let me show you step-by-step how you can do this for yourself...

I started by stamping the Harlequin Background onto Kraft cardstock using Versamark ink.  Then starting in the upper left corner, I sprinkled red powder. When I shook off the powder, I made sure to shake it off towards that corner, so the rest of my stamped image wouldn't get powder on it.

Next I did the orange, sprinkling it diagonally across the card, directly below the red.  Then I shook off the excess, shaking it again towards the red corner.  

Next I did yellow in the same manner, again always shaking excess off towards already powdered image.

Continue this way until the entire image is coated in embossing powder.  I finished with green, then blue.  Once you get to the other corner you can feel free to shake the excess off that end to be sure to cover the entire stamped image.  Then just heat with your heat tool and you're finished!

I love the way the color pops against the Kraft background.  Once again, I'm in love with that Zing powder!

Thanks for stopping by for our little Go-to Gal blog hop!  You can check out what the other Go-to Gals did by clicking on their links...

• Julie Campbell
• Windy Robinson
• Jennifer McGuire
• Kim Kesti
• Teri Anderson

Oh, and it's my turn for Groovin' with the Go-to Gals on the Paper Crafts Connection blog - CLICK HERE to see another project I created from one of the sets featured in the new Stamp It 3 Ways issue!  Psssst...there's a giveaway going on in that post for some cool Technique Tuesday stamps!  

Here's a peek at my project that's featured there today...hop on over to see the entire project!

 Finished size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"

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 As seen HERE on the Paper Crafts Connection blog

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New Fancy Pants Day One: Be You

Hi there!  Once again an entire week has gone by since I posted last.  Where does time go?  I've been busy with CHA projects, kid stuff, and life in general.  It's all good though.  It's going to be a little more entertaining here on my blog this week...lots of fun things to share and celebrate this week!

For today, I get to start sharing some of my projects using the new Fancy Pants CHA goodies!  Today's featured collection is Be You.  You can see the entire line HERE.  Gorgeous colors...pinks, aqua, yellow...oh yeah.  You know I'm all over that.  :-)

I created 3 projects with this line...a scrapbook page and two cards.  I'm seriously enjoying getting back into making pages again....more on that later this week!  This one is of my daughter Katie....4 years old and definitely her own little person with a whole lot of attitude, so this "Be You" collection is perfect for her.  

I trimmed the large "Be You" letters from the Subway Art patterned paper from the collection -- stitched around them, then popped them up with some foam adhesive.  I let the large letters overlap all of the photos of her cute little attitude and expressions.  I love the colorful chipboard banner pieces that they are releasing with each collection.  They come with so many little bits and pieces that they're perfect for layering and embellishing.  I created a fun little banner at the top of my page by layering some of the chipboard pieces over a Filter Embellishment.  I added a chipboard label, buttons, and twine to embellish it.

They are also releasing stamps for each collection this time around!  I used the large single flower stamp from the Be You collection to embellish the lower left corner of my page.  I embossed them with some Zing powders.  

Next up is a simple card using more of the chipboard pieces, along with one of the stamps from the new collection.  I stamped that cute heart block a few times down the front of my card to create a backdrop for some chipboard hearts which I stitched through with my machine for a little added texture.

The sentiment is also  a chipboard piece from the collection.  I thought it would be a cute sentiment for a graduation card...those are always tough for me, but I think a young girl would like this...and it doesn't feel so graduation-y.  :-)

And lastly today, another card.  This would make a super cute Valentine's card.  I again trimmed the large "YOU" from the Subway paper.  

This time I layered a stamped label from the Be You collection, a chipboard heart and some alphas, along with a glitter transparency heart.  The cute black/white heart border along the bottom was also trimmed from the Be You Strips paper from the collection...I love those sheets...so perfect for borders on cards and pages.  

 

Want more inspiration?  Click HERE to check out what some of the other team members created with the Be You collection!  

I'll be back Wednesday with more Fancy Pants + a fun Go-to Gal blog hop.  We're celebrating the release of the newest special issue from Paper Crafts called Stamp it 3 Ways!  There's lots of fun going on on the Paper Crafts Connection and Moxie Fab World blogs this week...be sure to check it out for lots of inspiration and fun challenges!  Here's a peek at the cover...you can purchase your copy online HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies not linked:  New Fancy Pants Be You Collection patterned papers, glitter cuts, buttons, chipboard pieces, chipboard banners, stamps

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