Paper, Scissors and Superheroes

Blogging for Fancy Pants today!

Just a quick heads up that I have a post up on the Fancy Pants blog today!  I created three cards that feature their new Summer Soul ribbon.  I have one to share here on my blog and you can see the other two on the Fancy Pants blog!

This one uses the Summer Soul wide striped ribbon along with the Star Burst stamp and dotted paper from the 6x6 Summer Soul paper pad.

Some of the papers are summer-themed with surf boards, etc, but for the most part, this collection is very versatile!  I think it screams "PARTY!" and is perfect for birthday cards!  

Here's a little peek at one of the other cards that's up on the Fancy Pants blog...click on over to check them out!

 

Both the new Summer Soul and Wave Searcher collections are now available!  Get them HERE or HERE!

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New Fancy Pants Now Available + Party Ensembles Deal!

Hey there!  It's FRIDAY!  I'm quite excited about that fact today.  Looking forward to a quiet weekend.  I'm hoping to bury myself in my craft room!

Lots of things to tell you about today!  

First off, two of the new Fancy Pants winter collections are now available!  I have a couple of new projects to share with you using the Be You and Childish Things collections.  

First off, a card using Childish Things.  This was my favorite collection of the release.  I adore the colors...they are just so happy!!  And that little bicycle stamp?  Way too cute.  :-)

The Childish Things collection is available for purchase HERE and HERE.

And here's a card using the Be You collection.  The colors in this line are so pretty and versatile...they can go soft and pretty or more on the bold/bright side, depending on the combination of prints you use.  The Be You collection is available for purchase HERE or HERE.

I used THIS stamp, did a little masking magic with a post-it and created this birthday word collage by combining it with a few other little sentiments from my collection. Ahhh...I LOVE stamps!  Obviously so does everyone else, because these little buggers are going fast...it looks like they are already sold out at 2Peas, but Scrapbook.com has them all in stock HERE.  

If you'd like to see the other projects I created with these collections, you can click HERE and HERE.  You can also see more proejcts created by the DT by visiting the Fancy Pants Blog or you can follow them on Pinterest!

Ok...in other news!  Have you been following along on the Paper Crafts Connection and Moxie Fab blogs?  This week Paper Crafts magazine is celebrating the release of the new special book -- Party Ensembles.  And yes, I said BOOK.  Seriously.  I got mine in the mail this week...it's huge!  It's so thick and wonderful...288 pages thick...with beautiful projects that are also photographed beautifully.  It's a treat to look at!!  And there are so many gorgeous and creative projects!

DEAL ALERT!  The folks at Paper Crafts partnered with Leisure Arts on this book, so it is a little more widely available than some of their other special issues.  It retails for 24.95, but Scrapbook.com has it in stock HERE for only $19.95!!  Yay!  I love a deal!

Thanks for stopping by today...I hope you have a great weekend!

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A page, a card, and a deal....

TGIF!  Are you staying warm and dry and out of the way of the big snowstorm that's tracking across the country?  It looks like it will miss us (darn...was kind of in the mood to get snowed in!).  

I'm just popping in to share a few things today.  First off, it's my turn to blog over on the Fancy Pants blog.  You can hop on over there to check out this layout I created which was inspired by Sophie Crespy (who is an amazing scrapper!).  I'm not sure I did her beautiful page justice, but you can click on over to the Fancy Pants blog to check it out.  :-) I used lots of the new goodies on this page.  Here's a peek...

I also have a super simple Valentine's card to share with you.  This card was actually made using a holiday stamp set - Happy Holidays by Hero, which coordinates with Basic Grey's Nordic Holiday collection.  And the best part?  It's marked down now since Christmas has come and gone...but it's a super cute set that could be used for so many things -- love the little houses and the folk art feel which is so hot right now!  (you can still get one HERE from Ellen Hutson)   

I stamped that cute folk art strip in shades of pink and red, then topped it off with the stamped heart and added a sentiment with alpha stickers.

One other thing to share....did you know that some of the new CHA product is already starting to roll in at 2 Peas?  The new My Mind's Eye collections are in the store and if you purchase $25 in new My Mind's Eye goodies you'll get a free gift.  I just snagged a whole stack of their new 6x6 pads.  I'm completely addicted to these!  I love new paper.  Just sayin'.  :-)  Here are the ones I got...

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New Fancy Pants Day 4: Wave Searcher

Hello and welcome to my last day of Fancy Pants CHA product shares!  Today the new collection Soul Surfer is featured on the Fancy Pants blog.  Click on over to check out the amazing summery projects the team created with this new collection.

I created a scrapbook page and a card with this new line.  First up is the scrapbook page - these photos were taken of my son on the same trip as the photos from my last post.  I love that they are releasing both boyish and girly summer collections.   

I was chuckling when I realized that this collection matched my son's swim trunks perfectly...almost like it was made to match.  So funny.  I used the 12x12 printed transparency from the collection as an overlay over a large photo.  It made this layout come together very quickly.  I added a couple of other small photos and clusters of embellishments and I was all set!  

And a card.  This collection is perfect for cards as well.  I'm loving the colors and patterns for boy cards especially.

Thanks for stopping by!  

Supllies not linked:  Wave Searcher (shipping in February) patterned papers, transparency, chipboard, glitter cuts 

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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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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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New Make it Monday and some news...

Happy Monday.  :-)  I hope you all had a great weekend.  Ours felt a little hectic for some reason, although there really wasn't much going on now that I look back at it...not sure why I felt so busy!  :-)  

But, anyway...it's my turn to do the Make it Monday video for Papertrey Ink.  This week's technique is Ghost Masking (or 2-step Masking).  You can see the video HERE.  It's great for single layer cards. 

I made another card set this morning using this technique.  My cards this morning are a quick and easy version.  The card in the video uses multiple stamps and ink colors for the background.  My cards today use just the large single bouquet stamp from the new Lace Bouquet set and one ink color per card.  

I used the same mask for all six cards...so only one run through the diecut machine to create the mask.  The whole set only took me 15-20 minutes.  The technique is kind of fun because it makes you stop and wonder how it was done...but it's really pretty easy.  The look is similar to layering a vellum diecut over stamping, but personally, I don't have the best luck working with vellum.  My ink always smudges and I have trouble finding an adhesive that doesn't show through.  I decided it was more fun using it as a mask that I could toss when I was finished.  :-)  I hope you'll play along and try it out! 

 

In other news, I've been asked to join the Fancy Pants design team for the coming year!

I'm super excited to work with a paper/sticker company again...it's been awhile!  I love my stamps of course, but I'm excited about playing with pretty papers and embellishments again too!  I'm also hoping it gets me back into the scrapbooking groove a little more.  I really do miss it and my kids miss it too...they always love looking through their books...but sadly the last few years worth of photos are just sitting on my computer.  :-(  

So you'll be seeing my work over on the Fancy Pants blog and I'll be sharing some peeks of the new lines here soon!  For now, here's a card using their beautiful Winterland collection (available HERE, HERE and HERE)...

I used a Hero background stamp over the top of some subtle patterned paper from the Winterland collection, then topped it off with the "chill out" journaling card, a border sticker and some chipboard snowflakes.  I layered one of the snowflakes over a Filter Paper circle for a little added dimension.  

Ok...I'd better get moving...lots and lots of things on the to-do list this week!  Thanks for stopping by.  

 Finished size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"

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