Bright Side - DT layout for Fancy Pants Designs

Hi there friends,

I'm back today with a new layout I made for Fancy Pants Designs.

I've been waiting for the new collections impatiently, especially The Bright Side. Have you seen it? Oh my goodness! It's so unique, the colors are so fresh and the designs are so pretty and fun! Amber LaBau did it again! 

When I got my package I got to work right away, I knew exactly which papers I want to use first.

The other thing I really wanted to use on my layout was one of the crochet flowers! Well actually I would have used more but there's only 2 in a pack, so I'm hoarding the other one for now!

I started with my title. I chose a font I liked in Silhouette Studio and blew up the title to a big size, then cut it from a yellow patterned paper. I adhered this to the green-white striped paper and hand stitched around it using embroidery floss. The layout itself is a very simple and quick one, so I thought I might as well spend some time adding stitching. I actually feel bad if a layout comes together too quickly haha! Once done, I glued this strip of paper onto my background paper.

The paper I chose for my background has a subtle grid pattern and that amazing floral print at the top. I knew I wanted to put my photo there, but it covered the sides and I didn't like that. So with heavy heart I took an exacto knife and started cutting around the leaves so I can tuck my photo under them. I say with heavy heart because I'm seriously bad with the exacto knife. Luckily I haven't messed it up!

I added a couple of layers of tissue paper behind my photo to give it a bit of dimension. Then I placed it where I wanted it and glued it down. I haven't used an awful lot of embellishments, I wanted to keep the rest of the layout simple. So I just layered some tags and die cut pieces around my photo, one die cut flower on my title and of course the crochet flower! God I love that flower!

As for the scooter! It was meant to be! This photo was taken in Sicily so I thought the scooter must go on the layout. If not now, when? Ha!

To finish off my layout I stamped my date on a tab and added some black ink splatters.

That's it guys! I hope these colors makes you smile today!

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

X

Valentine - DT layout for Fancy Pants Designs

Hi there crafty friends,

Today I'm sharing a layout I created for Fancy Pants using their gorgeous Sweet Nothings collection from last year. I think this is still my favorite Valentine's line, the colors and patterns are just so unique! Which is actually why I've always loved Fancy Pants so much!

I chose the black and white striped paper for my background, because I think I haven't used this one for background before. To add a bit of interest and a little accent, I adhered two different strips of papers at the bottom of the page.

For my title I used a cut file from The Cut Shoppe and I backed the letters with a few different patterned papers. I added foam adhesive to the letters so I have a nice dimension on my layout. 

The photo I chose is a really bad quality photo, however my kiddo's face is priceless (he was still chewing on the last piece of his steak haha) and I love everyday captures like this so I scrapped it anyway. I layered some tissue paper and tucked some tags behind my photo to add a bit of color and texture. I also attached a couple of embellishments at the top, die cuts and a cute heart clip.

I hand stitched around the little heart in the letter A, glued a puffy sticker heart in the middle. Lately I've been using eyelets again, so I added one in the middle of the heart and hung the tags from the hole.  

I then glued down the photo and the cut file too, side by side, and started decorating the title. For this I used a few die cuts, puffy stickers and tags. 

I popped up some of the embellies on the title, to create extra dimension. To finish off my layout, I stamped the date, wrote the journaling and scattered some puffy sticker - and die cut sequins around my page.

So that's it for today guys! I hope you like my layout and get inspired to get crafty! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

X

Thank You Teacher - DT project for Fancy Pants Designs

Hi there,

I'm back today with a project I created for Fancy Pants. Our focus this time was the wonderful new collection Take Note, designed by the lovely Amber LaBau.

This collection, as its name suggests, is all about planning, notebooks, school, books - especially the embellishments. The papers are mostly generic, so you could use them for any project really. And I'm in love with them! Gorgeous colors and patterns, you can come up with many different color combinations! Looking at the die cut pack I thought it would be a good idea to create some teacher appreciation cards.

I've had this cut file for years but every time I opened it, I got overwhelmed. There's a lot of small pieces! But now I took the time to search for a tutorial on the internet, had a look, and all of a sudden it didn't seem that complicated anymore! If you're interested, you find the tutorial here.

It took a while to cut all the pieces, especially the small ones, even with the Cameo. I'm not big on planning ahead, and here I had to. So I planned out in the Studio program what piece I want to cut from which paper and colored the pieces so I don't forget. Especially because I wanted to create 3 cards with 3 different color combinations. I didn't use all pieces available in the cut file because I wanted to use some pieces from the ephemera pack of this collection.

While cutting the files I started to assemble the cards. I used white textured cardstock as base for all of them to achieve a coherent look. Then I started working on the small pieces like the pencils and apples. I actually didn't end up using up all the pieces I cut!

First I attached the patterned paper panels, the Thank You banners and the teacher labels - here I sewed on different cute buttons from the series. 

Once done, I checked what die cuts from the ephemera pack I could use to decorate my cards. I started gluing these to the base, making sure everything is in the right place and is visible. For this I folded the cards at each step.

I love how they turned out! I'm glad I gave it another try because it was really fun working on these!

I hope you like my cards!

Thanks  for stopping by!

Till next time X