Fancy Pants - Country Boutique 100% Sweet card By Lori McClellan

Fancy Pants - Country Boutique 

100% Sweet card 

By Lori McClellan

I was so lucky to get to work with the Fancy Pants - Country Boutique line this month.  Here is a picture of my kit.

As I thought about what kind of project I wanted to do, I was struck by all the flag and pendant shapes that Fancy Pants has with this line.  I love them and use these as elements in my sketches quite often, but rarely use them myself.  I remembered a sketch I did for Teresa Collins blog a few months ago and decided that it was time for me to actually do a project with the flags.  You can find the post and sketch here.

This fancy pants line has so many great pattern papers,  it was easy to put this together.  I love the non-traditional colors, all the cute die cut shapes,  and how the crochet ribbon from May arts looks like it was meant to be part of this collection.

Thanks for stopping by.  Go find all these and other great products at The Hens' Den.

Supplies used:
Fancy Pants Country Boutique - Groom
Fancy Pants Country Boutique - Ivy
Fancy Pants Country Boutique - Loved
Fancy Pants Country Boutique - Lydias
Fancy Pants Country Boutique - Die cuts
May Arts Crochet Black Lace 
Distress Tool
Jute
adhesive

Fancy Pants Valentine bottle hanger By Lori McClellan

Valentines Day bottle hanger

featuring Fancy Pants Country Boutique

By Lori McClellan

Lori here with a great Valentine's Day gift idea. 

My husband is REALLY hard to shop for, but I know that I can't go wrong with a fun evening out and food.  I used the Fancy Pants Country Boutique to make this bottle holder gift.

So begin by gathering your supplies.

Fancy Pants - Country Boutique - Black corrugate sheet 
Fancy Pants - Country Boutique - Lydia
Fancy Pants - Country Boutique - Die cuts
May Arts - Black/White 1/2" ribbon
Sewing Machine and red thread
Adhesive
Circle hole punch

Create the pocket out of the black corrugate sheet.  Cut a small piece of the Lydia paper to fit on the front pocket.  I drew a heart with a pencil, then used my sewing machine to sew the shape.  I went over it 2 times to help define the shape.

I loved the ticket from the Fancy Pants Country boutique die cut pack that said Good times, admit one.....It was PERFECT for this project!  I mounted it red cardstock  and adhered it to the Lydia paper.  I tied the May Arts Black and white ribbon around the card too, then I sewed again the parts that covered up the heart.  I cut the holder into the shape of a tag, and punched a hole at the top.

Now all that was left to do was write a note on the red cardstock tag, fill it with some fun stuff, (in this case chocolate and a gift card for dinner), and give it as a gift.  This would also make a great gift for a wedding, an anniversary, a birthday gift....whatever!

Thanks for stopping by, and remember to join The Hen's Den for a very special Valentine's Day blog hop on February 14th!  See you then!

"Boston" by Krystle Thomas

"Boston"
Designed by: Krystle Thomas
(http://hightimesinthehighdesert.blogspot.com)
Featuring: Fancy Pants Country Boutique

Steps:

1.  I decided to use Fancy Pants Country Boutique Barn Door Patterned Paper as my background.
2.  I double-matted the large photos and single-matted the small square ones.
3.  The pendents were hand cut from Fancy Pants Country Boutique Poppy, Defined, and Charlotte Patterned Paper.
4.  I slid the pendents behind the pictures and added Fancy Pants Country Boutique Cardstock Die Cuts to the top right hand corner of the page, embellishing the pendent with Teresa Collins Vintage Finds Trim.
5.  I used Petaloo Canterbury Collection Cream Magnolia Blossoms, May Arts Black Sheer Rosette Ribbon, and Graphic 45 Staples Chipboard flowers (which I accented with Teresa Collins Vintage Finds Faceted Gems & Pearls) to create embellishment clusters in between the pendents and the pictures.
6.  The final touch to the layout was the title.  I used Fancy Pants Country Boutique Cardstock Stickers for the title and adhered it to one of the pendents.

Supplies:

Fancy Pants Country Boutique Cardstock Die Cuts
Fancy Pants Country Boutique Cardstock Stickers
Fancy Pants Country Boutique Barn Door Patterned Paper
Fancy Pants Country Boutique Poppy Patterned Paper
Fancy Pants Country Boutique Defined Patterned Paper
Fancy Pants Country Boutique Charlotte Patterned Paper
Petaloo Canterbury Collection Cream Magnolia Blossoms
May Arts Black Sheer Rosette Ribbon
Graphic 45 Staples Chipboard Flowers
Teresa Collins Vintage Finds Faceted Gems & Pearls
Teresa Collins Vintage Finds Trim

Two page layout by Krystle Thomas using Country Boutique by Fancy Pants

"Chesapeake"

Designed by: Krystle Thomas

(http://hightimesinthehighdesert.blogspot.com)

Featuring: Fancy Pants Country Boutique

Steps:

1. I love the worn wood look of Fancy Pants Country Boutique Loved patterned paper and decided to use it as my background.  

2. I cut circles of various sizes from Fancy Pants Country Boutique Beatrice, Groom, and Defined patterned papers and layered them on top of each other.

3. I matted all of the pictures with black paper and arranged them on top of the circles.

4. I hand cut decorative strips of paper from Fancy Pants Country Boutique Groom, Charlotte, and Ivy patterned paper and layered them under the pictures along with May Arts Antique Gold Olive ribbon.

5.  On the left-hand side of the page, I arranged three die cuts from the Fancy Pants Country Boutique line along the right hand side of the pictures.  I added a date to one of the stickers using the alpha stickers from this line.  I also used My Mind's Eye All Is Bright buttons and Teresa Collins Vintage Finds Twine to embellish the die cuts.

6.  For the title, I handmade an accordion flower using Fancy Pants Country Boutique Defined Patterned Paper and adhered it to a circle cut from Fancy Pants Country Boutique Charlotte Patterned Paper.  I layered a strip of Fancy Pants Country Boutique Ivy Patterned Paper on top of the accordion flower, adding a title with alpha stickers.  I also include an embellished die cut next to the title to finish it off.  

Loved Beatrice Groom Defined Charlotte Ivy Die Cuts Alpha Sticker Antique Gold Olive Trims Decorative Buttons

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Two page layout by Krystle Thomas using Country Boutique by Fancy Pants

"Gillette Castle"

Designed by: Krystle Thomas

(http://hightimesinthehighdesert.blogspot.com)

Featuring: Fancy Pants Country Boutique

Steps:

1.  I really wanted the white corrugated sheets to take center stage, so I framed them with the Ivy patterned paper, inking everything with brown ink to make it pop.

2.  Next, I matted my pictures with the Charlotte patterned paper and glued them to the corrugated sheet (it was actually much easier to adhere paper to the corrugated sheets that I thought it would be).

3.  To create my title, I used the alpha stickers from this line, which I placed on a folder die cut.

4.  I tucked a circle die cut behind the folder and added a Petaloo flower to create an embellishment cluster.

5.  I fussy cut four hearts from the Loved patterned paper.  I used one heart to trace another heart on to the back side of the black corrugated sheet, which I cut out and placed behind one of the fussy cut hearts.  I tied both hearts together with twine from Teresa Collins Vintage Finds.

6.  On the right hand side of the page, I cut out a large pendent from the Groom patterned Paper.  I slipped the pendent behind the pictures and faux stitched over the cut in the paper.  

7.  I added the remaining three hearts to the stitched line and drew some faux stitches on top to complete the look.

Ivy White Corrugate Sheet Loved Groom Poppy Charlotte Black Corrugate Sheet Die Cuts Alpha Sticker Trims Petaloo Canterbury Magnolia Blossoms Cream

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Fancy Pants Country Boutique layout by Carolyn Lontin

100% Sweet Layout

Designed by Carolyn Lontin

(http://carolynlontin.blogspot.com/)

Featuring: Fancy Pants Country Boutique

Use Fancy Pants - Country Boutique - Wallpaper as the background for your layout

Trim Fancy Pants - Country Boutique - Ivy to 11.5x11.5, distress the edges using distressing tool then attach to Fancy Pants - Country Boutique - Wallpaper

Add one 4x6 photo with the edges gently sanded

Layer tags from Fancy Pants - Country Boutique - Die Cuts and Fancy Pants - Country Boutique - Banner Cuts, using foam pop dots under the "100% Sweet" tag

Add a strip of Fancy Pants - Country Boutique - Charlotte cut to 4.75x1.25, distress the edges using distressing tool then attach to layout along the right bottom edge of the photo

Add Prima Marketing - Flowers

Add two Prima Marketing - Shabby Chic Treasures - Corner Frames

Add three 7 Gypsies - Display Trim - Dome Studs Antique Brass

Add date to tag using Fancy Pants - Country Boutique - Alpha Sticker

Add two Bo Bunny - Serenity - Brads

Add journaling

Ivy Charlotte Die Cuts Banner Cuts 3D Foam Squares - 1/2 inch Serenity - Brads Alpha Sticker Flower Market - Printery Shabby Chic Treasures - Corner Frames Prima Marketing - Ingvild Bolme - Rasp Tool

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