Jun 16, 2014
Taylored Expressions & Fancy Pants Designs Day 1
Happy Monday! For the next three days, we find ourselves lucky enough to team up with our friends at Fancy Pants Designs. From papercrafting to party and stationery supplies, Fancy Pants Designs has been delighting crafters since 2005. We’ve partnered up with them to inspire you to create with joy and we hope you’ll join us for a ton of fun!
We’ll also be giving away two pretty awesome prize packs! Keep reading for details…
Today we have Baker’s Dozen team members Jen Shults and Stephanie Kraft with us to share some wonderful projects they created with TE stamps and dies along with products from Fancy Pants Designs!
Jen Shults
Jen’s Notes: I am such a sucker for gradient paper and when I saw the gorgeous gradient paper in the As You Wish Kit I KNEW I had to create a card with it so that’s where I started. From there I went to my go to paper, kraft, and let the card develop from there. I’m so so happy with how it came out and how all the wonderful elements and extras from the As You Wish Kit matched up wonderfully with my stamps and dies from Taylored Expressions!
Jen’s Notes: I just love the wonderful bold colors and patterns of the Be Different paper kit! I had so much fun creating these tag cards. I’m always needing fun little tags for birthday presents and it seems I always run short on tags and cards for little boys so these were first up on my list! The Be Different papers and accessories were just perfect!
Stephanie Kraft
Steph’s Notes: I made a set of tags using the Fancy Pants Nautical collection. Once the tags were stitched together, they were adhered to another layer of cardstock to make them sturdy (and to hide the stitching on the back of the tag). Tag Reinforcements was die cut out of Kraft Corrugate paper. The two stars were die cut from Menu (red stripe) and White Corrugated paper using a Star Stacklets die. The two stars were layered over the base of the tag. The sentiment (from Shade Tree Sentiments) was stamped onto Choice Kraft cardstock, die cut with Banner Stacklets 1, then popped up with foam tape. Embellishments include a button from the Nautical Button set, hemp ribbon and cord.
Steph’s Notes: I made a set of cards using the Fancy Pants As You Wish collection. All three cards feature the Dictionary patterned paper in the background. TE Silhouette Stems 4, 5, and 6 were die cut out of black cardstock and framed with various patterned photo frames that are part of the AYW collection. The sentiment was stamped onto a Banner Stacklets 1 die and is from Sunshiny Day. The heart embellishment was created with Heart Stacklets and Kraft Corrugate paper. Finally, I added a few sequins and stitching all around to complete my set of thank you cards.
Taylor’s Notes: We celebrated our 10 year anniversary recently and I’ve been wanting to make my husband a frame for his desk. Of course it can’t be just a picture in a frame so I created the shadowbox layout using the As You Wish collection. I stuck to the deep navy, green, and mustard tones and left out the pink to keep it a little more masculine.
Taylor VanBruggen
Taylor was so inspired by the projects created by our design team members that she decided to play along! Here is one of her fun projects using products from Fancy Pants Designs…

Now be sure to head over to the Fancy Pants Designs designer’s blogs for more inspiration!
Jess and Laurel have created some fabulous projects and you’ll want to visit the Fancy Pants Designs Blog for details on how you can win a terrific prize pack!
Jen’s card:
Stamps: From Me To You (TE); Paper: As You Wish 12×12 Collection Kit (Fancy Pants); Ink: Espresso Truffle (Memento), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink); Accessories: Friendship Blooms dies (TE), Mini Leaves dies (TE), Spellbinders Circle dies, Small Decorative Tags (Fancy Pants), corner rounder (EK Success), Janome Sew Mini, heavy duty cream thread, sponge ink applicator, twine thread, foam tape, quick dry adhesive (3M)
Jen’s tags:
Stamps: Bugabee, Milestone Markers (TE); Paper: Be Different 12×12 kit, Kraft, Choice Butter Cream Cardstock (TE); Ink: Ladybug, Nautical Blue, Cottage Ivy, Tangelo (Memento), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink); Accessories: Tag Stacklets 2 (TE), Tag Reinforcements dies (TE), Banner Stacklets 1 (TE), Pinking Circle Stacklets (TE), Party Time dies (TE), Be Different Button Set (Fancy Pants), twine thread (TE), foam tape (TE), sponge ink applicator (Ranger), Quick Dry Adhesive (3M)
Stephanie’s tags:
Stamps: Shade Tree Sentiments (TE); Paper: Harbor, Menu, White Corrugate from Nautical, Kraft Corrugate from As You Wish (Fancy Pants); Choice Buttercream, Choice Kraft (TE); Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Accessories: Taylored Dies: Banner Stacklets 1, Star Stacklets, Tag Stacklets 2, Tag Reinforcements (TE); Buttons (Fancy Pants), Hemp ribbon, Hemp cord, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.
Stephanie’s cards:
Stamps: Sunshiny Day (TE)
Paper: Dictionary, Kraft Corrugate from As You Wish (Fancy Pants), Choice Buttercream (TE), Black
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Taylored Dies: Banner Stacklets 1, Heart Stacklets (TE); Frames Sequins, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.
Taylor’s Shadow Box Frame:
Fancy Pants: As You Wish Collection Kit, As You Wish Flair, As You Wish Brag Cards; Taylored Expressions: Heart Stacklets, Banner Stacklets 3, Cork Paper
Feeling inspired to create? We’d love to help with a GIVEAWAY! One lucky winner will receive our Butterfly Parade stamp set along with a Fancy Pants Designs As You Wish Collection Kit! To enter, simply leave a comment below telling us what you loved about today’s projects. Visit each blog post between June 16-18 for more chances to enter! Comments close Friday, June 20, 2014 at 8pm PST.
PLUS, we have a second prize pack! If you’d like to win our Bon Voyage stamp set along with a Fancy Pants Designs Nautical Collection Kit, head over to the Fancy Pants Designs Blog for all the details. Good luck!