Fancies and Flocked See Thruz

What are they and how do I use them?
We are asked this question a lot. 

Fundamentals Fancies and Bella! See Thruz are pieces of foiled or flocked acetate that you attach to cards and scrapbooking layouts to embellish your work. 
Each packet has 6 sheets of acetate, all different designs! 
Foil Fancies come in Gold (FNF10),  Red (FNF34) and Silver (FNF41).
Flocked Fancies come in Chocolate (FNF29), White (FNF58) and two Black designs (FNF27 and FNF36)
Bella! See Thruz come in White flocked (EA55)
With my head firmly in Christmas mode, I chose a packet (6 sheets) of Red Foil Fancies (FNF34) and made these Christmas Cards.

How do I attach them?

Cut out a frame. Position the Fancy on the back of your piece of cardstock and trace around it, using a craft knife, cut the frame 5mm smaller than the outline. Using normal sellotape attach your Fancy inside the window frame.

 

Cover adhesive with bling. Using liquid glue or dots attach the acetate to the card and cover the adhesive with bling.

 Use bling to attach the acetate.

Use the design to hide the adhesive Using liquid glue or dots, place the adhesive behind the design so it doesn't show from the front.

What adhesive should I use?
I used Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue (the blue one) or Glue Dots or Bella! Bling to attach them to my work.

Enjoy!  I am mailing out my Christmas Cards today....what a wonderful feeling to have them all done and on their way.

Banners! Banners! Banners!

I've been designing a Banner for my grandniece's 1st Birthday - a very cute duck theme and then I wanted to make a card for my daughter and because I was in 'Banner' mode I thought 'why not!' .....just shrink it down to card size!
Using Bella! Glitz scrapbooking paper Zest (code BGF80) I cut four banners with my cricut and Tie the Knot cartridge (page 65) on 2" I selected the shift function because I can mix-and-match the inner triangle and the scallop outside shape to create interest.
The font is Storybook at 1 1/4" with a shadow. The three Chromatics Cardstock colours are CS45 Pinot, CS82 Saffron and CS10 Apple and they match perfectly with Zest.
I cut the flower from the Zest paper, used a 3D mounting tape to give some dimension and added some silver Bling57.
Banners are all the rage at the moment - one would look great as a title on a scrapbook page too.....hmmm now there's another idea.