New Fancy Pants Designs Collections Now Available!

We love this time of year! So many amazing, new paper crafting collections are arriving every single day. Just this week, we've received more Prima, Graphic 45 and Authentique Paper products! 

We're working hard to stock the items on our shelves so we can process all of the orders as quickly as possible - most within 24 hours after the collections are received.

We're so happy to offer the wonderful products from Fancy Pants Designs! They're such an amazing company. We think you'll absolutely love their new "The Bright Side" and "Poolside" lines!

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Hooray! Help Us Welcome our February 2017 Guest Designer!

The busy months of December and January are finally behind us and it's time to get back to our Guest Designer Spotlight!

Her name is Chris (screenname EMMAPAIGE). She's freshly retired which leaves her a bit more time to create and scrapbook every day!

Here are a few things about Chris:

"Must Have" Craft Supply: Patterned Paper(s)

What inspires her: "The ACOT Gallery and challenges; process videos and CHALLENGES (of course)


A little bit about Chris: "My favorite subjects are my five grandchildren, my children and my husband (and occasionally me). We do not have any pets (we had three dogs at one point) but all four of our children have one or multiple dogs."

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She selected the new Sweet Nothings collection from Fancy Pants Designs to create several scrapbook layouts. Be sure to check them all out by visiting the A Cherry On Top Crafts Guest Designer announcement in the gallery. 

"My Favorite Place":

Retirement definitely has its perks and getting to stay in bed a little longer is one of them! Chris journals, "Now I can stay in our new Tempur-Pedic bed a little longer, watch som eTV and catch up with the world on my iPad..."

"Happy Mail"

Who doesn't love getting new craft supplies in the mail? Chris captured the joy of happy mail in this layout. We <3 it!

To see more of her layouts, click HERE and don't forget to join in on all of her inspiring challenges during the month of February! Visit our Contests & Challenges Message Board forum for more information.

Welcome Chris!

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Free Ebooks = Paper Crafting Inspiration Anytime!

I'll admit it.  Sometimes I have projects that need to get done, but my mojo isn't exactly cooperating.  It's nice to find that perfect inspiration at that exact right moment.  There's nothing like it when it comes to paper crafting!

We're thrilled to see more and more manufacturers providing scrapbooking tutorials, art deco ideas and general paper crafting design how-to's via Ebooks!

We thought it would be a great idea to put these all in one spot for you - making it easier to grab that inspirational mojo rejuvenation anytime you need it!

Here are a few direct links to get you started:

Fancy Pants Volume 1
Fancy Pants Volume 2
The Story Of Us Inspiration Ebook
Good Day Sunshine Inspiration Ebook
Echo Park May Idea Book
Echo Park Spring Idea Book

Don't you just love it when inspiration strikes - anytime you want it to?  

We'll be updating our paper crafting resources all of the time so be sure to bookmark the page and check it often!

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CHA - Winter 2013 Wrap-Up!

We're Back From CHA!

For those not familiar with what CHA is - here's a little info:

'CHA' is an acronym for Craft and Hobby Association.  In general, the CHA hosts a conference and trade show twice each year.  The Winter 2013 conference took place in California - USA making the city of Anaheim 'the happiest place on earth' for more than one reason!

Manufacturers, retailers and various media gurus from all over the globe flock together to share new, soon-to-be-released products, inspiring ideas and tons of resources.  We ♥ CHA!

Watch Jared from Fancy Pants

We were excited to see the new paper crafting collections from companies like Basic Grey, Fancy Pants Designs, Simple Stories, Echo Park Paper and so many more!  Here are a few pics:

Fancy Pants Designs

Heidi with Cynthia Sandoval,
owner of Doodlebug Design

One of the highlights of the show has to be touching base with those friends we normally only visit with by phone or email.  Cynthia from Doodlebug Design, Inc. always has a smile and a hug ready!  She's incredible and she makes CHA that much more special!  

I wish I had time to take snap shots of all of the designers and manufacturers, but we were busy buying, buying, buying!

Watch Byron tell us about BasicGrey's Mint Julep collection:

We're expecting more new product the next coming months than ever! 

We hope you like what you see in the ACherryOnTop.com shoppe.  As always, we're working hard to provide the item selection, service and shipping speed you come to expect from us.  Thanks for helping us do what we love to do!

Paper Crafting With Off To School By Fancy Pants Designs

Posted by SarahA (Sarah):

When I saw the sneak peek of the Off To School line from Fancy Pants during CHA, I knew I HAD to have it. With a little one starting kindergarten this year, a school line was a must have for me! 


I love the new chipboard shapes in this line and all of the fun Design Embellishments. There are so many fun options with this line, you can scrap all of your school photos or use them for other projects like I did!


Kindergarten Supplies
I love school supplies. After all, they're like the distant cousin of scrappy supplies, right?! I had to spread it all out and take a photo of our supplies for this year. The pencil paper fit this page perfectly! I also used a few pieces from the strips sheet. I cut and layered 3 of the cards from the cards sheet and used that to list the supplies. I used a lot of the chipboard pieces and layered them in a sort of frame around the journaling cards.
 

 

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First Day of School
On this layout, I layered a few strips from the Stripes sheet on the left hand side, then used my machine to stitch around the edge of the paper a few times. I needed a little something extra in the left corner, so I layered one of the cards from the cards sheet under the photo.  I used a little of everything for embellishments on this page- the Design Elements, buttons, chipboard and Chalk Stickers. I also used the Smash Stamp on this page a few times for the date.

 

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Altered Box Top Container
A few weeks ago on the message board, there was a discussion on the Box Tops for Education. Grace posted a link of a cute altered container, and I decided to make one, too. 


I raided my recycling bin and found this parmesan cheese container and set to work altering it. I used a border punch for the edges, a few scrapbooking patterned papers and some cardstock to cover the outside. I then wrapped the middle of the jar in twine and made a tag using one of the Chalk Stickers and some Jenni Bowlin alphas. 


The pencil sticker is also from the Chalk Stickers sheet. This is a much cuter alternative to the old envelope I was keeping them in!

 

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Flashcard Box
My daughter was sent home with flashcards for the sight words she'll be learning through the year. I decided to make a box to hold them all and set out to look for a template. Turns out a Crayola box of 24 crayons was just the right size! 


I first traced the template on a  piece of patterned paper, then scored the fold lines and assembled the box. I used Tombow liquid glue to adhere the side. When that was completely dry, I used a flash card from the Design Embellishments pack  to decorate the front. On top of that, 


I used a small piece from that pack, punched holes in the sides and tied it on with baker's twine. I also used foam adhesive on the back for a little dimension. My Jenni Bowlin chalkboard alphas made an appearance on this project, too!

 

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Products used in this reveal:


 

How To Scrapbook Using Grids

Posted by Kimandasmo (Cindy):

Thank you for joining me this month for part two of Making the Grid. Missed Part 1? Click HERE.  


This month we are going to look at making grids with your pictures. I like doing this because it allows you to use multiple pictures on one scrapbooking page, without over crowding it. For this reveal I have used 6-9 pictures on each of my layouts.


Around the Page
My first picture grid I like to call around the page, because the photos form a grid around the page with your title in the center.


For this layout I started with 9 pictures trimmed to approximately 3x3.

I placed my pictures on my background paper, the reverse side of  Little Flowers by Echo Park, around the page touching each other leaving the center open, creating a square. In this space I cut and matted some complimentary cardstock to approximately 5 X 2 1/2, this is the space I used for my title.

I then added my title and embellished my page using Making the Team Alpha + bits from Bella Blvd.

 

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Collage Style
For this page I started with six photos, that I cropped to approximately 2 1/2x 2 1/2:

I matted these pictures touching each other, on Learning Paper from Fancy Pants, as you might do a collage photo. I then placed this large mat on top of my background. For my background I used Too Cool  and New Shoes.

I then embellished my page using pieces from Cards Paper. I tried to stay with the grid style when placing my embellishments.

 

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Separated Grid
For this page I started with six pictures trimmed to approximately 3x3. I matted each photo separately on black card stock.
 

Then I created my background using layers of paper from Happy Days By Echo Park:

I kept a space in the center of my photos and created a grid using strips of this blue paper.
 

 

 
I used the space between the pictures to make my title. Then I completed my scrapbooking page using accent embellishments from Happy Days by Echo Park.

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I hope you have found some great and simple ways to incorporate grid style layouts into your scrapbooking. I can't wait to see them in the gallery.


Thanks to A Cherry on Top for allowing me to create with these great products: