Sweet Land of Liberty!

I love Americana stuff and also love to decorate with the Americana theme throughout the house, especially in our guest bedroom. So over the weekend I was looking over on the Fancy Pants blog and saw that they announced a weekly, "Fancy Friday"challenge to create something using their products with the theme of "Celebrating the U.S.A.", perfect! I love Fancy Pants and I love Americana! I've been wanting to make something artsy... with paper-piecing and such with this very theme for awhile now - a piece of my own art to add to my home decor. Yep, it was perfect timing. So, I got out all of Fancy Pants products, my trusty Cricut and some other needed materials, holed myself up in my room and set off to play. I had so much fun creating this framed wall hanging, so I hope you don't mind me showing it off :)

I used primarily Fancy Pants products for this...

FP patterned Paper:

Happy Holidays "Candy Cane", On A Whimsy "Flutter", Botanical "Tulip", Kewl "Splendid", Frou-Frou "Lil' Princess", Delight "Bubbles" and Sweet Spring "Sweet Spring Alpha".

FP felt shape stars: Tis' The Season, Fashion Sense.

FP star border stamp: "Chic Alpha" set.


FP chipboard scrolls: "All Fall" Printed chipboard shapes.


FP ribbon trim: "Dapper Collection" ribbon.


Other products that I used include:
Bazzill cardstock
Cricut (Story Book, Graphically Speaking and George carts).
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in Antique Brass, Meadow and Pewter.
ColorBox Chestnut Roan Chalk ink.
Corrugated cardboard
Black twist-tie
Pinking shears
Pounce Wheel tool
Foam tape and 2-Way Zig glue pen
Scrapbook frame from Michael's (took glass out).

Here's some other detail shots...




Thanks for looking! And thank YOU, Fancy Pants, for inspiring me to get this done with your challenge! :)