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Mr & Mrs

Spring is in the air! Well, almost that is. I don't know what it's like in other countries, but we in the north, Sweden, always long for spring. We have such dark winters and some days, if you work indoors, you don't see any daylight at all. It's already getting lighter though, and in about a month or so the snow will melt and we will se spring flowers pop up here and there - I can't wait!

Even though my sister and her husband got married in October, I wanted to do a light and bright layout with some pics of the newlyweds. Since springtime often means weddingtime, I felt this theme would be a good one for my sisters weddingpics and hopefully this page will inspire all of you to sprinkle some gorgeous Petaloo flowers on your spring pages, weddingpages or others!

 

I've used lots of beautiful Petaloo flowers and leaves on this page and I love how light and crisp the colors look together! The large open rose was painted with crackle accents and then I sprinkled some yellow glitter on in. I treated some of my chipboard pieces from Dusty Attic the same way.

More close-ups of these amazing flowers:

Petaloo products used:

CMC Open rose

Canterbury vine spray - green

Mini Canterbury - lemon

Magnolia blossoms - white

Sunflower leaf branch - green

Velvet hydrangeas - sage

Velvet and lace - peach

Mixed rose leaves

Darjeeling petites - black/cream

 

Have fun creating! See you soon!

Helena

The Smell Of Spring

Today,  the Petaloo team leaves for the CHA show!  We will post pictures of the new flowers, the booth and all the exciting "goings-on" at the show!  Stay tuned...

Until then...we have a post from DT member Irene from Malaysia.  Enjoy...

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Are you all ready for a little Spring? Today, I would like to share a layout which is fully inspired by the photograph on it. This is a photograph of my furkid, Hiro, enjoying smelling all the fresh blooms in the garden. The yummy Sienna Darjeeling flowers by Petaloo are perfect to enhance the fresh atmosphere which I'm trying to create for this layout.

Here are some close-ups on it.

The fresh citrus colors with the combination of various Petaloo flowers are amazing and sets the right effect for the layout!

Here is the list of Petaloo products which I've used on this layout.

Darjeeling Collection - Sienna asst.- click here

Chantilly Velvet Hydrangeas - Sage - click here

CMC Flower Layers - Snowflake White - click here

Canterbury Flowering Vine Spray - Yellow - click here

Chantilly Velvet Butterflies - Earthtones - click here

xx Irene Tan  

SNEEK Peek...."Vintage Dazzlers" by Petaloo!!

Ready for another "Sneek Peek"

from our Spring 2012 line?

Today we will start with a beautiful & vintage tag made with our new

"Vintage Dazzlers" 

Collection

introducing...

"Vintage Dazzler" Collection

Spring 2012

 

~ 2 X 3 "lightly glittered" tags

(perfect for ATC cards)

~ three dimensional design... 

~ created from designs over 100 years old...

~ includes glue dots on back...

~ perfect for greeting cards, tags & more!

 $3.99 retail

for an assorted pack of 8 designs!

 

4 NEW styles

 ~ BIRTHDAY WISHES

~ FLORAL DESIGNS

~ BEST WISHES

~ LOVE LETTERS

 (Vintage Dazzlers ~ Floral Collection pkg 8)

see card below....

 

(card made by DT member Christine Ousley using Vintage Dazzlers,

Spring Darjeeling flowers & Chantilly Velvet Blooms )

(Vintage Dazzlers ~ "Birthday Greetings"

Collection of 8...)

4 designs per pkg two of each design...

(tag designed by Beth Bergner using Vintage Dazzlers &

Spring Darjeeling flowers by Petaloo)

(Vintage Dazzlers ~ "Best Wishes" Collection of 8

4 designs per pkg two of each design...)

(Tag designed by Beth Berner ~ using Vintage Dazzlers &

Penny Lane flowers & hat pins by Petaloo)

 

We hope you enjoyed this Sneek Peek!

There are more goodies to see tomorrow...

 

 

10 Days Of Christmas at Petaloo!

‎"New Year's Inspirations" with Graphics 45 and Petaloo!! Join us this coming Monday Dec 26th for a week of creativity using Graphic 45's new TROPICAL TRAVELOGUE collection of paper and Petaloo's new MINI DARJEELING collection of flowers! Lots of fun projects, lots of giveaways, and lots of inspiration!!!

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Hi everyone! I'm sure that one of the most popular project for this holiday season would be Christmas cards! Most of us would create some handmade Christmas cards for our special friends and relatives. Here's one which I've created recently using some gorgeous Petaloo flowers.

The beautiful papers by Bo Bunny is such a perfect match with the amazing blues in these Petaloo flowers. Here are some close-ups on it.

Here is the lidt of Petaloo products used:

CMC Flower Layers - Marine Blue 

Tiffany's Treasure - Jewels Centers - Blue Sapphire

Dazzlers - Florettes - Fush/Teal/Chart/White - Sarah Mix

This second project might not be much of a Christmas but I hope it would inspire some altered projects that you might want to get into for this Christmas.

 And here is a close-up on it

Here is the list of Petaloo products involved:

Sweetpea Collection - White/Pink/Fushia

CMC Flower Layers - Snowflake White

Jeweled Candies - mini flowers - Fuschia

Chantilly Collection - Velvet Hydrangeas - Cream

Velvet Butterflies - Earthtones

Hope you all like today's project! Happy creating!

xx Irene Tan

Something for your Christmas candy?

HOORAY...only one more week until Christmas!!  If you find yourself (somehow) with a little extra time to create a few "last minute" Christmas decorations or gifts, Petaloo has some great project ideas!  

This adorable Christmas project comes from DT member Helena Johannson in Sweden!!!

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I love making Christmas candy with my children. I also love eating Christmas candy! If there will be something left after we make fudge this year, I will put some in this little cornet I made out of beautiful papers from Pion Design and with lots of gorgeous Petaloo flowers. Maybe I even will give this away (if there is some fudge left, that is...)?

I just rolled the papers into a little cone and then glued them together. I put a doily in the opening and then I attached some lovely ribbon and lace from May Arts for a handle. And then I dived into my flowerbox and found Ivy Leaf vines, Magnolia blossoms and Velvet hydrangeas which I used to decorate my cornet.

Look at these amazing flowers and vine! I love the gold sprayed onto the ivy leaf vine - perfect for a Christmas project. Hmm, I just might keep this one and hang it into our Christmas tree!

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Helena

Petaloo products used:

Ivy Leaf vine

Magnolia blossoms - white

Velvet hydrangeas - red

Thanksgiving Wishes

Hi everyone!!  Lisa here.  I don't know about you, but Thanksgiving is such a big day for celebrating family, friends and of course, food.  We go to my mother's house and there is never anything less than 25-30 people there for dinner.  It has always been like that. 

It's always a good time.  Me and my cousins are now grown with families of our own, so now our kids all play together.  The house is full of mouth watering scents, children's laughter, dogs running around and adults all chatting and laughing it up with no shortage of vino! 

This is a card I made for my mother.

I used a mix of Canterbury Naturals and Forget Me Nots along with a stem from a Canterbury Berry Spray.

I also added some Color Me Crazy Leaves.  I LOVE these!  They come in white and are made of different materials which gives you a lot of options for texture.  I misted mine with some Ranger Colorwash in Cranberry and then I used some Stickles to give them a little shimmer.  Perfect fall leaves in a snap!!!

Supplies:

Canterbury Naturals in Brown

Canterbury Forget Me Nots in Amethyst and Sage

Canterbury Berry Spray

Color Me Crazy Mixed Fabrics Fall Foliage

 

Have a safe and happy Holiday Season!!!

Hugs,

Lisa

Petaloo.....sun, sand and sea!

Hello Petaloooers!! It's Lynne stoppin by to share one of my latest creations.

Back in August my sisters family, along with me and my kiddos, spent a week at the beach....oh what a WONDERFUL WEEK it was!!
On the last day....I took this picture of "the cousins"!!

I had gotten some of the ohhh sooooo Beautiful Beach Cottage by IOD/Creative Imaginations and was waiting for the right embellies to come my way....
WELL BY GOLLY they did!!

Chantilly ~ Mixed Blooms
Chantilly ~ Velvet Leaves
CMC ~ Petite Mini Roses
CMC ~ Mixed Floral
Canterbury Collection ~ Vine Spray






Hope this has inspired you to pull out that
OHHHH SOOOO special photo.....
some Petaloo GOODNESS and let the creating begin!!

Lynne

Day 6....Quick Quotes and Petaloo!

 

Hello and Happy Saturday to Everyone!  

We are so excited to be sharing this week of Quick Quotes and Petaloo projects with you!

It is our LAST DAY ...  But what a great week we have shared with Quick Quotes!  We want to say THANK YOU for sharing your beautiful papers, chalks, and vellum quotes with us!!  Your products are not only beautiful but also fun & easy to design with ...

 

We cannot leave out the fact that Petaloo has the most perfect Canterbury flowers to match the Julie Je t'aime & Cherry Truffle papers!  Don't you agree?

 

Today we close our Blog Hop with a beautiful card from DT member Lynne Forsythe.  

 

Our lucky winner is:

                                Julie Bohler 

"These projects are "scrapfabulicious!" The combination of QQ and Petaloo is just to die for! TFS!!!"

  Congratulations Julie!  Please email Cheryl@Petaloo.com with your shipping address.  We will get your flower prize to you asap!

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Howdy folks........Lynne poppin' in with another creation using
Quick Quotes and Petaloo.

I have to say....when I opened my box of goodies I gasped at the beauty that lay inside...the vibrant beautiful colors of the
Julie Je T'aime papers
and the gorgeous
Canterbury Collection!!
I couldn't wait to put on my creative thinking cap and "have at" all the GOOOODNESS!!

Truth be know.....I'm not a big purple person but the papers and flowers were just so beautiful the card came about with great ease!! And the
Color Vellum Instant Journaling
quote was just PERFECT!!

I created the focal point of my "cluster" utilizing a
Canterbury Glitter Fleur

I then tucked in a couple of
Canterbury Forget~Me~Nots

and accented the "cluster" with a few pieces of
Canterbury Vine Spray

Finishing it off with some custom colored loopy bows and
Chantilly Velvet Leaves!!

I hope you've enjoyed my inspiration as much as I did creating it!!!

Thanks for stoppin' by
Lynne

Don't forget to head on over to the Quick Quotes Blog for more inspiration!!

 

Day 5 Petaloo and Quick Quotes Blog Hop

 

Hello and Happy Friday to Everyone!  

We are so excited to be sharing this week of Quick Quotes and Petaloo projects with you!

It is DAY FIVE already?  Can you believe that?  But do not fret, we are going to extend the creativity, the fun and the giveaways ONE MORE DAY...thru Saturday...WOO HOO!!  

 

Today we have a couple of great projects from  DT member Christine Ousley.  Are you ready for a sweet little layout and an amazing card & gift bag?!

Christine will show you how you can take this beautiful paper, piece it together (like a quilt) add some pictures and of course, Petaloo flowers to make some wonderfully original projects...

Her projects are designed with the rich colors of the "Cherry Truffle" paper Collection from Quick Quotes and the NEW Canterbury Collection of Glittered Fleurs, Forget me nots, and Naturals flowers from Petaloo.    Enjoy  &  leave us a comment and let us know what you think...

 

Our lucky Blog Hop winner is:

 

Regina aka Mrs. Ham 

"This is absolutely fabulous. Each container is even lovelier than the next. Those beautiful flowers just add the perfect touch."

 

 

  Congratulations Regina!  Please email Cheryl@Petaloo.com with your shipping address.  We will get your flower prize to you asap!

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 Hello everyone!!  Such exciting new projects this week from Petaloo and Quick Quotes.  I have a couple of things to show you and I will start off with a layout.  The warm rich colors of the paper from Quick Quotes was perfect for these pictures of my daughter.  The vellum quote is also from Quick Quotes.  It is full of color and blends seemlessly into the background.  Love that!

Would you believe I took these pictures about 10 years ago?  I can't believe my little girl is now 19.  Time flies by so fast.

Scrapbooking in block style makes it easy to use your flowers on your layouts.  Cut small pieces of patterned paper all one width, layer them in various heights and then fit your pictures on top of them.  After that all you have to do is make your flower arrangement and attach a beautiful bow with ribbon from May Arts.  Be sure to use different sizes of flowers and various colors for an eye catching bouquet. 

 I used the Canterbury Vine Spray in Cream along the left side to pull the eye upwards and then various flowers from the Canterbury line in Paprika and Vanilla and Mixed Blooms in Black to ground the eye on the bottom of the layout.  Then to lead the eye across to the pictures, I added a small bunch of the same flowers underneath the journaling block which was cut from a Spellbinders die.

My second project is a little gift bag and card.  I used the same papers as I did on the layout but focused more on the Paprika Canterbury Flowers.  A few yellow and brown Basic Grey gems and scalloped edges cut from a Tim Holtz edge die and you have a fancy gift duo that will thrill the recipient.

On the card I used another vellum Quick Quote.  Simple and sweet it stands out beautifully against the red of the background paper.  I just cut around the edge of it and attached it with a little tape runner.

The gift bag is created from the same paper and has the same decorative edges as the card.  I also used the gems again to tie the two parts of this project together.  The small gift bag is cut using my Silhouette and will hold a small gift.  It's tied close with a lace ribbon from May Arts. 

I hope you enjoy the rest of the blog hop and have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies Used:

• Quick Quotes Cherry Truffle 100
• Quick Quotes Cherry Truffle 200
• Quick Quotes Cherry Truffle 300
• Quick Quotes Color Vellum Quotes
• Petaloo Canterbury vine spray - Cream
• Petaloo Canterbury Rose - Paprika
• Petaloo Mini Canterbury Assorted - Paprika
• Petaloo Mixed Blooms - Black
• Petaloo Mini Canterbury Assorted - Vanilla

Happy Friday!

Christine

PS.  Make sure to check out the Quick Quotes BLOG to see what their designers have created and leave a message to win! 

 

Framed in flowers

Hey there, it's Tanisha here with an altered project using Petaloo flowers. 

I bought this frame eons ago and finally decided to put it to use.  After painting the edges and covering the front with patterned paper, I picked several flowers from the new Chantilly collection and Canterbury Berry Spray to decorate the front of the frame.  By clustering the flowers along the corner, I am able to really draw attention to the photo (that I plan to put in the frame).

close up of the flowers used

Canterbury Berry Spray- Brown

Chantilly Velvet Mini Blossoms - Cream

Velvet Poinsettias- White

Velvet Berry Picks- Brown

Chantilly Velvet Mixed Blooms

I hope you enjoyed this frame project.  It could be a great gift for the upcoming holidays!

Enjoy your day,

Tanisha