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Petaloo with Authentique "Strong"

Hey there! It's another day with a layout featuring Petaloo gorgeous flowers with Authentique's "Strong" collection. I've decided to create a father themed layout to celebrate this coming Father's Day!

I've added several pieces of CMC chipboard gears by Petaloo on this layout. I've used textured flowers, darjeeling mix and the forget me nots to embellish the layout. 

The vintage plates by Petaloo fits perfectly here too.

The colors of this collection is so beautiful and works great together to create tons of layering on my layout. Hope you all like today's project! Check back for more inspiring projects!

Petaloo supplies used:

Mixed Textured Layers - Amber (1257-203)

Mixed Textured Blossoms - Amber (1256-203)

Forget me nots - Antique Gold (1837-052)

Darjeeling Mini Mix - Teastained Blues(1462-103)

Darjeeling Petites - Teastained Blues(1465-103)

Brad Asst - Shades of Teal (1920-129)

Label Plates - Vintage (1932-001)

CMC Chipboard Gears (1581-006)

Other Products:

Authentique "Strong" collection

xx Irene Tan

 

Petaloo Welcomes Denise Hahn as our New Design Team Member!

Denise has been our Guest Designer for 2-3 months and her work has certainly paid off.  Petaloo would like to introduce our NEWEST Design Team Memeber, Denise Hahn.

Here's some information about Denise:

My name is Denise Hahn and I am a mixed media artist and crafter from Long Beach California. I have always loved creating and I get my creativity from my Mom and Grandmother. They always had elaborately decorated packages under the Christmas tree along with handmade decorations. They also sewed amazing Halloween costumes for us. I was always in awe of what they could create and soon started joining them. But somehow I lost sight of creating and for many years let it slip away. Then I was introduced to scrapbooking from a friend and I have never looked back. I consider myself a crafter of all trades; I do paper crafting, mixed media, altered art, and jewelry. But I am always looking to learn new things. My work has been featured in Jewelry Affaire and Somerset publications, and Romantic Homes. I live in Long Beach, Ca with my husband and our two lovable pit bulls Juno and Pipi. When I am not crafting I Play roller derby for the Orange County Roller Girls (my Derby name is Crafty of course!), and skiing in Colorado.

Welcome to the Team Denise!  We are super duper excited to have you!

Now that you met Denise, here's what she's been up to. 

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Fathers Day has been bittersweet for me since my father passed away many years ago. But there is a "Daddy" in my house! As the "parents" of two pets, we can still get away with celebrating Mothers and Fathers day! But Dads are tough! Especially for us crafters- so I created something that will please us both. I altered a little burlap storage wall hanger I got at Daiso (Have you ever been to a Daiso? It is a Japanese $1.50 Store- amazing goodies). Petaloos Textured Elements go AMAZING with burlap, especially the Amber ones I used in this project. I paired these up with some Authentique Papers from the Strong Collection and ended up with something we will both like; something lovely for me to look at that's filled with goodies for my Daddy!

How fun to hang this up and surprise Daddy with? It has tickets to a concert, A sweet handmade card, and a little gift to open

I surrounded with the Mixed Textured Layers 12x12 in Amber- I arranged them asymmetrically and layers them with Forget Me Nots in Antique Green and Gold

This Authentique Strong Collection is Fathers Day themed, but also has a lot of just "Dad" stuff. It pairs great with the Amber flowers. I used a Petaloo Vintage Label Plate (I am IN LOVE with these!) with a cut out from the Authentique line behind it.

Okay so you may see a little Color me Crazy back there in that tag. There is a little tutorial on how I colored that flower over ar Clearsnap HERE. The Frames are Authentique Double Sided Die cuts run through a Xyron Creatopia with Fabric Adhesive

This last pocket has my little rescue Pippi on it, but look at all the texture she is surrounded by. Don't be afraid to mix other Flowers from other collections as I did on the bottom. The ink is Colorbox Chalk Limited Edition Cozy

Okay I can't resist making a cute banner for anything! This one was soooo easy. Just some Twine, Forget Me Nots, Authentique Paper, and some Hot Glue

To Create this Banner, I lined everything up first and strung the pennants- then I put a dab of hot glue on one side of the flower and sandwiched them together- so easy!

So who says flowers can't be for Dads? What will you flower up for yours?

-Denise

 

Petaloo & Authentique

The Authentique Strong Collection and Petaloo Darjeeling flowers are just right for a Fathers Day card. I have layered a couple of Authentique papers and then played with frames and diecuts. I have used 3D-pads to get dimension.

I painted the flowers and leaves with some white gesso to get a frosted look.

I have used a little Petaloo vintage Label Plate in the middle - I adore these! So perfect to make a title or sentiment to stand out!

 

Here's a close-up of some of the Darjeeling flowers in the color Teastained Blue:

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

Helena

Petaloo products used:

Label Plate x 3 - Vintage

Darjeeling Mini Mix - Teastained Blues

Darjeeling Petites - Teastained Blues

 Authentique Papers products used:

Strong Collection - papers and diecuts

 

 

A Gift for a....

I created a card and a canvas which would be a wonderful gift for a Grad or a Dad using the Strong Collection from Authentique and some LOVERLY Petaloo blooms!!!

My canvas had begun as a card face and morphed into a canvas.

The new Textured Flowers and the new Penny Lane collection are just PERFECT TOGETHER.

A few Darjeeling flowers nestled in were just the perfect additon. A bit of tule and jute made the flower cluster complete.

The matching card was created with the same BEAUTIFUL Authentique papers, Textured flowers and Penny Lane blooms!

Hope you've enjoyed my creations!! 

Dads & Grads!!

This is one busy month!  We have Father's Day and graduations all smooshed into one month.  Sheesh!

I had the pleasure of working with Authentique's Strong collection of papers and they are really wonderful.  Just perfectly manly.  LOL

Let's start with a Father's Day card I made.

Umm, did you see that cute little name plate??  Guess what?  It's from Petaloo.  Uh-huh!  AWESOME!!!

I paired Authentique's paper with Petaloo's Textured Flowers as well as the Penny Lane Forget Me Nots.  The green is so yummy!!

 I have a nephew graduating high school this month and when I really took time to think about that I just shook my head thinking how quickly time passes. 

Ahhh, aren't those flowers gorgeous?  I really love that shade of green.  I added some Color Me Crazy ferns to finish off my little cluster.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

XO,Lisa

Supplies

Petaloo Label Plates

Petaloo Penny Lane Collection- Mixed Blossoms in Antique Green

Petaloo Penny Lane Collection - Forget Me Nots in Antique Green & Gold

Petaloo Textured Elements

Authentique Strong Collection

Dads and in Grads with Authentique

We get to design with our friends at Authentique today using their Strong paper collection. It's the perfect paper collection when you combine Petaloo's Darjeeling collection.

I used Authentique's Hinges and Tab die cuts to create my ties. The Petaloo Mini Darjeelings worked really well with the color scheme and the to top the ties.  Perfect for Father's Day!

We have lots of different colors to choose from and they match Authentique's Strong collection very well. 

This paper collection really inspired me so I created a Graduation card as well.  It's not a traditional card, but it's perfect for the Graduation Diva in your life.

 

Suplies I used:

Mini Darjeeling Teastained Blue

Min Darjeeling Red

Authentique Strong

 

Thanks for visitng!

Alice

 

Father's Day Gift Idea

Father's Day is fast approaching and so I made this gift for my husband to hang in his office.  The pictures are of our kids and I have embellished the rectangle openings with Petaloo flowers and Authentique papers.

I love how the simple repitition of a certain element is so powerful.  In a couple of the openings I put two or three Petaloo flowers in a row.  Simple but beautiful!

I also got some Petaloo chipboard pieces out and inked them up with Tim Holtz's Distress Inks.  They really take the color well and added some fun interest as well as dimension.

The Authentique paper had some great phrases on one of the papers so I was able to cut them up and place them in key places.

The corner punch outs really gave the frame a finished look.

I know that the kids will be thrilled with the gift as well as my husband who is truly one of the best dads in the world.

Petaloo supplies:

• Penny Lane Forget Me Nots- Antique Gold
• Penny Lane Forget Me Nots- Antique Green
• Mixed Blossoms- Antique Gold
• Darjeeling Mini Mix Teastained Blues
• Darjeeling Petites Teastained Blues
• Color Me Crazy Chipboard Birdhouses
• Color Me Crazy Chipboard Keys
• Label Plates Vintage

Other Supplies:

• Authentique Strong Paper and Embellishment collection
• Tmn Holtz Distress Inks
• 7 Gypsies Tray

June is looking good!

We have had a busy month here on the Petaloo blog.  It's been an Altered Color Me Crazy month and we hope you have enjoyed all the different team-ups and ideas.  June is right around the corner and I can't believe how fast the months are going. 

Just thought I'd share a couple of things we are planning on doing for June.  We are working with these two amazing companies for June.  Come check us out while we create for the coming holidays like Father's Day, Graduation and Fourth of July. 

We also have a video tutorial from Lynne Forsythe today.  You won't believe what she's making...it's fantastic!!!!

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Howdy Peeps.....Lynne here.

I just wanted to share with you

my creation made with Petaloo Color Me Crazy Flowers

and Ranger goodness!!

But before we go any further....If I had a bucket list....this would be right up there at the top of my list....the HONOR and PRIVILEGE to participate in Melt Art Mania for Ranger/Tim Holtz. When I was asked to join such a FANTABULOUS group of such SUPER CREATIVE PEOPLE....I was humbled!!

The wheels began to turn!! Now, if you know ANYTHING about me....you know, I am all about flowers....so I decided I would pull out my Melt Pot,some Clear Beeswax and a few Petaloo Flowers....and let the games begin!! 

Here is what I came up with.....

The Wild Blossoms Darjeeling Collection by Petaloo I used......began as white flowers. I colored them with a Wild Honey Distress Reinker Mixture, a dab or Fired Brick Distress Re~inker ink, a spritz of Dylusions ~ Ink Spray....and dipped 'em in a pan of Clear ~ Melt Art Beeswax....

VOILA!

I created a video tutorial on how I colored the flowers 
and about the "dippin" process.

 Hope you enjoy it!!!! 

 PRODUCTS USED:

Ranger ~ Melt Art

Melt Pot

Clear Beeswax

Project Pan 

Claudine Hellmuth's Multi Medium ~ Matte 

Tim Holtz ~ Distress Reinkers

Wild Honey

Fired Brick 

Dyan Reavely's Dylusion Ink Spray

Squeezed Orange

Vibrant Turquoise 

Ranger ~ Perfect Pearls

Perfect Gold

Mint

Forever Green

Perfect Bronze

Tim Holtz ~ Tiny Attacher

Mini Gears 

Petaloo ~ Printed Darjeeling Flowers

Wild Blossoms ~ Large and Medium ~ White

Wild Butterfly ~ White

Mixed Textured Mini ~ Teal

Chantilly Velvet Leaves

Team Up with Splash of Color

Look is Guest Designing for us today!  It's our very own, Lynne Forsythe.  I'm sure you are already familiar with Lynne's work, but did you know she also designs for Splash of Color?  Today Lynne is going to share with us what she does with our Color Me Crazy collection using Splash of Color products.

What an AMAZING Team Up....

Splash of Color and Color Me Crazy flowers from Petaloo!

Out of the wide variety of ways to color available,
I chose to use the Silks Acrylic Glaze
from Splash of Color. 

I chose to use my periennial garden as the
inspiration for my creative piece....
I don't know about your garden....
but mine is full of colors!!

What better way to accent my flower cluster
then with the CMC Chipboard ~ Gates
and the "little birds" from the Birdhouse with Birds
CMC Chipboard.

I have created a video tutorial
on my creative process and
how I colored my flowers.

Hope you enjoy....and are inspired
to COLOR YOUR FLOWERS!! 

PRODUCTS USED....

PETALOO
COLOR ME CRAZY
Foliage Assortment
Flower Layers
Mini Pearl Daisies 
Chipboard
Gates
Birdhouses with Birds
Wild Blossoms ~ Printed Darjeeling

SPLASH OF COLOR
SILKS ACRYLIC GLAZE
Apricot Nectar
Raspberry Wine
Evening Primrose
Yellow Rose
Love Struck
Coral Berry
Spiced Pumpkin 
Olive Vine

Precious Metal Effects Paint ~ Gold

 

 

Color Me Crazy with Copic and Sharon Harnist-Day 2

Sharon Harnist is back again to share her project using our Color Me Crazy flowers and her tips using Copic.
Hi, Sharon Harnist here from Copic Markers again. I'm excited to share today's Copic-Petaloo project with you -- this 5.25" x 6" greeting card:

I started by die cutting chocolate cardstock with my Cricut to create this pretty cut out branch card front. I used Copic's 1/4-inch Foam Mounting Tape on the back side of the card front and secured a blue patterned paper "sky" for dimension:

Next, I cut a piece of Copic's white X-Press It Blending Card to fit the lower portion of my card front and scattered it with Petaloo's CMC Darjeeling Collection Hydrangea flowers with temporary adhesive on them. Then I used Copic R83 Sketch Marker in my Copic Airbrush System and airbrushed the color all over the cardstock and flowers. The flowers did double duty and acted as a mask for my pink airbrushed background, as well as easily getting the color I wanted to use on the upper part of the card, to create a color coordinated card:

To custom color Petaloo's beautiful CMC Chipboard Birdhouses with Birds pieces, I used Copic's Opaque White to base coat the chipboard pieces and then airbrushed the colors I wanted. Generally, this Opaque White is used to add white accents to Copic colored art, but I found it also works great as a base coat for your Copic coloring as well!

Then I airbrushed the pieces with Copic Y21 Sketch Marker. It is easy to get more in-depth shading like I did on the large bird, by just concentrating more of the same color on the lower part of the bird. Then I used my Copic E25 Sketch Marker to color some of the pretty accents on the birdcage:

I tied the birdcage to the branch with some embroidery floss and attached the colored blossoms to the branches:

See all the lovely dimension the chipboard pieces and blossoms add to my card:

To finish my card, I stamped this pretty greeting from JustRite Papercraft's Let Your Soul Sing stamp set with chocolate ink and then overstamped the white spaces that were left behind from my airbrused blossoms with a coordinating stamp from the same JustRight stamp set and accented the them with tiny gemstones.

Many thanks to Petaloo for having me as a guest designer this week . . . I thoroughly enjoyed working with all their wonderful products!

~ Sharon

{Supplies}

Petaloo: CMC Chipboard Birdhouses with Birds & CMC Darjeeling Collection Hydrangea white recycled cotton flowers,

Copic: Opaque White; R83 Sketch Marker, Y21 Sketch Marker & E25 Sketch Marker; Airbrush System & Sparmax 101 Windstorm air compressor OR ABS-1N; X-Press It Blending Card; 1/4-inch Foam Mounting Tape,

Stamps: JustRite Papercraft Let Your Heart Sing
Paper: My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart-Be Amazing 6x6, chocolate cardstock
Ink: Ranger Adirondack Shell Pink dye ink pad, Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad
Other: Paint brush, clear self-adhesive gemstones, white embroidery thread, Cricut & Winter Wonderland cartridge