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Let the grungieness begin!!!

Hello peeps........Lynne here to share with you my latest creations! 
I chose Tim Holtz ~ Paper Stash ~ Kraft Resist paper
which just complimented
the Late Spring Darjeeling flowers SOOOOO wonderfully!!

 
I cut a frame from a piece of black Kraft~Core
from the Nostalgic Collection.
Do you see the Color Me Crazy Chipboard
the PERFECT addition to my card and canvas!!

I added a bit of Crackle Paint
to help with the grungieness of the card!



For my canvas, I used the backside of the leftover
Kraft Resist paper! A bit of spritzing and scrunching....
And I ended up with a WONDERFUL Mother's Day gift!
 (which by the way......my mom LOVED!!!)

PRODUCTS USED:
Late Spring Darjeeling ~ Naturals/Shabby Beige:
Mini Daisies with Leaves
Mini Pearl Daisies

Night Fall/Grey/Blacks:
Dahlias
Mini Pearl Daisies

other embellieS:
Beaded Hat Pins ~
Black/White
Brown/Green
Foliage Assortment ~ Dark Browns
Color Me Crazy ~ Chipboard
Birdhouses with Birds
Mannequins

 "There's NOTHING stronger than a MOTHER'S LOVE!!"

Looking at things.....differently!

Howdy folks.......Lynne Forsythe here.
Today's post was prompted by a converstion
I had recently with a woman,
about not looking at items at face value,
but looking past that
and seeing ALL THAT THEY CAN BE!!

I did just that when I created this card......

These are the flowers I used
to create these 3 dimensional beauties!!

Tye~Dyed Daisies ~ Blue

and.....these.......

Mini Delphiniums ~ Brites

now......don't get me wrong!!!
"Flatties" are WONDERFUL!
Seriously......look at the beauties!
But....this is what they can become!

To help you Transform your "FLATTIES"
I created a tutorial for you....
Hope you enjoy it....
And that I've inspired you to
LOOK BEYOND!

  

Other Petaloo items used:

Beaded Hat Pin ~ Black/White
Magnolia and Grape Leaves

thanks again!!

April showers....Petaloo & Little Yellow Bicycle!

 Hello and welcome to DAY 3 of "Hello Spring" week with Petaloo and Little Yellow Bicycle.

We have some great

Mother's Day ideas to share 

and...

some great PRIZES to giveaway as well, yeah!!

 

How to win?

1)  Leave a comment HERE on the Petaloo Blog and on the LYB BLOG

2)  Like us on our Facebook PAGE

We will be selecting a winner everyday this week.  The winners will be announced this Saturday on our Petaloo BLOG page!!   Scroll down to leave a comment & see the PRIZES below...

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Howdy folks.......Lynne here with my creation using the soooo
ULTRA CUTE helloSPRING! collection by Little Yellow Bicycle.

APRIL SHOWERS bring MAY FLOWERS!!

What a fantabulous combo....
spiral flowers cut from the
6 x 6 Paper Pad
and
Floradoodles!!
Sooooo Bright and Cheery!

I accented the wreath with burlap squares
and loopy bows!

For added sparkle I placed
Jewel Stickers on the tendrils.

I used the fantabulous saying from the
Cardstock Stickers...
"Live Every Moment,
Laugh Every Day,
Love Beyond Words."
by adhering it to a piece of cardboard
and cutting out the individual words.

The Floradoodles used:
Mini Florettes ~ Tutti Fruitti
New Mini Delphiniums ~ Brites
Mini Tye-Dyed Daises ~ Blue
Embossed Daises ~ Yellow & Blue

PRIZES  ~  PrIZES  ~  PRIZES

Little Yellow Bicycle "Hello Spring" Giveaway!!

Petaloo "Floradoodles" PRIZE GIVEAWAY

Good luck to everyone and a BIG thank you to DT member Lynne Forsythe

for this wonderful wreath!

Hippty Hoppity...

$$  Enter to win  $$

 $700.00 of paper, flowers, and accessories

 from Core'dinations, Tim Holtz, Sizzix, Xyron, May Arts, Petaloo and more!!

Scroll to the bottom of this post...

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Easter is on the way!!!

Both of my children are teenagers now, so the days of dressing up for Easter are long gone. (Very Sad Face!) But while walking through the Dollar Store the other day, I just couldn't resist buying a plain jane Easter bag to jazz up! Here is a picture of the little cutie before I got my hands on it.



I pulled out a couple packages of Petaloo goodness...

Mulberry Street~New Mini Delphiniums~Brites
Mulberry Street~36 pc Value Bag~Brites
Mulberry Street~Embossed Daisies~Fuchsia
Flora Doodles~Tyed~Dyed Gypsies
Flora Doodles~Jeweled Florettes
view
and let the creating begin!!!



To give the flowers a bit more depth....
I crumpled them!



To help the pink Jeweled Florettes match a bit better,
I spritzed them with Bubblegum Pink Ink Spray.



while the creative juices were still flowing
I made an Easter Card....



I used the Adorable
Bird and Branch Dazzler!!
view
And there you have it.........Beautiful Easter Goodies!!



Easter spells out beauty,
the rare beauty of new life. 
~S.D. Gordon

 

$700.00 Grand Prize Info:

Link to enter:

http://pages.exacttarget.com/hcc-northridge-optin/

Spring has Sprung.....

Howdy folks......Lynne here from the wonderful
state of New Hampshire where..

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!
We have had unseasonably warm weather.....
NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING
AT ALL!!!

What goes better with beautiful weather
than BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
and I have to say the
SPRING DARJEELING LINE
fits this bill!!



I create this litte ditty to hang in my kitchen!

Now, when I create.....
I try not to take what I am using
JUST AT FACE VALUE....
I like to look past what it is
and see what it could be!



If you look closely at my flower cluster,
you can see that I have taken apart one of the
GLASS FLOWERS
and used it as accents.
I also seperated one of the
NIGHTFALL ~ DAHLIAS
folded then in half and tucked them in
to use as subtle accents!!

Other BEAUTIES I used....
Mini Pearl Daisies
Mini Daisies with Leaves
Frosted Roses
Butterflies
Foliage Assortment

 

Spring is in the air....

Hello there.......Lynne here!

In New England, the weather has been ANYTHING but spring like....
but a girl can dream...RIGHT!

When I think of spring, it congures up the thought of birds returning,
plants poking through the ground and a new smell in the air.
When I saw the BEAUTIES newly released at CHA....it took me there!!


I pulled out a dollar store cheapie...which I must say was a tad hideous.
Using the BEAUTIFUL Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue, I covered the birdhouse,
I then wrapped it with a lucious piece of ribbon.



Then it was.....bring on the PETALOO GOOODNESS!!
Darjeeling Flowers  ~ Shabby Beige color 
Mini Pearl Daisies  view
Beadded Hat Pin  view
Butterflies  view
Dahlias x 10  view
Foliage  view

Darjeeling Flowers ~ Nightfall color
Mini Daises with Leaves  view
Dahlias x 10  view

I hope you have been as taken in as I by the beauty of the
Spring Darjelling Collection!

 

"the day of LOVE"....

...is here....not that EVERYDAY is a day to LOVE (just saying!!)

It's Lynne here....
and I had a day to just play....and PLAY I DID!!
I decided to pull out my Melting Pot, some Beeswax, a bit of canvas
and some PETALOO FLOWERS
and ohhh the fun I had!



with the upcoming "HEART DAY", I decided to create a Valentine Card.
The heart was cut out of Canvas, using a homemade template, I applied Beeswax to the heart. When cooled, I sprayed the heart with Color Wash.
I melted off the wax with my Heat tool.
Then I thought......hhmmmm...what if I dipped some flowers in the wax??
So, I tried it.......AND I LIKED THE EFFECT!!!
so much so.....I decided to create another card.



Hope you've enjoyed my creative adventure!!!

The BEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS in the world
cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt
WITH THE HEART!!

Helen Keller

Happy Valentine's Day to all... 

Flowers used:

Floral Embellishemts ~ Mini Velvet Blossoms ~ Cream
Darjeeling ~ Mini Leaves
Darjeeling ~ Medium Mix

Color Me Crazy ~ Lily of the Valley
Color Me Crazy ~ TS Collection

 

SNEEK Peek...New "Color Me Crazy" by Petaloo!

Ready for a really AMAZING 

"Sneek Peek" from our Spring 2012 line?

 

Let's start with a fun & beautiful CANVAS designed by DT member Lynne Forsythe

with this new Color Me Crazy collection...

 lots of new spring CMC product on this project...

 

~ new Flower Layers & new Pearl Daisies & new CMC Butterflies

(colored blue & purple with Twinklin H2O's)

~ new chipboard (birdcage colored gold with Ranger Inks)

introducing...

 "Color Me Crazy"

Spring 2012 Collection

featuring...

 Petaloo's ALL WHITE flowers designed to be colored with:

 Ranger Inks, Copic Markers, Luminarte Paints, Tattered, Smoochies, Shimmerz,

and all others...

~ 

available in new mini sizes,

new CANVAS flowers & 19 new CHIPBOARD designs!

 (CMC ~ new Mini Pearl Daisies~ 6 new mini styles available!)

(CMC ~ Flowers Layers ~ 8 new sizes & styles available! ) 

(CMC  ~ new Chipboard Designs ~ Birdcage w/baby birds ~ one of 19 new styles available!)

 (CMC  ~ new Butterflies ~ available in 3 shapes & sizes!)    

(CMC ~ new Canvas Flowers ~ available in 2 new styles!) 

 (CMC ~ new Chipboard Designs ~ Deco Frame & Fancy Frame ~ 19 new styles available!)

CMC Layout "JOSH"

by DT member Lynn Kopas 

(CMC - Darjeeling Collection colored with Ranger metallic Inks)

Thanks for visiting...

we will have a "Floradoodles" Sneek Peek tomorrow!!!

What a Fabby Combo.......

Hello and Happy Thursday! 

 it's DAY 4 ...

of the Graphic 45 & Petaloo 

"New Year's Inspiration Week"

Today we are going to share a wonderful

New Year's "Altered Art Calendar" 

from DT member Lynne Forsythe created with... 

 

Graphic 45's beautiful Tropical Travelogue papers

&

 Petaloo's brand new Mini Darjeeling Collection of flowers!!  

 

Plus.......we have PRIZES to give away too!!  

You can win by leaving messages on the Petaloo BLOG & Petaloo FACEBOOK PAGE and  Graphic's 45 BLOG & Graphics 45 FACEBOOK PAGE!!  We will be selecting several lucky winners from each location to give Graphics 45 and Petaloo prizes on Friday!!

 This "New Years Inspiration" comes all the way from Lynne Forsythe in New Hampshire!

Enjoy....

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I was soooooo excited when I opened my box of gooooodies for this AMAZING PAIR UP!!!

Graphic45 ~ Tropical Traveloque collection
and Petaloo ~ Darjeeling flowers
I was almost overcome with ALL the BEAUTY before me!!!

I pulled out the Kraftboard Altered Art Box that I had acquired a while ago
and let the creative processes begin.......



Don't you JUST LOVE how well the two product lines compliment each other??

Darjeeling ~ Mini Mix
Darjeeling ~ Medium Mix
Darjeeling ~ Medium Leaves
Darjeeling ~ Anemone Mix
HoneySuckle Vine ~ White
Cantebury Vine Spray ~ Green

I created a 2012 calendar to go inside the box....



There are 6 months on one side.......6 on the other.



Here is a close up of one of the months.



I gave this wonderful creation to my boss, as a Christmas present.
She JUST LOVES all things beachish!!

To go with her gift, I created a Christmas card.......



Who woulda thunk......a Tropical Christmas Card??
She LOVED IT!!

Tropical Travelogue ~ Alphabet Stickers
Tropical Travelogue ~ Stickers
Tropical Travelogue ~ Chipboard Stickers
Tropical Traveloque ~ 8 x 8 paper pad

Darjeeling ~ Hydrangea
Darjeeling ~ Mini Mix
Darjeeling ~ Leave Medium
Darjeeling ~ Petites
Canterbuy Vine Spray
Honeysuckle Vine

I want to leave you with this quote.......

If it didn’t Bring you Joy
Just Leave it Behind.
Let’s Ring in the New Year

With Good Things in Mind.
Let Every Bad Memory Go
That Brought Heartache and Pain.
And Let’s Turn a New Leaf

With the Smell of New Rain.
Let’s Forget Past Mistakes
Making Amends for This Year.
Sending You These Greetings

To Bring you Hope and Cheer
Happy New Year!

Tis the season.....with Petaloo and Jillibean Soup

Welcome to the closing weekend of the Jillibean and Petaloo Holiday Inspiration week!

We have had such a great time creating with all the Jillibean papers and embellishments!! We want to send a huge HUG and THANK YOU to the Jillibean DT and staff... Your products are so whimsical and so perfect for the holidays!!!!  

There is no better way to close this "holiday inspiration" week than with a few Christmas decorations from our DT member Lynne Forsythe...

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Well, there is no snow on the ground and it's been one of the warmest Novembers in the North Country but that won't stop Christmas from being in the air!! 

Time to put up the tree, pull out the lights and
create some new decorations to adorn the house.

I pulled out an unfinished wooden sleigh and let the creative process begin!!!
How cute are the Jillibean Soup papers??
I just love the little penguins.
Aren't the packages just the cutest??



Using a hot gun, I attached wire to the back of the Petaloo flowers so they could be used
in the sleigh floral centerpiece.

Mini Roses ~ Salmon/Sienna
Mini Roses Clusters ~ Salmon/Sienna
Brighton ~ White/Lt Blue/Dk Blue
Flora Doodles ~ Candies Poinsettias ~ Green and Red
Color Me Crazy ~ Assorted Flowers



How about the coordinating tree???
Embellished with
Tiffinay Treasures ~ Jewel Centers  
Emerald Green & Blue Sapphire
Flora Doodles ~ Candies ~ Mini Flowers
Red

Papers used are from the
Jillibean Soup
New Christmas Eve Chowder Soup

All I know is.....
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET DECORATING!!!