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Summertime Card

Have you felt the heat of this Summer yet? If not, let me send some over from Malaysia, where we have warm weather the whole year round. When asked to create a Summer project, I thought about a friend of mine who stays in a country where there are long winters. I wanted to create a card to warm her up this Summer.

I've used an acrylic card by Clear Scraps as the base for this card. Then, I decorate it up with tons of Petaloo gorgeousness and Graphic 45's Places In Time papers.

The beautiful Dahlias, Forget Me Nots and Darjeelings are just perfect to warm up the look of this card. Try creating some Summer cards using Petaloo flowers and warm up your friends this Summer!

Petaloo Supplies used:

Dahlias - Teastained Reds (1467-101)

Mixed Blossoms - Antique Green (1836-054)

Forget Me Nots - Antique Green (1837-054)

Darjeeling Mini Mix - Teastained Reds (1462-101)

Crochet Lace - White (1482-000)

Label Plates - Vintage (1932-001)

Other Products:

Graphic 45 "Places In Time" collection

xx Irene Tan

June Guest Desinger, Shellye McDaniel

Hello, I'm Shellye McDaniel and I am delighted to be the June Guest Designer with Petaloo!  I've had several team-up opportunities between Petaloo and other companies and each experience reminded me how much I truly love working with Petaloo products. I was equally excited to learn that Petaloo would be teaming up with Graphic 45 this month in celebrating all things Summer, patriotic and beach!  For my project today I'm sharing a grapevine wreath that I dressed up for the season...it contains stars, red, white & blue and a beach theme...it just says "Welcome, Summer!"

I started off with two pre-cut stars that I had on hand.  I used the backs of the Graphic 45 "Place in Time" papers to cover the stars.  After machine-stitching around the perimeter, I spritzed each with a little walnut spray and distressed the edges.

After deciding on the focal piece to cut out from the "July" portion of the collection, I used the remainder of the patterned paper as the backdrop for two smaller stars and the postcard print.  I backed it with a thin chipboard and then stitched in place.

Now for the embellishments!  Before attaching the postcard to the base, I added one of the metal brackets to the bottom.  A beautiful swag of Darjeeling Flowers makes a nice border, followed by a paper pennant "held up" by two of the sweet sea shell pins.  I edged the bottom in three rows of the Paprika Crochet Trim

Next, I punched two small holes at the ends of each large star and attached to the grapevine wreath with a thick gauged wire.  A large burlap bow to the side and my wreath is ready for hanging and welcoming Summer guests!

I thoroughly enjoyed working with these gorgeous colors and getting a chance to share with all of you Petaloo fans! 

Thanks for having me!

Shellye

Petaloo Products:

Paprika Crochet Lace Trim, Darjeeling Mini Mix Teastained Red, Dahlias Teastained Red, Dahlias Teastained Blue, Vintage Label Plates and Sea Shell Pins

Color Me Crazy with Heidi Swapp Day One

Today's is the day!!!!  It's the first day of our Altered Art week with Heidi Swapp.  I'm sure you have heard of the fabulous Heidi Swapp, but if you haven't you need to visit her blog.  It's going to be a week full of coloring spectacular ideas with Heidi Swapp and Petaloo products so you don't want to miss out. 

Oh wait...I forgot!  We are giving away a prize everyday this week so be sure to play along.

Here's different ways you can enter:

 Like us on Facebook (if you haven't already done so)

 Share this blog post on your Facebook wall and tell us you did on our Facebook wall

 Follow us on  Pinterest

 Comment on our blog

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Heidi Swapp ~ Petaloo Color Me Crazy blooms

and

Altered Art Week....
I would have to say...I am in HEAVEN!!

Next month, I am going on a ONCE IN A LIFETIME
adventure with my family....
to ALASKA!!
I had been wanting to make a mini book
to take with me to document the trip and 
when I saw the GORGEOUS
Heidi Swapp ~ Vintage Chic Collection
with all it's goodies,
I just knew....this was the time!!!

 

 I had SOOO MUCH fun working with
the Heidi Swapp ~ Color Shine!!
I was spraying EVERYTHING!! 

I stamped on the Color Magic Zig Zag Ribbon with 
the Jump Rope Stamp by Unity.
Then, I spritzed the fabric banner away.

When it was dry I folded pleats in
banner, then embellished it with Pearl Pen Dots
and some glitter.

I spritzed the Resist Chipboard Alphas with the
Bronze ~ Color Shine.
Then I added Vintage Chic Letters over
the chippies. 

Then the REAL FUN BEGAN......
Coloring the Color Me Crazy
Darjeeling flowers, Assorted foliage and
Fancy Corner Chippie!!!

I added a few Paprika ~ Mini Daises 
as an accent.

Can I just say....I love how the CMC ~ Darjeeling
flowers took the color.
I spritzed the large flower with the
Aqua ~ Color Shine then
applied the Bronzer ~ Color Shine with a paintbrush.

To help the colors bleed together I
spritzed it with water
(the ulitmate color mover!!) 

I hope you enjoyed my Altered Art Mini Album!!

I do hope you pull out some of your scrappy

goodies and play along with us...
for the Color Me Crazy Month!! 

Don't forget to visit our friends over at Heidi Swapp's Facebook and their blog.  They have an amazing week to share with you too.

Petaloo Design Team Part 2

A few days ago we introduced you to four our Design Team Girls.  Today we will introduce you to the remaining four. Each team member brings so much inspiration to our blogs weekly that we feel you should all get to know them and give them love whenever possible.  They work so hard creating and they deserve a special day like today to be the center of attention.

Christine Ousley

I am a mother of three beautiful children and the wife of an adoring and very supportive husband.  My family is why I scrapbook and they love to be involved in the things that I create and to be the star of the show!  I live in Birmingham, Alabama and besides papercrafting, I love to bake and read.

I have been scrapbooking for about 16 years and remember the first time I went to a crop.  It was as if a whole new world opened up for me.  I had always enjoyed photography, but this new hobby allowed me to create something from my pictures and also give them a voice.

I know now that there are so many stories in our pictures that would never be told without scrapbooking.  As everyone has probably experienced, scrapbooking can lead you into other paper crafting worlds and it wasn't long before I was learning how to stamp, make cards, 3D altered art, and other paper craft items.

I love the scrapbooking business.  It is a wonderful beautiful community filled with the loveliest people.  We care about each other, encourage each other and share a passion like no other and I am so glad to be a part of it.

 

Lisa Valentine

For as long as I can remember I have been drawing, painting and playing with paper.  I dabbled in scrapbooking some years ago but I was never really pulled in.  Then, about a year and half ago I started looking at some online galleries and was so happy to see how much scrapbooking has evolved.  Well, I had to try again and I have not looked back.  I love to pay it forward and hope that something I've created inspires you as much as you have inspired me!

 

Mireille Divjak

Mireille is a layout artist, but she also dabbles in cards and altered pieces.  Her style is romantic and whimiscal.  Mireille comes from the Netherlands and has two beautiful children.  She's a Mom by day and a Artist by night. 

 

Alice Carman

My name is Alice Carman and I love to make cards.  I grew up in sunny California, where I still live with my hubby of 12 years and our 2 lovable dogs, Artemis and Frodo.  My passion for card making started about 10 years ago when I visited a local stamp store.  After that I became addicted to all things crafty.  Creating cards for me is a hobby that encompasses many of my interests – paper, stamps, ribbon, brads and buttons; all the ingredients to making the perfect recipe of cards. I have been designing and teaching card making at local scrapbook stores in southern California for the past 5 years and made some awesome friends along the way.  I just love card making!

Well...we hope you have enjoyed meeting them so please leave some love and let them know that you are out there and you are visiting the blog.  It's nice to know that what they create has an audience.  Have a great day!

 

Altered Notebook (Back To School)

Hello Petaloo fans! Have you all started creating those cute "Back To School" projects yet? Today, I'm sharing a simple altered notebook which I've created using the old "Learning Curve" line by Bo Bunny with some gorgeous Petaloo flowers!

The beautiful and vibrant Tangerine flowers by Petaloo adds a punch of colors to the altered notebook and makes it look fun! Try it!

List of Petaloo products used:

Flower Layers x 12 (Coredinations) -Tangerine (1553-317)

Asst.Mini floral x 9 (Coredinations) - Tangerine (1556-317)

xx Irene Tan

Awesome Summer Craft

The dog days of summer truly are upon us......
and with the kids still outta school,
folks are looking for things to keep the little hands occupied.

I came up with a simple, fun craft that has purpose. Bookmarks!! 

I have step by step instructions on
how the bookmark was created.

Firstly, I gathered up an embossing folder and
a package of bookmarks by Canvas Corp. 
I embossed 2 bookmarks. 

 
I began by painting the bookmark with Inka Gold.
(a dab of water goes along way)

I then dried the bookmarks.

Next, I adhered the bookmarks together.

I then buffed the bookmark to bring up 
the amazing sheen of the Inka Gold. 

I pulled out some supplies from
the Flora Doodle Collection and
some ribbon. 

Using a Crop a Dile, I punched a 
hole in the top of the bookmark. 
I cut (2) pieces of 18" ribbon. 

I threaded the ribbon through the hole.

To decorate the face of the bookmark,
I began by applying (2) Flora Doodle Velvet Butterflies.

I then chose (2) each of the 
Flora Doodle Small Fabric Daisies. 

I then adhered matching Flora Doodle Daises
to each side of the ribbon end. 

I then wrote a saying encouraging reading
on a strip of white paper. 

Cutting the verbage to size, I adhered 
to the face of the bookmark. 

I hope I have inspired you to pull out some of your
supplies and to create a "creative" memory with your
children this summer!!

Products used:

Flora Doodles ~ Small Fabric Dasies
1293-129 Aqua Blue 
1293-126 Plum 

Flora Doodles ~ Velvet Butterflies
1276-706 New Cool Tones

 

Summer Ideas - Accessories

Hi everyone! Are you all dress up for this summer? Besides, flip-flops and some shorts, how about creating some simple Summer accessories to wear too! Today, I'll share with you three easy Petaloo projects which I've created for my daughter to wear this Summer.

First up is a pair of simple earrings.

I've used some two Poppy Red Velvet Wild Roses and glued them to same ready earrings hook.

Next, I've created a necklace to go with it.

I've actually used an old necklace and altered it with some beautiful Velvet Wild Roses, flower layers and a velvet butterfly.

Here's a picture of my daughter wearing both the necklace and the earrings.

These jewelries are so fun and easy that I just have to create another accessories to go with it.

Yes, I've also created a hair clip for her.

Try creating some fun accessories/jewelries this Summer with Petaloo's beautiful flowers!

List of Petaloo products used:

Floradoodles Fabric n Glitter pack - Hula Monkey (1275-716)

Floradoodles Small Fabric Daisy Layers - White (1293-000)    

Velvet Wild Roses Small - Poppy Red (1294-125)

Velvet Butterflies - Poppy Red (1295-125)

xx Irene Tan

Flora Doodles Shadow Box

Looking for something to do this summer?  Here's an idea you could use. 

I took an old shoe box top and cut out a widow.  Then I painted it with a neutral color depending on your flower choices.  Next I used an arcylic sheet to finish my window to give the appearance of glass.  

I covered the top with Petaloo flowers from the Flora Doodles line and some ribbon and other embellishesments I had to finish my look. 

I also had these cute little bird houses I painted and decorated using butterflies from Flora Doodles collcetion. These adorable butterflies come all sorts of colors and come glittered or plain. 

Supplies I used

Velvet Wild Roses Small - Deep Blue (ink)

  20pc Sm.FabricDaisyLayers - Orangeade

Velvet Butterflies Med- Deep Blue (ink)

Fabric n Glitter 50 pc pack - Hula Monkey

Thanks for visiting and I wish you a happy day!

Alice

DIY Summer Tote

It's Christine her today with an easy tutorial on how to make your own embellished shoulder tote.  It's the perfect size for slinging over your shoulder to carry your lipstick, money, and a few extra essentials on those summer day trips with the kids.  I picked up this canvas shoulder bag at my local craft store for a couple of dollars so it could also be a very fun but inexpensive make n take at your teens next birthday party.

I cut out a stencil from vinyl on my Silhouette Cameo.  I chose a bold pattern with leaves and a couple of flowers.  I used transfer paper to place it on my tote.  The vinyl sticks pretty well but you'll want to use your scraper tool to really get the edges to stick.

Then I chose three colors of spray mist for my image. I used green for the leaves and pink and yellow for the flowers and accent colors.

After spraying each color it is important to heat set it.  I also blotted the extra on the vinyl with a paper towel.

After I applied all three colors I peeled back the vinyl stencil and the colors appeared. The vinyl does a great job of keeping the image crisp and clean.

After the stencil was completely off I sprayed some other areas with the accent colors just to blend it all.  I again heat set it.

Then I started applying my Petaloo flowers.  I used the Floradoodle Beaded Peonies in Fuschia, Fabric N Glitter Pack in Love You, and the Small Fabric Daisy Layers in Cream, Soft Pink, and Fuschia.  I attached them with hot glue and also added some rhinestone centers and pearls.  Because the flowers are made of fabric, it will wear very well and I won't have to worry about them tearing or getting wet.

Here is the finished bag.  There are so many different ways to design this bag.  Just let your imagination go.

A couple close up shots of the flower clusters.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope that I have inspired you to use Petaloo flowers in your summer accessories.

Summer Garden Headband

Summer is in full swing and it is hot!!  My daughter found an old headband in the bathroom and asked me if she could have it.  I told her that she could, but on one condition....that she let me Color it Crazy with some flowers and ribbon. *big grin*

 

Ask me what the best thing is about Color Me Crazy flowers.  Go ahead, ask me.  Okay, okay....I'll tell you.  :)  You can create a gazillion different kinds of flowers and you have creative freedom with colors.  My DD wanted something girlie and pink.  Voila!

I bundled layers of Floradoodle CMC flowers and then misted them with magical mica in Alpine Rose.  They take the color so nicely and they are just gorgeous.  After that, I embellished with a few pearls for centers and that's it!  The flowers do the rest!

 

After wrapping the headband in white ribbon and then embellishing with pearls and lace, the last items I added were the Petaloo feathers in pink and fushia.  Ooh la la!

This was such a quick and easy project.  My daughter even helped with putting the flowers together and then constructing the headband.  This is a great project for the kids!  Huzzah!  Off to the Rennaissance Faire!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Lisa

 

Supplies:

Floradoodle CMC

Petaloo Feathers

Headband

Ribbon

Lace

Pearls

Mica