Welcome to DAY FOUR of our Halloween Blog Hop with Coredinations and Xyron!
All this week our three design teams will be creating Halloween projects with:
cardstock by CORE'DINATIONS
adhesives by XYRON
flowers and trims by PETALOO
In addition to giving you Halloween inspiration...we will be picking WINNERS for PRIZES too!
Here is our PRIZE...
HOW to ENTER & WIN???
1. Leave a message here on the Petaloo Blog
2. Repin a project from Petaloo Pinterest here
3. Leave a message on Petaloo Facebook here
4. go to Coredinations Bog ~OR~ Xyron Blog
Let's get the Halloween party started with Petaloo DT member Nichola Battilana
I am not ashamed to admit that I am a creepy sorta' girl. Besides flowers, fairies, frills and glitter, I'm also a big fan of horror, thrills and creepypasta. For my blog hop project I wanted to create something that celebrated my love for the horror genre.
And so I've created these framed portraits of two undisputed masters of horror: Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft.
I began with an inexpensive wooden frames, covering them with Core-dinations Cardstock Neutrals. I embossed the paper, sanded it to reveal the colour core, and distressed the edges. I love the 'aged' look and texture this gives the pieces.
My Lovecraft portrait includes a vibrant assortment of blooms. The orange and green combination is just a smidge 'toxic' and coordinates perfectly with the polymer clay tenticles!
Edgar's portrait is complimented with an assortment of dark Petaloo blooms in a variety of textures.
My papery bits are held in place with my trusty Xyron Wedge Shaped Glue Stick. Larger items (like those hefty tenticles) are held in place with a spot of hot glue, but small snippets of Double-Sided High Tack tape hold everything exactly where it should be.
I'm pretty sure dear old Edgar would approve :)
Petaloo
Botanica Blooms 1102
Darjeeling Mini Mix 1462
Burlap Blossoms 1200
Floral Ephemera 1100
Penny Lane Mixed Blossoms 1836
Spring Berry Clusters 1105
Xyron Wedge Shaped Glue Stick
Xyron Double-Sided High Tack
Core-dinations Cardstock Neutrals
G45 Ornate Metal Label Holder
Wooden frames
Portrait print-outs
Feathers
Pen nib
These are totally creep-tacular projects!!! I love them!
Posted by: Linsey R | 10/25/2014 at 02:47 PM
Wow, this is so much spooky, creepy fun.
Posted by: Nancy Carroll | 10/25/2014 at 01:24 PM
pinned:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/431641945510472288/
Posted by: Nancy Carroll | 10/25/2014 at 01:23 PM
Wicked cool projects...love
Posted by: Peggy Baker | 10/24/2014 at 09:22 PM
Spooky and fun.
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Posted by: plus.google.com/111007864127265049738 | 10/24/2014 at 09:02 PM
What fabulous creations. I love those fun tentacles and all those black flowers on Poe's portrait.
Posted by: Linda F | 10/24/2014 at 10:05 AM
amazing portrais, perfects for this holidays!
Posted by: Amante Del Papel | 10/24/2014 at 08:40 AM
I love Poe, he's on my nightstand, and this project would be great sitting right next to his collected works.
Posted by: Jennifer Gail Hoxie | 10/24/2014 at 08:27 AM
Couldn't let this go without pinning it!
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/211880357444514297/
Posted by: tristanrobin | 10/24/2014 at 08:20 AM
absolutely delightful pieces - and especially that knock-out Edgar Allen Poe frame. I love it. The raven feather is the PERFECT touch!
Posted by: tristanrobin | 10/24/2014 at 07:29 AM
Creepy but great layering of products! You did a wonderful job!
Posted by: C Wong | 10/24/2014 at 12:15 AM
I love Poe. Gives me goose bumps. Great job. The frames are fantastic.
Posted by: Amanda Townsend | 10/24/2014 at 12:10 AM
Great frames but very creepy!! Love the black feathers with the black flowers. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Posted by: Katie B. | 10/23/2014 at 11:42 PM
Pinned this
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/385409680585803073/
Posted by: Kara | 10/23/2014 at 11:27 PM
very creepy project.
Posted by: Kara | 10/23/2014 at 11:24 PM
I pinned here: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/204280533073197396/
Posted by: Barb Macaskill | 10/23/2014 at 11:24 PM
I have visited both Coredinations and Xyron's FB pages and blogs and left them and their designers love! Great hop this week!
Posted by: Barb Macaskill | 10/23/2014 at 11:22 PM
Creepaliscious! I love all things Edgar Allen Poe!! He is the king of creepy! Great job with both of these cool frames!! TFS!
Posted by: Barb Macaskill | 10/23/2014 at 11:22 PM
S P O O K Y Ideas....LOVE!!!
Posted by: Chidchat0904 | 10/23/2014 at 11:21 PM
I pinned.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/486811040945780515/
Posted by: Robin B. | 10/23/2014 at 10:39 PM
I love horror and these pictures are fantastic! I love the dark look and the embellishments.
Posted by: Robin B. | 10/23/2014 at 10:35 PM
I had to pin these. Heres the link to my pin. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/151715081172953623/
Posted by: Amy Jones #8546 | 10/23/2014 at 08:59 PM
wow. these are neat and super creepy and spooky with those old photos. The flowers are wonderful.
Posted by: Amy Jones #8546 | 10/23/2014 at 08:57 PM
creepy and awesome! Great details!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | 10/23/2014 at 07:48 PM
great project!
Posted by: Laurie Elliott Black | 10/23/2014 at 07:19 PM