Blog Hopping with Simple Stories!

05/23/2016

Blog Hopping with Simple Stories!

DAY ONE ...

Blog Hop w/ Simple Stories

All this week the designers from the two design teams will be sharing with you lots of summer & spring inspired projects featuring two papers from Simple Stories and coordinating flowers from Petaloo ...

Bloom & Grow ... what a fun paper filled with lots of earthy colors and even a family of gnomes!!!

Sunshine & Happiness ... this sweet paper is just full of bright & happy flowers and fun!

Wait unit you see all the beautiful layouts, cards, home decor items and more our designers have created with these two wonderful papers!! And ... we have brand NEW Spring FLOWERS & embellishments to complement them!!

Plus... we will have
PRIZES & GIVEAWAYS
(scroll to the bottom of this post to learn how to win a prize!)

So let's get the party started with our Petaloo DT member ... Maggi Harding

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Hi Petaloo friends, Maggi here to share some Petaloo and Simple Stories goodness with you. I always know that summer is on its way when the hummingbirds come back. During the summer we have hummingbirds every where! I put out 4 feeders and spend a fortune on sugar keeping these beautiful little jewels fed! (You don't need to buy hummingbird nectar, just mix 1/4 cup sugar to each cup of water, heat until the sugar dissolves and you've got hummingbird nectar. Oh and another thing that is really, really important, keep your hummingbird feeders spotless. The black mold that can grow on the feeders kills these sweet little birds. It causes their tongues to swell so that they can not feed and they starve to death.)

OK back to flowers and paper! Aren't these just the prettiest colors? Kind of reminds me of sherbert, mmmm, yum. Petaloo's new Gerber Daisies go so beautifully with this Simple Stories collection, Sunshine & Happiness.

I accented the center paper strip with pink Petaloo burlap trim. I cut a 12" strip in half since I just have the burlap peeking out the edges. I think it adds a nice touch to my layout.

I love these new blooms, they are so delicate looking and they blend so well with Simple Stories papers.

Check out the velvet teal blossoms. They are so pretty and they are a great value with 24 pieces in a pack that includes leaves and jute cord. They have long stems which I twisted together with some of the leaves creating a small vine. Then, I just tucked in some gerber daisies.

I couldn't resist adding this cute little chipboard bird from the collection. He's such a cute little accent.

Supplies

Petaloo:

Gerber Daisy x 6 light pink 1174-101

Mini Gerber Daisy x 12 fuschia/pink 1175-102

Mini Gerber Daisy x 12 yellow 1175-103

Blossoms Bulk Pack x 24 teal 1177-200

Burlap Trims pink 1483-130

Simple Stories Sunshine & Happiness Collection:

7203 Expressions Cardstock Stickers

7228 6 x 12 Chipboard

7231 Enamel Dots

I really like to make layouts telling a story about our life. Simple Stories Bloom & Grow collection was perfect for telling a garden story. You can see that we had a really beautiful garden growing; then the rains began. It rained and rained and then, you know what, it rained some more. As soon as the water subsided, we dug up all the potatos. but it was too late, we lost the better part of 100 lbs of potatoes.

At least I have some beautiful Petaloo blooms to brighten up my poor drowned garden photo!

I tucked in some Darjeeling blooms too. They have always been a favorite of mine.

Take a look at the Flowering Berry Pick. Those blooms look just like the ones on my blackberry bushes! I love how the berry picks add that extra texture to my floral clusters.

Supplies

Petaloo:

Flowering Berry Pick x 2 fuschia berry 1170-102

Gerber Daisy x 6 light pink 1174-101

Petities x 24 Teastained Spice 1465-108

Mini Mix x 8 Teastained Spice 1462-108

Simple Stories Bloom & Grow Collection:

7102 Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers

7107 Let it Grow

7110 3 x 4 Journaling Card Elements

7114 Navy Dot

7115 Green Dot

7128 6 x 12 Chipboard

Thanks for visiting today.

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Want to win?

PRIZES & GIVEAWAYS ...

We are giving away Design Team kits to FOUR lucky winners!!

1 ~ Carpe Diem Prize Pack
Simple Stories paper (one 12x12 paper pack) and stickers ...
PLUS 10 packs of Petaloo flowers and coordinating trims! That's a $75.00 prize! ...

1~ You are Here Prize Pack

Simple Stories paper (one 12x12 paper pack) and stickers ...
PLUS 10 packs of Petaloo flowers and coordinating trims! That's a $75.00 prize! ...

1 ~ Let's Party Prize Pack

Simple Stories paper (one 12x12 paper pack) and stickers ...
PLUS 10 packs of Petaloo flowers and coordinating trims! That's a $75.00 prize! ...

1 ~ Life in Color Prize Pack

Simple Stories paper (one 12x12 paper pack) and stickers ...
PLUS 10 packs of Petaloo flowers and coordinating trims! That's a $75.00 prize! ...

FIVE WAYS TO ENTER :

1. Leave us a message on the Petaloo BLOG ...
(scroll to the bottoms of each days post)

2. LIKE US & enter the contest ...
on our Petaloo FB page ~ here

3. Post our giveaway on ... your FB page
& let us know you have done so

4. Follow us on INSTAGRAM ... here

5. Re pin a project from PINTEREST .... here

6. BONUS: Hop over to Simple Stories & enter their contest ... here

Good luck, have fun & enjoy all the summer fun!
Your Friends at Petaloo
xxxooO

By Maggi43
May 23, 2016 9:55:40 PM | "Poly Soft" flowers, blog hop, Botanica Collection, Darjeeling Collection, DT Projects, Flowers, Layouts, Maggi Harding, paper flowers, Simple Stories, Spring 2016, Spring Darjeeling

59 Comments

Thank you Petaloo and Simple Stories for all the inspiration and offering a chance for some great prizes!

Posted by: Jackie Peduzzi | 05/30/2016 at 11:53 AM

Wow, these flowers compliement the photo and papers so well in both layouts! Love the paper in the second layout. :) Thank you for sharing.

Katie B.

Posted by: Katie B. | 05/30/2016 at 05:21 AM

I already follow you on Pinterest, my name there is Tracy Moloney tracym6773
I pinned Maggi's fabulous flower-filled gardening layout :)
https://au.pinterest.com/pin/247275835769565692/

Posted by: TracyM #6773 | 05/29/2016 at 08:10 AM

I already follow you on Pinterest, my name there is Tracy Moloney tracym6773
I pinned Maggi's delightful hummingbird layout :)
https://au.pinterest.com/pin/247275835769565688/

Posted by: TracyM #6773 | 05/29/2016 at 08:09 AM

I'm a follower on IG, my name there is tracym6773 :)

Posted by: TracyM #6773 | 05/29/2016 at 08:07 AM

I'm already a fan & follower on Facebook, my name there is Tracy Moloney :) It was a pleasure to share Day 1 with my crafty friends :)
https://www.facebook.com/tracy.moloney.71/posts/1318595451502162

Posted by: TracyM #6773 | 05/29/2016 at 08:06 AM

WOW - you sure have some AMAZING "ups" and sad "downs" in the garden Maggi!!!
LOVE your layouts, the hummingbirds DELIGHT and while you may have lost lots of potatoes, your GORGEOUS flowers & papers sure CELEBRATE it as being a BEAUTIFUL place to be - THANK YOU for sharing :)

Posted by: TracyM #6773 | 05/29/2016 at 08:03 AM

Pretty color combos and details on these beautiful projects! Love the papers and flowers!

Posted by: Denise Bryant | 05/28/2016 at 01:35 PM

Love the fun pinks and yellows. Great layout!

Posted by: Janice | 05/28/2016 at 11:41 AM

I pinned Kathy's project:https://au.pinterest.com/pin/524458319088619074/

Posted by: KarenB | 05/27/2016 at 11:17 PM

Lovely projects, what a great team-up with Simple Stories.

Posted by: KarenB | 05/27/2016 at 11:17 PM

Gorgeous projects - love this team-up!

Posted by: Cynthia | 05/27/2016 at 07:20 PM

Can't resist pinning Margi's fabulous blossom page at this link https://www.pinterest.com/pin/550494754434412094/ because I love the flowers; stunning and beautiful. Thank you for the chance to win your gorgeous giveaway. I've shared and liked at my blog, FB and IG. Thank you and hugs xx

Posted by: Asmah Zainal Abidin | 05/27/2016 at 03:52 AM