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Maggi's Petaloo and Creative Embellishments layout

 It's a great week here on the Petaloo blog with a full week of Mothers Day ideas, fun & prizes coming your way  ...

 

It's Day 1 of our hop, are you ready  for some ALTERED ART fun ??? 

 

 

the Petaloo designers will be "Blog Hopping" with the designers from 

 

Creative Embellishments

 

Their projects will feature a variety of ALTERED & PAINTED chipboard embellishments

 

 

PLUS ... we will be PAINTING & ALTERING Darjeeling paper flowers & leaves from Petaloo!

 

 

 

There will be lots of beautiful MOTHERS DAY ideas from our two design teams:

 

FRAMES, WALL ART, LAYOUTS, CARDS & more ... 

  

Creative Embellishments - see their DT projects here:

 

 Now, let's get the fun started with Petaloo DT member

Maggi

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How fun to team up with Creative Embellishments (CE)  to bring you a week of Mother's Day fabulous projects using Petaloo flowers and Creative Embellishments chipboard.  It doesn't get much better than that as far as I am concerned!

 

I chose to honor a "different" kinda Mom, but still a Mom.  For so many of us, myself included, our furbabies are our children and we are their Moms.  My furbabies know that I am Mom and if my husband tells my dogs that "Mom's home", they go running to the back door.  I adore this photo of dog Mom,  Maria Cole and her sweet dog Archie.  The look that is passing between them is so special.  It really illustrates the bond between dogs and their human parents.

 

I love to layer chipboard vines and flourishes underneath my Petaloo blooms, that is such a great look.  I colored my chippies with some gold mist and then lightly dry brushed white paint onto the chippies and the flowers.  Petaloo's Darjeeling Blooms are perfect for painting and misting as they are a nice heavy weight paper flower.

I used Petaloo Darjeeling blooms on my layout, they are some of my favorites.  I've used dahlias, rosetes and little minis along with a couple butterflies, all from the Darjeeling collection. 

 

In addition to chipboard, Creative Embellishments sells masks, wood veneers and stamps. I used a CE pawprint mask on the background of this layout, its just the touch I wanted.

Petaloo Products Used:
Darjeeling Dahlias x 10 Teastained Purple SKU: 1467-104

Darjeeling Mini Grdn Rosette x 6 purpleSKU: 1492-104

Darjeeling Petites x 24Teastained Purple SKU: 1465-104
Darjeeling Mini Butterflies x 8 Teastained Purple SKU: 1486-104

Creative Embellishments Products Used:
Flourish Set 29Celebrate Word Set
Muddy Paws Stencil

 

The pretty paper I've used is Fabscraps Lavender Breeze.

 

Thanks for joining me today.  Be sure to visit Creative Embellishments' blog and all the designers' blogs to see more great work from the DT's of Petaloo and Creative Embellishments and be sure to register to win the great prize package!

 

 

AND NOW FOR THE PRIZES ...

20 pc ALTERED ART designer pack !!!!

 

What's in the prize?

Petaloo Darjeeling flowers ... 12 packs of spring flowers

Creative Embellishments ...  8 packs of amazing lasercut chipboard designs ...

 

 

FIVE WAYS TO ENTER :

 

1. Leave us a message ...

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2. LIKE US & enter our FB contest ...

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& let us know you have done so

 

4. Follow us on ... Instagram   here

 

5. Re pin a Mothers Day project from Pinterest  here

 

BONUS:

Creative Embellishments will be giving away prizes too ... here

  

Good luck, have fun & enjoy the HOP!

Your Friends at Petaloo

xxxooo

Off to the Races Honey Do List for Your Honey

Hello, Friends!  Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays and it's just around the corner!  Women tend to love Valentine's Day, but often find it hard to come up with a card or a design for the men in their lives.  So I thought I would share another fun Valentine's Day idea design with guys in mind.  

My husband loves to make lists.  In fact, he keeps a little list pad right beside his place at the breakfast table and writes down everything that needs to be tended to.  Sometimes, when we have a very long errand list on Saturday, we will look at one another and say, "Aaaaaaaand, they're off!"  This is just one of those silly things that makes a relationship so much fun, but it got me to thinking that making a handsome Honey Do List Notepad from Graphic 45's Off to the Races Collection would make a great Valentine's Day Card. 

This collection is loaded with patterns and images that work well on masculine projects.  To mimic the boutonnieres sported by these dapper gents, I created a mini boutonniere embellishment using Petaloo flowers and a snippet of ribbon.

 

 

This White Baby's Breath Pick serves as the base for the boutonniere.  It's topped off with a couple of Black Mixed Textured Blossoms. The black and white combo is classic and looks really handsome with the papers.

 

 

The front cover flips up to reveal a 4x6 sticky note pad and a tag/gift pocket.

I added an ephemera tag and some simple paper elements to the tag, but was sure to leave plenty of room for a mushy (more likely silly) Valentine note.  There's plenty of room in the pocket to tuck in a gift card or some yummy chocolate.

 

I hope this gave you an idea you can "run with" for Valentine's Day.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Product Links

Petaloo Mixed Textured Mini Blossoms, Black x9 1263-209

Petaloo White Baby's Breath Pick x 3 1650-017

Graphic 45 Off to the Races paper collection

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Believe in Magic

"Believe in Magic"

Hello All, Heather here today. I want to welcome everyone to my debute at Petaloo by FloraCraft. I want to share a holiday layout with some warm festive cheer, seeing it is a magical time of year.

I started the base of the layout with some Yuletide collection from 7 Dots Studios. It is very magical with the subtle background details.

After heat embossing some chipboard to add that extra sparkel and shine. I topped the flower arrangement off with some of my favorites Botanical Blooms - Red, Sugared Pne Green, White Berries, DIY Botanical White.

And just to add a few finishing touches with with some micro beads.

Thank you so much for stopping by and All of us at Petaloo by FloraCraft would like to wish you all a safe and Happy Holidays.

Heather

Petaloo by FloraCraft Supplies: 

DIY Botanica Mini's White 1650-001

Sugared Mini’s x 11 Pine Green RS1131-121

Spring Berry clusters All White 1105-100

Botanica Blooms Red

Other Supplies:

7 Dots Studios: Yuletide Collection Chestnuts, Sugarplum, Gingerbread, Word Stickers.

13@rts: Ayeeda Medium Acrylic Modeling Paste, Silver Microspheres.

Stampin Up: Hologram Highlights Emboss Powder, Gorgeous Grunge Stamp.

Dusty Attic: Word Pack #4, Wrought Iron Design Set.

Different Colors For Fall Exploding Box

Hi Petaloo fans! It's Irene here and for today's post, I would like to share with you all a project which I've created using an Autumn collection by Maja Design with gorgeous Petaloo burlap flowers.

The colors in this collection is a little different from the usual and I think it is perfect for a Fall birthday exploding box card.

To decorate the box cover, I've used tons of burlap wild sunflowers and berries by Petaloo.

Here's a picture showing inside the box.

I've created a small cake inside this box and decorate it with more textured mini blossoms by Petaloo.

This exploding box card is such a fun project to make. Hope you all like it!

xx Irene Tan

Petaloo Products Used:

Burlap Wild Sunflowers - Ivory (1223-200)

Burlap Blossoms - Ivory (1201-200)

Burlap Picks - Ivory (1204-200)

Burlap Trims - Natural (1483-000)

DIY Mixed Textured Mini Blossoms - Ivory (1650-013)

 

Autumn Tag

Hello Petaloo fans! It's Irene here and for today's post, I'm sharing with you all a tag which I've created using tons of gorgeous burlap flowers by Petaloo.

I've colored the burlap flower in the above picture using some paints. These burlap flowers are so easy to customize to fit any kind of projects.

This is such a fun tag to create. Hope you all like it.

Petaloo Products Used:

Burlap Leaves - Fall Mix (5001-300)

Burlap Poinsettias - Ivory (1224-200)

Canvas Sunflower Mini - Ivory (5002-200)

Burlap Picks - Ivory (1204-200)

Crochet Lace Trim - Aqua (1482-129)

Halloween Blues Greeting Card

Hey there Paper Peeps! Ginny here and  I'm excited to share a fun halloweeny project today with vintage images, layered patterned papers, and gorgeous Petaloo flowers.  I used non-traditional colors for the holiday inspired by the background color from the image.  Because why be normal?
That little boy is sweet and charming I could not resist creating a project with him. The tag in the background was inked and stamped and embossed with more traditional Halloween colors. Not too much of it is peeking out so as not to distract from the focal image.

The texture on these burlap flowers is amazing! I filled in a small arrangement here with some black burlap string to help fill in the space.

Another little arrangement for the top corner here with coordinating silk ribbon.

From this angle you can see them embossing a bit better. I used a flat black for the spider web and a clear gloss on the die cut frame.  I utilized a white doily to break of the focal images from the background which were all in a similar color tone and was looking a bit washed out.

A few embellies like the metal clip and buttons really wraps this card up and balances the large flowers.

~Petaloo Supplies Used~

Canvas Sunflower Mini-RS5oo2-200/4

Darjeeling Petites Cream 1465105

Textured Elements Dogwood Ant Blue 1211-253

Okay that's all for me. Wishing you all a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G

Back to School Journal with Shona

 

Hello Petaloo Fans. Shona here today with a fun Back To School project. I altered a journal and added lots of pretty Petaloo blooms to create it!  

 

 

I had so much fun creating my own bloom colors with some Shimmerz mists. Just add the mist to your flowers (ivory or white ones) and create the perfect color for your project! I colored the Mini Daisies, Daisy Layers and DIY Burlap Blossoms.

 

 

I tucked in a few Dogwoods and DIY Burlap Blossoms to finish it all off.

 

 

That is it for today. I hope you create a fun Back to School Journal too!  Make sure to check out our Facebook page, there is always something fun and creative there! Take care and Happy Scrapping!

 

 

Petaloo Products:

 

Dogwood x 24CANVAS ant red ITEM: 1211-250

 

DIY-BurlapBlossoms x 10 Ivory ITEM: 1650-004

 

DaisyLayersx 15 Burlap-Canvas Ivory ITEM: 1205-200

 

Daisy layersx 15 Antique Red SKU: 1205-250

 

Mini Daisiesx 8 BURLAP ivory ITEM: 1214-200

 

 

 

Other Products:

 

Journal

Gesso

Shimmerz Mists

Feather

Creative Embellishments Chipboard

Papers

I am excited to be Guest Designing for Petaloo!

Good morning!

 

I am Laura Gilhuly and I live in beautiful Southwestern Ontario , Canada. I am a stay at home mom to 2 fantastic and fun loving young men - Cody is 15 and Ty is 14.

I am happily married for 16 years to my best friend and awesome husband, Jon. He is hardworking, ambitious, determined and loving...I am creative, enthusiastic, emotional and passionate - together we make a great team!  We own our own transport truck and he is a long haul driver so during the week, It is me and our boys and my scrappy stuff!!!   I really enjoy trying new things and creating projects!  I create mostly 12x12 layouts but I do really enjoy creating off the page projects, cards and canvases...anything were I can ink and paint and play and get my hands messy!

 

  My family is the focus of my life, my inspiration, and my motivation to scrapbook. 

I am so excited to be guest designing for Petaloo!

Their flowers are so awesome and the ones I received in my guest package were the DIY paintables!  They are so much fun to work with and will always coordinate with your project!

 

 

The first project I worked on is a 7gyspies solo shadowbox I received in my package.

I was so excited to start on it I forgot to take a photo of it! This is how it looked before but mine was brown!

 

The first step I did was cover it roughly with a paint that was sand color and add some modeling paste using a stencil

 

 

I also added some crackle paste - love that stuff!

Then I decided to add to colors I wanted by using the wonderful

Tattered Angels Denim Blue Glimmer Mist that was also in the package and another of my favorite products the Colourcraft Brusho Colours in burnt sienna.

 

 

Next was the fun stuff - I got to color the awesome flowers! 

I used the DIY- Daisy Layers  Burlap-Canvas in Ivory, DIY-Mixed Textured Layers also in Ivory, DIY- Burlap Blossoms in Ivory,
DIY- Baby’s Breath Pick in White, DIY- Queen Annes Pick in Whit, and the DIY - Dogwood Canvas in white.  I used teh same products to color the flowers that I did the tray!

 

 

 

After I dried the flowers I used some matte gel to adhere some crushed glitter glass and prills to the tips of some of the flowers!

 

 

I added some shells, crushed glitter glass, and Prills and a piece of burlap behind the photo of my husband and our boys, that was part of my package to the shelves of the tray.

 

 

 I really love the beachy, shabby chic feel to this!

 

I wanted my next project to be bright and fun!

So I used this fun photo of Ty being buried in the sand!

 

I started by layering the wonderful Graphic 45 Voyage Beneath the Sea papers!

 

 

Then I started to color the wonderful flowers!  For this layout I used the same flowers as on my tray and also the DIY- Burlap Medium Sunflower in Ivory.

 

To color the yellow ones I dabbed the Tim Holtz Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink on my craft mat, then spritzed with water!

I added some  Heidi Swapp Mustard Color shine spray then dragged the flowers through them to achieve a more dimensional look.

 

 

 

For the bluish ones I used the Colourcraft Brusho Crystal Colors in Turquoise.  I spritzed them with water, added the color crystals, then spritzed them with water again.

 

 

I dried all the flowers, and added some more prills and crushed glitter glass.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and thank Cheryl @ Petaloo!  I really enjoyed guesting this month!

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Liberty Village with DIY Flowers & Canvas Corp

Hey there Peeps! Ginny here dropping in to share a very festive and fun holiday décor creation using the fabulous DIY Flowers and Canvas Corp patterned papers.  I love to make projects in red, white, and blue since they can be displayed for all the summer holidays!!!

I'm calling this Liberty Village. A row of tiny houses all decked out in patriotic colors and fun trims.  It'll be a great addition to my seasonal décor. My hubby is born on the 4th of July so we really go all in for this great holiday! And we get cake...so that's a win win : )

These little houses are only about 3 inches square ( before the roof.)  I was able to pack a lot of detail in a small space.

All lined up they are the perfect size for a shelf. From this angle you can see how the tiny chimneys fit perfectly on the roof peak. I had to do math shudder.

For this center house I added a few glittery stars on spingy wires nestled into the kraft packaging in the chimney. To finish the tops of the chimneys I added a small length of white lace wrapped around and stapled in place with a tiny staple. Coordinating lace on the bottom of the house is layered over burlap trim.

This roof peak is all decked out with the DIY Flowers, Red Jeweled Flowers,  glittery branches and ribbon trim.  I sprayed the DIY Flowers with Fireworks Spray to match the chevron stripe in the paper. Tinsel trim on the underside of the roof makes it extra festive!

Surprise!!! The roofs come off.  From this angle you can see I've tucked in another star clipped in with an itty bitty red clothespin.

Simply untie the red cord and the little house opens right up to reveal a vintagy image and 3 picture mats for displaying favorite summer pictures.

I just love how the shades of red, white, and blue are all vintagy and not super bright.

Each little house has a different image....but the same picture mats.

It will be fun to fill up these little houses with our pictures and memories. And we can enjoy them year after year when we decorate for the holiday.

Okay that's all for me....wishing all of you a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G

Supplies:

Petaloo

DIY-Burlap Pointsettias x 5 Ivory: 1650-010

Jeweled Flowers x 5 Red: 1133-005

Other:

Canvas Corp Papers

Really Reasonable Ribbon Trims

Summer layouts and DIY flowers

Maggi here to share two summer layouts with you today, both using Petaloo's awesome DIY flowers. 

 

I used Graphic 45's Safari Adventures on this first layout to scrap photos I took at the Miami Zoo where it's always summer!  I had a blast dying my flowers to match the tropical imagery in this collection.  These flowers are so great because you can easily dye them using mists or other coloring agents.

 

I colored the salmon colored flowers by simply spraying them with my mist. To color the yellow largest flower, I first misted it with yellow and then I painted on a little red mist on the ends of the petals. Then I quickly blotted with a paper towel so that the color effect would be subtle.

 

For this flower, I gave it an all over misting with yellow, then I sprayed a little red mist on my craft mat and tipped my paintbrush in it, and painted the flower center and touched the flower tips.

 

 

I just touched these sweet little blooms with a hint of red while they were still damp from the yellow mist and blotted with a paper towel to keep the effect subtle.  

 

 

Petaloo Supplies:

Dahlias x 10 Teastained Cream 1467-105

DIY-Mixed Testured Layers x 12 Ivory 1650-012

DIY-Daisy Layers x 15 Burlap/Canvas 1650-020

Petites x 24 Teastained Yellow 1465-109

Other:

Graphic 45 Safari Adventures collection:

Safari Adventures

Lush Landscape

Journey of a Lifetime

Patterns and Solids 12 x 12

Lindy's Gator Gumbo Olive

Tattered Angels Banana Pudding

Shimmerz Caribbean Sunset Spritz

First, a big thank you to Simple Stories for these bright summery papers that I used to create this family reunion layout!   I used the same technique on this layout to color the flowers. I love that so many of Petaloo's flower styles are available as DIY flowers and that picks are also available! 

 

 

I've used leaf picks in this floral cluster along with textured layers and canvas dogwoods.   All of these products absorb color so well.

 

 

Oops, one little gerber daisy that was already colored slipped in here.  ☺

 

 

 

Supplies:

Petaloo

DIY Dogwood x 24 canvas white 1650-038

DIY Mixed Textured Layers x 12 Ivory 1650-012

DIY-Burlap Picks x 3 Ivory 1650-019

Mini Gerber Daisy x 12 fuschia/pink 1175-102

Other:

Simple Stories Sunshine and Happiness collection

Creative Embellishments Celebrate Word Set

Lindy's Starburst Mists-Maidenhair Fern Green, Salt Water Taffy