Petaloo

Halloween Decor

HHello Petaloo fans! Have you decorated your home to celebrate this coming Halloween? Today, I would like to share a Halloween decor which I've created using Authentique Paper's Mysterious collection with tons of gorgeous Petaloo flowers.

I've recycled a box to create this decor. First, I've covered this box with pattern papers and cut outs from this collection.

I've also used several mixed media techniques to distress this box.

Here are some close-ups on those gorgeous flowers! I've added some sparkles on them using glitters.

Petaloo Products Used:

Forget-Me-Nots ~ Soft Lavender (1837-057)

Forget-Me-Nots ~ Black (1837-060)

Mixed Textured Mini Blossoms ~ Black (1263-209)

Textured Blossoms ~ Gray (1263-210)

Textured Blossoms ~ Gray (1256-210)

Other Product:

Authentique Paper ~ Mysterious Collection

Happy Halloween! See you all soon!

xx Irene Tan

Halloween in Wonderland Mini Album

Hello, Lovely Friends!  Halloween is one of the best photo ops around: cute little kids all dressed up in adorable costumes, homes decorated with pumpkins, mums and other pretties, falling leaves and beautiful blue skies.  So I thought it would be fun to work up a little Halloween in Wonderland mini album where I can store all the great pics of my grand girls enjoying this SPOOK-tacular holiday.

 

This is a "from scratch" album made with an upcycled cereal box.  It's covered with Graphic 45 DIY papers.  I've added loads of goodies from the Halloween in Wonderland paper collection along with some fun G45 Metal Staples and tags. 

The perfect finishing touch is the gorgeous Petaloo Berry Picks, Anemones, Jeweled Flowers and more.  I love the way they pick up the colors on the cover of this album!

Tucking the flowers around my fussy cut and chipboard elements really pulled this design together.  Talk about texture!  Wow!

 

The inside of the album has lots of fun little pockets, tags, folios and fold out pages.

 

 

Throughout the album, I used Staples Alphabet Tags to spell out Halloween related words.  Topping the tags with Darjeeling blooms added a pop of lovely color and texture to the tags.

 

I created a short YouTube video tour for you so that you can see all the details of the album.  It has lots of pretty, pretty Petaloo flowers scattered throughout.

 

 

I hope you enjoy!

Cheerio,

kathy

Product Links:

• Chantilly Mixed Blooms Lilac/Purple x 6 SKU: 1279-205
• Darjeeling Anemone/Pistachio x 6
• Velvet Hydrangea Picks/Sage 1111-211
  
• Jeweled Flowers/Lavender SKU: RS1133-007/6
  
• Cherry Blossoms/Purple SKU: 1173-205
  
• Darjeeling Mini Mix/Teastain Purple ITEM: 1462-104
  
• Darjeeling Petites x 24 Teastained Purple ITEM: 1465-104
  
• Penny Lane Forget me Nots/Antique Green x16 SKU: 1837-054
  
• Flowering Pick x 2/ Purple Berry 1170-205
  

 

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Petaloo and Authentique Mysterious Blog Hop

DAY 2

"Blog Hopping" with Authentique for HALLOWEEN fun & prizes this week!

We're sharing our "HALLOWEEN inspired" projects with the "Mysterious" Collection from Authentique!

What a gorgeous mix of black, orange and grey for Halloween.  This paper collection comes with adorable stickers and chipboard pieces too!  see

PLUS ... we will be featuring coordinating Fall flowers, leaves & berries from Petaloo!

There will be lots of fun HALLOWEEN ideas from our two design teams:

CARDS, HOME DECOR & more!

PLUS...

PRIZES ... 2 WINNERS !!!!

What's in the prize?  Authentique paper, stickers & chipboard ... PLUS 10 packs of Petaloo flowers!  NICE ...

FIVE WAYS TO ENTER : 

1.  Leave us a message ...

each day 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 HALLOWEEN project from Pinterest here

Good luck, have fun & enjoy the HOP!

Your Friends at Petaloo

xxxooo

Now let's see Kathy's wonderful Petaloo and Authentique creations.

Hello, Friends! It's a great week here at Petaloo because we're partying with Authentique. There is so much great inspiration for the upcoming holiday along with some fabulous prize packages that I know you'd love to get your crafty little fingers on!

Each design team member received Authentique's gorgeous Mysterious collection to play with. This collection is printed on heavyweight smooth cardstock and like all Authentique products, printed 100% in the USA! It's a nice mix of vintage cute and vintage spooky (but not creepy) images. I rode out Hurricane Matthew by creating some very fun projects to share with you here.

Jolly Halloween Easel Card

OK..so I love plaid...and this vintage orange plaid is too fabulous for words! I created this card with the 6x6 pad of Mysterious papers. Card makers like to work with smaller patterns, and the 6x6 pad has all the wonderful patterns found in the 12x12 papers reduced in size. My card is 5.5" square and makes great use of the sturdy matte cardstock stickers that come with the collection. I paired up some ghostly gray Petaloo Textured Blossoms and Textured Elements with the Fall Mix of Burlap Leaves here. The flowers were spritzed with just a hint of Tattered Angels Jack O Lantern Glimmer Mist.

 

The inside of the card uses more of the fabulous plaid paper along with some chit chat stickers and image stickers from the collection. I love that the chit chat stickers give you the opportunity to create custom sentiments!

You Put a Spell on Me Spooky Card

 

The black and white pages in this collection are perfectly spooky without being creepy. I created this 5x7 top fold card with 12x12 papers and fussy cut elements. My full moon was made by cutting black and white bat paper with a circle die, and inking with various yellow inks. I love the way it pops against the monochromatic background.

The black cat is fussy cut from one of the 12 x12 sheets as well. My bow cluster is topped with another Gray Textured Blossom and 2 mini gray textured blossoms.  How perfect is that color match?

Bats in your belfrey? No, they are inside this card though. I layered some 12x12 papers, fussy cut elements, and stickers to create a tag pocket where you can write ghostly greetings and maybe tuck in a little chocolate for extra fun.

Accordion Style Flip Album for your Mysterious Halloween Table

Every Halloween Party needs a little table decoration, and this clever accordion style flip fold album is a fun way to decorate. I paired up the 6x6 papers with a Sizzix die from Karen Burniston and lots of pretty Petaloo Posies. This photo shows the album when it is closed.

The real fun starts when you open it out for display!

 

And I decorated it on both sides so no one feels left out. Here's a closer look.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a really fun alternative to a banner, dontcha think?

Keep hopping along with us on the Petaloo Blog all week for more BOOtiful Halloween inspiration. Be sure to leave comments so you can be entered to win one of the fabby prize packs. Authentique is featuring Petaloo product on their blog this week, and will also have some SPOOKtacular prizes for you. Take a look!

 

Thanks so much for hopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Product Links

Textured Blossoms x9 Gray

Gray Textured Blossoms x 4

Darjeeling Mini Mix Teastained Cream

Burlap Leaves Fall Mix

Black Textured Mini Blossoms

Textured Elements Gray Textured Blossoms

Darjeeling Teastained Spice Petites

Ivory Canvas Mini Garden Rosettes

Authentique Mysterious 12x12 Collection

6x6 Mysterious paper pad Save

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Authentique & Petaloo Blog Hop

 

We are "Blog Hopping" with Authentique for HALLOWEEN fun & prizes this week!

We'll be sharing our "HALLOWEEN inspired" projects with the "Mysterious" Collection from Authentique!

What a gorgeous mix of black, orange and grey for Halloween.  This paper collection comes with adorable stickers and chipboard pieces too!  see

PLUS ... we will be featuring coordinating Fall flowers, leaves & berries from Petaloo!

There will be lots of fun HALLOWEEN ideas from our two design teams:

CARDS, HOME DECOR & more!

PLUS...

PRIZES ... 2 WINNERS !!!!

What's in the prize?  Authentique paper, stickers & chipboard ... PLUS 10 packs of Petaloo flowers!  NICE ...

FIVE WAYS TO ENTER : 

1.  Leave us a message ...

each day 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 HALLOWEEN project from Pinterest here

Good luck, have fun & enjoy the HOP!

Your Friends at Petaloo

xxxooo

 Now let's take a look at the fabulous work from Petaloo designer, Ginny Nemchak.

Hey there Paper Peeps!  So happy to be sharing the projects I created for our fabulous and fun Blog Hop with Authentique. This is an amazing brand mashup. I created cards and tags with the spooky cool Mysterious Collection and coordinating Petaloo Flowers. 












~Petaloo Supplies Used~

Darjeeling Aneome Cream 1490-105

Textured Elements Mixed Textured Mini Blossoms Black RS1263-209/6

Textured Elements Textured Blossoms Gray 1263210

There's also a fabulous giveaway so make sure you CLICK HERE to get the details of how you can enter your name for a chance to win!!!!!

Okay that's all for me. I hope you come back for all of the amazing projects the designers from both teams have created and don't forget to leave a little love for the projects. I know I will!  Wishing you all a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G

Witch Hat for Halloween

Hello Petaloo fans! It's Irene here and this time, I would like to share a little Halloween inspired project with you all. I've always wanted to try creating one of these witch hats and with this month's assignment, it is the perfect timing.

To decorate this hat, I've used tons of gorgeous and colorful blossoms by Petaloo. The rich purples, oranges and greens in these Chantilly and Botanicas are amazing and just right for this hat.

Here are more pictures of it.

I've had so much fun creating this hat and hope you all like it! See you all soon!

xx Irene Tan

Petaloo Products Used:

Chantilly Velvet Hydrangeas - Violet (1272-205)

Chantilly Mixed Blooms - Lilac/Purple (1279-205)

Chantilly Mixed Blooms - Sienna (1279-212)

Botanica Minis - Lav/Purple (1101-107)

Spring Berry Clusters - Lav/Purple (1105-107)

 

Too Cute to Spook Halloween Banner

Hello, Friends!  It's Kathy here with a Too Cute to Spook Halloween Banner.  I was digging around in  the Closet of Shame and found some adorable Graphic 45 Happy Hauntings paper.  This collection has always been a favorite because of the sweet vintage Halloween images.  I spent a fun afternoon cutting, sewing, spritzing and gluing this one together.

I went with a classic orange and black color palette with just a few pops of green and purple to jazz things up a bit.   I wanted to really load the banner up with all kinds of pretty ribbons and flowers, but only had 2 sort of orange flowers in my Petaloo stash.  No problem!  It was a piece of cake to alter these pretty posies with a little Glimmer Mist.  Now I have custom dyed flowers to match my papers.  Sa-weet!

 

 

Even though these were NOT DIY flowers, I found that they took the mists very well and held their shape with no problems.  I used Tattered Angels Jack-o-Lantern and Peach Delight to color all the flowers you see here.  Some only required a tiny spritz, like the Peach Botanica Bloom on the left.  The burlap sunflowers in the top left corner were originally yellow, but you'd never know that now, would you?  Same thing goes for the Canvas Mini Sunflowers! 

 

These green Darjeeling Dahlias and Cream Cherry Blossoms offer a nice contrast to the orange and black color palette. I did spritz the Dahlias with a little mist.

 

 

 

Mini banner flags sit between the larger pennants.  I added little silver charms with baker's twine.

 

Fall Mix Burlap Leaves make a great base for my flower clusters.

 

I covered the itty bitty magnifying glass with clear acrylic packaging then added a not too spooky spider and gold glass glitter inside.

 

 

 

 

Halloween is spooky sweet when you dress it up with vintage images, wonderful ribbons and pretty, pretty Petaloo flowers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

 

Products used in this Project

Petaloo Fall Mix Burlap Leaves RS-5001-300/4  36 Pieces

Petaloo Ivory Canvas Sunflower Mini RS5002-200/4

Cream Cherry Blossom x24

Burlap Wild Sunflowers x5 yellow

Peach Botanica Blooms x4

Darjeeling Teastained Dahlias, Greenx10

 

Graphic 45 Happy Hauntings 8x8 paper pad (retired)

 

Halloween in Wonderland with Pretty Petaloo Flowers

Hello, Friends!  It's Kathy here with  a seasonal card made with Graphic 45's Halloween in Wonderland papers.  I love the way Petaloo flowers bring this whimsical paper collection to life.

 

This Purple Darjeeling Garden Rosette is such a perfect playmate for these colorful papers!  I dressed this one up in a sparkly Halloween costume by painting it with Stardust Stickles.  I love the way it catches the light!

 

The inside of this card is ready to party!

 

There's lots of room on the back of this tag to add a photo.  And there's room in the pocket to tuck in a little Halloween treat, too!

That's it for me today! Have you started your Halloween crafting yet? 

Cheerio,

kathy

 

Product Links

Darjeeling Garden Rosette x 6
purple
SKU: 1491-104

 

Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland Deluxe Collector's Edition

 

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

"Day of the Dead" Choker by Denise

 

Every year during the Fall ... we get requests to post "Day of the Dead" projects ... here is a great "Dia de los Muertos" choker from Denise Hahn with Snapguide directions to go with it!! 

 

The Day of the Dead is filled with the most livley colors that celebrate and remind us of our loved ones who have passed. Today I have created a felt choker inspired by the holidays colors and themes. It was supr easy- just a piece of felt 12 inches by 2 inches. I took some Petaloo Trims to make make ties, and then continued using the Petaloo Fancy and Crocheted trims to embellish. I added in some scrap velvet, tulles and fabrics. Then used my glue gun to add my Petaloo flowers. At the end I decided to add in some of Petaloos Brads and I think it just made the design pop. I used my sewing machine to add on the trims but you could easily use a glue gun for the entire project. See my Snapguide Check out How to Make a Day of the Dead Choker by Denise Hahn on Snapguide. for the easy instructions. Supply list at end! Denise

Petaloo Flowers:

Darjeeling Petites 24ct Black/Cream

Darjeeling Medium Mix x6 Black/Cream/Brown

Trims Assorted Glitz- Fuschia

Brads Assorted x20 Shades of Green

Felt, fabric trim, hot glue

Skull Cameo- Etsy

"Day of the Dead" Mask by Denise

 

Every year during the Fall ... we get requests to post "Day of the Dead" projects ... here is a great "Dia de los Muertos" MASK from Denise Hahn with "step by step" directions to go with it!!  

 

 Living in Southern California all my life, Day of the Dead celebrations are nothing new to me, I have long loved the artwork of the celebration including the famous Sugar Skulls and Calavera Masks. Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures on November 1st and 2nd. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. I decided I would attempt to create my own Calavera Mask. I have to say I am totally in love with my result! Why? Well I am not a "fine artist". I have no real drawing or sketching skills, and staring at the blank white mask I got at the craft store, I was thinking- this is going to be a mess! Amazingly, I figured out a way to make it work and now will show you how I did it. Don't be afraid- it really didn't require any special drawing skills- trust me! Now go get a white blank mask at the craft store, some Sharipe Brush Markers, and pencil, some foam core, plug in the hot glue gun, and gather your favorite Petaloo Flowers!

I started by using some Kaiser Craft Stamps to make a few designs- they were clings, so I inked them on the cling using Clearsnaps Surfacez Permanent Ink in black and just used my hand rather than an acrylic block. Then using a pencil and some google images for inspiration I lightly drew out my design- the eraser works perfect so don't worry about making mistakes or starting over if you dont like it.

 

After you are done and like your design- darken your lines with a Black Sharpie. The skull looks best if you darken in the sides giving it a more skull look. There are ton of ways to do the mouths too- just research first

 

Next I wanted a scrolly vine-so made light dashes until I had the look I wanted

 

Now start to color in more. I gave her some eye shadow. With the Sharpie markers, you can go over the top of same colors- but if you touch the other color they will mix

 

I added another butterfly and colored it too (to the left side of temple) Now I laid my mask atop a piece of foam core. I drew about an inch and half away from skull and then lined up the edge as pictured

 

I cut out the foam core and added some black paper to cover the white- I then hot glued it to the mask

 

Now for the fun part! Start with your larger flowers first. Only glue in the very center- this will you allow to layer other flower by slipping them under each other.

 

now start to add more flowers-I made sure to glue some in the crease so they cascaded over the top (see bottom right green flower) I then added the next smallest flowers, tucking them under as needed

 

I also added some smaller flowers onto the scrolly vines I made

 

I bought some Recollections stick on gems at Michaels and added them

 

I finished with more gems on the jaw area, and then took two wired ribbon bows and attached with glue to sides

 

here is the back- I hot glued a ribbon to hang it from.

See that wasn't too hard was it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Petaloo Dahlias x10 Autumn

Petaloo Dahlias x10 Teals/Aquas

Petaloo Mixed Textured Blossoms Black

Petaloo Sienna Chantilly-Mixed Blooms

Creatology Plastic Mask

Sharpie Brush Tip Markers

Clearsnaps Surfacez Permanent Ink

KaiserCraft Stamps Lilac Avenue

 

 

Recollections Rhinestone Stickers

Hot Glue

Foam Core