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CHA Hot Trends ~ Home decor w/ paper & flowers!

After every CHA show we get the same question from our Petaloo friends...what are the HOTTEST trends (in our opinion) that we saw at CHA?

 

So... today I want to show you another favorite ... Home Decor from paper and flowers!

 

  One of the masters at creating home decor from their papers and Petaloo flowers is Graphic 45.  If you have ever been in the G45 booth at a CHA show, it is filled with home decor projects and ideas!!

Stacking Boxes by Graphic 45 features the Petaloo Textured Layers flowers in amber and moss green

        

 

Here is another amazing project from Nichola Battilana a member of the G45 Design Team. It features the new Bohemian Bazaar papers and Petaloo Darjeeling flowers!

   

 Printed Darjeeling in fuschia & Darjeeling flowers in Teastained Red

Here is a decorative box from G45 DT member Annette Green decorated with Bohemian Bazaar paper, Petaloo Darjeeling flowers and Petaloo Crocheted Lace!

   

Darjeeling flowers in various colors

   

Petaloo~Crocheted Lace in teal (left) & Glass Beaded Flowers(right)

 

As you can see, there are a lot of great projects you can make for your home!

 

How to get started?

FIRST, pick out an item you would like to decorate...there are lots of great boxes, birdhouses, mirrors, frames etc at your local craft store.  Try looking at Joannes, Michaels, Hobby Lobby or Beverlys.

 

NEXT, pick out a paper that appeals to you...

 

LAST, go to the Petaloo website and find coordinating flowers, trims, lace and accessories to match your papers.

 

Important to note...you need to get the right glue...paper glue for adhering paper & fabric glue for adhering laces, ribbons and metal accessories.

 

Remember...these items make great gifts and Christmas is coming!!!

Have fun, your friends at Petaloo :) 

SNEEK PEEK ~ Holiday Darjeeling in cream

It's time for another SNEEK PEEK ...

This time we are going to show you one of our most popular collections of recycled paper flowers...

the Darjeeling Collection...

This new color is called Teastained Cream ... sounds so perfectly " inky" already, huh?!

 

If you are like many of the crafters today...then you have a craftroom (or kitchen table, LOL ) full of paints, sprays, spritzes, glitters, brushes and more... right?!

 

We just cannot help ourselves...we love to embellish!  If you fall into this category (or want to...) then these flowers are meant for you! 

 

Not only are they beautiful on their own but they are also meant to be painted & embellished...

*SNEEK PEEK alert* New Darjeeling Teastained Cream

This Grunge Birdcage by DT member Lynne Forsythe features the Darjeeling Dahlias x 10, the Darjeeling Petites x 24 and some painted Darjeeling flowers too. The chipboard birdcage and pins are also made by Petaloo...

 

Once of the nice features of the Darjeeling Holiday Collection is that it coordinates with the top 20 papers in the industry!! 

 

This first paper is so pretty and sweet.  Look at how well these Darjeeling Petites work with this paper...

 

*SNEEK PEEK Alert* New paper collection from Authentique called Sweetness and matched with Darjeeling Petites in Teastained Cream.

 

Here is a completely different paper from Graphic 45.  It is their Halloween paper called Steampunk Spells.  Its got a vintage feel, but the Darjeeling flowers in Teastained Cream work just as well... Plus, we have six other Holiday Darjeeling colors to coordinate with it too. 

*SNEEK PEEK Alert* New paper from Graphic 45 called Steampunk Spells coordinated with Darjeeling Teastained Cream flowers... 

 

While we have shown only two paper companies here...there flowers also work perfectly with papers from: Bo Bunny, Echo Park, Carte Bella, Teresa Collins, Simple Stories and so many more!

 

Enough about paper, how about the trims and ribbons to coordinate with them?

 

Here are two of my favorite new trims to coordinate with all our flower collections!  Is that BURLAP on the right?  YES it is...  

*SNEEK PEEK Alert* NEW TRIMS... Crocheted Lace in Cream (left) and BURLAP in Natural (right)

 

These two coordinate beautifully with the Teastained Cream flowers but with lots of other flowers too!!

 

Plus,  we have 15 other colors of crocheted lace available too!  If we do not have the colors you are looking for...then go ahead and spray them!!! They are made with cotton so the lace absorbs any type of.... ink, sprays & dyes beautifully!

 

Thanks for joining us today!  Come back tomorrow for another SNEEK PEEK from our NEW Botanica Collection, you are gonna LOVE IT!!!!!

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

Petaloo & Authentique

The Authentique Strong Collection and Petaloo Darjeeling flowers are just right for a Fathers Day card. I have layered a couple of Authentique papers and then played with frames and diecuts. I have used 3D-pads to get dimension.

I painted the flowers and leaves with some white gesso to get a frosted look.

I have used a little Petaloo vintage Label Plate in the middle - I adore these! So perfect to make a title or sentiment to stand out!

 

Here's a close-up of some of the Darjeeling flowers in the color Teastained Blue:

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

Helena

Petaloo products used:

Label Plate x 3 - Vintage

Darjeeling Mini Mix - Teastained Blues

Darjeeling Petites - Teastained Blues

 Authentique Papers products used:

Strong Collection - papers and diecuts

 

 

Happy Easter!

I love Easter! We always celebrate at my mother's house and it's so fun spending time with my sisters and their children. This Easter I'm gonna give my mother this card, purple is one of her favourite colors, so I know she will love it.

I have used beautiful purple Darjeeling flowers in different sizes. Combined with papers from Graphic 45 "Place in Time" they look even more beautiful!

I have layered papers, doilies and a chipboard tag from Graphic 45 to get lots of dimension. Between the layers I have put 3D-pads.

Petaloo products used:

Darjeeling Dahlias - Teastained Purple

Darjeeling Mini Mix - Teastained Purple

Darjeeling Petites - Teastained Purple

 Papers and chipboard are from Graphic 45, "Place in Time"

 

Happy Easter to everybody!

/Helena

Graphic 45 with Petaloo

Hello Petaloo fans! It's my turn to share with you my project using Graphic 45's Place In Time collection with Petaloo's gorgeous new printed Darjeeling blooms. As always, Petaloo beautiful Darjeeling collection is a perfect match for Graphic 45's collections.

Here are some close-ups.

I've also used Petaloo's new series of trims on this layout.

List of Petaloo Products used:

Wild Blossoms Lg.- Paprika (1479-317)

Wild Blossoms Med.- Paprika (1478-317)    

Wild Mini Blossoms - Paprika (1481-317)

Wild Butterflies - Paprika (1480-317)

Crochet Lace Fancy Trim - Paprika (1482-317)    

Dahlias - Teastained Reds (1467-101)

Darjeeling Mini Mix - Teastained Reds (1462-101)

Darjeeling Petites - Teastained Reds (1465-101) 

Glass Ornament Pins - Peach (1475-014) 

Beaded Hat Pins - Brown/Green (1474-038)

Other Product:

Graphic 45 Place In Time collection

xx Irene Tan

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!

 

Petaloo Design Team

 Have you ever wondered who the faces are behind each creation you see on the Petaloo blog?  Today we would like to introduce you to each Design Team member so you can get to know them and love them as much as we do.

Each team member will share their favorite project and a little about themselfs.

Today we will start with our first 4 members.

 

 

Helena Johannson

My name is Helena Johansson and I'm from Sweden. I'm 40 years old and live in the south of Sweden with my dh and our two children, 11 and 7 years old. I'm a socialworker by day and a scrapbooker by night. I often say scrapbooking is my passion in life! It gives me some time for myself and I love the feeling of being creative, I feel peaceful and calm and can forget about the stress I have in my day job. I've been scrapbooking since 2006 and I mostly do 12x12 layouts and cards, but I do like to alter things now and then. My style is shabby and romantic, sometimes with a touch of vintage. I like soft, pastel colors and I always pay a lot of attention to details. I want people to discover new little things every time they look at my work.

Irene Tan

My name is Irene Tan or more known as “Scrapperlicious”. I'm a mother of two and I have the most wonderful family that always supports me in pursuing my passion. Scrapbooking to me is really about family and life. There's nothing more fun and inspiring than to scrap photographs captured everyday of our loved ones and the moments. My scrapping motto has always been "Scrap with your heart and don’t forget to have fun too!"
I officially started scrapbooking in March 2007 and a couple of months later, in June; I discovered an absolute love of stamping and inking. I don’t really know how to describe my style of scrapping. However, others had told me that my style is ephemera/distressed. I’m so excited to be part of the DT for Petaloo and can’t wait to see what the outcome is when I combine Petaloo’s beautiful products into my creations.

 

Eva Dobilas

Eva Dobilas lives in Southern California and has been an avid scrapbooker/cardmaker for the past 14 years.  She loves to create elegant, classy, sometimes dreamy cards, layouts and 3D projects.  You may have seen her work in the Cards magazine Cardmaker and Scrap and Stamp Arts Magazine.

She loves using flowers, stamps, paint and dies on all her projects and loves to create cards and mixed media projects.  Her designs come from the heart and people say you can spot a card of hers just by the colors, as she truly loves playing with colorful, happy products.

 

Lynne Forsythe

 I hail from the small but Beautiful state of New Hampshire. I have 2 teenagers, Melysa, 19 and Douglas, 17 and they provide me with plenty to scrap! If was to classify my creative style I would say it's Distress meets Shabby and always has a FLOWER!!!

Thank you for visiting and come back soon!  We still have 4 more DT members to share with you so see you soon!

Happy Holidays from the Petaloo Design Team

We have a special surprise today from the Petaloo Design Team.  Our talented girls made these beautiful cards for Cheryl and Jeff Cohen, owners of Petaloo International. 

From the Petaloo Design Team, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!  Thank you for your genoristity all year through and for making our jobs so easy with your beautiful products.

 

card by, Christine Ousley

card by, Eva Dobilas

card by, Helena Johansson

card by, Irene Tan

card by, Lisa Valentine

card by, Lynne Forsythe

card by, Mireille Divjak

card by, Alice Carman

Happy Holidays and thank you for supporting us all year!  We look forward to bringing in the New Year at CHA with awesome sneek peeks from Petaloo at CHA Winter 2013!

Getting Festive with Petaloo's Holiday Darjeeling Flowers

Well it's officially time to start decorating for the holidays and I have a fun and easy idea for you to try this year.  I love decorating my mantle with candles and they usually stay there year round.  As I was thinking of ways to use my Petaloo flowers in my holiday decorating, I remembered some holiday candle rings that I had some years back.  It was then that I decided to make some homemade ones using my Petaloo Holiday Darjeeling flowers.  I think the candle ring that I made actually turned out better than the ones that I bought.

I will first show you some closeup shots and then give you a step by step tutorial on how to make some for yourself.

The first step in making a candle ring is to create a base.  I took some chipboard and cut it into a 2 x 12 inch strip.  I molded it around the candle using my hands, gently bending the cardboard.  It might have a few bends in it but don't worry because we will be covering it with paper so they won't show.

I apologize for the following picture but hopefully you can tell that what is on the cardboard is some ScorTape.  It's a very strong double sided tape and will hold the cardboard together easily.

Wrap the cardboard around the base of your candle to get a good fit and then seal it at the ends with the tape or strong fast drying glue.

After you have your cardboard base ready, cut a 2 x 12 inch strip of patterned paper and wrap it around the base.  Secure it with more tape or glue.

If you would like to have a ribbon on your candle ring, now would be a good time to put one on.  Just wrap it around your base and tie a bow or knot.  Trim off the ends of the ribbon.

Then start putting your Petaloo flowers on the cardboard base.  I like to use Glue Dots. They are very sticky but also flexible.  Just start placing the largest of the flowers first and then fill in with the smaller ones.

Keep covering the front of the cardboard base until you like how it is decorated.  I only covered the front and the sides of the candle ring.  That is why I decided to cover the cardboard with patterned paper. 

You might also want to add in some Petaloo Darjeeling leaves in between the flowers.  I love the white ones in this collection.  It really adds some unexpected color among the red and green flowers.  I also added some glittery stems that I picked up at my local craft store.

 

My home decor project took me just under 20 minutes to make.  With just some Petaloo flowers, cardboard, paper and ribbon you can have a stunning holiday decoration.  Here are the flowers that I used.  Have fun decorating!!

Christine

         

Petaloo Supplies:

• Darjeeling Dahlias Teastained Reds
• Darjeeling Dahlias Teastained Greens
• Darjeeling Mini Mix Teastained Reds
• Darjeeling Mini Mix Teastained Greens
• Darjeeling Petites Teastained Reds
• Darjeeling Petites Teastained Greens
• Darjeeling Leaves Medium and Small Sizes