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Let's Make Paper Dolls with the Kids!

Hi Petaloo friends, Maggi here to share paper dolls with you today!  This month at Petaloo, we're featuring projects that you can do with the kids and grandkids.  You know those days when the kids are saying I'm bored, there's nothing to do?  That's the time to reach for these projects!

Now I always loved paper dolls when I was a child so I thought it would be fun to make dolls today!  I've used a couple of Julie Nutting doll stamps to make my paper dolls but if you don't have any doll stamps, you could have the kids cut out pictures from old magazines.

First up is my mermaid tag that I made with Graphic 45's Voyage Beneath the Sea collection.  I like to use large tags so that I have lots of room for embellishing.  This tag is actually a Graphic 45 packaging tag that I've recycled and it measures about 4" x 8 3/4".  First I covered the tag with some design paper and then painted on a little white gesso to tone it down a bit and give it an underwater look.

 

To make my mermaid, I stamped her on cream cardstock and cut that out.  Then I stamped her onto different pieces of design paper and pieced her together..

I love these Petaloo Botanica Mixed Blooms in blue/green .  I layered them over some Creative Embellishments sea grass and Petaloo Teal Spring Berry Picks to create an underwater scene.  These blooms are perfect to complete my underwater look.

 

 Now add a fun G45 chipboard tag  with a great quote on it to finish it off.  Add a bow at the top and presto!  You've got a great tag to share.  I know the kids will have fun making paper doll tags.  Give the kids some magazines, paper scraps, scissors and glue and let their imaginations go wild.

 

 

Supplies:

Petaloo Botanica Mixed Blooms x 6 Blue/Green 1279-190

Petaloo Spring Berry Picks-Teal 1105-104

Graphic 45 Voyage Beneath the Sea collection

Julie Nutting Mermaid stamp

 

 Next up, a pretty miss, fashionably dressed for summer in an outfit made from Graphic 45's Ladie's Diary DCE.  This tag has plenty of popped up layers.  That's a fun technique that you can show the kids, just give them some cardboard to use, it's so much cheaper than using foam tape.  Glue the cardboard to the back of your layer being sure to cut it small enough so that it doesn't show, and start layering it up!

Along with the Petaloo flowers. I added a pretty beige Petaloo Fancy Trim detail at the bottom.  I bet you have some bits and pieces of ribbons and trims laying around, so give those to the kids too and I bet you'll be surprised at what they come up with.  I love seeing what children create because their minds haven't been inhibited by "what you're supposed to do."   Their creativity really amazes me.

 

 

 To add some fun dimension, I popped up part of her dress.  This tag really has dimension,  There's the base tag, then a popped up oval frame, a smaller oval frame also popped up, then the doll is popped up with a flirty pop up of her dress.

 

Here's a pretty little cluster of a tag, a sticker and Petaloo flowers.

 

 

The perfect finishing touch for my projects is always flowers and I've used some of my favorites on this tag, new  Petaloo Darjeelings, an anemone and roses. 

 

Supplies:

Petaloo Darjeeling Anenome x 4 Spice 1490-108

Petaloo Darjeeling Garden Rose x6 Spice 1491-108

Petaloo Fancy Trim Beige 1910-101

Graphic 45 Ladies Dairy DCE

 

Thanks for joining me today on the Petaloo blog!  Maggi

 

Back to School House Tag with Petaloo and Graphic 45

Hey there Paper Peeps! Ginny here to share an oh so sweet and charming house tag I created with a vintagy back to school theme. I pulled out the Graphic 45 papers which by the way are a perfect partner for the Petaloo flowers and layered them up with some ribbon trims and fun embellishments.

I started with my house tag base and added the papers mixed in with some painted chipboard and fussy cut images.

These flowers are just scrumptious!!! And the reds and blues coordinate perfectly with the patterned papers : )

Ribbon trim and twine clipped with a tiny tag are joined by pom pom trim, buttons and a number plate on the rooftop.

I've added spacers between the layers for added dimension and a pretty lacy looking laser cut doily.

~Petaloo Supplies Used~

DaisyLayers x 15 Burlap-Canvas 1205-220

Flowering Berry Pick x 2 Blue Berry 1170-122

Anemone x6 Red 1176-005

Patterned Papers-Graphic 45

Really Reasonable Ribbon Trims

Gypsy Soul Laser Cut Chipboard

 

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

Back to School Vintage Inspired Lunch Pail

Hey there Paper Peeps! Well we're still sharing loads of fabulous back to school project inspiration here at Petaloo and I'm so excited to show off my Vintage Inspired Lunch Pail.   I used a store bought case with a great little handle and metal clasp so I could skip right to the fun part....adding layers of patterned papers and gorgeous Petaloo flowers. Of course you can't carry your lunch in it.....but wouldn't it be super sweet to display on a shelf and store small keepsakes from the school year???

I'm pretty smitten with how it turned out. This vintagy paper goes so well with the flowers.

It's easy to go overboard with papers on cases like these so I just added a few layers on the sides where you would naturally change patterns like on the lid.

I will always love plaids and stripes together. It's just so classic. Incorporating the ruler border at the bottom helps to offset the visual heaviness of the striped lid.

I love  the red tone of the Anenome...it's just a bit darker so it coordinate really well with the vintagy patterned papers. I'm adding Darjeeling Mini Garden Rosettes to lighten up the arrangement along with the leaves from the package and some trims and twine.

All the layers are attached using spacers between to add a lot of depth and dimension.

This clasp and handle will make it easy to collect and save keepsakes from school. The flat bottom will keep it standing upright to make a fabby vintage display.

~Petaloo Supplies Used~

Botanica Anenome Red 1176-005

Darjeeling Mini Garden Rosettes Cream 1491-105

Patterned Papers~Graphic 45

Ribbon Trim and Twine~Really Reasonable Ribbon

Cheery Lynn Die

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

 

From Kids crafts to Back to School

I can't hardly believe that it is Back to School season!!

Here is a great transitional craft you can do with your kiddos
as they prepare to head back to school.

I pulled out the same supplies I used for my
Picture Frame Craft.

Acrylic Paint
Stencils
Chipboard 
Ribbon and Twine
Stickles
PETALOO BLOOMS!

I cut (3) 4 x 6 cards from a sheet of cardstock.
Next, we applied torn dictionary paper
to the card faces with
Multi Medium Matte
(that way if the kids get it everywhere
it won't show when it's dry!!)

After creating quarter size puddles of paint
on the craft mat,
we applied the paint with a makeup sponge
through our stencils
creating a beautiful tie-dye effect.

We painted various pieces of chipboard 
with our paint and added our 
PETALOO BLOOMS!

Close ups of our cards.....

Let kids SPARINGLY apply
watered down paint to moistened 
PETALOO BLOOMS 
for a tie dye effect.

BONUS: have the kids WRITE end of the summeR notes to 
FRIENDS, FAMILY and TEACHERS!
(what is becoming a long lost art!)

Petaloo Blooms
Botanica Collection
Blooms X4 ~ Yellow
Chantilly x6 ~ Blue
Minis x11
Pistachio
Pink
Teal

Hope you are having a WONDERFUL SUMMER
and you have the opportunity to enjoy some time
with your children and/or grandchildren!

Kids Summer Fun Cards with Shona

 

Hello Petaloo Fans. Shona here today, and I am continuing with this months Kids Summer Projects. These cards are super quick and easy for kids to help with!

 

 

I created my cards on some watercolor paper, as I was adding lots of colourful mists! Lay a piece of leaf chipboard on the cards and I used two bright colourful Shimmerz mists. The chipboard acts as a stencil and leaves a nice white stencil behind the mists.

 

 

Next up I added some stamping, twine and gorgeous Petaloo blooms to finish it all off.

 

 

One more close-ups and I have a full list of the gorgeous DIY and Darjeelings used at the bottom.  

 

 

That is it for today. This is a fun project to make with kids! Make sure to check out our Facebook, there is always something fun and creative there! Take care and Happy Scrapping!

 

 

Petaloo Products:

 

Petites x 24Teastained Yellow ITEM: 1465-109

 

Dahlias x 10 Teastained Spice ITEM: 1467-108

 

Mini Mix x 8 Teastained Spice ITEM: 1462-108

 

Petites x 24Teastained Spice ITEM: 1465-108

 

DIY-Burlap Small Sunflowers x 4 Ivory ITEM: 1650-008

 

 

Other Products Used:

 

Water color papers

 

Shimmerz Mists

 

Twine

 

Stamps

 

Chipboard as a stencil

Seashore Treasure Box

Hello, Petaloo Fans!  One of the very best things about summertime is a trip to the beach!  Our kids, and now our grandgirls love nothing better than to stroll along the shore looking for treasures hidden in the sand.  We usually end up with buckets full of shells and pebbles and driftwood.  Once we get home, the items often get shoved into a closet or a shoebox and are forgotten.  But I've designed a cute little seashore treasure box that you can make with your children so that the memories of your time at the beach can be put on display in your home.

 

This is a 4" square paper mache box that is just the right size to hold precious treasures from the sea.  I painted the outside of the box with Picket Fence Distress Paint, then sprinkled it with Distress Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter.  Once it was dry, I sprayed it with a sealant to keep all the glitter from rubbing off.  Then, I sprayed it with Salty Ocean Distress Stain Spray.

 

        

I used papers and images from Graphic 45's Children's Hour paper pads to decorate my box, along with loads of gorgeous ocean hued Petaloo blooms!

 

 

I love to mix and match textures and shades, as well as sizes to lend lots of visual interest in a composition.  On the lid of my seashore treasure box, I've used Teal Petite Botanica ,  Teal Darjeeling Tea Stained Petites, and Robin's Egg Blue Mini Wild Roses.  The mix of blues and greens works so well with the colors in the paper collection and really feel like the sea.

 

The box opens to reveal a little diorama built inside with fussy cut images from the July paper in the 12x12 Children's Hour collection. I've used foam spacers between my fussy cut layers to add lots of dimension here.  I even sprinkled real beach sand onto the bottom of the box.

 

Summer comes and goes in the blink of an eye.  Why not set aside an afternoon and relive all the fun and adventure of time spent by the ocean with your children?  Little hands can pick out shells,  manage the painting and sprinkling of glitter, medium sized hands can fussy cut and  glue layers while Mom handles the glue gun.  You'll build a whole new memory while capturing an old one.  It's a win/win!

You'll find links to products used below this post.

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Now go get your craft on!

Cheerio,

kathy

Petaloo Products used in this Project

• Mini Wild Roses x 7 Robin Egg Blue SKU: 1838-056
• Darjeeling Petites x 24 Teastained Teals SKU: 1465-106
• Botanica Petite’s x 11  Teal  SKU: 1101-104

Other Products

• 4" square paper mache box (JoAnn's)
• Graphic 45 Children's Hour 6x6 Prints and Patterns
• Graphic 45 12x12 Papercrafting Paper
• Graphic 45 Children's Hour Chipboard
• Tim Holtz Picket Fence Distress Paint
• Tim Holtz Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter
• Salty Ocean Distress Stain Spray
• ivory burlap string
• shells and found items from the beach
• foam spacers, glue gun, scissors

 

 

 

 

 

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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

 

 

 

Enjoy the sunshine

 

Happy Tuesday to Everyone ...

 

We have some exciting news today ... we want to welcome a new Design Team Member to the Petaloo Family ... Cherry Nelson.

 

 

We are so excited to have her join us ... she is a wonderful designer who loves to make cards and here are three great samples using the brand new paper from Simple Stories ...

 

Hellllllllllllllo folks!  Cherry here today to share in all the fun festivities! So excited to be joining the Petaloo Design Team.   I created three cards....once I got going I just could not stop.  First up a sweet card I used diecuts on to create a fun "sunshine" to add to the theme.  I layered it with a tea stained bloom in yellow from the mini mix.

Aren't those mini butterflies the cutest thing you have ever seen?  They really made this card come to life. 

 

I had to dot my "I" in the sunshine sentiment with another butterfly. 

Next up a card using the Simple Stories journal cards paired with the mini mix tea-stained blooms in pink along with the tea stained pink petites.

 

 

I love that little birdie from the Sunshine and Happiness fundamental cardstock stickers!!!  I am hoarding the other one found on the sheet.

 

Next up a fun card turned birthday card using the happy sentiment from the card stock stickers layered with another mini mix bloom. 

 

 

Perfect Summer time Birthday card for someone special!  The little leaves that come in this collection are adorable. 

 

So easy to bring these cards together with all the fun embellishments and layers you can add! 

 

 

Here they are all together...such a fun mix...and perfect color match for these two collections!  After creating these...Summer can not get here soon enough.  Thanks for visiting the Petaloo blog today.  Cherry

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

Petaloo:

 

 

Mini Mix x 8 - Teastained Yellow

 

Mini Butterflies x 8 Teastained Yellow

 

Mini Mix x 8 - Teastained Pink

 

Petites x 24 - Teastained Pink

 

 

Simple Stories Sunshine & Happiness Collection

 

 

 Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers

 

Expression Cardstock stickers

 

  Shine Bright

 

 3 x 4 journaling card elements

 

4x6 Horizontal Elements

 

High Five

 

Berry Stripe/Lime Stripe

 

Summer

 

Tangerine Stripe/Lemon Stripe

 

 

 

 

Simple Stories Hop Post Vacation Countdown Calendar

 

DAY SIX ...

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 ... Denise Hahn

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My vacation may not be until July, but its what I thought about when I saw the Simple Stories Sunshine and Happiness Collection. Since it made me dream of my Costa Rican vacation coming up, I decide to make a little countdown calendar. It starts 4 weeks before and then counts down by each day on the last week. I created it with just some chipboard, Simple Stories Paper, Petaloo flowers and my paper binder. 

I made a simple "tent" shape with two 8x8 covered pieces, then made a small inner flap to hold it open at the angle I wanted. 

I think I have found a new tradition of making vacation countdown calendars !! I was thinking I could even add some pic to the pages from the trip, super fun idea!

Supplies:

Petaloo Flowers :

Dogwood Canvas Pink

Gerbera Daisy Light Pink x6

Mini Gerbera Daisy x8 Yellow

Simple Stories Sunshine and Happiness Collection- Stickers and paper

-Denise

 

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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

 

I'm HAPPY by Lynne Forsythe

 

DAY FIVE ...

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 ... Lynne Forsythe

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Welcome Welcome to the
Petaloo and Simple Stories Blog Hop!

I was sooo inspired by the DT package
I received, I created 2 projects.

I thought I would do something a bit different
and create a layout.
But it just wouldn't be me to not
add a bit of texture medium and paint...

 

I began by "mapping" out where I wanted
my "path" of texture medium to go
and applied it through my stencil
onto Simple Stories ~ Dig It 
from the Bloom & Grow Collection.

 

When dry, I applied a diluted mixture
of pink paint to my
"rocks" to create depth and to tie them
in with my "pink" theme.

I just LOVE the photo I chose to use
for my layout,
 of my daughter and I on Mother's Day
and the words on one of 
Simple Stories ~ Bloom & Grow
3 x 4 Journaling Cards
matched PERFECTLY!

How cute are the 
chipboard and sticker banner??

I had so much fun integrating the 
chipboard and sticker elements
with my flower cluster which was filled with
Petaloo Blooms
Garden Rosettes x 6 Canvas ~ Pink
Cherry Blossoms x 24 ~ Blush
Petites x 24 ~ Spice and Green
Botanica Mini's ~ White
Flowering Pick ~ Black Berry
Calla Lily Cluster ~ White
Baby's Breath Pick ~ White

For my second project I created a card.

I used the same technique 
of applying the texture medium to my card face.

Once again, I applied diluted paint to
my stone path.

I splattered the paint onto the card face.

I cut up the leftover chipboard and
applied it to my "Happy" sticker.

Here are a few close ups!

I hope you have enjoyed my creations
using the incredible
Simple Stories ~ Bloom and Grow
and the
Petaloo Blooms!!

 

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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