Petaloo

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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Summer Fun Project with Shona

 

Hello Petaloo Fans. Well Summer is here finally and it is camping season. This year I have the joy of having my daughter and grandsons to camp with…and my posts this month are fun things that maybe you can do with the kids. This piece is made with some sticks or driftwood and prettied up with Petaloo!

 

 

Step 1: I got two sticks or small driftwood pieces and wrapped twine around them to secure them together.

 

 

Step 2: Apply some gesso with your finger to give the driftwood a shabby look.

 

 

Step 3: I glued on some gauze and sprayed it all with a soft brown Shimmerz mist.

 

 

Step 4: Time to pretty this piece of wood up with some yummy Petaloo products!

 

 

 Step 5: I tucked in a few seashells and added some Sand Beads and Mica chips to finish it all off.

 

 

Here is the finished project and some close ups.

 

 

I just adore this mix of a Burlap Pick, Mixed Textured Blossoms and Mini Darjeelings.

 

 

 

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:

 

Burlap Picksx 3 Ivory ITEM: 1204-200

 

DIY-MixedTextured Blossoms x 4 Ivory SKU: 1650-011

 

Mini Mix x 8Teastained Greens ITEM: 1462-107

 

Other Products Used:

 

Gesso

Twine

Seashells

Sand Beads and Mica chips

Gauze

Shimmerz mists

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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Petaloo And Authentique Blog Hop- Utopia Shadowbox

 

Hello and welcome to DAY TWO of our

BLOG HOP with ...

All this week our designers will be sharing with you lots of bright summer colors & fun travel inspired projects
featuring two papers ...

UTOPIA ...
What a great paper for summer projects ... layouts of the kids at the beach, a trip to Hawaii or just having fun by the pool.

 

EXPLORE ...
This travel paper has a cool vintage vibe with fun earthy colors ... it is so versatile! Whether you are scrapping your memories of a vacation or hosting a "Fourth of July" party ... this paper is perfect!

 

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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It seems that spring just started, but I am ready for summer already!
And this adorable Utopia Paper Collection Kit from Authentique inspired this little shadow box. I created a Snapguide to show you how to construct the box and fill it with your favorite Petaloo Blooms!

 

 

 

Check out How to Make a Chipboard Shadow Box to Decorate by Denise Hahn on Snapguide.

Supplies:

Petaloo Flowers:

Textured Elements x4 Pistachio

Botanica Minis x11 in teal

Darjeeling Tearstained Dahlias in Pink x 10

Authentique Paper Collection Utopia

Crochet trims

Chipboard

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Want to win?

PRIZES & GIVEAWAYS ...

 

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


 

 2 ~ EXPLORE PRIZE PACKS 

 

 Authentique paper (either 12x12 or 8x8 paper packs) stickers & chipboard ...

PLUS 10 packs of Petaloo flowers and coordinating trims! That's a $75.00 prize! ...

 

 

2~ UTOPIA PRIZE PACKS



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 Authentique & enter their contest ... here



Good luck, have fun & enjoy all the summer fun!

Your Friends at Petaloo

xxxooo

 

Summer inspiration

Hi! Summer is my favorite time of year, just love the sun, the warmth, the beach! I have created a summer card with my favorite colors and with lots of Petaloo goodies.

I wanted to get that "beachy" feeling, and the Petaloo seashells along with cheesecloth did the job for me! The burlap flowers in teal and white are amazing, and just perfect for this project.

I have touched everything with white gesso and also misted with light blue mist here and there. The background paper is from Quick Quotes, the Serendipity collection. As a base, I have used cardboard.

Some close-ups:

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great summer!

xoxo

Helena

Petaloo products used:

Burlap Blossoms x 4 - Teal

Burlap Blossoms x 10 - Ivory

Bag of Seashells

 

Graduation Canvas ~ FINAL DAY

Welcome to the FINAL DAY

DADS & GRADS WEEK

with Quick Quotes!!

  

 Today ... we continue our fun Blog Hop featuring "Calypso" and "Serendipity"paper collections from Quick Quotes along with the Burlap & Textured flower collections from Petaloo!!

 

But first, we want to send a big HUG & THANK YOU to Quick Quotes for the wonderful paper we "played with" this week!   Another big thank you goes to all the designers on the Petaloo DT & QQ Design Team who created such wonderful projects with our papers and flowers!!  Well done girls, we appreciate all the love and effort!!

 

 We cannot forget... 

FOUR ... 12 pc PRIZE PACKS to give away!

(scroll to the bottom of this post)

 

So let's finish the DADS & GRADS WEEK with an ALTERED CANVAS from Petaloo DT member ... 

HELENA JOHANSSON

 

Want to make something special and personal for a graduate? A canvas is the perfect gift!

To get you inspired, I have made a canvas using papers from Quick Quotes, the Serendipity collection, together with lots of Petaloo Burlap flowers.

I started by painting the entire canvas with white gesso, and used a stencil with texture paste to get a bit of texture. I then ripped pieces of Quick Quotes paper and glued them in the middle. I have also used chipboard frames from Quick Quotes, painted with white gesso first, and then inked with Quick Quoutes Powder Puff Chalking Ink, colors Caribbean Blue and Plum Crazy. I then cut out a little quote that's suitable for the occasion.

I decorated with Petaloo Burlap blossoms, colors Ivory and Teal. I have also used Spring Berry Clusters, Botanica collection. Finally I added some seashells. Then I used white gesso and a sponge and gave everything a white touch, and used the Quick Quotes Chalking Ink, Caribbean Blue, on the edges of the canvas. I have also dripped some blue and purple mist here and there.

I have glued a Petaloo trim all around the canvas as a finishing touch.

Thank you for stopping by the Petaloo blog today!

xoxo

Helena

Petaloo products used:

Trim - Shades of Teal

Spring Berry Clusters - Teal

Burlap Blossoms x4 - Ivory

Burlap Blossoms x4 - Teal

Burlap Blossoms x10 - Ivory

Bag of Seashells

 

Quick Quotes products used:

Papers from the Serendipity collection

Chipboard frames

Powder Puff chalking ink - Caribbean Blue and Plum Crazy

 

 

Congratulations to our WINNERS: 

1.  WINNER from the Petaloo Blog ... Alexia Misso

2. WINNER from FB page ... Lorraine Thompson 

3. WINNER from Pinterest ... Kbumb61446 

4. WIINER from LIKE US on Facebook .... Ginny Hickmott  

 

Please contact Cheryl@Petaloo.com with your shipping address to claim your Petaloo & Quick Quotes prize packs! 

 

Boatloads Of Fun

 

Welcome to FINAL DAY of our Blog Hop with Authentique...

 

 

Our two Design Teams will be featuring the NEW "Anchored" paper collection from AUTHENTIQUE and the Botanica & Darjeeling flower collections from Petaloo!!

  

FOUR WAYS TO WIN...

 

1.  Leave us a message on the Petaloo Blog scroll down

2. Leave us a message on our FB page  here

3. Re-PIN a project from Pinterest   here

4. Leave  message on the Authentique Blog   here

 

 WINNERS announced tomorrow ... Monday, May 5th

 

We have TWO amazing posts today!  The first from  

Alice Carman  AND the second by Stacy Rodriguez

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ALICE CARMAN

 

I made a few cards today to show you the different looks you can get using Authentique's Anchoredpaper collection and Petaloo Darjeeling & Forget Me Nots flowers.

I wanted a simple look for this card so you can see how pretty flowers can look with Authentique's Anchoredpaper.

My next card was inspired from my passion of sushi.  I am crazy for sushi and it inspired me to create this card.  I love the flower pattern from the "Anchored"paper collection, which also can be used for an Asian theme.

For my last card, I wanted something fun and simple.  These adorable Forget Me Nots are so cute and perfect for card making so I thought adding them to seaweed would be fun next to Mr. Crab.

Supplies

Petaloo Seaside Darjeeling

Petaloo Forget Me Nots

Authentique Anchored Paper collection

Thanks for stopping by

alice :)

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STACY RODRIGUEZ

Hello everyone, Stacy here with you today sharing my project that I created with the amazing Petaloo goodies and Authentique Anchored collection.  When I opened the package and saw the flowers and that pattern paper, I knew I find to find something cool to alter.  I was walking through the store and saw this wooden unfinished boat.....yep had to have it!!!  I simply adore the way this turned out!  Let's start out with what the finished project looks like first.

I have a few photos of different views as well since there is so much to see on this one.

To start this project I painted the boat white, then took my Walnut Stain distress ink and blending tool and inked areas of the boat.  I used the Authentique Anchored collection and adhered it to the outsides and inside of the boat.  Of course since there was the little ledge in the boat when I stood it up I thought a mini album would be the perfect addition to that ledge.  On the bottom of the boat I had some netting in my stash and added that fisrt then it was time to have some Petaloo fun.  I started by placing the flowers on first.  For this I used Petaloo Darjeeling Petities (Teastaine) and Darjeeling Mini Mix (Teastaine & Dahlias).  Once I had the flowers placed I added the glass jar of sand and then placed the Petaloo Sea Shells around the jar and flowers.

Now onto the mini album.  We are taking a trip this Summer and this will be perfect for our beach photos!

The covers are created using chipboard that I covered with the Authentique Anchored collection.  The papers and stickers from this line are simply amazing!!  The binding of the album was done using the Cinch machine.

I used all of the same flowers on the mini album as I did on the boat itself.  On the binding I added the fabulous Petaloo Fancy Trims in Taupe that really sets the album off.

The inside of the album I used the pattern paper as the pages.

Supplies Used:

Petaloo -

Fancy Trims (Taupe)

SeaShell Bag

Darjeeling Petites (Teastaine)

Darjeeling Mini Mix (Teastaine & Dahlias)

Authentique - Anchored Collection

 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today, hope you have a wonderful day!

~Stacy

 

Authentique Beach Memory Keepsake

 

 Welcome to DAY FIVE of our Blog Hop with Authentique...

 

 

Our two Design Teams will be featuring the NEW "Anchored" paper collection from AUTHENTIQUE and the Botanica & Darjeeling flower collections from Petaloo!!

  

FOUR WAYS TO WIN...

 

1.  Leave us a message on the Petaloo Blog scroll down

2. Leave us a message on our FB page  here

3. Re-PIN a project from Instagram   here

4. Leave  message on the Authentique Blog   here

 

Let's set sail with this Beach Souvenir tin by  

Nichola Battilana ... 

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It never fails that when my family visit the beach we come home with some sort of souvinier. Sea shells and pretty stones, little things that mark the memory of our adventure. While pondering a summer/beach themed project I thought of the memories sparked by those little treasures and decided to give them a proper keeping place.

With an altoids style tin I've embellished the front with Authentique's "Guide" from their Anchored collection.

Pretty white Forget Me Nots are paired with Botanica Petite’s in blue and accented with a tiny bit of Fancy Trim. All of those pieces come together with Sea Shell Pin accessories.

Finally, a few sea shells are added as accents. The sides of the tin are embellished with strips of "Cruise".

Inside the tin is where we keep our memories safely tucked away.

Four little glass vials are housed inside, filled with small beach memories.

Using Authentique "details" stickers on the little glass vials, you can add the location and date that your beach findings were collected. Or, you could always fake it like I have and use Petaloo's bag of Sea Shells.

A few more stickers inside for the finishing touches and Voila! You've got a tidy little tin to keep your beach memories safe :)

Supply list:

Petaloo
Forget Me Nots - White 1837Sea Shell Pins 1433
Fancy Trims - Taupe 1910
Botanica Petite’s - Blue/Purple/Green 1101
Sea Shells

Authentique PapersAnchored Collection
> "cruise"
> "guide"
> "tranquil"
> "details"

Other
Blank Altoids Tin
Corked Vials
Glue

Count All the Waves in the Sea!

 

 Welcome to DAY FOUR of our Blog Hop with Authentique...

 

 

 

Our two Design Teams will be featuring the NEW "Anchored" paper collection from AUTHENTIQUE and the Botanica & Darjeeling flower collections from Petaloo!!

 

FOUR WAYS TO WIN...

1.  Leave us a message on the Petaloo Blog scroll down

2. Leave us a message on our FB page  here

3. Re-PIN a project from Instagram   here

4. Leave  message on the Authentique Blog   here

 

Let's "set sail" with this amazing layout by Petaloo DT member

Eva Dobilas ...

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Hi there, this is Eva and here to share a couple of cards created with Authentique Paper's Anchored paper collection and Petaloo's flowers.

My first card is focusing on the bold red/white striped paper and a beautiful sentiment label.  I just love that boat!

As you can see I added the pretty Darjeeling Teastaine Dahlias in blue, also the Darjeeling Teastaine Minimix in red, Darjeeling Teastaine Petites in blue and Forget me Not flowers in white.  Also I outlined the sentiment label with a red sparkly trim from our Assorted Glitz All Red Trim package, to make it stand out even more.

Here is another angle of my card.

My next card focused once again on a pretty sentiment label and some fishtails cut out of the beautiful patterend papers.  I added a My Favorite Things doily in the back of the sentiment sticker and also on top of the label element added my flowers.

I also added a cute trim from the Assorted Red Glitz Trim package.  I think it made a perfect addition.

Here is another view of my card, so you can see the pretty layers.

Hope you like these cards and gives you some idea to create with Petaloo's flowers and Authentique Papers Anchored collection.

Here are the Petaloo products I used on these cards:

Darjeeling Dahlias x 10 - Teastained Blues

Darjeeling Petites x 24 - Teastained Blues

Darjeeling Mini Mix x 8 - Teastained Reds

Forget me Nots x 16 - White

Trim Asst Glitz - All RED

Authentique with Petaloo!

 

 Welcome to DAY THREE of our Blog Hop with Authentique...

Our two Design Teams will be featuring the NEW "Anchored" paper collection from AUTHENTIQUE and the Botanica & Darjeeling flower collections from Petaloo!!

 

FOUR WAYS TO WIN...

1.  Leave us a message on the Petaloo Blog scroll down

2. Leave us a message on our FB page  here

3. Re-PIN a project from Instagram   here

4. Leave  message on the Authentique Blog   here

 

Let's "set sail" with this amazing layout by Petaloo DT member

Irene Tan...

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Hello everyone! Today I would like to share with you all a layout which I've used Authentique's "Anchored" collection with beautiful Petaloo Darjeelings! 

This is beach themed layout and Petaloo's sea shells embellishment are just perfect!

Petaloo products used:

Darjeeling Mini Mix - Teastained Reds (1462-101)

Dahlias - Teastained Blues (1467-103)

Darjeeling Mini Mix - Teastained Blues (1462-103)

Forget Me Nots - White (1837-000)

Darjeeling Petites - Teastained Reds (1462-101)

Sea Shell Pins (1433-100)

Sea Shell Bag (1432-100)

Trim Ass Glitz - All Red (1912-003)

Fancy Trim - Taupe (1910-136)

xx Irene Tan