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SPOTLIGHT with Maja Design and Petaloo!

  

Day Seven ! 

The Petaloo designers are "SPOTLIGHTING" the beautiful papers from

 

Maja Design of Sweden

 

June 5 - June 12.

We have loads of PAPERCRAFTING ideas, fun & 2 prize packs coming your way  ...

 

Our projects will feature this collection of papers from MAJA Designs

 

 

"VINTAGE SPRING BASICS"

 

PLUS ... we will be featuring PENNY LANE mulberry paper flowers & leaves from Petaloo that coordinate PERFECTLY with the Maja papers!

 

 

 

 PAPERCRAFTING projects you will see:

* Home DECOR

* Vintage PARTY Decorations 

* LAYOUTS

* CARDS & more ...

 

PLUS...

 

2 PRIZES ... 

 

 Vintage Paper & Flowers

PRIZE Packs

 

What's in the prize?

Petaloo "Penny Lane" Collection ... 15 packs of spring flowers

Maja Designs of Sweden...  25 pc pack of Vintage Spring Basics paper ...

 

 

We will be giving away two prize packs ... winners will be announced on our Blog & FB page 6/13.

 

 Scroll down to the bottom to see how you can enter to win.

Now let's see Irene's fabulous project! 

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Hello everyone! It's Irene here and today's is my turn to share with you all my project for this product spotlight with Maja Design and Petaloo! Have you thought about having a vintage summer party for this Summer? Today, I've created an easy centerpiece to decorate your party tables with. I've used Maja Design gorgeous pattern papers with beautiful Petaloo Penny Lane flowers to create a feminine vintage paper umbrella.

I actually saw an instructional origami video on how to create this paper umbrella and thought that I should give it a try and add my own twist to it in decorations. Here are more pictures of this paper umbrella.

This umbrella are able to close and open when needed. I've added tons of flowers and trims to it, to create that vintage feminine look.

I've used several different sizes of Penny Lane flowers to create clusters on this paper umbrella.

Thank you for stopping by and hope to see you all again soon!

xx Irene Tan

Petaloo Products used:

Mixed Blossoms - Antique Mauve (1836-070)

Mixed Blossoms - Antique Rose (1836-059)

Mini Daisy Petites - Antique Mauve (1839-070)

Forget-me-nots - Antique Rose (1837-059)

Fancy Trims - Shades of Pink (1910-130)

Other Products used:

Maja Design pattern papers

 

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1. Leave us a message ...

each day on the Petaloo Blog ... (scroll to the bottom of each days post)

 

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Good luck, have fun & enjoy the SPOTLIGHT!

Your Friends at Petaloo by FloraCraft

xxxooo

Gifts for the Hostess With the Mostest: Maja Design Product Spotlight

  

Day Two! 

The Petaloo designers are "SPOTLIGHTING" the beautiful papers from

 

Maja Design of Sweden

 

June 5 - June 12.

We have loads of PAPERCRAFTING ideas, fun & 2 prize packs coming your way  ...

 

Our projects will feature this collection of papers from MAJA Designs

 

 

"VINTAGE SPRING BASICS"

 

PLUS ... we will be featuring PENNY LANE mulberry paper flowers & leaves from Petaloo that coordinate PERFECTLY with the Maja papers!

 

 

 

 PAPERCRAFTING projects you will see:

* Home DECOR

* Vintage PARTY Decorations 

* LAYOUTS

* CARDS & more ...

 

PLUS...

 

2 PRIZES ... 

 

 Vintage Paper & Flowers

PRIZE Packs

 

What's in the prize?

Petaloo "Penny Lane" Collection ... 15 packs of spring flowers

Maja Designs of Sweden...  25 pc pack of Vintage Spring Basics paper ...

 

 

We will be giving away two prize packs ... winners will be announced on our Blog & FB page 6/13.  

 

Scroll down to the bottom to see how you can enter to win.

Now let's see  Kathy's fabulous projects!

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Maja Design Product Spotlight: Summer Parties

Hello, Friends!   Welcome back to another exciting day on the Petaloo by Floracraft blog!  We're featuring some gorgeous ideas for summer parties with beautiful papers from the fine folks at Maja Design, and pretty pretty Petaloo flowers. 

Well, summer is upon us, and we are all probably more than ready for some summertime fun!  It always seems like we go to a lot of parties during the summer months, and I like to share a little gift with the hostess.  So today's Maja Spotlight post is all about gifts for the hostess with the mostest.

 

Wine is a natural choice for a hostess gift.  Why not dress up your gift of wine with a pretty bottle hanger tag, ribbon, and flowers? Or, if wine is not your "thing" create a special little folio style card that can do double duty as home decor.  This lovely vintage card contains a mini photo album and a sweet little notebook for your favorite hostess.

Mixed Media Wine Bottle Tag

I love these vintage papers from Maja Design's Vintage Spring, Summer and Autumn Basics.  

 

I began by tracing a Graphic 45 Long Ivory Staples tag onto my chosen Maja Design paper.  After cutting the tag out, I used a 1/2" circle punch to create the opening for the grommet on the tag.  Then I stitched the paper to the tag base on my sewing machine.  Next, I distressed and inked all the edges to amp up the vintage vibe. These Maja Design papers are so thick and heavy that they really stand up to distressing and inking.  I chose images from one of the cut apart pages and sponged them randomly with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink to bring out more blue tones.  Next, I layered the prepared images onto the tag.

The next step was adding gorgeous Penny Lane Flowers in various shades of blue.  Seam binding ribbon, silver metallic string, a vintage style key, a painted butterfly and Wendy Vecchi bricks completed the design.  Once the wine is gone, the bottle would make a really pretty piece of home decor, too.

A Shabby Chic Folio for Capturing Memories

Sticking with my blue and brown color palette, next I created this lovely little shabby chic folio.  By adding a 1/2" spine to a 5" x 7" card base, I was able to transform a simple thank you card into a lovely gift.

Don't you just love these soft, vintage patterns and images?

This tiny silver spoon is one of the treasures I found while out junkin' with my husband.  I dressed it up a little by adding a flower, ribbon and a miniature key onto the handle of the spoon.  

I fell in love with this vintage photo of a mom and her children out riding bikes.  What could be more perfect for summer? 

The inside of the card is where the real party is going on!  Look at all these lovely goodies stuffed into the pockets!

I love to create little folios where photos from a dinner party, birthday party or summer party can be preserved.  This side pocket is just the right spot to tuck in such a folio.

A stamped image is distressed with inks, then mounted onto gorgeous Maja Design papers.

You can fit four 4" x 5.75" photos in this pretty little folio.

There's a double pocket on the bottom of the card.  I stamped this thank you sentiment onto one of the pretty journal cards from the paper collection, then tucked it in between the paper layers.

And I made a lovely little notebook that fits inside the pocket.  Oh my, but these papers are dreamy!

This was my first time working with Maja Design papers, and I have to say, I'm hooked!  They are such a high quality paper, the colors are gloriously vintage and the patterns are divine!  Thanks, Maja Design for sharing your beautiful product with the design team at Petaloo by Floracraft.  

If you'd like to find where  Maja Design papers are available in your area, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  You'll find a supply list and product links below.  

Cheerio,

kathy

Supply List and Product Links

Petaloo Penny Lane Mixed Blossoms x 8 Robin Egg Blue 1836-056

Forgetmenots x16 Robin Egg Blue 1837-056

Mini Daisy Petites x 40 Robin Egg Blue 1839-056

Maja Design Vintage Summer Basics

Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics

Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics

 

FIVE WAYS TO ENTER :

 

1. Leave us a message ...

each day on the Petaloo Blog ... (scroll to the bottom of each days post)

 

2. LIKE US & enter our FB 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 Petaloo/Maja project from Pinterest  here

  

Good luck, have fun & enjoy the SPOTLIGHT!

Your Friends at Petaloo by FloraCraft

xxxooo

 

 

List and Product Links

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

 

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!

A child's first sewing project by Cherry Nelson

Hello Petaloo peeps!  Cherry here today to share a Child's first sewing project.  Very simple little pincushion perfect to start your kiddo out on.  Pick out some corresponding fabrics and cut 6 x 6 , allowing for your seam allowance. 

 

Pin right sides together

 

 

Sew around edges leaving  an opening and turn right side out so you can fill with fiberfill.  Whip stitch your opening closed.

 

Wrap pincushion with some fun ribbons and start adding your Petaloo blooms

 Here it is all finished!  Kinda cute huh?  Oh so vintage and oh so simple!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks guys for letting me share...and hope you enjoyed!!!  Cherry

 

Supplies used- Botanica Blooms x 4 - White

                    Mini Burlap x 11 - Antique Blue

                    DIY-Queen Annes Pick x 3 - White

 

Other- fabric Joanns, ribbons-Really Reasonable Ribbon

Tiny Purses Crafts with Kids

Hey there Paper Peeps! Ginny here to share a project I created that is chock full of shabby chic and country charm.  These tiny purses were really fun to make and would be an awesome project to work on with the kiddos.  I started with itty bitty pre-made canvas totes and added layers of pretty Petaloo flowers, ribbons and trims and buttons.

I think these little bags are too precious. Couldn't you just imagine presenting someone with a gift card tucked inside? Or hanging them on little hooks to be displayed as shabby country décor?

 This bag is my favorite of the two. I layered on some extra wide printed canvas and chevron ribbons with crisp white lace and chose the flowers and berry picks to match. An additional layer of lace at the top has some perfectly coordinated buttons.

 

The combination of the rough fabrics, the burlap flowers and shiny picks and so much texture.

This little bag was just a bit bigger so I chose bigger blooms to create a nice border at the top.  A double band of lace at the bottom is covered with a coordinating striped canvas ribbon and buttons.

These velvety blooms remind me of millenary flowers.  I added some darker purple wrinkle ribbon and twine to anchor the lighter colors.

 ~Petaloo Supplies~

Textured Elements Garden Rosettes Pink 1213-211

Darjeeling Mini Garden Rosettes Cream 1492-105

Botanica Collection Spring Berry Clusters Pink 1105-101

Botanica Collection Velvet Pansies Mauve 1110-161

Botanica Collection Chantilly Mixed Bloom Lilac/Purple 1279-205

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

Happy Feet: A Flip Flop Party Activity

Hello, Friends!  Seems like summer is zipping by at light speed, doesn't it?  If your summer is anything like my summer, it means lots of parties!  Birthday parties, slumber parties, pool parties...the list goes on and on.  We just celebrated another birthday in our great big noisy family and it was grand!  To keep "the littles" occupied, I had prepared a Nana Fun Bag project that was a real hit: we turned plain old flip flops into fabulous fashion footwear using Petaloo flowers.

This is one of those quick, easy and affordable projects that we all love.  I found my flip flops at the discount store, so they were very reasonably priced.  I filled a canvas bag with ribbons, buttons and beautiful Petaloo flowers so each of the girls could "design" her own flip flops.  Julia (age 4) chose these pinkalicious ribbons, buttons and Gerber Daisies.  I tied the bows, and hot glued everything.  Better to have Nan's fingers hit the hot glue than the kiddoes!

Don't they look like they came from a fancy boutique?

Sophie was feeling in a purple mood, and I think she had the right idea.  The purple bows look amazing with Plum Flora Doodles Fabric and Glittler flowers! 

And she was gracious enough to model them for me!

 

Even Mom got in on the fun and made these super stylish flip flops using Ivory Burlap/Canvas Daisy Layers from our Textured Elements line. 

 

We had some great laughs, enjoyed modeling our fashionable flip flops and built great memories, too.  Who could ask for anything more?

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

Products Used:

Ivory DaisyLayers x 15  Burlap-Canvas SKU: 1205-200

Plum 25pc Fabric Flower Layers  SKU: 1292-126x

light pink Gerber Daisy x 6 SKU: 1174-101

assorted ribbons and buttons

hot glue gun

Summertime Fun Journal for Tweens

Hello, Petaloo Fans!  It's Kathy here with a fun activity for your tweens. This summertime journal is a quick, easy and affordable project.  It's perfect for taking along on a long car trip, tucking into a camper's suitcase, carrying on an airplane or taking to Grandma's house.

        

The base is a standard steno notebook.  These are awesome, because the back cover is so sturdy you don't need a desk.  This is such a simple make that your tween could put this together all on her own.  (I did not make one for a boy, but you could do so easily!)

 I decorated the cover with Simple Stories Sunshine and Happiness paper, then added on chipboard elements and stickers for extra fun.

What tween wouldn't love to journal in this cute notebook.  Plenty of pink Petaloo posies make it extra special!

 

 

Decorate the inside cover with more designer papers and create a simple slash pocket to hold journaling cards.  The cards can be glued into the journal along with photos. 

 

 These fun journal cards will look great when added to the inside pages. You could add postage stamps and envelopes to the pocket to encourage your tween to write letters home from camp or grandma's house. Tuck in a hot pink pen, and you're good to go!

Wishing you a fun filled summer!

Cheerio,

kathy

Petaloo Products used in this project:

Gerber Daisy x 6 light pink SKU: 1174-101

Mini Gerber Daisy x 12 fuschia/pink SKU: 1175-102

Botanica Petite’s x 11 FuschiaSKU: 1101-102

Mini Burlap x 11 Antique Red SKU: 1208-250

Other Products

Simple Stories Sunshine and Happiness

Really Reasonable Ribbon Geranium Pink Lattice Print Satin

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Altered Floss Box

Hello everyone! It's Irene here again and this time, I'm sharing another fast and simple project with you all. This project will be perfect as another fun project that you all can play with your kids this summer. This project is created using a recycled floss plastic box. You can use any unwanted box to do it. 

I've used some decoupage paper to cover the box and decorate it with beautiful Petaloo flowers. This will be a great small keepsake box for the kids to put their summer findings in.

Here are some close-ups.

Petaloo Supplies:

Botanica Blooms - Pink (1102-101)

Chantilly Velvet Hydrangeas - Rose (1272-161)

Botanica Minis - Pink (1101-101)

Botaica Minis - White (1101-100)

Spring Berry Clusters - Pink (1105-101)

Have a great summer!

xx Irene Tan

Altered Binder Clips Photo Holder

Hello Petaloo fans! It's Irene here and for today's post, I would like to share with you all a very easy and simple project that you could do with your kids this summer. It's the binder clip photo holders. Simply just gather a few large binder clips, gorgeous Petaloo flowers and leftover pattern papers to create this project.

I've first painted the binder clips with white acrylic paint to get the shabby chic look and then attached the pattern papers and flowers when it is dry. These can also be used as postcard holders, table labels or even as note holders.

Here are some details on it.

Petaloo Supplies:

Botanica Blooms - Lav/Purple (1102-107)

Botanica Minis - Pink (1101-101)

Spring Berry Clusters - Pink (1105-101)

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

See you all again soon!

xx Irene Tan