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CELEBRATE FALL NOTEBOOK

Hello!

Today is my first post as a Petaloo Team Member, happy!!!

I have made a notebook to celebrate Fall, one of my favorite times of year.

 

 

I added two different collections to make it, "Harvest" from Authentique and "Place in Time" November month from Graphic 45.

I chose these Petaloo flowers, to make my notebook, because the color of them are perfect with Autumn´s projects.  I altered the flowers by adding glue to the edges and dipping them in glass sugar.

Here here inside photos...

A place for Autumn thoughts..

Thanks for your visit, and wishing all of you a happy Fall!

 

Petaloo Supplies:

Briar Rose Canvas Holiday mix
SKU: RS5008-502/4

Pine Pick w/cones & berries
SKU: RS1146-000/6

 

Other products:

Authentique: Harvest Collection

Graphic 45: Place in Time Collection, November Month

 

DIY Sculpted Canvas and Matching Card

Hello.  Jennifer Snyder here to share more autumn goodness using the beautiful colors of the season.  Today, I am sharing a canvas/sculpture and matching card crafted using Petaloo flowers, FloraCraft Foam Balls  and other assorted products from FloraCraft in conjunction with Authentique's Harvest paper collection.   

My inspiration for both projects started with the Authentique Harvest paper with it's warm orange, browns and festive theme.  The card came first.  I picked an adorable 3"x4" image from the journal card sheet called "Harvest One".  

 

The adorable pilgrim boy is pushing a cart full of pumpkins, squash and produce from the field.  I selected the Petaloo flowers to accentuate the colors of his abundant harvest.      

 

Here are the close ups of the gorgeous Petaloo floral cluster.  

The green center flower, Petaloo Botanica Mini-Pistachio , makes me smile because I think it looks like cauliflower in the cluster.  How perfect!

 

My makeshift cauliflower is surrounded by Petaloo Sugar  Mini Mocha flowers and dotted with some older Petaloo berry sprays from my stash in burgundy.   The finishing touches include a rich burgundy ribbon and some paper punched pine sprigs.  

 

  

 

After I created the card, I did some thinking and imagined how fun it would be to make those wonderful fruits come to life so I set out to make it happen.  That's how the canvas came about.   If you keep scrolling down, I provide a mini-tutorial as to how I created the assorted produce.  

 

 The canvas started with FloraCraft's  foam balls.  This package was great because there were various sized balls to help make my vision possible.  The pumpkin was created with the 4inch foam ball while the apple and pear were created using the 2.5inch foam balls.  

  

Step 1.  Cut foam ball in half so that it can fit nicely in a reverse canvas setting.  

Step 2. Cut a piece of muslin cotton to wrap and cover the foam.  I added color to the muslin by using a combination of mediums to color the fabric - some mists and inks.  A pumpkin has a variety of colors - yellow, brown, green, orange - so I used a variety of colors.   

 

Notice in the photo below that the fabric is not totally colored. I left a bit of white space in the fabric to provide a bright highlight on the finished piece.  Do not worry that the colors are not blended nice and softly at this point.    

  

Step 3. I saturated the muslin cotton with a sculpture medium, then draped the fabric over the foam ball, smoothing till I was happy.  

 

There are many mediums that will work well including the old fashioned and inexpensive white school glue thinned with water. 

 

Tip: Once you add a sculpting medium to the fabric, the colors will all blend together and make your project look more unified and nicer.  Trust me!

 

Step 4.  This is what the back of my pumpkin looks like.  A mess!  But no need to stress over this because no one will see it.  I did make sure to twist some fabric into a stem.  

 Step 5. The glorious thing about foam is that it can be shaped and sculpted.  I chose to sculpt and shape after the fabric was added and had dried.  I just thought the pumpkin ridges would be more apparent if added after the foam was covered.  

 

I used a wooden skewer to make the ridges by rolling the skewer over the foam and rocking it back and forth till the ridge was satisfactory.    It worked quite nicely.  I also was able to add more color after the fabric was on the foam.  

 Step 6. I added thin jute to the pumpkin and tied it in the back.  I believe this helped accentuate the ridges.  

Step 7.  I have a few finishing touches. I wrapped the stem with brown floral tape and I added some tendrils to the pumpkin's stem created using FloraCraft Green Stem Wire.  I twisted the stem wire around a wood skewer - which is a great tool for making tendrils.   

 Additional tips for making the pear and the apple:  I made the pear and apple the same way - using muslin covered FloraCraft foam balls.  Once covered, I sculpted the shape of the pear and apple by rolling the covered foam on the edge of a table to help mold the foam till I was satisfied.    The stems of the apple and the pear were created using the end of the wood skewer.  

 

Step 8.  Moving on to the canvas...

This is an 8x8 canvas.  I turned it around and used the back as a sort of shadow box. 

I cut a piece of Authentique Harvest paper  and inserted it into the background of the canvas.  I added ink to the frame of the canvas to blend the project and provide a finished, cohesive look.  

 

I stapled  FloraCraft Burlap Garland to the wood frame of the canvas so that the sculpted fruits could rest nicely in the burlap.  

And here are a few more close ups of the finished canvas to show the gorgeous Petaloo floral accents.  This photo shows  the beautiful reds and greens of the Petaloo Briar Rose Canvas Holiday Mix  flowers (RS5008-502/4).  

 

This shows the beautiful image from the Authentique Harvest paper  topped with a bow and Petaloo's Botanica Mini-Pistachio flowers.

This photo shows how sweet the Petaloo Botanica Mini-Gold/Sienna flower looks here to resemble the cauliflower.  

 

 

  

I wish your family a wonderful and warm Thanksgiving.  Thanks for spending time here.  

 

Canvas Sculpture - Petaloo Supplies:
Petaloo
Petaloo Flowers - Botanica Mini-Pistachio 1101-108
Petaloo Briar Rose Canvas Holiday Mix RS5008-502/4
Petaloo Flowers - Botanica Mini-Gold/Sienna RS1131-0124/6
Petaloo  Flowers - Berry Spray Burgundy 1829-322
Petaloo - (leaves from )Sugared Blooms Royal Blue 1130-122

Other Supplies including FloraCraft :
Authentique Harvest Collection 
FloraCraft Burlap Garland
FloraCraft  Stem Wire - Green
FloraCraft Foam Balls - bag of various sized balls
Authentique Harvest Collection 
Green Floral Tape
Pinecones
Cinnamon Sticks
Wood Skewers
Muslin Cotton Fabric
Various mists/ inks
Prima Sculpture Mixture

Card -Petaloo Supplies:
Petaloo Flowers - Botanica Mini-Pistachio 1101108
Petaloo Flowers -Sugar  Mini Mocha -RS1131-123/6
Petaloo  Flowers - Berry Spray Burgundy 1829-322

Other Supplies:
Authentique Harvest Collection 
Green Cardstock
Ribbon (Misc)
Martha Stewart Punch - Branch
Spellbinders -Card Creator Dies -Valiant Honor A2

Autumn Home Decor by Jennifer Snyder

 

Hello.  Jennifer Snyder here to share my VERY FIRST post as the new member of Petaloo's Design Team.  I must tell you how excited I am to be part of this talented family.   The theme of this post is "Thanksgiving"  and I give thanks to Petaloo, for this opportunity.

 

To start my Petaloo adventure, I chose a home decor piece to hang on my front door and celebrate autumn and the coming of Thanksgiving..  Something fun and colorful.  

 

 

Here are a few close ups of the wonderful assortment of Petaloo blooms I used to adorn my piece ranging from Petaloo's gorgeous velvet autumn leaves, to the textured flowers and some older Petaloo berry sprays that I have been hoarding.  

This started as a plain wooden wall hanging that needed to be covered.  My goal was to make this project resemble a patchwork pumpkin with a wide assortment of patterns and textures.   I chose warm golden tones from Echo Park's "Fall is in the Air" collection.  

Once the gorgeous Petaloo embellishments and raffia bow were added, the result was a fun, happy and cheery piece to decorate my front door and welcome friends and family.  

 

Petaloo Products:

Petaloo Flowers - Botanica Fall Leaves 1161-300/6 

Petaloo Flowers - Mixed Textured Blossoms - Amber 1256-203

Petaloo Berry Spray Brown - 1829-303

 

Other Products:

Paper - Echo Park - Fall is in the Air Collection 6x6 FIA112023

Distress Inks in Vintage Photo and Walnut

Wood Wall Decor - Joann's 

Raffia

It's been so much fun creating this very first project for Petaloo.  Thanks for stopping here to help me start my adventure. 

Happy Thanksgiving Banner and Card with Authentique Harvest Collection

Hello Friends!  It's Kathy here with a little Thanksgiving home decor project to share with you today.  It's my very favorite holiday, and I am excited to decorate, bake and prepare for a relaxing day spent with our great big noisy family.  We eat, we play games, we go for a walk...and repeat!  LOL

This long banner uses a lovely mix of Authentique Harvest papers and gorgeous Petaloo flowers in an array of fall colors.

 

I turned a chipboard frame into a fall wreath by painting it with copper crackle paste and espresso color wash spray.  Then I layered these richly hued Mocha Sugared Blossoms, Cream and Green Hydrangea and beautifully textured Fall Mix Burlap leaves around the edges.

I have been picking up acorns on my walks, and they found a new home nestled into this arrangement with mini pumpkins and glitzy ribbon.

 

While I had all the pretty flowers and papers out on my workspace, I decided to make a Thanksgiving card, too.

I kept the design here very simple, so that the spotlight would be on the focal image. I didn't want anything to distract from its beauty.

 

The cream and brown of this stunning Darjeeling Anemone blossom worked perfectly with my plaid ribbon.  I added two mini vintage velvet blossoms to finish out the flower cluster.

The inside of the card holds one of my signature pockets, stuffed with lots of goodies.  A mini chocolate, a honey stick and a lovely herbal tea bag are accompanied by an image from the collection and a vintage style postcard.  The gift card pocket has a custom notecard where you can write your personal Thankgiving greetings.

 

This would make a nice hostess gift, don't you think?

Thanks for stopping by! 

Cheerio,

kathy

Product Links

Fall Mix Burlap Leaves SKU: RS5001-300/4

Darjeeling Cream Anemone SKU: 1490-105

Botanica Ivory Vintage Velvet Minis 1139-001

Darjeeling Cream Hydrangeas 1493-105

Darjeeling Green Hydrangeas 1493-107

Botanica Mocha Sugared Blooms x4 1130-123

Authentique Harvest Paper Collection

Giving Thanks with Maggi!

I have to stop and give thanks for all the good people and things that fill my life.  I really need to take the time to count my blessings more often; I think this wall plaque will serve as a reminder!

I used Authentique's Harvest papers along with a plethora of Petaloo blooms.  I can never have too many flowers; after all, I am a flower child of the 60's, LOL LOL!!  So....I started my project by first applying Prima texture paste over a cork cover plate charger.  When that dried, the plate had a crackled effect.  Then I selected several Lindy's Starburst mists in autumn colors and misted the plate.

Next I created a banner with stickers from the collection.  To give those stickers more pizzazz, I mounted them on slightly larger banners that I cut out.  Then I nestled the banner in a bed of Petaloo flowers and burlap flall leaves.

 

 

Here you can see the crackled effect over the cork, love how that looks!  For fall color, I mixed in several different styles of Petaloo blooms (see my product list of supplies at the end) along with an older Petaloo berry branch and berries from the leaf berry clusters.  Then I finished it off with a bright bow. 

 

Supplies:

Textured Elements Blossoms x 4 Amber 1256-203

Sugared Blooms x 4 Mocha SKU: 1130-123

Spring Berry clusters x 3Peach/Grn 1105-106

Burlap Leaves Fall Mix SKU: RS5001-300/4

Berry Spray Brown 1829-303

 

Other Supplies:

Authentique Harvest Collection

Cork Charger Plate - Michaels

Really Reasonable Ribbon

 

 

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Count your blessings

Helllllo paper peeps!  Cherry here again today to share some Fall creations....I just love this time of year.  The colors turning into darker warmer tones.  Being inside my house nesting and baking.  Nothing better!  Also add crafting to that list.  With all the rain I have been lucky to steal snatches of time back in the craft room.  Here is one of my projects using gorgeous Petaloo blooms.  A couple of Thanksgiving cards....using textured blooms, burlap leaves, ribbons and more!

 

Lots of textures....warm colors and a sweet image!

 

Here is my next card using my flowers to frame around my sentiment and image.

 

 

Here they are together already to give as a hostess gift this Thanksgiving season! Thanks for visiting!  Cherry

 

Petaloo Supplies:

SKU: 1650-012 DIY-Mixed Textured Layers x 12

SKU: RS5002-200/4 Canvas Sunflower Mini - Ivory

SKU: RS5001-300/4 Burlap Leaves - Fall Mix

SKU: 1211-200 Dogwood x 24 CANVAS - ivory

Authentique & Petaloo ~ FALL Blog Hop

 

We have exciting plans for next week...

we are "Blog Hopping" with Authentique for FALL Inspiration Week!

 

 

Starting on Monday ...we will be creating "FALL inspired" projects with the "NESTLED" Collection from Authentique!

 

 

What a gorgeous mix of teals, beige and brown for Fall.  This paper collection comes with adorable stickers and chipboard pieces too!  see

 

PLUS ... we will be featuring the NEW Fall Collections of flowers, leaves & berries from Petaloo!

 

  

(left) Vintage Velvet Dogwood in teal ... (right) Vintage Velvet Peonies in Ivory

 

 

(above) Vintage Velvet Fall Leaves 

 

These 3 items are made from our new Vintage Velvet. This material is "millinery quality" so it is soft and beautiful ... wait until you see what the  designers from our two Design Teams have created with these beauties!! 

 

There will be lots of FALL ideas like:

CARDS, HOME DECOR & GIFTS for the HOLIDAYS!

 

PLUS...

PRIZES ... 3 WINNERS !!!!

What's in the prize?  Authentique paper, stickers & chipboard ... PLUS 8 packs of Petaloo flowers and coordinating trims!  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 FALL project from Pinterest  here

 

Good luck, have fun & enjoy the HOP!

Your Friends at Petaloo

xxxooo

 

Lavender Wand By Bibiana

Hello Dear Petaloo Friends:

HERE Bibiana....I made these "lavender wands".

I decided to embellish them with "Petaloo Flowers".

This is a great project for Fall decor, place them on your mantle

or make several to give away on "Thanksgiving" dinner. 

Placed them at each guests sitting and they will make for a wonderful table!

 

Hope all is well...Happy Fall!

You can find me at my blog:
"Stamping with Bibiana"

Supplies: botanica collection x4

Another year....Another pumpkin!

Hello Petaloo Fans.....
I can't hardly believe it....
School has begun and
Labor Day has come and gone
and here in the North Country 
that means summer is over.

I LOVE FALL....
the season of color!
(and there are a few trees
already showing their colors)

Every year I create a pumpkin...
this year is no exception!

I began with one of those plastic/styrofoam pumpkins.
I painted on two layers of
Perfect Paints ~ Shimmering Matte Acrylic ~ Halo.

With a palette knife I applied a random layer of
Perfect Paints ~ Polishing Plaster ~ Doves Wings.

When dry, I applied a layer of 
Perfect Paints ~ Perfect Glaze Medium.

Lastly, I applied a mix of
Perfect Paints ~ Shimmering Matte Acrylic
Aged Copper and Cajun Orange
and Perfect Glaze Medium.
Let it sit for a minute,
then wiped off with baby wipes.

I then took a package of 
Petaloo Fancy Trims ~Burlap ~ Cream.

See the nice WIDE trim at the bottom??
....that is what I used!
First, I cut off about a 2.5" piece to create 
a new stem for my pumpkin.

I also used another piece of Burlap Trim
to cut out a circle
to adhere inside the "stem".

With what was left over I
cut it into sections, then cut the sections in half.
I then colored the edges of all the burlpa with
Perfect Paints ~ Shimmering Matte Acrylic
Aged Copper.

When dry, I applied everything to the pumpkin
with Ranger's Multi Medium ~ Matte.

Now....onto decorating my pumpkin!!
HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW FALL PICKS!!!
They are TOTALLY AMAZING!!

Petaloo's Fall Maple Leaf Pick &
Beaded Acorn Pick

TOTALLY PERFECT for my pumpkin!
Here are the "sides" of my pumpkin...

The Petaloo ~ Burlap Small Sunflowers
were the PERFECT Fall flower to add!

I like to bend the "stems" of the leaves
to give them added dimension.
And one ALWAYS needs a "loopy bow"
created from
Petaloo Fancy Trims ~ Burlap ~ Cream. 

I hope you have enjoyed this years pumpkin!
I know I sure had fun creating it....
It will make a BEAUTIFUL center piece at our
Thanksgiving Family Dinner!

Petaloo Products Used:

Burlap Blossoms x 4 ~ Ivory
Burlap Blossoms x 10 ~ Ivory
Burlap Blossoms x 10 ~ Natural
Burlap Small Sunflowers x 4 ~ Yellow
 Fall Maple Leaf Pick 
Beaded Acorn Pick
Fancy Trim ~ Burlap ~ Cream
Mini Pearl Daisies 

 

 

 

 

Rustic Fall Tags

I love fall. Seriously smitten with it. The colours, the smells... don't even get me started on the tastes! Fall is just around the corner and I've created these cute autumnal themed tags to herald it's arrival.

Tags are pretty dang handy to have around as an alternative for a card or bow. While my husband would have no problem handing a hostess a bottle of wine in a crumpled paper bag... I think I'll opt for adding a pretty tag thank-you-very-much.

For these particular taggy beauties, I've used some Graphic 45 tags, November Flourish and November Cut Apart from Time to Flourish. They pair wonderfully with those sweet Petaloo burlap leaves: Fall Maple Leaf. To the larger tag I've added a Small Burlap Sunflower. The smaller tag has a DIY Burlap Blossom that has been tinted with a bit of watered down acrylic paint.

A little acorn cap, pairing so well with those burlap leaves and looking cute as a button :) And finally, I've added Burlap Trims as a tassel, unraveling them to add to the rustic look of these fellows.

 

Supply List:

Petaloo products:
Fall Maple Leaf 
Small Burlap Sunflower 
DIY Burlap Blossom
Burlap Trims

Other:
Graphic45 November Flourish/Time to Flourish 
Graphic 45 November Cut Apart/Time to Flourish
Artist Trading Tags-Kraft
Regular Tag Album