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Welcome to DAY SIX ... "Back to School" Blog Hop It's August and "Back to School" is here! Whether you have a child in Kindergarden or a young adult going away to college ... we have inspiration for all ages! All you will need is some colorful cardstock from Coredinations... Continue reading
Posted Aug 16, 2014 at Petaloo
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Hi! I hope everyone is having a great summer! Something fun to do with the kids, is making your own jewelry and hair decorations. It's so easy and you can make just about anything using the stuff you already have at home (hairclips, hairbands and so on) and of course... Continue reading
Posted Jul 30, 2014 at Petaloo
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I love to create with children, they have so many ideas and their creativity is endless! For this project I gathered not only my own daughter (who is 8 years old and loves to create with or without me), but also my little niece (6 years old) and nephew (4... Continue reading
Posted Jul 17, 2014 at Petaloo
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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... Continue reading
Posted Jun 16, 2014 at Petaloo
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Welcome to DAY ONE 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... Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2014 at Petaloo
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Hi there! Today I have an altered frame to show you. Spring is finally here and what better way to celebrate it than to use lots of gorgeous flowers from Petaloo when creating! I started by painting an orange (very orange!) frame with white gesso. I had to paint it... Continue reading
Posted Apr 5, 2014 at Petaloo
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Welcome to DAY SEVEN of our Blog Hop & Giveaway with Marion Smith designs! We are so excited to be featuring Marion's new Motley paper collection & Never Grow Up paper collections along with our NEW Spring Botanica flowers!! Would you like to win some of the Marion's paper or... Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2014 at Petaloo
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Hi everybody! Helena here to share a Petaloo & Simple Stories layout with you. I just fell in love with Simple Stories beautiful papers from the Homespun collection combined with the amazing, deep red, Petaloo Botanica flowers and Mixed Blooms. These products are so perfect together and made me scrap... Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2014 at Petaloo
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Day 6-7 ~ Canvas Corp BLOG HOP Today we are featuring a pretty canvas & floral WALL DECORATION for the Holidays that is the perfect gift for someone special ... Our Petaloo DT member Helena Johansson is going to show you how to create a Handmade Christmas Gift made from... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2013 at Petaloo
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Hi everybody! Helena here to share some Petaloo inspiration with you. I have created a fall layout and a Welcome canvas, using lots of beautiful Botanica flowers and Textured flowers. One of the things I love about fall are all the amazing colors - yellow, orange, green and brown -... Continue reading
Posted Dec 2, 2013 at Petaloo
Its DAY 6 of our Christmas Blog Hop with Authentique! We hope you are inspired to try making this beautiful Christmas gift box & cards from DT member Helena Johansson. Plus, leave Helena a message and be entered to WIN a prize from our Giveaway today ... ~ ~ ~... Continue reading
Posted Nov 16, 2013 at Petaloo
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This is adorable, Alice!!
Toggle Commented Nov 4, 2013 on Thankful Tag Book at Petaloo
Going to a Halloween party and quickly need something to put on a gift? A tag is easy and quick to make and today I have made two tags using Petaloo Vintage Halloween Dazzlers, Petaloo flowers and Authentique Thrilling papers, as inspiration if you need to make something in the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 27, 2013 at Petaloo
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Thrilling collection from Authentique Hi! Helena here today to share a Halloween card with you, using Authentique's Thrilling collection with Petaloo's Textured flowers and Color Me Crazy chipboard. This card is a bit different from other Halloween projects I've made, since it's all black & white. I just loved the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2013 at Petaloo
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It's DAY 7 of our Spooky Halloween blog hop with two amazing companies. We have Graphic 45 and Xyron teaming up with us so be sure to hop on over to their blogs and leave some love. They have fantastic giveaways so don't miss your chance to win some goodies.... Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2013 at Petaloo
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Hi everybody! Helena here again to share some inspiration using Petaloo flowers and Simple Stories papers from the Smarty Pants collection. In my last blogpost, which you can find here, I showed you a card and two tags/bookmarks. Today I have a matching notebook to share with you. I started... Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2013 at Petaloo
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Hi everybody! Helena here to share some inspiration with you, using Petaloos lovely Floradoodle flowers and Simple Stories Smarty Pants papers. I just love the bright, beautiful colors together! I have created a back to school-card and two tags that can be used as bookmarks. My children will need these... Continue reading
Posted Aug 19, 2013 at Petaloo
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We end our inspirational week with Helena Johansson's Petaloo project using Graphic 45's Bohemian Bazaar collection. It's been super fun using the G45 collection so thanks G45 for your genoristy! Hi everybody! Helena here today to share some inspiration using Petaloos Darjeeling flowers with Graphic 45's Bohemian Bazaar. Such amazing... Continue reading
Posted Jul 31, 2013 at Petaloo
Our children loves to play in our garden, especially in the summer of course! They play football, swims in the pool, play with friends - and they have so much fun! To capture some of these fun moments I created this layout using lovely papers from Graphic 45 - Place... Continue reading
Posted Jun 21, 2013 at Petaloo
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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... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2013 at Petaloo
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Color Me Crazy flowers are fun! Creating with these amazing flowers, that you can alter anyway you want or need, along with Unity Stamps was double fun! I have a layout to show you today. I have used several Color Me Crazy flowers that I have misted with Heidi Swapps... Continue reading
Posted May 25, 2013 at Petaloo
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Today is our last day sharing all the wonderful techniques you can acheive using Color Me Crazy flowers and Heidi Swapp's Color Shine. We have enjoyed working Heidi Swapp's products and want to thank her for her generosity during this team-up. Our deisgn team had a blast using her products... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at Petaloo
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It's the last day to play along so be sure to take advantage our $150.00 Mother's Day prize and the Team-up give away. We would like to thank the our friends at Simple Stories for their genoritsty and for helping us promote all these wonderful inspirational projects using Petaloo's Penny... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2013 at Petaloo
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It's day 4 on the Petaloo blog and we still have so much more to share with you. We hope you have been enjoying the week and I bet your dying to know if you were one of the lucky ones??? We will all find out on Sunday, April 14th.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 11, 2013 at Petaloo
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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... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2013 at Petaloo