Glass Flowers from Petaloo

Do you like texture on your cards.  Here’s something you might need for your stash.

You may have seen these at your local craft store, but you don’t have a clue what to do with them? Today, I’d like to share a few ideas.

You can use the glass flowers as a center piece or as a center piece on another line of Petaloo flowers. The best way to adhere the glass flower is to use fabric glue, hot glue or high tacky glue. You can also use them with our Color Me Crazy flowers as a center and spray them with your favorite color sprays.  You’ll get loads of color and texture.

We carry them in five different colors (black, white, Aqua, Rose and Orange). The stem of the flower is flexible so you can bend it.

Supplies:

 Glass Flower Orange

Printed Darjeeling Wild Butterflies Aqua

Darjeeling Mini Pearl Daisies Cottage Blue

Darjeeling Mini Pearl Daisies Shabby Beige

Thanks for stopping by!

Alice

Working outside of my element.

Lately I’ve been addicted to making things with shadow boxes or just creating outside of my happy world of card making.  I purchased this cute little shadow box house from Maya Road and I just love it! It’s a perfect medium size project to create with.

I used a lot of Petaloo product and you’re going to fall in love with their new collections…drool! Check out these beautiful Darjeeling flowers perfect for Valentine’s Day.

I applied some white ink chalk to the flower to add that vintage touch.

The other Petaloo product that I just adore are the Color Me Crazy Chipboard shapes.  These chipboard shapes are super thick and durable.  I used Viva Pearl Pens to decorate the details on the chipboard to make them pop.

I used Authentique’s Lovely paper collection which has lots of beautiful patterns and stickers, perfect for Valentine’s Day.

Thanks for coming by and have a great day!

Merry Christmas!!!!

I can’t believe how fast time flies and every year seems faster than the last.  Thank you for being part of Cards by Alice and for supporting me in 2012.  I have made so many new friends on here and love seeing all of your creations.  It’s nice to be part of something even though it’s through I don’t get to see you in person.  May the holidays bring you closer and make you Merry!  Happiness and love to you all!

Here’s one of the cards I taught at this year’s Scrapfest 2012.  Thought I share it on here since it’s Christmas.  Just a little fun.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Alice XOXO

NEW Holiday Petaloo Flowers and Dazzlers

Not sure how everyone feels, but for me, it’s the perfect time to start on my holiday projects. Today’s project is a Christmas shadow box I designed for Petaloo summer CHA 2012 show.

I used Petaloo’s fun and easy to use Dazzlers.  Have you ever used these fun and charming embellishments?  If you haven’t used them, you’ll fall instantly in love with them.

Dazzlers come in so many different themes.  There’s Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter and the list goes on.  Petaloo also carries these holiday leaves collection perfcet for up coming season.  You’ll ooh and awe over these cute textures velvet leaves.

Holiday Petaloo goodies you need!

Dazzlers – Santa x 5 – Traditional

Mini Red Poinsettias x 12

This is but a small taste of the holiday goodies I’ve been using from Petaloo

So much you can do and with Petaloo’s huge variety of  holidays flowers and Dazzlers you’ll be left wanting more.  I know I do!

It was so much fun putting this together and working with all these gorgeous products.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

NEW Spellbinders!!!

I’m sure you have seen all he NEW Spellbinder die releases from CHA Summer 2012, but if you didn’t you are in luck today! Scrap-Mart.com has the new dies available now. Use your Scrap-Mart.com coupon code, “Dog days” to get 40% off.

I used Spellbinders Cherry Blossoms die and Decorative Labels One die to create my card.

Spellbinders Cherry Blossom

Spellbinder Decorative Labels One

I created the window using several Spellbinder dies.  First thing i did was use the decorative die cut on a piece of cardstock.  After I have my cardstock cut out I layered the next die on top to create a window.  Be sure that this whole piece is also layered over your card base so that it lines up when you adhere it to the card.

This is what I mean by layering your dies to create a window and frame.

Spellbinder Label One Nestabilities

Have a great day and don’t forget to use Scrap-Mart.com for all your crafty needs.

Petaloo and Tim Holtz combo Take 2

I was so inspired with all the awesome flowers by Petaloo I wanted to make a card so you can see what other projects you can create.

I love that Petaloo’s flowers go so well with  Tim Holtz products.  It just shows how versatile Petaloo’s flowers are.  There is  something for every style.

The other great thing about Petaloo’s flowers is how they know what crafters like.  Petaloo packages their flowers in color schemes.  If you love a certain color you can have more of it in one bag.  How cool is that????

Here’s what I used.

Darjeeling – Frosted Roses x 4 Sm. – Cottage Blue

Darjeeling – Mini Pearl Daisies x 40 – Cottage Blue

Darjeeling – Butterflies x 9 – Cottage Blue

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!  Can’t wait to see what you make so feel free to share your projects with me anytime.  You never know what I might do.  I may give you goodies…hint hint.

Alice

Tim Holtz and Petaloo…What a Great Combo!

Are you a Tim Holtz fan?  Do you like inky fingers?  Today’s card and tags has all that and a ton of Petaloo.  What more can you ask for?

For this tag I used Tim’s distressed inks, resist papers, stamps and Darjeeling Flowers by Petaloo.  I also used  Petaloo’s Hat Pins 

Here’s what I used to make this tag.

Darjeeling – Mini Daisies w/lvs x18 – Red Raspberry

Darjeeling – Dahlias x 10 Sm. – Red Raspberry

Darjeeling – Daisies x 4 Lg. – Red Raspberry

Darjeeling – Mini Pearl Daisies x 40 – Red Raspberry

Accessories – Beaded Hat Pins x 6 – Aqua

Don’t just stop here, come back all week for more Tim Holtz and Petaloo on the Petaloo Blog.  The whole team is working on some really cool stuff so don’t miss out.  Also there’s a giveaway so be sure to leave a comment on Petaloo’s blog.

More Spring Darjeeling

It’s another darling card made with Petaloo’s NEW Spring Darjeeling collection.

Petaloo’s Srping Darjeeling have been very popular this year.  I love that the line comes in many colors especially the natural Kraft color flowers and leaves.

I also used Petaloo’s  Beaded Hat Pins in beige.  The whole collection matches to a tee.  Don’t you just love it?

I tied everything together using Graphic 45′s Little Darling collection and May Arts ribbons.

Here’s what I used:

click here to see Foliage Assorted – Dark Browns by Petaloo!!

Click here to see Beaded Hat Pins ~ Beige by Petaloo

click here to see Darjeeling Daisies x 4 – Pistachio by Petaloo

 Click here to see Frosted Roses Shabby Beige

Also Used:

Graphic 45: “Little Darlings” paper collection

May Arts ribbons: green w/brown edge #340-66

Thanks for visiting and come back soon! 

Petaloo’s NEW Spring Darjeeling

Petaloo’s NEW Spring Darjeeling in Pistachio color, Graphic 45′s “Little Darlings“ collection and May Arts ribbons, oh my!  What an awesome trio!  I love that I get to work with such awesome companies and LOVE that Petaloo makes such beautiful realistic flowers.

I also love to cluster Petaloo’s flowers!  It’s so easy when the flowers comes in different sizes and colors to choose from.

Did you see the butterflies and the mini pins?  Look how cute these are?  I love it all and you will too.  The butterflies and pins are NEW to the Spring Darjeeling collection.

You can use it in clusters like I did here or use it in any of your craft making.  The pins and butterflies come in the same color tones as the flowers so it’s super easy to match them up.

Here’s what I used:

Beaded Hat Pins ~ Beige  by Petaloo!!

Darjeeling Butterflies ~ Pistachio  by Petaloo!!

Darjeeling Mini Daisies ~ Pistachio  by Petaloo!!

Darjeeling Dahlias X 10 ~ Pistachio  by Petaloo!

Also used:

Graphic 45:  “Little Darlings” Collection

May Arts Ribbons: beige/green stripe #385-58-46

green w/brown edge #340-66

 

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!