So just how much have you been loving the collaboration with Petaloo International and Heidi Swapp? Honestly, it has been SO refreshing and incredibly inspiring to see all of the fabulous ways the rest of the Heidi Swapp Media Team has used Color Shine to customize and create such gorgeous Mother’s Day projects this week. I loved seeing everyone’s ideas come to life and all of the different colour palettes. Color Shine certainly is certainly an amazing way to make these perfect petaloo pieces just come alive!
For my piece today, I chose to alter a photo frame and create some coordinating Mother’s Day cards. To be honest, I began with the intention of just creating one card, but I ended up having SO much fun playing with all of the different blossoms, pieces and Color Shine that I ended up creating 3 versions to share. 
It was SO fun to play with all of the pieces and just layer and experiment! I just had to share all of them
The first Mother’s Day project I created was a re-purposed/re-designed photo frame that I actually have had on hand forever! I had purchased it at Ikea awhile back with the intention of perhaps altering it one day when the perfect opportunity arose. Well, you could not even begin to imagine how excited I was when the beautiful Petaloo flowers fell into my hands. I knew exactly what I wanted to create!
This project is really SO simple and can be duplicated and replicated really with any frame you may have on hand right now! I first wanted to fill the picture piece. I knew I did not want to fill it with an actual photo, so instead I trimmed a piece of the Color Pop Grey Pop paper to 5 x 7. I placed it inside the frame. I then took a Colourful Instaframe and a Mini Instaframe and filled the larger one with Color Pop Apricot Pop paper and the mini instaframe with a photo of my mom and I. I then set these aside as I knew I wanted to layer some of the larger Color Me Crazy Petaloo flowers behind the large frame. Now was the time for the magic to happen!
I gathered a bunch of the Color Me Crazy Petaloo flowers and chose three colours of Heidi Swapp Colorshine. I used Mint Green, Georgia Peach and Gold Lame. From here, I simply misted the variety of flowers with really no plan in mind. These pieces are a match made in heaven for Color Shine. They LOVED it! A few quick sprays was all it took to create beautiful, vibrant and amazing embellishments for my frame. The BEST part is that they are all in the colors I wanted! Love! I used Bronzer to customize the chipboard fairies and the shimmer that they elicit is just perfect.
Using my hot glue gun, I layered a few of the large blossoms onto the right hand side of the frame. I then added my large instaframe, and then the mini instaframe. From that point on, all I did was layer and layer all of the gorgeous bits and pieces onto the frame adhering them with hot glue. It was so fun to assemble and put this together. The finishing touches were the beautiful chipboard Petaloo fairies and the sentiment stickers. Not only was this frame quick and easy to put together, but it is such a great gift idea…especially for Mothers Day!
After I created my frame, I really wanted to create a coordinating card to go with it. So instead of one card, I ended up creating 3 cards…each a little different using the same collections. I not only had so much fun making these cards, but I loved making each and every one and varying them up just a little bit!
The first card I created is a basic 5 x 9 1/2 inch card folded horizontally.
I used the Color Pop Apricot Pop paper as the base paper for the card. I then added a piece of plain white card stock to the front trimmed 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches and adhered. I then trimmed a piece of the gorgeous gold heart paper from the Pink Paislee Luxe Collection paper pack to 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. I adhered this piece using foam tape to add some added dimension. I then cut a piece of white cardstock to 2 1/2 x 4 inches and added it to the right hand side of the card. To embellish I added some of the beautiful Petaloo flower pieces to the left hand side, a small Petaloo butterfly to the right, sentiment stickers and vintage chic letters. Using some twine, I simply tied some to the front of the card.
To create this second card I used a piece of plain white cardstock as my base. I folded 6 1/2 x 8 inch piece of white paper in half. I then added a piece of the Color Pop Apricot Pop paper to the front, along with Color Pop Turquoise Pop. I used decorative edged scissors on the one side of the Turquoise Pop edge. I then adhered this piece with foam tape. To embellish I added some Petaloo butterflies misted with Georgia Peach Colorshine, some other Petaloo flowers “as is”, Petaloo butterflies that I misted with Gold Lame and Georgia Peach, a sentiment sticker and the the word “i heart mom” that I cut out with my Silhouette from the Heidi Swapp Mothers Day Digital Kit. I simply used white card stock for the word and then used Bronzer Color Shine to customize it.
This last card I created is super simple! It is a tag card. To create I trimmed I piece of the Color Pop Turquoise Pop paper to 4 x 6 inches. I trimmed a piece of Color Pop Apricot Pop approx 2 inches x 3 3/4. I adhered that piece to the right hand side. On top of that piece I then layered a piece of vellum. Once that was adhered I chose a Vintage Chic Note and added it to the top. Once these were all assembled I added more embellishments and Petaloo goodness! More flowers and lovely layers…
I finished off the card with epoxy stickers, seam binding, and a definition sticker.
I am SO excited to give these cards away….they turned out SO cute! I am really looking forward to a wonderful weekend and Mother’s Day celebration with my own mom. Feeling so incredibly blessed about that.
I truly am in awe of how beautifully the Petaloo products and Heidi Swapp Color Shine come together. They create such a gorgeous finished product that any card, layout or home decor project would ever want. I cannot wait to use these beautiful pieces on my future projects and with other colours of Color Shine. Just imagine all of the possibilities! Oh and one more thing….did I mention that these beautiful Petaloo pieces are up for grabs?? Be sure to enter the fabulous and super generous giveaway if you have not yet! Best of luck to all!
Make sure you check out Petaloo’s blog and Facebook for even more inspiration as well as a giveaway EVERY DAY this week! I also have a giveaway going on my Instagram page at @hkswapp! All you need to do is comment on the giveaway’s picture to enter to win the above Petaloo prize pack! A winner will be picked Saturday, May 11th, 2013!
we have been having so much fun playing with the Petallo GOODIES!!! oh how the flowers DRINK up the Color Shine! it’s absolutely amazing! if you haven’t tried it yet, you MUST! it’s so shiny and beautiful! Take a look at what the amazing Jamie Pate has done with Color Shine, my wood products, Color Pop and PETALOO!!
In case it has never been said before…I absolutely love Color Shine. It’s just one of those products that makes me happy. Happy that I can creatively take a project and make it exactly what I need it to be.
Combine that with some blooms from Petaloo…and it’s very magical.
To that point I had a chance recently to play with several colors of the ‘Shine’ and several of the Petaloo products to make a pretty gift for Mother’s Day.
So first I collected several bottles of the ‘Shine’:
Primrose
Georgia Peach
Chartreuse
Gold Lame
Black Velvet…
and had me some fun.
To start, here’s what I did:
The Wood Shadowbox Frame was sprayed with Black Velvet. The ‘Shine’ took fabulously to that wood. One coat. That was all that was needed.
TIP: The inside corners really needed to be covered for this project, so take a paint brush, dip it in the ‘Shine’ and finish off the corners if needed.
Next…
Taking several of the Petaloo Color Me Crazy Assorted Flower Layers, they were sprayed with a combination of the Gold Lame, Primrose, and Georgia Peach. I started with a spray or two of the Gold Lame. Then added the Primrose and Georgia alternately until I achieved a pleasing blend of color. Each of the flowers turned out a bit different, which made for a nice, diverse effect. In other words, there are no real rules to achieving the look you want with these petals and the ‘Shine’.
Also, several leaves from the Color Me Crazy Foliage Assortment were sprayed; first with Gold Lame and then Chartreuse.
Another tip I would like to add: after spraying the flowers, dry them with a heat gun. The color comes into full bloom. No pun intended.
Next…
trim a sheet of the Black Pop pattern from the Color Pop pattern paper. This will need to be a 7 x 9 inch piece, plus a bit more trimmed off each side, to fit inside the Wood Frame.
For the quote I simply created a black background document in Photoshop Elements and added the quote with a white font. This was printed on card stock and trimmed to size.
Using several scrap pieces of cardboard, I glued them to each other and then added the quote piece to the top. This added the height I needed to give me the right dimension inside the Wood Frame.
The Color Me Crazy Chipboard Mannequin was kept uncolored. Using a tiny bit of liquid adhesive, it was attached to the top edge of the quote piece. This was set aside until all the flowers were in place. I also added a bit of Color Magic Seam Binding sprayed with the Color Shine Georgia Peach to the edge of the mannequin chipboard.
Next I placed the Layering Flowers in a pleasing manner on two corners of the Wood Frame. Bling from my stash was added to the centers. (One must always have bling in their stash). The sprayed Foliage leaves were added to the flowers as well. Notched banners from the Black Pop paper were placed here and there to add some additional texture and dimension.
One more element was added to the bottom of the frame. I took a Definition Sticker and popped it up with dimensional tape and tucked underneath a flowers. Remarkable seemed fitting. Because, well, mothers are remarkable.
This was such a fun gift to create. The Color Shine made is so easy. The Petaloo flowers added such sweetness. The Wood Shadowbox Frame is a fabulous show piece. It’s a great gift idea for Mom, or for any time of year. Just personalize the quote, and make it work for you.
And…have Happy Mother’s Day.
Make sure you check out Petaloo’s blog and Facebook for even more inspiration as well as a giveaway EVERY DAY this week! I also have a giveaway going on my Instagram page at @hkswapp! All you need to do is comment on the giveaway’s picture to enter to win the above Petaloo prize pack! A winner will be picked Saturday, May 11th, 2013!
ALWAYS thinking outside the box… just take a look at what Maggie did to create this beautiful whimsical pillow just perfect to invite spring:
This Mother’s Day I decided to make MYSELF something!
I haven’t bought anything new for the house for a while, so when we were given the chance to play with some of these fantastic Petaloo items it didn’t take me long to figure out what to make. And I have to tell you, it’s my new favorite piece…
And all I needed to make this darling little pillow was some Petaloo flowers (I used the Petaloo Color Me Crazy All White Mulberry Paper flowers), Color Shine, a canvas pillow cover (mine is Canvas Corp), a few sequins and some hot glue.
I had a general idea in mind before I started spraying my flowers…I knew I wanted my flowers to be yellow, turquoise & green…and I knew I wanted the largest flowers to be in the middle. So I separated the larger flowers from the smaller ones and went to work. I laid out a bunch of flowers (what I was calling my “bottom layers”) and set to spraying them with Tropicana Teal Color Shine. My next layer consists of slightly larger flowers, sprayed a mixture of both Mint Green & Tropicana Teal Color Shine…the next layer is mainly Mint Green, the next layer a mixture of Mustard & Mint Green & the final (or top) layer is Mustard Color Shine (with a little spritz of Gold Lame for good measure)…
Once all of the flowers were completely dry (which took about 1/2 the day – I wanted to make sure they wouldn’t run or rub off onto my pillow cover), I did a dry run with their placement. Once I was happy with how they looked, I hot-glued them to the pillow cover. Then I grabbed a couple of sequins (in blue, green & yellow) and just randomly glued them in the centers of some of the flowers…some – not all…a sequin in every center was just a little too much for me…(smile).
I felt that my pillow still needed just a little something extra, so I decided to embroider a simple stitch around the outside of the canvas. Now, when I say “simple” I mean I used a simple stitch – it actually took a ridiculously long time to embroider, but I love the final look.
I placed my new little beauty on a chair in my dining room and now every time I look into that room now I can see it…and I love it. Happy Mother’s Day to me!
Don’t forget to make YOU feel special, too, this Mother’s Day!
Make sure you check out Petaloo’s blog and Facebook for even more inspiration as well as a giveaway EVERY DAY this week! I also have a giveaway going on my Instagram page at @hkswapp! All you need to do is comment on the giveaway’s picture to enter to win the above Petaloo prize pack! A winner will be picked Saturday, May 11th, 2013!
hello!! and welcome to a brand new wednesday! i just LOVE the project that i am teaching today on My Craft Channel — it’s just that whole “junk” album concept where i added a bunch of stuff from my scrap drawer…and it’s so much fun to fill! i used the Color Pop file folders to create both the covers and the inside pages.
if you don’t have a cinch… you can totally replace that with some book rings! (but you know, mothers day is coming, maybe you could drop some hints that you need a CINCH!) 
i just love to create all these different layers, and interesting elements inside!
probably one of my favorite things in this album is the CLEAR POP alphas! here i sewed them to the page… spelling out “ROCKY”, and if you look to the right edge, you can see them sticking off the edge of a page.
i used a combo of clear and color pop on the cover of this album… and threw in some Georgia Peach and Tinsel Color Shine! really this is just one of those “no rules” kind of fun projects!
be sure to check out the video HERE to see my little tricks for binding this bad boy! if you took my exclusive class at Archiver’s this spring, you got a little preview of exactly how to bind this thing! take a peek!! so much fuN!
OK>>>>>>>> this is a special message for all those who are attending the “Creative Adventure Downunder” event that is only like 2 weeks away! First of all…. i am SO totally excited to come to New Zealand! (gasp!) Secondly…. HOW did it get here so QUICK!? i am freaking out a little…. i know you ladies have been asking me for some photo requirements for this class, so i just wanted to give you a quick peek so you can choose photos that will be perfect for these projects:
for one of the classes we will be making 2 memory file projects. you are going to love these! they are so much fun to make! i have 17 and 19 photos in my 2 memory files- so you can fit A LOT of photos, and actually i could fit more! it’s so much fun to get so many photos into one project! heres a little peek inside- just so you kinda have an idea on the color palette
the colors are really soft, but they still pack a bit of a punch! we will be using the Serendipity Memory Files, Color Pop banner delights and Clear Pop tags!
the second project is a mini-book that sits just right inside a wood shadowbox frame… the mini is removable, and we can fit lots of photos inside!
ok girls… i hope this helps get you ready for the big weekend coming up! i am so excited to meet all of you and visit New Zealand! i have LOTS to do before i come… so WISH ME LUCK!!
Happy Mother’s Day! There is nothing harder, yet more rewarding, than being a mother. Believe me. I know because I traded a classroom of 30 preschoolers for just one son. Not every day as a mother is easy, but it is in those hard times that I can pull out my scrapbook album and look at some of the beautiful moments we have had.
I was so excited to be able to team up with Petaloo International! I have used their products before but never with Color Shine! So, this was quite a treat! I wanted to just pull everything out of the package and spray it all, but I realized I needed to restrain myself and pick two colors to use for my layout. Keeping with the two colors, I felt, made the flowers stand out more! I used Primrose and Mustard Color Shine!
I enjoyed mixing Color Magic Hearts and Paper Flowers with the Petaloo Color Me Crazy Wild Roses. To make the Color Magic Flower a shade darker than the other flowers, I just misted it twice.
Of course, I used this opportunity to download Heidi’s Mother’s Day Words Kit from the digital shop. Using the Silhouette I cut the “mom” word from white card stock. (To learn how to make digital files into cutting files, watch this video tutorial that Heidi has done.) I wanted it to mimic the same accent color that was in the Pink Paislee Luxe Circles Placemat and the center of the Color Magic Paper Flower, so I sprayed it with Bronzer Color Shine. (This color always surprises me how beautiful it shines when sprayed!)
As accent pieces on the page, I also misted some Petaloo Color Me Crazy Butterflies and Jeweled Florettes Multi-Colored Centers.
Then, I added my journaling. I wanted to remember a sweet moment that my son’s teacher shared with me, …being a mom is one of the hardest jobs i have ever had. but then there are days like today, when the teacher tells me that Ethan said he missed me. when she comforted him, he said, “My heart hurts for her!” being mom has such reward. Mother’s Day, May 12. 2013
Remember to document those small memories that are easily lost. I will cherish this one forever!
Make sure you check out Petaloo’s blog and Facebook for even more inspiration as well as a giveaway EVERY DAY this week! I also have a giveaway going on my Instagram page at @hkswapp! All you need to do is comment on the giveaway’s picture to enter to win the above Petaloo prize pack! A winner will be picked Saturday, May 11th, 2013!
