Together we can.....

What a WONDERFUL summer it has been....
I was SOOO BLESSED to have the opportunity to
to spend the week on the Maine Coastline...

I wanted to remember the AMAZING time so I created
this wall hanging.

I had picked up a "wooden palette fence" piece

at a local big box store.

This is what the "wooden palette fence" looked like
(minus the paint)
before I began my creative process.

I went to my Perfect Paints stash and pulled out

I scooped out some Perfect Paints ~ White Stucco

and GENTLY folded in a bit of

Shimmering Matte Acrylic ~ Halo and Aged Copper.

The key to making this work is

NOT MIXING the products together completely.

I applied the mixture with a palette knife to achieve this

"weathered fence" look!

HOW AWESOME!!!

I stapled a bit of Chicken Wire to my "fence"

and created a flower spray

using various Petaloo blooms

Botanica Bloom

Mini Pearl Daisies

and Petites

along with a bit of ephemera.

I love the quote I chose to finish off my piece....

"Together we can face any challenges...

as deep as the ocean

and as high as the sky."

I hope you have enjoyed my creative process....

wishing you a

WONDERFUL,

CREATIVE DAY!!

When you KNOW.....

HAPPY Monday Petaloo Fans....
I am honored to lead off the
Petaloo/Marion Smith Blog Hop.

I have to tell you....my hat goes off
to Cheryl Cohen for putting together
such an AMAZING DT box for me
BEAUTIFUL PETALOO Botanica Blooms...
and Marion Smith's ~ Timekeeper Collection.

Do you agree with me?
For my project I went BIG!
An 11 x 14 Canvas!

I just love this color combo of....
Peach, Brown, Teal and Yellow Botanica Blooms
with a bit of Velvet Hydrangeas mixed in!!

The background of my canvas is
Marion Smiths ~ Antique Emporium.
JUST GORGEOUS paper. I then stenciled
over the paper with Perfect Paints Texture Mediums
through The Crafter's Workshop Stencils.

Check out How to Create With Marion Smith and Perfect Paints
by Lynne Forsythe on Snapguide. 

The Botanica Floral Ephemera is the PERFECT
addition to my super sized floral cluster.

 

Hope you've enjoyed my canvas!!
Make sure to pop back everyday this week to
see other GREAT CREATIONS by the
Petaloo Design Team!!

Product List:
Petaloo Botanica CollectionSugared Blooms x 4
Teal & Mocha
Botanica Blooms x 4
Yellow
Sugared Minis x 11
Teal & Mocha
Botanica Minis x 11
Yellow
Floral Ephemera ~ Peach
Velvet Hydrangeas ~ Blue

Marion SmithTimepiece Collection

The Crafter's Workshop
TCW548 Herbarium
TCW487 Alhambra
TCW427 Quatrefoil Reversed

Perfect PaintsShimmering Stucco
Polishing Plaster ~ Apricot Lily
Weathered Plaster ~ Burnt Brick
Perfect Glaze Medium
Shimmering Matte Acrylic
Moss Green & Aged Copper

RangerMulti Medium ~ Matte

HAPPY EASTER.....

OK....so I will say I cheated a little bit on this project.
A few weeks back I had the opportunity to teach
at a WONDERFUL event for Petaloo.

I had created a Petaloo Flower cluster on a piece
of wire mesh for the above class, but
I ended up not using it....
but it was just so BEAUTIFUL
I saved it knowing
it would get used
SOMEWHERE!!

....and there it is
stapled to a framed chicken wire piece
I had picked up a while back.

Petaloo's Botanica Collection flowers are just
beyond BEAUTIFUL and made creating this
flower cluster.....soo easy!

Botanica Blooms ~ Ivory
Botanica Mini's in
Coral
Pistachio
White
Spring Berry Clusters
OHHHHH MY!!

.....a few Flora Doodles flowers and Leaves
a few Mini Pearl Daisies.

I created my Happy Easter Banner
using Graphic45's Botanical Tea papers,
attached to a bit of Jute and
held on with Mini Clothespins
so the greeting changed out
as needed!

Hope you have enjoyed my creation....
and a
Happy Easter to you and yours!!

Products used:
Petaloo Flowers
Botanica Collection
Blooms x 4 ~Ivory
Mini's ~ White, Coral, Pistachio
Mini Pearl Daisies
Flora Doodles ~ Mixed Blossoms
Flora Doodles ~ Leaves
Burlap Blossoms x 10 Pistachio
Burlap Trim
Fancy Trim ~ Peach

Die~Namites Dies
Leafy Branch
Budding Branch

Graphic45
Botanical Tea Collection

7Gypsies
Clear Stamp Alphabet

....my TAKE!!

Hi Die~Namites Fans!!

I had the AWESOME pleasure of playin' along with 

Die~Namites DT member Taniesa Vlasak's 

Sketch Challenge and Die~Namites Dare!!

Every month a new sketch will be introduced....

the sketch can be interpreted as a card, layout or altered piece!

You need to use at least one Die~Namites Die in your creation.

You have until the last day of the month to post your creation on your blog, 

with mention of the Die~Namites Die used and a link back to the Die~Namites Dies blog. 

Link your blog post, using Inlinkz, to the Die~Namites Die blog.

A random winner will be chosen from eligible participants

for a $25 Gift Certificate to Die~Namites Dies

Now....I've spent the majority of my week
getting my "studio" up and running.
Needless to say.....
Not only did I use the sketch....
it was a 30 minute or less QUICKIE!!

....and because my "stuff" is an upheaval, 

I pulled out a few papers from "Decked Out" collection
by Splash of Color.

Then I decided to challenge myself further

and only use what I had on my work surface....

which can I say was VERY LIMITED!

OH.....do you spy the Die~Namites Die????
It is the Pine Bough die.

I cut it from Canvas Corp ~ Kraft Chipboard Handmade paper.

I brushed on a bit of Viva Colour ~ Gold ~ Precious Metal Effect Paint

and gave the Pine Bough a spritz of water.

It wouldn't be me if I didn't scrunch the Pine Bough diecut up while it's drying.

So, not sure the "cut" candy cane image
"cuts" it for a tag! but it sure went well!!

AND....it wouldn't be me if there wasn't a flower
on my card....SOMEWHERE!

Don't you just love the Petaloo goodie??

I do hope I've inspired you to pull out one

of your Die~Namites Dies and
PLAY ALONG WITH US!!!