A gift and banner for Mom with Petaloo.

What better way to honor your Mom than to make her a pretty banner?  I'm going to cook my Mom's favorite meal for her on Mother's Day and I'll use this banner to honor her spot at the table.
I used some Alpha Banner tags from Graphic 45 to make this.  You could use plain tags and add letters.  Of course, you'll need to dress the tags up with lots of pretty Petaloo blooms!

But wait, this is a gift too!  Each of the tags has a pocket on the backside so that you can tuck in some gift cards, movie tickets, whatever your Mom likes.

Or, you could just use this banner as a topper for a wrapped gift. I think it would look so pretty on plain white paper.

Fussy cut elements always gives a tag a fun look and look so great when tucked in with some blooms.

My Mom was an incredible seamstress so the little pair of scissors is a perfect embellie for her!

Supplies:

Petaloo Flowers
Botanica Blooms x 4 Soft Yellow
Red Mini Mix - Teastained Red 1462-101
Floral Ephemera Charcoal Grey 1100-110
Mixed Textured Blossoms x 4 Moss Green 1256-201

Other:
Graphic 45 Staples Alpha Banners Black
Graphic 45 Times Nouveau Collection:
Wallflower
Copacetic
Hey You
Chipboard
Fashionista & Couture Collections scraps

Thanks for visiting me today.

A multi-pic layout with Graphic 45 Worlds Fair

Multi-pic layouts can be challenging as it's harder to be "artistic" when you have a lot of photos on your page, but certainly not impossible, and really, sometimes it's all about the memories right?  With lots of layers,  some fussy cut elements, and a few flowers, you can still make a great layout, tell a story and preserve your memories all at the same time!

In 2010 my husband and I were lucky enough to be campground hosts at Denali National Park in Alaska.  What a great way to spend the summer and what a grand adventure it was for us!  I thought the beautiful vintage colors of World's Fair went so nicely with our photos that we took at Polychrome Pass.  It is so named because of the rainbow of vivid colors you can see from the Pass, not to mention the occasional bear that strolls through the parking lot.  Yep, there I was following this big grizzly bear around trying to get a National Geographic kinda photo.  What was I thinking?? ☺ And I didn't get any National Geographic photos either 'cause my hands were shaking too bad!

Tip:  Embellish your photo heavy pages with fussy cut elements and use lots of layers underneath your photos to give your layout a lot of WOW factor and pop.

Supplies: Graphic 45 World's Fair 12 x 12 collection:

Envision Expo 4501172

Mind Over Matter 4501168

Balloon Bouquet 4501174

Wonder Works 4501169

Ticket to Ride 4501174

Flower Power 4501171

Tags & Pockets 4501178

Graphic 45 Bohemian Bazaar Kaleidoscope 12 x 12

Other:

Petaloo Botanica flowers pistachio

I am Roses cherry blossoms tangerine

Orange ribbon

Distress Ink - rusty hinge

ColorBox Graphic 45 Decades ink - Bon Voyage Blue

Thanks for your visit!

Mothere's Day card with Graphic 45 Time to Flourish

It's time to make Mother's Day cards so today I have an card idea for you.  I've combined March and April papers from the Time to Flourish collection along with a little pink paper from Gilded Lily.  Some fussy cutting, a couple of layers, and voilà, you have a pretty card for Mom.

Are you wondering how I got the sentiment on the cut apart so nice and straight?   I printed it on a transparency and then glued it to the cut apart.  Works fabulously!  Be sure to use just a few dabs of clear drying glue to attach it and don't put glue on any of the printed words because the glue will cause the print to smear.

Supplies: Graphic 45 Time to Flourish Collection 12 x 12:

• May Cut Apart 4501037
• March Flourish 4501034

Graphic 45 Gilded Lily Golden Age 12 x 12 4501129

Other:

French Vanilla Cardstock

Petaloo Dogwood x 24 Canvas Pink 1211-211

Petaloo Bontanica Blooms x 4 Lav/Purple 1102-107

Petaloo Bontanica Vintage Velvet Minis x 9 Purple 1139-107

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Creative Embellishments now has stencils!

Did you know that Creative Embellishments now carries stencils?  Nope Tisha didn't walk across my layout ☺.  That's the new Muddy Paws mask stenciled onto  Petaloo burlap.  I love how it looks on the burlap and goes so well with my title of Paw Prints that are Creative Embellishments words heat embossed with Stampendous Aged Rose embossing enamel.

I used papers from two different Lemoncraft collections, House of roses and Never Ending Summer from the Flying Unicorn Store.  Their papers are so pretty and such a nice weight.  Keep an eye on the Flying Unicorn Store for their new collections.

  I stained a pretty flourish and used it underneath my Petaloo cluster.  I tucked in a couple of Conversation Hearts, aren't they so cute?

Supplies:

Creative Embellishments

Puppy Love Word Set

Muddy Paws Stencil

Flourish 19

Conversation Hearts

Other Supplies from the Flying Unicorn Store:

Lemoncraft Never Ending Summer-Srawberry Mousse

Lemoncraft House of Roses - Music of the Soul

Petaloo Dogwood x 24 pink 1211-211

Petalo Blooms x 4 - Soft Pink 1102-101

Petaloo Burlap Trims Pink 1483-130

Creative Embellishments runs a great challenge every month and a random winner is chosen each month to win a $50 gift certificate.  That's sweet!  Check it out here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Flying Unicorn May Kit Reveal

The Flying Unicorn monthly, Your Passion Your Art kit is now bigger than ever - overflowing with all the goodies you desire with all our previous kits rolled into one GRAND collection...

ONE month, ONE kit.

The Flying Unicorn now includes papers, an "Off the Page" project, a mixed media collection, and all the coordinated embellishments in one kit, and at one crazy magical Price of 59.99!!

From layouts, cards, tags, mixed art and so much more...

Get excited and enjoy what the creative team has done with the Flying Unicorn May 2016 Your Passion. Your Art Kit.

Layouts

“Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind.

Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exultation.

Suddenly, you know you are alive.”

Cards

“In a daily life, reach out to others with sacred act of saying ‘hello, a smile, word of encouragement….”

Tags

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”

Off the Page

“My soul is full of longing

for the secret of the sea,
and the heart of the great ocean
sends a thrilling pulse through me.”

Mixed Art

“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”

― Émile Zola

Flying Unicorn Educators will be sharing free videos, step-by-step tutorials and tips.. so stay tuned and make sure to like us on Facebook so you do not miss out!!

Kits are limited

so do not delay in getting yours!

Visit our NEW Store!

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Stop in and say hello!

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Graphic 45's City Scapes Collection

I am so over the moon excited that I get to spend another year on the Graphic 45 design team!  It is definitely a dream come true to work with all their wonderful products.

Today I want to share a layout done with Graphic 45's new City Scapes collection.  This is a photo of my parents taken shortly after my Dad returned from Paris and WW II  so I chose  to use the Eiffel Tower cut-apart for that reason.  The city names all around the border represent many of the places that my family traveled with Dad and the stamp paper represents the many letters he wrote to my Mom when he was posted to places where she could not accompany him.  I love it when I can include symbolism in my layouts that have special meaning to me.

The City Scapes collection is currently available at the Flying Unicorn Store

I used two different Creative Embellishments flourishes with my Petaloo flowers.  I misted them with Lindy's mist for an antique look.  The title is heat embossed with Stampendous aged embossing enamel in aged spice.

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Cityscapes 12 x 12 collection:

Cityscapes

Grand Tour

Passport to the World

Well Travelled

Global Odyssey

Staples Key

Other:

Petaloo Burlap Blossoms Apricot

Colorbox Graphic 45 Ink Photogenic

Creative Embellishments Flourish 10

Creative Embellishments Flourish 15
Creative Embellishments Love Everlasting Words

Stampendous Aged Spice Embossing Enamel

Lindy's Mission Bells Brown Mist

13 Arts Ayeeda Mist Chalk Black

Crate Paper DIY Shop letter stickers