The Petaloo, Xyron, and Graphic 45 Blog Hop: Holiday Home Decor Day 2
We have more blog hop fun for you this Tuesday! Alexandra Morein and Katelyn Grosart have awesome holiday decor ideas for us today. Let's jump in the fun! Make sure to stay until the end of the blog to get to the other links in this fun hop!
First, Alexandra has a perfect candy dish and album that will make your holiday decor complete! Isn't this amazing?
"Not a long time is left till the New Year. Some people like to get everything ready ahead of time, including preparing the necessary holiday home décor.
I’ve decided to use the gorgeous paper of st. Nicholas collection for creating a candy vase/stand, which also has a place for a mini album at the bottom. I thought it could be nice to fill the album with the pictures from the previous New Year celebration and while eating some candies for dessert after a savory and tasty holiday meal, to flip through the album’s pages and get nostalgic ☺
Besides the fabulous paper, I’ve used the Petaloo Flowers to embellish the candy vase. I totally fell in love with the Botanica Collection flowers, they look almost real!
Xyron adhesives helped me to complete the project. The Mega Runner glue was perfect for quick and effective gluing the designer papers to the album’s base pages, the 1” sticker maker was great for applying glue on to thin decorative strips of paper, while the 3” sticker maker was simply fantastic for making the ATC ephemera cards sticky.
As you can see, the album doesn’t have any bulky embellishments on the cover. I wanted to make sure though, that the paper cutouts which I used on the cover will be glued down perfectly on every single millimeter if their surface. This is where the 3” sticker maker came super handy." ~Alexandra
Tip 1: Use ribbon or lace for hiding the connecting seams between the parts of your paper project.
Tip 2: Never throw away the left over paper until you’re perfectly sure that there are no more elements which can be cut out from it. Sometimes those teeny tiny pieces (like leaves, candies, flowers etc) can help you make the project more detailed and beautiful.
Supply List
St Nicholas 8x8 Pad
St Nicholas 12x12 Pad
St Nicholas 12x12 Patterns & Solids Pad
St Nicholas 6x6 Patterns & Solids Pad
St Nicholas Banners
St Nicholas Decorative Chipboard
St Nicholas Ephemera Cards
Petaloo & Xyron Products used:
Xyron Mega Runner Permanent Adhesive
Xyron 1” Sticker Maker
Xyron 3” Sticker Maker
Petaloo Botanica Collection Sugared Blooms Burgundy
Petaloo Botanica Collection Regal Gold Poinsettia Red
Petaloo Botanica Collection Pine Pick w Cones & Berries
Petaloo Botanica Collection Vintage Velvet Dogwood - Antique Gold
Petaloo Botanica Collection Vintage Velvet Holly leaf pick
Petaloo Premier Mini Paper Poinsettia Red
Petaloo Premier Mini Paper Poinsettia White
Petaloo Botanica Collection Glittered Star Pick
Katelyn now has a gorgeous wall hanging that would be an amazing display for the holidays!
Supply List
12x12 St. Nicholas: St. Nicholas, Seasons Greetings, Santa’s Workshop, Sweet Tooth & Starry Night
Petaloo: Mixed Textured Mini Blossoms – Ivory & White, Pine Pick with Cones & Berries, Sugar Red Berry Clusters – Peach, Crochet Lace Trim – Cream and Sugared Blooms – Burgundy
Xyron: Tape Runner & 1.5” Sticker Maker
Edge Distressor
Black Soot Distress Ink
Blending Tool
Scissors
Black Gesso
Wall Hanging
This week we have such an exciting blog hop giveaway! We are giving away $150+ in prizes from Graphic 45, Petaloo, and Xyron. Wow! All you have to do is comment here on the blog or on Facebook to win. Also, make sure to hop to all the blogs to be entered! We will announce a winner next Monday, November 21, so you have until Sunday at 11:59 PM PST to enter. .
Keep on hopping! There's more fun to be had!
Hop to:
Petaloo International Blog
Karen Greene Jiles Blog with Xyron
Many thanks to our designers and Petaloo and Xyron for this awesome week. What fun!
Happy Papercrafting!
The G45 Family
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I think I already posted on this project and giveaway, but it's just a beautiful project. Is there directions anywhere where we could mimic this project perhaps? Love it
Posted by: Tonya | November 15, 2016 at 05:14 AM
Beautiful eye candy!
Posted by: Karly Mauldin | November 15, 2016 at 05:22 AM
Beautiful projects!
Posted by: Nancy | November 15, 2016 at 05:23 AM
Candy dish and an album way too cool. What a great idea.
Posted by: Kirsty | November 15, 2016 at 05:26 AM
I love this creative project!! What a perfect gift that would make! Fantastic giveaway as well!
Posted by: Bethany Roberge | November 15, 2016 at 05:36 AM
clever art!!!
Posted by: Dorothy McCarthy | November 15, 2016 at 05:39 AM
Awww!!! It's incredible what you can realize!!! Many compliments Alexandra and katelyn! I've no words to say how fantastic your projects are!!!
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | November 15, 2016 at 05:42 AM
The candy dish and album is one of the most clever ideas I've seen yet!! Way to go Graphic 45 for inspiring such creativity!!
Posted by: Roseanna Fisher | November 15, 2016 at 05:57 AM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Barbara Tilstrs | November 15, 2016 at 05:59 AM
Wow, the candy dish with mini album took my breath away! Such creative talent! I also love the wall hanging too it is so festive & would look so pretty on any wall. Would love to know how/what the base of the candy dish/mini album is made of? Any chance of directions/instructions on how to recreate it? It would make such a perfect gift for a really special person!
Posted by: Cathy | November 15, 2016 at 06:00 AM
What great projects and ideas with one of my favorite paper collections! Love them!
Posted by: Karin | November 15, 2016 at 06:12 AM
WOW! These are soooo fun and FABULOUS. Such great inspiration. Thank you.
Posted by: Linda Mayer | November 15, 2016 at 06:25 AM
I really like the book/album. Very pretty.
Posted by: Cindy J. | November 15, 2016 at 06:28 AM
WOW, WHAT INCREDIBLE PROJECTS!!!!
Posted by: Kath White | November 15, 2016 at 06:29 AM
Beautiful work I would love to try making the the first album
Posted by: maria | November 15, 2016 at 06:35 AM
Wow...what beautiful work.
Posted by: ELSIE MATOS | November 15, 2016 at 06:36 AM
Wow, Alexandra's album/candy dish is so innovative and so fun & useful. My sister has a Christmas album that we all sign when we get together at her house for Christmas. This would be a perfect idea for that!
And I love all the pretty elements Katelyn used in her wall décor. Love the lace trims!
Posted by: Becca Yahrling | November 15, 2016 at 06:42 AM
What beautiful projects! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Christi Steinbeck | November 15, 2016 at 06:50 AM
Unique idea to make a candy dish with a mini album holder. Wonderful Santa decor too.
Posted by: Sue LD | November 15, 2016 at 06:57 AM
Fabulous and fun projects! Love them both!
Posted by: Sandy Trefger | November 15, 2016 at 07:35 AM
Both projects are beautiful! Alexandra your description of using the Xyron 1 inch and 3 inch to create stickers and gluing for the backs of delicate pieces and ephemera cards makes me really interested in having these tools. Thanks to these three great companies for this awesome blog hop!
Posted by: Glenda Buster | November 15, 2016 at 07:35 AM
Thank you to both crafters - these are stunning and what a lot of work has gone into them.
Sue Mac
Posted by: Sue MacFall | November 15, 2016 at 07:40 AM
Fantastic projects, I always love it when the designers give tips. Great blog hop again today can wait to continue on. Thanks Graphic 45 for your generosity!
Posted by: Kate | November 15, 2016 at 07:43 AM
I would absolutely LOVE to have a tutorial for Alexandra's amazing Candy Dish and Mini Album! It is so gorgeous!!! TFS!
Posted by: barb macaskill | November 15, 2016 at 07:43 AM
Wow! Love these projects.
Posted by: Jane Franklin | November 15, 2016 at 07:57 AM
WOW such amazing inspiration made with G45!!!
Posted by: Carolee McCaslin | November 15, 2016 at 08:08 AM
Awesome scrapbook and holder/stand. Alexandra, you have so much talent. Katelyn, you're wall hanging is gorgeous. I love all the layers you put on it. So much detail.
Posted by: Karen Wedding | November 15, 2016 at 08:12 AM
Love the candy dish!
Posted by: Sharon P. | November 15, 2016 at 08:12 AM
Some more great ideas for christmas. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Bettina Kreuer | November 15, 2016 at 08:44 AM
Such beautiful projects!!!!!!😍
Posted by: Ashley Stephenson | November 15, 2016 at 08:51 AM
Gorgeous projects! I always enjoy reading the helpful tips provided by the designers. Thanks for so much great inspiration!
Posted by: Vanessa LeClear | November 15, 2016 at 08:57 AM
Wow! These are funtastic projects! Thank you Graphic 45 for great ideas and tips:)
Posted by: Hopelh | November 15, 2016 at 09:11 AM
So beautiful
Posted by: Dawn Belger | November 15, 2016 at 09:26 AM
Gorgeous project!
Posted by: Pat Ford | November 15, 2016 at 10:14 AM
Gorgeous creations! Very inspiring!
Posted by: Johnnielou Kuykendall | November 15, 2016 at 10:34 AM
love Graphic 45's Christmas stuff!
Posted by: Mary Thurman | November 15, 2016 at 11:04 AM
Loved seeing the pages of Alexandra's mini album...really nice. Wonderful use of products featured on this Blog Hop!
Posted by: Martie Rollin | November 15, 2016 at 11:07 AM
Cool looking candy
dish/album holder.
The wall hanging
is sure pretty.
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | November 15, 2016 at 11:24 AM
Just love the projects today... Paper just sets them both off so well.
Posted by: Pat Stoudt | November 15, 2016 at 11:26 AM
Love the wall hanging. It would
be nice to hang on the front door - to
greet guests as they come into the house for the holiday festivities.
thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Mary Holshouser | November 15, 2016 at 12:40 PM