Petaloo & Pink Paislee

I am delighted to share with you a layout I created combining the gorgeous Father Christmas Collection from Pink Paislee and beautiful Chantilly flowers from Petaloo. These flowers just scream vintage elegance.

I was so excited to work with these papers when I first saw them. There is a very soft palette with a fantastic worn/distressed look - perfect for those shabby chic styles!

I decided to highlight the subtle blues and creams in the papers with the beautiful Velvet & Lace blooms in buttercream and Mixed Blooms in blue/green from Petaloo's Chantilly Collection.

For this layout I used: Velvet Hydrangeas (Red), Velvet Hydrangeas (Blue), Mixed Blooms (Blue/Green), Velvet & Lace (Buttercream) and some Gilded Holiday Leaves from Petaloo's Canterbury Collection.

There is a fabulous tag sheet in Pink Paislee's Father Christmas Collection which I used to make my banner and journal spot. I couldn't resist adding my signature crochet doily to the mix as well. It just adds the perfect touch of vintage and compliments the overall softness in the project wonderfully.

I wanted to share a second layout with you today too - I just couldn't resist! There were so many amazingly beautiful flowers and so many gorgeous papers that I didn't feel one layout would do either of them justice!!

My second layout features Petaloo's Chantilly Collection with the traditional holiday reds. For this layout I used: Velvet Hydrangeas (Red), Mixed Blooms (Red, Burg.), Velvet Poinsettias (Red) and Flora Doodles Holiday Foliage Leaves (Mixed Fabrics).

Still keeping with the shabby chic feel of these wonderfuly distressed papers, I added a page from a vintage children's book as well as a doily, which I distressed with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink (Vintage Photo). I felt both would compliment the tones in the layout and the patterns in the papers without stealing the show.

I hope these projects have offered some inspiration to all my wonderful readers today! Be sure to check the Petaloo blog daily for the rest of our Holiday Event!!