Adventure Layout with Katelyn Grosart

Katelyn here, I'm back on the blog today featuring a beautiful  "Adventure"  scrapbook layout featuring a photo of myself when I graduated in 2010. I thought that the "Adventure" word would be the perfect word for the picture. Make sure to check out our current Monthly Challenge which features anything Easter as there is only two days left to enter. If you haven't added your project yet, you still have time to add your link to your piece. To view all the details about the Monthly Challenge and how to enter, head over here. With that, I'm excited to share my "Adventure" scrapbook layout, so that you can create it at home.

To start my layout, I needed to get my chipboard pieces ready. The first set of chipboard pieces I worked on were the keyholes. I applied a layer of Black Soot Distress Ink over the entire surface of each of the keyholes. Once I was happy with the coverage, I applied a layer of Brushed Pewter Distress Stain over top of each keyhole. Before the stain dried on both keyholes, I wiped some of the stain off with a piece of paper towel.

The next set of chipboard pieces I used were the Plain Tags. I took some of the Graphic 45 "Cityscapes" paper that I used on the rest of the layout and covered two of the plain tags. I also added a black bow to the tag and an ornate key from Graphic 45.

The next piece I used on my layout was the Adventure Word. I covered the Adventure word in a layer of Black soot Distress Ink and then sprinkled on a layer of Onyx Frost Embossing Powder overtop. Once the embossing powder covered the entire word, I embossed it with my heat tool.

The last set of chipboard pieces I used was the Honeycomb Pattern and cut it up into smaller pieces for two corners of my layout. I didn't want to leave the honeycomb pattern in it's raw chipboard form, so I painted them with a layer of Black Gesso.

Once the chipboard pieces were done, I placed each of the keyholes in the ripped areas on my layout, only showing half of them.

Before I started layering the Graphic 45 "Cityscapes" onto my layout, I figured out where I wanted my honeycomb in the top right hand bottom left hand corner. Once I adhered them down, then I could start layering my paper pieces on top.

The finishing touches to my layout were adding the flowers around the picture and the "Adventure" word underneath the photo.

Here is my layout with all of the chipboard pieces added to it.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Keyholes

- Adventure Word

- Honeycomb Pattern

- Plain Tags

-15mm Red Roses

-15mm Black Roses

-15mm White Roses

Other Supplies Used:

-Ranger/Dina Wakley: Paint Brushes & Black Gesso

-Ranger/Tim Holtz: Distress Ink: Black Soot, Distress Stain: Brushed Pewter

-Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Onyx Frost Embossing Powder

- Hug a Bug Seam Binding Ribbon: Black

- Graphic 45: Staples: Shabby Chic Ornate Keys, Cityscapes: Street of Dreams, Grand Tour, Passport to the World, Global Odyssey, Map the Past, Crossroads, Well Traveled & Ephemera Cards

Remember to play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca -$20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

Some Kind of Wonderful Layout with Sherry Mendoza

Sherry is back on the blog today sharing a fantastic "Mixed Media" style scrapbook layout, that is sure to inspire you. Sit back and relax and learn all about how she created her project.

On this layout I have used the super cute barbed wire circles in their chipboard form and added other smaller elements to add some texture and interest to my page.

Southern Ridge Product Used:

- Barbed Wire Circle Frames - Small

 Remember to play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca -$20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

Thanks for joining me on the blog today!

-Sherry

Giant Embossed Easter Egg by Karen Bearse

Karen Bearse is back on the blog today to share a fabulous Easter Project for you and to give you some inspiration for our current challenge, which you can find all of the details here.

With the Easter Bunny readying his eggs I thought I would get in the act.

This project was surprisingly pretty quick to make. I covered a plastic jumbo egg using

embossed metal foil and acrylic paint. Markers quickly covered the pretty maple leaves, while Glimmer Glam added some shine & shimmer. A touch of metallic copper paint to distress was all that was needed to finish the leaves off. I carefully glued my leaves to the egg using Glossy Accents and some constant pressure. I have to say I was a bit surprised they stuck on so well. Using the beautiful Easter sentiment and various spring colors of embossing powder seemed a good way to make my title. Sadly the egg is not solid chocolate but that means I have a decoration I can pull out next year. I hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Southern Ridge Chippies Used:

- Happy Easter Welded Word

- Maple Branch

 Remember to play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca -$20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

Thanks for joining me!!

-Karen

Vintage Hoppy Easter Card with Corina Finley

Hello,

Thank you for joining me, Corina, for my blog post showcasing my Vintage Easter Bunny Card. 

To start my card, I embossed Kraft cardstock for the base and center square using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I applied an Archival Ink pad in Coffee Colour direct to paper, hitting the raised embossed areas. I wanted a Shabby Chic look so I applied the ink heavily not worrying about the ink colouring the non embossed area. 

I used my sewing machine to sew around the border of the base, Burlap layer, and center square. I love the added touch that the sewn stitches give cards. A group of three flowers, a piece of lace, and twine adorn the left corner.

I applied Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel to the Vintage Oval Mirror Fancy and heat set to give a vintage look. The grass was cut using a Cheery Lynn Designs Grass Border die. I over lapped using two different green tones and laid them inside the bottom of the Vintage Oval Mirror Fancy.

I used one chipboard bunny from the Lg Bunnies set and he is nestled into the grass, as a focal point in the center of the Oval Mirror Frame. I covered the entire Bunny with Be Creative double sided tape, sprinkled bronze glitter and burnished. I added one sentiment tag from the Easter wood tags to the bottom of the Oval Mirror Frame. I cut the loop off the left side of the Hoppy Easter tag with scissors and edged with vintage Photo Distress Ink. Added Wink of Stella Clear Glitter and Star Dust pen to the top to give a shimmer.

Southern Ridge Chipboard used:

Easter wood tags

Vintage Oval Mirror Fancy

Lg Bunnies

Remember to play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca -$20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina Finley

Live, Laugh & Create!

Happy Easter Wood Tray with Katelyn Grosart

Katelyn here, I'm back on the blog today featuring a Mixed Media  "Happy Easter"  Wood Tray. With our Monthly Challenge being all about Easter, it gave me the perfect amount of inspiration for my piece. Have you joined in in our Monthly Challenge yet? If not, you still have time to add your link to your piece. To view all the details about the Monthly Challenge and how to enter, head over here. With that, I'm excited to share my "Happy Easter" Wood Tray and how I created it, so that you can create it at home.

To start my wood tray, I applied a thin layer of White Gesso randomly over the entire wood tray. Once the White Gesso dried, I painted a layer of Blush Paint from Paper Artsy over the entire wood tray. Before the pink paint dried, I took a piece of paper towel and removed some of the pink paint to show some of the Gesso.  Once the pink paint dried, I placed my chicken wire stencil over top of the entire wood tray and blended Worn Lipstick over top of the stencil. To dry my stencil image, I dried it with a heat tool. Once the stencil image was dry, I took my blending tool and foam and went around the edges of the tray with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Once the ink was on the edges, I sprinkled Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder around the edges and then heat embossed them. 

Next it was time to liven up my Leafy Branches and Small Bunny  so I covered them in three layers of  Walnut Stain Distress Paint. 

The last piece I wanted to liven up was the Happy Easter Welded Words so I covered the word in three layers of Worn Lipstick Distress Paint. Once the Worn Lipstick Distress Paint was dry, I applied a layer of Versmark and then covered the word with Ultra Thick Embossing Powder in Clear. Once the word was covered with embossing powder, I embossed it with my heat tool. 

The last piece I prepped for my tray was a small white doily which I inked the edges with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.

Some finishing touches for my layout included adding a variety of pink and white roses as well as white tulips and white flowers. I also attached the ribbon to the wood tray before attaching the doily. The last two elements in the bottom right floral bunch was the crystal hat pins and the pink flowers.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Happy Easter Welded Words

- Sm Bunnies

- Leafy Branches

-40mm White Roses

-40mm Pink Roses

-White Tulips

-White Flowers

Other Supplies Used:

-Ranger/Dina Wakley: Paint Brushes & White Gesso

-Ranger/Tim Holtz: Distress Ink: Worn Lipstick & Vintage Photo , Distress Paint: Worn Lipstick & Walnut Stain

-Ranger: Ultra Thick Embossing Powder - Clear

-Prima Marketing: Wooden Trays

-Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder

-Teresa Collins: Ali's Pins

-Bo Bunny: Small Doilies

- May Arts Ribbon: Pink Flower Ribbon

- Hug a Bug Seam Binding Ribbon: Pink

- Crafter's Workshop Stencil: Chicken Wire

- Paper Artsy Paint: Blush

-Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko: VersaMark

Thanks for taking the time to check out my "Happy Easter" Wood Tray. Make sure that you enter our Monthly Challenge! We can't wait to see what you enter!

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

Grungy Passport Mini Album with Karen Bearse

We are excited to welcome Karen Bearse to our Design Team. Karen is up on the blog today sharing a  beautiful grungy passport mini album that is sure to inspire you. Sit back and relax and learn all about how she created her first project for us!

First of all I would like to thank Southern Ridge Trading Co. for letting me be a part of their team. I am excited to play with these awesome chippies!

For my first project I made one of my favourite things, a mini album. Using the Eileen Hull Passport die from Sizzix with mat board as my base seemed a good place to start. Have you ever had an idea that was fairly simple but as you started to create inspiration took over? I love when that happens, only it makes for a tough tutorial! I will try and keep the steps simple. 

Cut 2 covers and a spine from white mat board. I placed my chippies onto the cover of my album for 

placement (list of supplies at end). After running my covers through an embossing folder it was time to add colour.

Spritz the outside pieces with various blue Glimmer Mists. When mist is dry, use a hard foam piece with just a bit of white acrylic paint. Carefully swipe across hitting just the high emboss points. Repeat until emboss pattern shows nicely. If you streak too much paint, just wipe quickly with a baby wipe to fix. Dry.

Now for the magic! Dab entire cover with Emboss It, or Embossing Ink, and UTEE (ultra thick embossing powder). Use a heat gun until UTEE melts completely. Let cool. Do 2 coats for the outside covers and 1 coat for the inside. 

For the spine I stamped with Distress ink & heat embossed with UTEE. Once that was cool the spine was covered in a light coat of Glimmer Glam, so the stamped image would show through. One of the things that is great about Glam (other than the glitter) is it acts like a glaze, so if I sprinkle copper embossing powder in random spots, it sticks. Once heat set it creates a very cool, shiny, looking spine. For the chippie gears, I spritzed with Chalkboard and sprinkled some emboss powder then heat set. The bird was painted with Glam and the hinges with Glam & sprinkled with a bit of copper emboss & heat set. Time to assemble.   If you want your piece to look like a book adhere spine to the outside of the front & back covers. To show more of the cover, adhere spine on the inside. Use a strong glue. 

Now for the signatures. One of the reason I love this book is it is so simple to put together. I made 3 

signatures (sections) layering 4 pieces of paper in each.

I did sew through the center of each signature but you don’t have to. It was just a matter of pulling wax thread through the spine, adding some beads and tying off the thread inside the middle section of each signature.

The final touch was to add a ribbon to hold the book closed using a metal gear. This book would be great as a mini art journal, scrap book, travel book… endless possibilities! 

Southern Ridge Chipboard Supplies:

- Swooping Birds

- Med. Gears   

- Iron Hinges 1.

 Remember to play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca -$20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

Thanks for joining me!!

-Karen

Simply Gorgeous Layout with Sherry Mendoza

We are excited to welcome Sherry Mendoza to our Design Team. Sherry is up on the blog today sharing a  beautiful "Project Life" style scrapbook layout, that is sure to inspire you. Sit back and relax and learn all about how she created her first project for us!

I love chipboard and I love to create my own pocket scrapbooking pages. On these cards I have used the Southern Ridge Trading Company chipboard words which are perfect for small titles. I left one of them plain and the other two I coloured using embossing powder. 

To colour using embossing powder I would recommend you do the process of dipping the word in versa mark and then the powder, heat & melt the powder and then repeat the process once to get a great coverage.

Southern Ridge Product Used:

- Word Mix 1

 Remember to play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca -$20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

Thanks for joining me on the blog today!

-Sherry

February Challenge Winner

It's the second of a new month and that means it's time to reveal the February Monthly Challenge Winner. I'm Design Team Member Katelyn and I'm back to announce February's "Love" Challenge Winner. Thank you to everyone who participated this month. The participation was awesome for our February "Love" Challenge, we hope that our monthly challenge in March will inspire you to submit. You will find all of the details on how to enter and what the rules are on our blog. February's Love Challenge Winner is Sara Emily Barker. Who created this beautiful grungy Valentine's Day Card:

Sara Emily please contact me at Katelyngrosart@gmail.com. Thank you to everyone who participated and we can't wait to see what you create in March for our challenge.

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn

Love Layout With Corina Finley

Thank you to everyone who participated in last month's monthly challenge. The response was great and we loved seeing all of your creations. This month's challenge will be an easy one as everyone as it is all things Love. Thank you to everyone who entered our challenge last month and stay tuned for the winner in Katelyn's post tomorrow.

This month's will be an easy one because we are focusing on Easter! 

Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the

 SRTC online store $20 (before tax) retail value

of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

And ... it's a completely RANDOM DRAW!

RULES:

- Must follow the theme
 - Your item can be a card, mixed media piece or project, whatever you can call "ART".  

- You can use any image, embellishments and any chipboard pieces you like.
- As of now, there is no limit for entries
- Must be a new project
- Can be combined with 10 other challenges
- Please link back to our blog http://southernchipboard.blogspot.ca/
- Ends March.31st, 2016 at 6pm PST

**If you use product from SRTC, that will count as TWO entries but please make sure we know via your blog post attached via Mr. Linky below or a message below this post!! 

Corina is sharing a fabulous Love Layout today.

  
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Happy 1st of March Everyone!

Corina here, to host the blog for you today. I have created a page layout using paper from BoBunny and the wonderful detailed Southern Ridge Chipboard.

On this layout, I have used four different Southern Ridge chipboard pieces. For the Clock, I kept it simple and added Black Soot Distress Paint to the top and let dry. For the other three, I altered the chipboard pieces by using distress paint as a base colour and adding embossing powder when it is still a little wet. The embossing powder sticks only in some spots giving it a non perfect coverage. I heat set my type & colour of choice embossing powder and the result is a shabby/worn look.

The BoBunny Line that I have used is called Juliet. I have used the paper named Juliet for the base and have cut out and sewn number pieces from the Abundance sheet to the base. I used black corrugated cardstock and the back side (blue) of the Full House sheet to matte my photo. I added a stitched border to the photo matte. The Cards from the Full House sheet and flowers from the Milan sheet were fussy cut and tucked in to create layers. 

Southern Ridge Chipboard Used
- Love Word
- Scroll Borders
- Vintage Clock
- Navajo Pattern

Remember to play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca -$20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina Finley

Live, Laugh & Create!