Canada 150 Tag with Katelyn Grosart

Hey there Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. Happy early Canada Day! With Canada Day being tomorrow and a few of us from the design team have created projects for a Canada 150 Blog Hop which started yesterday with Tracy from My Grandma's Tea Cup, Emerald Creek Craft Supplies and a few other designers, I created a Canada 150 tag. Although I shared my finished project on my blog yesterday, I wanted to share with you all a tutorial on how to create my Canada 150 tag at home which features a variety of our wood and chipboard pieces which are embellished with a variety of different mediums.  Grab a cup of your favourite beverage and read below as I share with you how I created my Canada 150 tag.

To start, take the moose out of the Canada 150 Set. Apply two coats of Walnut Stain Distress Paint to the bottom portion of the moose. Once the Walnut Stain Distress Paint has dried, apply two coats of Antique Linen Distress Paint to the top portion of the moose. 

Use the small Abstract Heart Frame from the Abstract Heart Frames set. Apply two coats of Candied Apple Distress Paint to the small abstract heart frame.

You'll need all six maple leaves from the Canada 150 Set. You'll also need to get one more Mini Wood Maple Leaf out of the package. To all seven maple leaves, apply two coats of Candied Apple Distress Stain to each maple leaf. Once the stain has dried, apply Festive Berries Distress Crayon to each maple leaf. Rub the distress crayon into the surface of each maple leaf. Before moving on to the next element, you'll need to apply Candied Apple Distress Crayon to each maple leaf. Rub the distress crayon into the surface of each maple leaf.

Take the large Abstract Frame out of the package. Apply Emboss It Ink to the large abstract frame. Sprinkle Glacier White Embossing Powder over the frame. Emboss the frame with your heat tool. 

Next, you'll need a Skeleton Maple Leaf. Apply Emboss It Ink to the skeleton maple leaf. Sprinkle Glacier White Embossing Powder over the maple leaf. Emboss the maple leaf with your heat tool.

Cut a 3" x 3" piece from the Cherrio Pattern. Cut the 3" x 3" piece in half. Apply Emboss It Ink to each cheerio piece. Sprinkle Glacier White Embossing Powder over each cheerio piece. Emboss the pieces with your heat tool.

Take the Canada 150 Maple Leaf out of the Canada 150 Set. To start, use a VersaMark pen and apply ink to the Canada 150 section of the Maple leaf. Sprinkle Oh Canada Embossing Powder to the Canada 150 section of the maple leaf. Emboss the Canada 150 portion with your heat tool. Let cool. If needed, reapply the VersaMark pen to areas that need it and then sprinkle the Oh Canada embossing powder overtop. Emboss with your heat tool.  Use theVersaMark pen to apply the ink to the outside portion of the maple leaf. Sprinkle Candy Crimson Red Embossing Powder over the outside portion of the maple leaf. Emboss the outside portion of the maple leaf with your heat tool. If needed, reapply the VersaMark pen to areas that need it and then sprinkle the Candy Crimson Red embossing powder overtop. Emboss with your heat tool.

Take the Maple Branch out of the package. To start, use a VersaMark pen and apply ink to the branch portion of the maple branch. Sprinkle Weathered Wood Embossing Powder over the branch section of the maple branch. Emboss the branch portion with your heat tool. Let cool. Using a blending tool, blend Festive Berries and Candied Apple Distress Ink over each maple leaf. Once the ink has been applied, apply Festive Berries Distress Crayon to each maple leaf. Rub the distress crayon into the surface of each maple leaf. Apply Candied Apple Distress Crayon to each maple leaf. Rub the distress crayon into the surface of each maple leaf. To finish the maple branch, apply Walnut Stain Distress Crayon to each maple leaf. Rub the distress crayon into the surface of each maple leaf.

Cut the tag down to 9". Ink the edges of the tag using a Blending Tool and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Using red patterned paper, trace the tag onto it. Cut the tag out. Distress the edges of the patterned paper tag. Using a blending tool and Vintage Photo Distress Ink, ink the edges of the patterned paper tag.

Cut a piece of postcard patterned paper that measures 5 1/8" x 8 1/4". Distress the edges of the patterned paper piece. Using a blending tool and Vintage Photo Distress Ink, ink the edges of the patterned paper piece.

Cut a piece of wood patterned paper that measures 4 7/8" x 8 1/8". Tear a bit down of patterned paper in the top left hand corner. Tear a but up of the patterned paper in the bottom right hand corner.  Distress the edges of the patterned paper piece. Using a blending tool and Vintage Photo Distress Ink, ink the edges of the patterned paper piece.

Adhere the patterned paper to the tag. Adhere the postcard patterned paper to the tag. Adhere one of the cheerio pattern in the top left hand corner of the postcard paper. Adhere the other cheerio pattern in the bottom right hand corner of the postcard paper. 

Adhere the wood patterned paper to the postcard patterned paper. 

Adhere the abstract frame to the middle of the wood patterned paper. 

Using glue and foam squares, adhere the maple branch to the middle of the frame, making sure the branch starts in the top left hand corner of the frame. 

Adhere the Canada 150 Maple Leaf to the Skeleton Maple Leaf.

Adhere the Canada 150 Maple leaf to the middle of the abstract frame. The maple leaf will sit on top of the maple branch.

Adhere the heart abstract frame overtop of the Canada 150 maple leaf.

Adhere one of the maple leaves in the top left hand portion of the frame. Adhere two maple leaves in the bottom left hand portion of the frame, don't be afraid to have some sit on the frame or over the frame. Adhere two maple leaves on the right hand side of the frame sitting in between large maple leaf on the branch.

Here are the last things you'll need to do to finish off your tag, Adhere the moose in the bottom right hand side of the frame. Add a second maple leaf to the top left portion of the frame. Add one more maple leaf to the bottom right hand portion of the frame.

To finish the top of the tag, punch a hole in the tag and tie a bow using white ribbon.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished Canada 150 Tag.

And here's the finished Canada 150 Tag.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Canada 150 Set

- Skeleton Maple Leaf

- Mini Wood Maple Leaf

- Maple Branch

- Cherrio Pattern

- Abstract Frame Sets

- Abstract Heart Frames

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Oh Canada Embossing Powder, Candy Crimson Red Embossing Powder, Weathered Wood Embossing Powder and Glacier White Embossing Powder

- DecoArt: Modeling Paste - Black

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Festive Berries & Candied Apple, Distress Paint -  Walnut Stain, Antique Linen & Candied Apple Distress Crayons - Walnut Stain, Festive Berries & Candied Apple and Distress Stain - Candied Apple

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink - Clear (Dabber) and #12 Giant Tags

- 49 and Market: Sand & Sea - Beach This Way

- Graphic 45: St. Nicholas Patterns & Solids

- Authentique: Harmonize Patterned Paper

- Hug n' Snug Seam Binding Ribbon: White

- Tombow: Aqua Mono Liquid Glue

- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:  3D Foam Squares 

- Misc: Heat Tool and Hole Punch

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn

Canada Day Scrapbook Layout with Charlene Byrd

Karen and I are excited to have some of our design team participate in a Canada 150 Blog Hop this weekend, with Emerald Creek and a few other Canadian designers, starting today and ending on Saturday, July.1st.

You'll want to make sure to also head over to the start of the blog hop, starting here:  http://mygrandmasteacups.blogspot.ca/.

We have three of our ladies from the design team who have created amazing Canada inspired projects. You'll want to stop by each of our team's blog as well as Tracy's who is the organizer of the blog hop. Below you'll find projects and links to each of our design team member's blogs. 

Deb

Karen

Katelyn

To kick off the count down to Canada Day, Charlene is sharing her fabulous Canada Day scrapbook layout for you today.

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Hello Bloggers! Charlene here! Happy 2 Days Before Canada Day!

So as you can tell my scrapbook layout is all ready to showcase the celebrations of Canada's 150th birthday! All I need is a great photo to finish my page. We are having a family BBQ at the cottage to also celebrate my father in laws 80th birthday so I know I will have lots of great photo opportunities! How are you going to be spending your day??

I loved working with the Southern Ridge word pieces. I wanted the wood grain to show through so I simply stained the wood with Distress stain. I also wanted the Canada 150 to show up a bit more on the heart so I started by adding stain where I could with the applicator. Then to get closer to the word I made a small puddle of stain on my craft mat and used a paint brush to brush the stain onto the wood....worked like a charm! I repeated the process with the Walnut Stain over the word.

I used a chipboard heart from the Wild Heart package for the top corner. I added adhesive to the front of the heart and added paper on top. I rough cut around the edges and then used sand paper to remove the excess paper. And then of course added some ink!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Canada 150 Set

- Skeleton Maple Leaf

- Wild Heart

Other Products Used:

- Basic Grey Paper and Stickers

- Prima Marketing Flowers

- Twine

- String

Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you have a wonderful Canada Day!

Happy Creating!

Charlene

Make sure to enter the giveaway from Tracy at My Grandma's Tea Cup. She's giving away a Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine and we are giving away some Canada 150 goodies.

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Traveler's Journal for Canada's 150th Birthday with Karen Bearse

Very excited to be working with Southern Ridge Trading Co. debut chippies commemorating Canada’s 150th birthday. Living in the U.S. I go home at least once a year to visit family. I made a traveler’s journal that will be perfect for documenting my trips back home. Some members of our design team & the Emerald Creeks team are participating in a blog hop that goes live tomorrow, Thursday the 29th.

Here is a sneak peek at my project that will have a full tutorial on my blog tomorrow. You can join in the hop here http://mygrandmasteacups.blogspot.ca/  and all the links will also be in a post tomorrow right here on Southern Ridge Trading Co.

Stay tuned right here in July as I continue with the new chipboard release. I will be adding signatures &  pages in my book to get ready for my next trip. I hope you can join us!

- Karen

Bless Our Nest Project with Sandy McTier

Hi Y’all!!

I’ve so enjoyed seeing my friend’s pictures of bird nests, eggs and newborn baby birds all over social media. It inspired a nest painting in my head, and I just haven’t had the time to get it out. That is, until I got this great bird chipboard from Southern Ridge Trading Company, and I knew it had to be incorporated into this painting!

The surface is a wood canvas panel from Hobby Lobby, but I decided to use the back/inside of it instead of the front.  

I used DecoArt’s new Americana Premium Tube Acrylic paints as well as a new favorite DecoArt Americana Acrylic  color – Laguna – to paint this project. Of course I also used some of my favorite Dynasty Brushes, pictured below ☺

I painted the surface with Laguna and let completely dry. Next, I drew out a little design using a white chalk pencil by General Pencil. I based the nest in with some of the darker colors – Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna and Carbon Black. Then I mixed in some Raw Sienna and Yellow Ochre along the top of the nest.

I darkened up the bottom of the nest with more Burnt Umber and Carbon Black and then added more highlights along the top with some Yellow Ochre mixed with touches of Titan Buff and Quinacridone Gold mixed with a little bit of Titanium White. I also added some touches of Laguna on the twigs to bring in some of the background color. The eggs are painted in with some Laguna mixed with Titanium White. I shaded along the bottom with a wash of Burnt Umber and Carbon Black and highlighted on top with some Titanium White. I finished the eggs by adding splatters with some very watery Quiacridone Gold.

I used a Large Oval Foam brush by Dynasty to apply Carbon Black to the bird chipboard, which worked beautifully!

I painted the letters and scroll bits with Titanium White and then gave them a little shadow using Carbon Black.

I splattered some very watery Titanium White here and there and then followed with some splatters of Carbon Black. I dry brushed some Titanium White along the frame edge of the surface and let completely dry. Once dried, I varnished with some DecoArt Soft Touch Varnish and then glued the Birds on a Branch chipboard piece to the surface using E6000 Glue.

I hope this inspires you to create it!! There were so many other great Southern Ridge Trading Company Chipboard pieces that could be added to a surface like this, adding a bit of dimension and layers!!   

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

Birds on a Branch

Other Supplies Used:

- Surface:  8x8 Wood canvas panel

- DecoArt Americana Acrylics:  Laguna

- DecoArt Americana Premium Acrylics:  Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Carbon Black, Quinacridone Gold, Titan Buff, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna and Titanium White

- Dynasty Brushes:  #20 Black Silver, IPC Large Oval Wash, #12 Black Gold, 1/4” Angle, #0 Shader, #0 Liner and small Tracy Moreau Stencil Brush (Available from TheBrushGuys.com – use promo code: sandymc for an additional discount)

- Other supplies:  E6000, White Chalk Pencil, and DecoArt Media Soft Touch Varnish

Website: www.sandymctierdesigns.com

FB: www.Facebook.com/SandyMcTierDesigns

©2017 Bless Our Nest, Sandy McTier Designs ~ all rights reserved

Y’all have a GREAT day; Happy Creating!!  Sandy

Masculine Happy Birthday Card with Katelyn Grosart

Hey there Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. It was my Step Dad's birthday a week ago and he loves photography. So with his birthday in mind, I set out to create him a masculine photography inspired Happy Birthday Card. This card is chalked full of chipboard pieces as well as different embellishments and it can be made for any special person in your life. Grab a cup of your favourite beverage and read below as I share with you how I created my masculine Happy Birthday Card. 

To start, cut a piece of patterned paper that measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2".  Once the piece of paper has been cut, place the Brick Stencil over top of the paper. Using a palette knife, apply Black Texture Paste through the top left and bottom right of the stencil randomly. Set the piece of paper aside to dry while you work on the other elements for your card.

Cut two Honeycomb Pattern pieces that measure 2" x 3". Apply Emboss It Ink to the Honeycomb pieces. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over each Honeycomb piece. Emboss the Honeycomb pieces with your heat tool. 

With the Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder still out, choose two hinges from the Nuts & Bolts and cut the hinges in half. Apply Emboss It Ink to the hinges. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over the hinges. Emboss the hinges with your heat tool. 

Using the small Abstract Circle Frame, apply Emboss It Ink to the small abstract circle frame. Sprinkle Charred Gold Embossing Powder over the circle frame. Emboss the circle frame with your heat tool. 

Using the small Chain Frame, apply Emboss It Ink to the small chain frame. Sprinkle Hammered Metal Embossing Powder over the chain frame. Emboss the chain frame with your heat tool. 

With the Hammered Metal Embossing Powder still out, choose one med. key hole and apply Emboss It Ink to the key hole. Sprinkle Hammered Metal Embossing Powder over the key hole. Emboss the key hole with your heat tool. 

Choose a Happy Birthday sentiment from the Birthday Greetings. Cut your chosen Happy Birthday sentiment out. Apply Emboss It Ink to the Happy Birthday Sentiment. Sprinkle Midnight Black Embossing Powder over the entire Happy Birthday sentiment. Emboss the Happy Birthday sentiment with your heat tool. 

Take two Delicate Lace Bars out of the package. On both pieces, cut the long skinny bar off. Apply two coats of Vintage Photo Distress Stain to the Delicate Lace Bars.

Take one Drifting Feather out of the package. Apply two coats of Walnut Stain Distress Paint to the feather. Let the feather dry. After the paint has dried on the feather, apply Walnut Stain Distress Crayon to the feather. Rub the distress crayon into the edges of the feather.

Choose eight bolts from the Nuts & Bolts package. Apply two coats of Brushed Pewter Distress Stain to each bolt. Let the blots dry. After the bolts have dried, start by applying Pumice Stone Distress Crayon to each bolt. Rub the crayon in. Apply Hickory Smoke Distress Crayon to each bolt. Rub the crayon in. The last Distress Crayon you'll need to apply to the bolts is Black Soot. Rub the crayon in. 

Pick three keys. Using the Black Soot Distress Crayon, apply the crayon to each key. Rub the crayon into each key to give them a more of a worn look. 

Using the Black Soot Distress Crayon, apply the crayon to the pocket watch. Rub the crayon into each pocket watch to give it a worn look. 

From Pion Design "Mister Tom's Treasure" fussy cut a pocket watch, two cars and two license plates. Ink the edges of the images using a Blending Tool and Black Soot Distress Ink.

Cut one film strip piece that has 6 squares on it. Cut a second film strip piece that has 2 1/2 squares on it. 

Cut a 3 1/4" stitched circle out of black cardstock. Using the 2 3/4" stitched circle, cut out the photography image found on the Mister Tom's Treasures Images. Distress the edges of the stitched circles using an edge distressor. Ink the edges of the circles using a Blending Tool and Black Soot Distress Ink.

Distress the edges of the 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" patterned paper using an edge distressor. Ink the edges of the paper using a Blending Tool and Black Soot Distress Ink.

Cut a 5 5/8" x 5 5/8" piece of woodgrain patterned paper. Distress the edges of the 5 5/8" x 5 5/8" patterned paper using an edge distressor. Ink the edges of the paper using a Blending Tool and Black Soot Distress Ink.

Cut a 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" piece of black cardstock. Distress the edges of the 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" black cardstock using an edge distressor. Ink the edges of the paper using a Blending Tool and Black Soot Distress Ink.

Cut a 5 7/8" x 5 7/8" piece of patterned paper. Distress the edges of the 5 7/8" x 5 7/8" patterned paper using an edge distressor. Ink the edges of the paper using a Blending Tool and Black Soot Distress Ink.

Cut a 6" x 12" piece of White Super Stock Cardstock. Score the cardstock at 6". Fold card base in half.

Now it's time to assemble your card.

Adhere the black cardstock piece to the 5 7/8" x 5 7/8" patterned paper piece.

Adhere the woodgrain patterned paper to the black cardstock.

Adhere the brick patterned paper piece to the woodgrain patterned paper. 

Adhere the photography image circle to the black cardstock circle. 

Adhere the black cardstock circle to the middle of the brick stenciled image.

In the top left hand side of the photography/black circle, adhere one of the honeycomb pattern pieces. In the bottom right hand side of the photography/black circle, adhere the other honeycomb patten piece.

Adhere one of the delicate lace bar piece to the top of the photography/black circle. Adhere the other delicate lace bar piece to the bottom of the photography/black circle.

In the top left hand side of the photography circle, adhere one of the fussy cut cars and one of the license plates, the film strip with 2 1/2 squares, pocket watch, keyhole, the two hinges and a metal key.

In the bottom right hand side of the photography circle, adhere the other fussy cut card, license plate, pocket watch, film strip piece, three bolts and two keys.

Adhere the abstract frame overtop of the photography circle. Adhere the chain frame overtop of the abstract frame. On the top left hand side of the chain frame, adhere five bolts. In the bottom right hand corner adhere the feather overtop of the chain frame. Adhere the Happy Birthday sentiment to the bottom portion of the chain frame. 

To finish your card, adhere your card front to the cardbase.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished Masculine Happy Birthday Card.

And here's the finished Masculine Happy Birthday Card.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Birthday Greetings

- Abstract Circle Frames

- Nuts & Bolts

- Chain Frames

- Delicate Lace Bar

- Drifting Feathers

- Med. Key Holes

- Honeycomb Pattern

- Brick Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder, Charred Gold Embossing Powder, Hammered Metal Embossing Powder, Pocket Watch Charm and Key Charms

- DecoArt: Modeling Paste - Black

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Black Soot, Distress Paint -  Walnut Stain, Distress Crayons - Walnut Stain, Pumice Stone, Black Soot and Hickory Smoke and Distress Stain - Vintage Photo and Brushed Pewter

- Tim Holtz/Idea-ology: Film Strip Ribbon

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink - Clear (Dabber) and Glossy Accents

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Circles Die and Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 6mm

- Pion Design: Legends of the Sea - Sea Star and Mister Tom's Treasures - Vintage Automobiles, Images from the Past and Old Factory

- Creative Scrapbooker/Cathie Allan: Superstock Cardstock

- Tombow: Aqua Mono Liquid Glue

- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:  3D Foam Squares and Dodz

- Misc: Heat Tool and Black Cardstock

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn