Happy Fall Card with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. For today's post, I'm excited to share with you this Happy Fall Card. To embellish my card, I featured one of our popular frames as well as our fall chipboard pieces. You'll want to read below as I share with you how I embellished the chipboard pieces for my card.

To start, take out two of the Wood Mini Maple Leaves from the package. Apply two coats of Candied Apple Distress Stain to one of the leaves. Apply two coats of Carved Pumpkin Distress Stain to the other leaf. Once the stain has dried on both leaves, rub Walnut Stain Distress Crayon along the edges of the leaves.

Take two Mini Wood Pumpkins out of the package. Apply two coats of Carved Pumpkin Distress Stain to the bottom portion of both pumpkins. Apply two coats of Pine Needles Distress Stain to the top portion of both pumpkins.

You'll need to take one Skeleton Leaf out of the package. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the leaf. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over top of the leaf. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with your heat tool.

Take two Pumpkin Leaves out of the package. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to each pumpkin leaf. Sprinkle Forest Foliage Embossing Powder over each pumpkin leaf. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with your heat tool. You may need to reapply emboss it ink to the leaves and sprinkle Forest Foliage Embossing Powder over top. Tap off the excess powder and re-emboss with a heat tool.

The last piece of chipboard you need to embellish is the Tribal Feather Frame. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Ground Espresso Distress Ink over the entire surface of the frame.

Once all the patterned papers have been layered together and the oval has been foam squared to the middle of the 4 1/4" piece of patterned paper, adhere the frame over top of the patterned paper oval. Adhere the two pumpkin leaves in the bottom left hand side of the frame. Adhere the skeleton leaf over top of the pumpkin leaves. To finish off the corner, adhere the two pumpkins at the bottom of the skeleton leaf. 

At the top of the frame, foam square the two maple leaves as desired.

To finish off the cardfront, use foam squares to adhere the fall saying. To finish off the card, cut a cardbase that measures 6" x 9", score at 4 1/2". Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

Here's the finished Happy Fall Card.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Tribal Feather Frame

- Skeleton Leaf

- Mini Wood Maple Leaf

- Pumpkin Leaves

- Mini Wood Pumpkins

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder and Forest Foliage Embossing Powder

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Ground Espresso, Distress Crayon - Walnut Stain, Distress Stain - Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin & Pine Needles and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink Dabber

- Carta Bella: Fall Break - Pumpkin Plaid, Brisk Leaves, Border Strips and Gord Variety

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Ovals

- Tombow: Mono Multi Liquid Glue

- Creative Scrapbooker Magazine/Cathie Allan: Superstock Cardstock

- Misc: Heat Tool

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn

Celebrate You Scrapbook Layout with Charlene Byrd

Hello Bloggers!

Charlene here! Thanks for joining me today. Today I’m sharing with you the last project I will be doing for Southern Ridge Trading Company. It has been an honour and a privilege designing for Southern Ridge. One of my jobs is designing and prepping scrapbook page kits and therefore I always feel the need to ‘work’ on my scrapbook business which means I don’t ever take the time to design for myself, I mean never! For that reason, I have loved being a part of the SR design team as it forced me to create for myself. And I’m so happy that I’ve created some beautiful pages using Southern Ridges awesome chipboard pieces.

I chose my most favourite chipboard piece for this last layout. It’s simple yet classic and can be used on almost any page. I choose to cut it apart and tuck the pieces on each side of my layout.

Thank you so much for following me over the last 2 years. I have truly loved my time with Southern Ridge and thank them for allowing me to be a part of their team. Although I will not be designing for SR anymore you can still follow my work through my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/byrdsnestpaperie.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Fine Clock Face

Other Supplies Used:

- Pink Paislee paper

- Corrugated paper

- Lace and Twine

- Flowers

- Old Book Paper

Until we meet again!

Happy Creating!

Charlene

Dreamcatcher with Jessica Kaiser

Hello friends!

It’s Jess here today with my final Design Team Project!  I have truly enjoyed every minute of being on this team and I can’t wait to see what the new designers create!  I know I will be inspired 

I used the following Southern Ridge Trading Company products on this project:

Tribal Feather Mix

So, I wanted to really think outside the box this time – so I went for it!  . PLUS, it's a fabulous project to use up all those bits and pieces of scrap ribbon and trims we all have kicking around the craft space!!  Let's get crafting!

First, I covered an 8" Brass Dreamcatcher ring with a burlap ribbon. I used some Tear-ific Tape to keep it nice and adhered.

Next, I decorated my feathers!  I used my Nuvo Embellishment Mousses in Fresh Copper, Aquamarine, Toasted Almond and Coastal Surf. I just used a sponge to colour both sides. I added a bit of Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone to one of the feathers as well, using a palette knife to apply.  I tried to use a stencil, but it really didn't leave an effect, so I didn't really include that in my instructions. 

  

The ribbon trims were all tied onto the bottom of the dreamcatcher ring.  I used some embroidery floss to tie my feathers on and accented with some copper leaves, beads and wire. 

Here are the supplies I used:

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Tribal Feather Mix

Other Supplies Used:

- Tonic Studios: Nuvo Embellishment Mousse - Toasted Almond, Fresh Copper, Aquamarine & Coastal Surf and Nuvo Glimmer Paste - Moonstone

- Palette Knife

- Sponge

- Ribbon Trim, Burlap Trim and Sequin Trim

- Tear-ific Tape

- 8" DreamCatcher ring

- Embroidery Floss 

- Miscellaneous Wire Trims

Thanks for stopping by! 

Jess

You Make Me Happy Card with Tracy Sagriff

Directions:

1. Adhere design paper to card base

2. Paint chipboard pieces using acrylic paint and allow to dry

3. Use strong adhesive to adhere the dried pieces to the cardbase.

4. Before attaching the bicycle carefully roll the basket of the bike inward to create a 3d effect.

5. Fill the basket with flowers.

6. Attach pearls and sentiment.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Retro Bike

- Double Swirl Frame

Other Supplies Used:

- 5x7 white card base

- 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 design paper

- Flatback pearls

- Sentiment sticker or stamped image

- Small mulberry flowers

- Acrylic paint

- Tracy S

Hooray It's Autumn Time Tag with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. For today's post, I was inspired by the weather change here on Vancouver Island. The rain is in full swing now and it feels like Autumn is here, even though Fall hasn't officially started. With Fall on my mind, this Hooray It's Autumn Time Tag.  To embellish my tag, I featured a variety of our popular fall themed chipboard pieces. You'll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my tag at home.

To start, choose a feather that looks as close to a leaf out of the Tribal Feather Mix. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the feather. Sprinkle Vintage Ivy Embossing Powder overtop of the feather. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Take one of the Skeleton Leaf out of the package. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the leaf. Sprinkle Weathered Wood Embossing Powder overtop of the leaf. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

From the Skeleton Maple Leaf package, take one out of the package. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the leaf. Sprinkle Baked Texture - Chunky Rust Embossing Powder overtop of the leaf. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Take a Fine Clock Face out of the package. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the leaf. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder overtop of the leaf. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

From the Pumpkin Leaves, take two out of the package. Apply two coats of Peeled Paint Distress Paint to each pumpkin leaf. Once the paint has fried, rub Forest Moss Distress Crayon along the edges of the leaves using your finger.

Take three Mini Wood Maple Leaves out of the package. Apply two coats of Candied Apple Distress Stain to two of the leaves. Apply two coats of Spiced Marmalade Distress Stain on one of the leaves. Once the stain has dried on all three leaves, rub Walnut Stain Distress Ink along the edges of the leaves using your finger.

Trace the Chipboard Tag onto a piece of patterned paper. Cut the patterned paper tag out. Ink the edges of the chipboard tag and patterned paper tag using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From a second piece of patterned paper, cut a piece that measures 2 3/4" x 3 5/8". Ink the edges of the patterned paper piece using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the same collection, fussy cut the Hooray It's Autumn Time out of the border strip. Cut the words apart. Ink the edges of the words using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the patterned paper tag to the chipboard tag. Adhere the 2 3/4" patterned paper piece to the patterned paper tag.

Adhere the Fine Clock Face to the middle of the tag. Adhere one of the pumpkin leaves to the top right side of the clock face. Adhere the other pumpkin leaf to the middle left side of the clock. Punch a hole at the top of the tag.

Adhere the Vintage Ivy Feather 1" from the left and 1 1/8" from the bottom of the tag. Adhere the weathered wood leaf to the left side of the Vintage Ivy Feather. Adhere the Chunky Rust wood leaf slightly overtop of the weathered wood leaf and partly overtop of the pumpkin leaf.

Adhere on of the red maple leaves in the top right corner of the tag. Adhere the other red leaf and orange leaf to the bottom left corner of the tag.

Adhere the Hooray It's Autumn Time sentiment  onto your tag. To finish off your tag, tie a piece of dark orange seam binding ribbon to the top of the tag.

Here are a few close up photos of the Tag.

Here's the finished Hooray It's Autumn Time tag.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Pumpkin Leaves

- Skeleton Maple Leaf

- Skeleton Leaf

- Mini Wood Maple Leaf

- Fine Clock Face

- Tribal Feather Mix

- Chipboard Tag

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Vintage Ivy Embossing Powder, Weathered Wood Embossing Powder and Baked Texture - Chunky Rust Embossing Powder

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Ground Espresso, Distress Crayon - Forest Moss & Walnut Stain, Distress Stain - Candied Apple & Spiced Marmalade, Distress Paint - Peeled Paint and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink Dabber

- Carta Bella: Fall Break - Harvest Town and Border Strips

- Misc: Dark Orange Seam Binding Ribbon and Heat Tool

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn

Meet the New Design Team and Guest Designers!

First off, Karen and I would like to thank the current design team for all of their wonderful projects over the last six months. 

We also want to thank all of those who applied to our design team call. It was unbelievable to see all of the talent in Canada and the United States. For those who applied and didn't make it, continue to apply when our call comes up again. We are always looking to add to our team, so don't feel discouraged. You are all very talented and we truly enjoyed seeing everyone's submission. 

We want to congratulate the new guest designers! We want to give a big welcome to Pam Bray and Karen Jiles.

Pam Bray

Blog: http://www.pammejoscrapbookflair.com/

Karen Jiles

Blog: http://stampinakapalace.blogspot.com/

Now, we want to congratulate the new design team members! We want to give a big welcome to Karla Yungwirth, Laura Gilhuly, Deonna Riegler and Monica Edwards.

Karla Yungwirth

Blog: http://creative-love-affair.blogspot.com/

Laura Gilhuly

Blog: http://angelbearscraps.blogspot.com/

Deonna Riegler

Blog: http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/

Monica Edwards

Blog: https://simplymonicaweb.com/

Make sure to stop by each of the ladies blogs to congratulate them on making the team! Stay tuned to see their creations starting in October.

-Karen & Katelyn