Baking Cookies Scrapbook Layout with Charlene Byrd

Hello everyone,

Thanks for joining me today. I LOVE when my boys were little and they enjoyed doing a little Christmas baking with me! They’re teenagers so they’re too old for that now, good thing I have nieces and nephews who will bake with me!

I used Perfect Pearls to create the snowflake frame and the individual snowflakes. Start by adding some embossing ink to the chipboard. The Perfect Pearls that I used was in a powder form so I used a dry paint brush to apply it. Dip your brush into the powder, tap off excess and then brush it over the chipboard. I randomly applied all 3 colours. I cut off the tips of 2 of the snowflakes so that they are peeking out from the paper.

Then I simply used gold embossing powder on the word JOY.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Snowflake Diecut

- Snowflakes 713

- Wood Words of Christmas – Joy

Other Products Used:

- Imaginese Paper

- Bazzill Cardstock

- Heidi Swapp Letter stickers

- Websters tiny letter stickers

- Washi Tape

- Perfect Pearls

- Embossing Ink

- Border Punch

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! 

Happy Creating and Merry Christmas to ALL!

Charlene

Vroom Layout with Charlene Byrd

Hello ladies!

For any of you that know me, know that I have 2 boys….so when asked to use my favourite pieces of chipboard, I automatically go to gears! I love gears! They are so vintage and grungy…just my style!

My 2 boys are 16 and 18 now so the days of cute little boy pictures are long gone, but I am so blessed to be a great auntie to these 2 cuties! Twin boys…that live across the street from me! How awesome is that!

To start the grungy process I started by rubbing Walnut Distress Stain across the entire chipboard surface.

I then used VersaMark and 3 colours of UTEE –Black, Platinum and clear. I simply used my fingers to sprinkle the UTEE to random parts of the frame one colour at a time, making sure to shake any excess off the frame before adding the next colour. (I did get a few different flakes mixed into my jars of UTEE but oh well!) I then heat set it all. You can work in sections if you wish. Or you could even heat set one colour at a time so you don’t mix your powders. Totally up to you! Make sure you use the colours randomly and overlap the colours.

Then once it’s cooled I daubed a bit of Antique Gold Distress paint in random spots of the gears. If you get too much paint on just add more embossing powder until you’re happy with the results.

I used a makeup sponge to apply some Metallic Rubons to the keys. I just kept adding different colours until I was happy with the look.

The stars, mini gears and the VROOM letters were embossed with regular black embossing powder.

Southern Ridge Chipboard used:

- Lg Frame Gear

- Sm. Primitive Stars

- Mini Wood Gears

Other Products used:

- Kaisercraft paper

- Tim Holtz Grundgeboard letters

- Bazzill Cardstock

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!

Happy Creating!

- Charlene

Winter Canvas

I'am back on the blog today to feature another "Winter" inspired project . There is still six days left to enter your "winter" piece into our Monthly Challenge. For all of the details, head here. For my post today,  I created a winter canvas.

Supplies Used: Ranger/Tim Holtz - Ground Expresso Distress Ink, Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy. Ranger/Dylusions - Dylusions Paint: White Linen. Sizzix/Tim Holtz - Holiday Words: Block. Tim Holtz Ideaology - 6x8 Burlap Panel. Emerald Creek - Iridescent Shimmer  & Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder. Viva Decor - Inka Gold: Old Gold & Brown Gold. Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts - VersaMark. Bo Bunny Sleigh Ride - Blizzard, Logs & Tradition. Bazzill Cardstock - Java. May Arts Twine - White.

To begin, I prepped the background of my burlap panel, using a blending tool and inking 1/2" in around all the edges of the panel. Once the edges were inked, I sprinkled Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder around all four edges and embossed them. 

Once the background of the panel was finished, I set it aside and started working on the Cedar Trees. I covered all three cedar trees with Brown Gold Inka Gold. Once the Inka Gold was dry, I covered each cedar tree with a layer of Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint and set them aside to dry.

Once the cedar trees were drying, I moved on to the Plain Banners. I covered the three plain banners with Old Gold Inka Gold. Once all three banners were covered, I applied a layer Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint over top and set them aside to dry.

I wanted to add something to the plain banners, so I pulled out my stash of Mini Wood Snowflakes. Before embossing the snowflakes, I painted them with a layer of Dylusions Paint in White Linen. Once the paint was dry, I covered them in a layer of VersaMark and then sprinkled Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder overtop of them and embossed them. 

For the finishing touches on my winter canvas, I added two layers of patterned paper from Bo Bunny's Sleigh Ridge Collection. I also wanted to add the word "winter" somewhere on my canvas, so I cut it out using the Tim Holtz/Sizzix - Holiday Words: Block die, attaching it to the top of my photo. For the last of the finishing touches, I added some Iridescent Shimmer Embossing Powder to parts of the edges of the patterned paper. 

Here is the finish Winter canvas with all of the elements put together.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my winter canvas. We can't wait to see your project or projects for the Monthly Challenge. Make sure to check back regularly to see what the rest of the design team members are creating.

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

Winter Wonderland

I'm back on the blog today featuring a winter scene card for January's Monthly Challenge. We would love for you to share your projects with us, to do this, you can head over here to read all about the challenge and how to enter your piece or pieces. 

Here's my winter scene card:

Supplies Used: SRTC - Snowflake Chipboard & Cedar Tree Chipboard. Emerald Creek - Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder. Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Ink: Ground Espresso & Vintage Photo. Tim Holtz/Sizzix - Woodlands Die & Birch Tree Die. Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko - Silver Delicata. Bazzill - Brown & Cream Cardstock. Bo Bunny Sleigh Ride - Sleigh Ride, Flurries & Blizzard.

I started by covering the Cedar Tree chipboard piece with Ground Espresso Distress Ink.

Once the Cedar Tree was finished,  I moved on to working on the Snowflakes 713 and 714. I wanted to have some shine coming through the embossing powder, so I added a layer of Silver Delicata. Becuase the Delicata takes longer to dry, I added Soften Fallen Snow Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies over top of the snowflakes and then heated up the embossing powder. When they were all embossed, some ended up with patches that didn't get a lot of embossing powder, so I added some Ground Espresso Distress Ink over top to give them more of a vintage look. 

Some finishing touches that I added was the Woodlands tree from Sizzix/Tim Holtz, where I inked the edges in Ground Espresso Distress Ink. As well as the Birch Tree die from Sizzix/Tim Holtz, where the knots on the trees were, I blended Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso over top to make the birch trees pop. 

Here is the card with all of the elements together:

Thanks for checking out my card. We can't wait to see you project or projects for the Monthly Challenge. Make sure to check back regularly to see what the rest of the design team members are creating.

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn