Happy Fall Y'all Wall Hanging with Sandy McTier

The colour of leaves will soon be changing and pumpkin spice everything (my favourite) will be available! I love the colours of autumn, and two of my favourite colours together are aqua and orange! And, if you haven't guessed, I'm from the south and say "y'all" on a daily basis.

I hope you enjoy creating this little sign to decorate during the fall season!

I loved all the pieces that come in the SRTC Canada 150 set and couldn’t wait to incorporate some of them into a painted project. 

Using a Dynasty Palmer brush, I base coated a thin layer of watered down Gesso over the wooden plaque and let it dry. Then I painted it with a coat of DecoArt Vintage Effects Turquoise.

Next, I stenciled on some beautiful scroll work using an M2 Stencil I created with fellow SRTC Design Team Member Tracy Moreau. I used DecoArt’s Chalky Finish Paint Revive and applied it with a Tracy Moreau Stencil brush. 

Once dry, I drew the basic shape of a pumpkin using a white chalk pencil from General Pencil Company. Next, I base coated the pumpkin with watered down Gesso and let it dry. Then I floated in some shading between the sections with DecoArt Premium Raw Umber. I used Matte Medium on the brush to help the colour float a bit better. 

I picked up Cadmium Orange Hue and Vermillion Hue on the Angle brush and painted in each section. I was pleased with the shading that came through the paint so didn’t add any other shading. 

I loaded the Angle brush with some Sap Green and Raw Umber and painted the stem. Once dry, I floated on some Raw Umber around the base of the stem where it meets the pumpkin. I dry brushed some highlights using a small Dynasty Mezzaluna brush loaded with Green Gold. TIP: Load brush with paint and then wipe off almost all of it onto a paper towel; dry brush in a small area. It’s easier to build up the highlights with additional layers. I finished by dry brushing a mixture of Primary Yellow and White on some of the sections around the front and on the right as well as on the top of the stem.

I dry brushed highlights on the pumpkin sections using a medium Mezzaluna brush loaded with the same Primary Yellow and White mixture. Then I dry brushed some Quinacridrone Gold along the bottom of the sections to make them appear a little bit darker. 

I printed out a cute little saying on my computer, transferred it on using graphite paper and then painted the letters with DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Titanium White. I finished them by coming back with my Dynasty Round brush and shadowed the letters with Sap Green. You could use the Premium Titanium White if you don’t have the DecoArt Fluid Acrylics Titanium White. 

Now for the stars of the show! I wanted the wooden leaves to be all sorts of autumn colours! I added some paint to DecoArt’s Metallic Lustre White Frost and randomly brushed them on the leaves here and there – exactly what I was looking for! I loved the way they sparkle and added a bit of shine to the piece. TIP: Load damp medium Mezzaluna brush with some Lustre; mix with just a touch of the paint and it will make it metallic; brush here and there on the leaves. Repeat with different colours. Once dry, you can buff to a desired shine using a soft cloth!

To finish, I glued the wooden leaves to the piece using E6000 glue. I let everything dry completely and then sealed the piece with Soft-Touch Varnish using the Palmer brush. 

I hope this inspires you to create some Happy Fall Art today!!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Maple Leaves from the Canada 150 Set

Other Supplies Used:

- Surface: Wooden Plaque #3132 - www.bearwithus.com

- M2 Stencil: M2-2L (Available from www.SandyMcTierDesigns.com)

- DecoArts Vintage Effects: Turquoise

- DecoArt Chalk Finish Paints: Revive

- DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Titanium White

- DecoArt Premium Acrylics: Raw Umber, Cadmium Orange Hue, Vermillion Hue, Sap Green, Green Gold, Quinacridone Gold, Primary Yellow and Matte Medium

- DecoArt Media White Gesso & Soft-Touch Varnish

- DecoArt Metallic Lustre: White Frost

- Dynasty Brushes: 2" Palmer, 3/8 Angle, Mezzaluna (Sm. & Med.)

- Tracy Moreau Stencil Brush (Med.) (Available from TheBrushGuys.com - use promo code: sandymc for additional discount)

- Other Supplies: E6000, White Chalk Pencil (by General Pencil Company) and wired ribbon of choice to hang piece

Website: www.sandymctierdesigns.com FB: www.Facebook.com/SandyMcTierDesigns

©2018 Happy Fall Y’all, Sandy McTier Designs ~ All Rights Reserved

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

Whale Journal Art Page with Karen Bearse

Hello Blog Land, I am here today playing on another Journal Page. This book was made to hold my favourite photos and this certainly qualifies. We lived in Vancouver, Canada in 2005 and made many trips to the aquarium there. It is one of the memories I want to remember.

This whale paper was perfect to highlight our trips. I added a card with washi tape as a flip to put the beautiful turtle card & my journaling on the back. The anchor is a wonderful addition to use as a card tab.

The water fountain there is just incredible with a huge Haida whale statue. I am very happy to have a photo with my goofy kids in front of it.

Here are close ups of my chippies. Thanks for joining me today. If you would like to check out the Journal this came in you can see it on my site here. Have a great crafty day!

Southern Ridge Trading Co. Supplies Used:

- Fish Net Stencil

- Ocean Mix 1

- Canada 150 Set

Other Supplies Used:

- Therm*O*Web: Transfer Foil and DecoFoil Adhesive Pen

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Salted Navy Embossing Powder, Vintage Anchor Charm, Killer Whale Stamp and Dream Stamp

- Marvy Uchida: Le Plume Alcohol Marker - Coffee

- Tombow: Mono Aqua Glue

- Bo Bunny: Paper & Cards

- Recollections: Washi Tape

- Karen

Canada Traveler Journal Pages with Karen Bearse

Karen Bearse here today with the first bit of my Canada Travel Journal Pages. I worked on the inside covers & the cover of the first booklet. The great thing about this book is the booklets are removable.

Sadly I do not know if these papers are still available. I can’t find my recently purchased travel papers for the moment but did find these in my stash from years ago. Sorry about that but you can use whatever papers you have to create the same sort of look.

My chippies were coloured with Distress Oxides & covered with clear emboss.

The maple leaf in the center was painted white & stenciled using Mixed Media Medium. When it was dry and the gel was clear foil was rubbed on using my finger.

To see the original post on how to make this book you can go here. Thanks for joining me for my little update! See you soon.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Fall Leaves

- Canada 150 Set

Other Supplies Used:

- Rebekah Meier Mixed Media Medium
- DecoFoil Transfer Sheets
- Distress Oxide & Inks
- Reminisce Maple Leaf paper
- Beary Patch Sanded Wood paper
- Canada Stickers Titles   

- Karen

Happy 150th Canada with Corina Finley

Hello & Happy July!

We just celebrated Canada's 150th Birthday on July 1st. I am truly proud to be Canadian and grateful to live here. As many of you already know, Southern Ridge Trading Company is a Canadian Company and to celebrate, she released some wood and chipboard die cuts. 

I created a card for the occasion with the special release and enjoyed working with them. Even though, the Mini Wood Maple Leaf and the Canada 150 Maple Leaf die cuts are beautiful in their raw form, I was wanting to add some colour and glitter. I coated the die cuts with multi media and used Distress Glitter in Fired Brick to cover. I allowed them to dry before tapping off the excess.

I layered cardstock and pattern paper to create a card base. I added sewing to the edges of two layers and seam binding to one side. I distressed a rectangle piece of cardboard,  added a bit of glitter and twine. 

I backed the glittered Canada 150 Maple Leaf with grid pattern paper. I adhered it on top of the cardboard piece in the center of the card. I also added the sentiment and two Mini Wood Maple Leaf.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Canada 150 Maple Leaf

- Mini Wood Maple Leaf

Remember to take a look at the Southern Ridge Trading Company website - Chipboard.ca for great Chipboard designs for your next card or project!

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina Finley

Live, Laugh & Create!

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