Memories Mini Album with Monica Edwards

Hi everyone I am back today sharing a Southern Ridge Trading mini album using the pieces from the Zen Dragon Fly Journal with Morning Dreams patterned paper.

For the front of my cover I used the Memory sentiment.  I left my pieces bare because it matched the colour scheme of the papers I used and Ioved the look.

 First, I cut the filigree fence in half to use it as a decorative border in the mini album

Below you can see how this worked perfect for the mini.

Here is another page from the mini album.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

Zen Dragon Fly Journal

Fancy Filigree Fence

Memories Word

Other Supplies Used:

- Craft Clock: Morning Dreams patterned paper

- Crafters Companion adhesive

- Icraft: patterned paper

I hope everyone enjoyed my post and thanks for stopping by Simply Monica!

All You Need is Love with Emma Ivemey

Hello there Southern Ridge fans! Emma here to share with you a fun art piece I’ve created with the oh-so-versatile chipboard pieces we all love.

I’ve used canvas paper for my base this time; if you haven’t tried it out I would highly recommend it. It’s very heavy weight (180lb / 296 gsm), which means you can use all kinds of liquid media on it. Plus, it has the texture of a real canvas that gives a little more interest to your art than a simple plain piece of paper.

This background colour happened by accident, as I was experimenting with colours for another project. This scheme didn’t suit the other project, so I put it aside. (There’s quite a few layers of colour on that paper.. I’m not sure I could recreate it again exactly, but that’s the fun of experimenting).

I felt that the kind of fantasy twilight glow would perfectly suit black silhouettes, so that inspired me to use the fairy and butterfly pieces. To create the black sparkle on the chipboard, I used Emerald Creek Onyx Frost Allure embossing powder. I then added some stamps on the background in white, grey, brown and black to enhance the twilight atmosphere. Some sequins gave the finishing touches here and there.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Lil Faries

- Butterfly Mix

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Onyx Frost Embossing Powder

- Bienfang Canvas Paper

- Paper Artsy / Seth Apter Fresco Finish Paint: Snowflake, Spanish Mulberry, Glacier Ice, Steel Grey and Venice Blue

- Crafter’s Companion: Stamps

- Imagine Crafts: Versamark Watermark Ink, Versafine Ink - Black Onyx and Memento Ink - London Fog

- Wild Whisper Designs: Wood Heart and Sequins

- Close to my Heart Ink: White Daisy and Slate

- Ranger Ink:  Archival Ink - Coffee

Thanks for visiting Southern Ridge today, I hope you are inspired to create something with silhouettes.

~~ Emma ~~

Keep Calm Card with Emma Ivemey

Hello crafty friends! Today I would like to share a fun card I made with the help of Southern Ridge Trading Co.

Us English people have a love-hate relationship with football (soccer), which has been going on for quite a while. Every four years, there is a World Cup competition, and it tends to make us all go a bit crazy for a few weeks. Usually our team plays badly, and goes home in some sort of disgrace. This year however, we actually did get through to the semi-final. We lost, but it was still a huge improvement on previous years.

With this in mind, I decided to use the Southern Ridge Trading Co “Tea Time” set to make a “Keep Calm” card. We may have lost the football, but at least we still have tea!

I used Tonic Studios Nuvo Drops in bright white on the milk jug, which gives it a ceramic look. (Allow to dry overnight for best results!) The teapot and teacup have been painted white and decoupaged with chintz-style patterned paper to remind us of those happy days when tea was always served from pots.

I guess we’ll have to wait another four years for another shot at the World Cup, but in the meantime, we’ll just have a cup of tea and everything will be right with the world.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Tea Time Set

Other Supplies Used:

- Crafter's Companion: Rustic Cottage Patterned Paper 

- Reminisce: England Stickers 

- DecoArt: White Paint

- Tonic Studios: Nuvo Drops - White and Gold

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Antique Linen

- White paper doily 

Happy crafting!

~~ Emma ~~

Time for Coffee Gift Card with Emma Ivemey

Hello crafty friends!  I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking that coffee is definitely the essential liquid to get us through our busy days.  I’m British, so tea still holds a place in my heart, but most days it’s coffee that is more likely to be in my cup.  (I find wine and crafting do not really go well together.. unless you like wonky embellishments.. 😉).

Today I’d like to share with you a cute “just because” card I made that is perfect for the coffee-loving friend in your life.  

First off, I embossed a piece of light coloured cardstock with this Sizzix timepieces folder.  I lightly added Antique Linen distress ink to the raised parts.  (The ink dries lighter than shown in the photo).  I adhered this to the front of my kraft card base.  I’m using a pre-made side-stepper card base from Crafter’s Companion, but there are many tutorials online for how to make one of your own.

Next, the fun part!  It’s all fun of course, but I do enjoy heat embossing.  I chose one of this awesome set from Southern Ridge -  I Love Coffee

I used some white embossing powder to create a ceramic mug feel, and highlighted the heart with some red stickles.

For the sentiment, I used the Coffee Plans stamp set from SRM Stickers, which I stamped and again embossed with white.  This set also has super-cute coffee bean stamps, which I’ve used with Delicata Bronze ink along the side of the card.

The side-stepper card has the perfect spot to add a gift card, or in this case, a sachet of coffee, as an added bonus.  I’ve adhered this with a glue dot, and again used the Coffee Plans stamp set to add the #caffeineplease in white underneath.

So I think this card is great, but I decided it needed one last embellishment from Southern Ridge:

Here, I’ve used the Pine Branch to perfectly set off my card.  I coloured the branch with Spectrum Noir Illustrator pen in Oak Tree, and then covered in Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen clear overlay for a little bling.

I love this card, and it was made easy by using Southern Ridge’s amazing products.  There’s definitely something for every occasion.  What gift card will you make today?!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- I Love Coffee

- Pine Branch

Other Supplies Used:

- Crafter's Companion: Kraft Side-Stepper Fancy Card Base

- American Crafts: Beige and Red Textured Cardstock 

- ClearSnap: White Embossing Powder and White Pigment Ink

- Ranger Ink: Tiara Stickles

- SRM Stickers: Coffee Plans Stamp Set 

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Embossing Ink and Antique Linen Distress Ink

- Imagine Crafts: Bronze Delicata Ink

- Sizzix: Clocks & Print Blocks Textured Impressions Folder

- Spectrum Noir: Illustrator marker & clear overlay Sparkle Pen

Happy crafting!

~~ Emma ~~

Snow Globe Shaker with Erin Quiding-Sampson

Hello! Today I created a snow globe/shaker ornament using a couple different chipboard pieces from SRTC. The chipboard tag and from a release coming soon, the Holly Berry Cluster.

The first thing I did was choose papers I would use to adhere to the tag for my background. I ended up using the front and back covers of an old Graphic 45 paper collection. I used double sided tape to stick it down, then cut the excess off. I also glued down my Santa with the little kids looking in, over top of the background paper. I wanted this to lay flat so my shaker bits didn’t get stuck.

I then used strips of foam adhesive around the outside of my shaker leaving room to have a hole at the top for hanging. I then added the shaker bits inside the center.

For my shaker window I used a clear pillow box from my stash. I cut it in half then used my powder tool on it so that all the bits don’t get staticky and cling to the window. I then pressed the plastic down making sure there is a good seal all the way around, so nothing spills out.

I used a glitter glue to go around the top to hide the foam and create the look of the “glass” being frosted around the outside. I used a bit of Glitter Ritz on top of that which is super fine and gorgeous.

Next, I coloured the Holly chipboard piece using Spectrum Noir Markers.

After I coloured the holly and berries, I decided to colour the section of ribbon red then added glitter glue to the top to make it iridescent I also added a little to each berry to give them that frosted look.

Once that was dried, I glued it down towards the bottom of the tag and then added an iridescent ribbon to the top for hanging with a small bow to finish it off.

I loved creating this little shaker ornament and I hope you give it a try!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Chipboard Tag (coming soon)

- Holly Berry Branch

Other Supplies Used:

- Front and back covers of an old Graphic 45 paper pad

- Crafters Companion: Spectrum Noir Alchohol Markers 

- Glitter glue

 - Glitter Ritz: Crystal

- Double sided tape

- Iridescent ribbon

- Piece of a Pillow box

- Foam strips for creating dimension

- Beads, glitter, micro beads sequins and other fillers for the inside 

Thanks for looking ~ Erin