Peace Christmas Card with Nancy Nickel

Hello! It's Nancy here with a fun new project!

Today I have used the fabulous chipboard
from Southern Ridge Trading Company
 to create a very elegant Christmas Card!

Here's what I used:

I began with a white cardstock card base.

I cut a white Glitter Cardstock panel to cover the front of the card.

Then I die-cut a blue Glitter Cardstock oval, 

and centered it over the white panel.

I inked the Angel chipboard piece up with embossing ink,

sprinkled it with the glittery white embossing powder, 

and set it with my heat gun.

I then adhered the angel to the center of the blue oval.

I repeated that process with the glittery blue embossing powder,

on the "Peace" chipboard.

Then I adhered it in place across the bottom of the card.

Finally, I added a sheer white ribbon to the top of the card.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Angel Christmas Mix

- Words of Christmas

Other Supplies Used:

- White Cardstock, 
- DCWV: White and Blue Glitter Cardstock
- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Embossing Ink
  - Glitters Galore Cosmic Embossing Powders: Winter White and Ice Rink
- Celebrate It Ribbon.

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!

I'll have another project share for you soon!

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Upcycled Candy Box with Ava Gavloski

Hello and Welcome, Ava here to showcase how you can upcycle

a Valentine's heart shaped box.

My heart box was similar to this box above.  I saved my  valentine’s box for a few years, waiting for embellishment inspiration to spark my creativity.  

Well, Southern Ridge Trading Company did it.  The chipboard I found in the store, was perfect for upcycling the heart shaped box.

To get this mix’d media look to my heart I was inspired by some of my favourite products.

I gesso coated the chipboard pieces and painted my chipboard with DecoArt paints.

I mixed my paints to match the colour of my heart shaped box.  I got out my Southern Ridge Trading Company stencil and applied modelling paste to the lid of the box.

Next up is to treat the chipboard pieces from Southern Ridge Trading Co.  I painted the the following chipboard pieces with Deco Art paints and applied a gloss medium to the hearts.

Mini Connected Hearts, and Swirling Hearts,

both of these can be found in the store under the Hearts, Love Wedding tab of the store.

Winnie and Walter is my go to stamp set with a lovely script and a variety of sentiments.  
This stamp set is called The big, The bold and the Happy.  

Clearsnap Color Box pigment ink was perfect for this vintage stamping of the word l o v e .

Sprinkle some Stampendous rose coloured chips, onto the box lid where you have applied a layer of liquid adhesive.  Press the chips into the adhesive to ensure adhesion.

Apply some adhesive pearl drops and adhere your dried painted chipboard pieces to the lid of the box with liquid glue.

I was thrilled to find that Die Cut’s with a View (DCWV) have the perfect paper match with colour and texture to embellish the bottom and inside panels of the heart box.  This paper truly complement the chipboard piece designs, as yummy as a chocolate creme truffle.

The inside of the heart box is so decadent. After adhering the cardstock I hot glued a flower with some stick pins to the plastic clam shell insert.

Apply your favourite ribbon. This May Arts beaded lace ribbon is an instant easy embellishment.  So romantic and vintage…. (Sigh) This view of the chocolate heart box takes me back to imagine the victorian days of vintage lace.

Now some photo’s of the finished heart shaped box.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Mini Connected Hearts

- Swirling Heart

- Navajo Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- DCWV Cardstock
- Clearsnap Colorbox Pigment Ink
- Stampendous Coloured Chips
- May Arts Ribbon
- Dec Art Paint
- Winnie and Walter Stamps
- Petaloo Flowers
- Maya Road Stick Pins
- Tombow Adhesive
- Gloss Medium
- Modeling Paste

And there you have it….. Love at first sight for an upcycle chocolate heart box that you have saved for a couple of years hoping to find the mojo to upcycle.

Thanks for stopping by for some inspiration today.

- Ava

Best Wishes Christmas Card with Ava Gavloski

Ava here today with non-traditional coloured Christmas Card.  I used a couple of

Southern Ridge Trading Co. chippies on this card.  When I look at this card I think of romantic days gone-by from a different era, sorta vintage like.  

To get the Southern Ridge sled to have the well used vintage look, I burnished some of Therm-o-web’s Deco Foil onto the sled and then added a sprinkle of Twinkle Dust.  You can find the sled here in the store.  The sled is called a Sm Wood Sleigh.

Next up was Southern Ridge Barbed Wire Circle frame  which you can find in the store under the Western Rodeo Rustic tab.  I applied 2 coats of Deco Art Vintage white acrylic paint.

One of my go-to pattern paper companies is DCWV.  I used 4 sheets from their paper stacks called:  Scripts and Music Notes, Luxe Lodge and Classy copper.  The

classy copper feel of the paper collection really shows off the Southern Ridge Sled chipboard.

Embellishments just didn’t want to stop on this card.  Hopefully this vintage card will inspire you to try to make a few cards with this cute little sled from Southern Ridge Trading Co.

Southern Ridge Trading Co. Supplies Used:

- Barbed Wire Circle Frame

- Sm Wood Sleighs

Other Supplies Used:

- DCWV

- May Arts Ribbon

- Maya Road: Stick-pins

- Clearsnap: Twinkle Dust by Donna Salazar

- Deco Art Acrylic Paint

- Therm-o-Web Deco foil

- Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Remember to play along in the monthly challenge 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 visiting.

Ava