Remember This Scrapbook Layout with Charlene Byrd

Hello bloggers!

Charlene here! Thanks for joining me today!

Today I’m sharing a gorgeous layout with a precious picture of my sweet great niece. I love vintage style so this picture was so fun to work with.

The chipboard pieces were all coloured with Walnut Distress Stain.

I cut the key into 2 pieces so I could tuck them at the top and the bottom of the page.

I also cut the decorative border in half and then into 2 pieces (again so I could tuck it)

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Vintage Scroll Keys

- Damask Flowers

- Delicate Lace Element

Other Products Used:

- Kaisercraft paper and diecuts

- Paper bag

- Lace

- Cheesecloth

- Flowers

- Pearls

- Buttons

- Paper doilies

Thanks for joining me today!

Until Next time

Charlene

Grungy Rust Butterfly Scrapbook Layout with Karen Bearse

Karen Bearse here today with a grungy, rust effect butterfly layout. I got to use lots of fun Southern Ridge Trading Co. chippies on this one. It has been a long time since I made a scrapbook layout but here it is!

I played with rust effects for the first time & will definitely be using this product more. Mixed in some crackle paste just to see what would happen. I did get some small cracks which you can see on the doily. Fun!

Here are some detail shots. My chipboard pieces were painted with black acrylic paint & either distressed with paint or the rust effects. I also did some pen work to highlight some of the images.

I am still trying to figure out where July went but I did use fall colours on my layout as this month’s challenge is anything fall so I hope you join in!!

Southern Ridge Trading Co. Supplies Used:

- Tiny Bubbles

- Victorian Lace Doily

- Damask Flowers

Other Supplies Used:

- Prima Marketing: Flowers, Finnabair Mechanicals & Rust Effect Paste

- Ranger Ink: Distress Paint-Black Soot, Mermaid Lagoon

- Tim Holtz for Sizzix: Tim Holtz Gearhead

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies:Silver & Blue Rhinestone Brad

- The Paper Studio: Newsworthy Paper

- Posca pen

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! 

- Karen

Altered Book with Corina Finley

Hello!

Thank you for joining me, Corina Finley, for today's blog post! This months challenge theme here on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog is "Anything Love"! That is such a wide theme, as it could include a person, place or thing you love!

I decided to create an Altered book with a vintage feel, where I could keep pictures of loved ones, inspiration and memorabilia. I knew I wanted to stencil with texture paste. Use some chipboard embellishments with spray mists and Inka Gold products. But the rest was left up to the creative journey!

As you can see in the picture above, the red book on the bottom is an old book which I purchased at my local reuse center for .10 cents. The middle book is also a book I purchase at the reuse center but applied a coat of white gesso to the cover, spine and back cover. The top is my completed altered book!

I covered my entire book with White Gesso and let dry completely. I then painted on a very thin coat of antique white crackle texture to the surface and allowed that to completely dry.  I placed my favourite script stencil on top of the front cover and applied a thin layer of texture paste. Once again, I allowed it to completely dry.

I choose a few different spray colours in browns, blues and copper. By opening the book in the middle and placing it upside down on my craft mat it allowed me to be able to sprayed the cover, spine and back cover at the same time. This time, I used my heat gun to speed up the drying time!

Once complete and dry, I added my detailed chipboard embellishments to the cover and adhered them with Glossy Accents. I added a photo to the wonderful Mini Scroll Frame - the picture was part of a collage 12x12 patter paper I purchase some time ago.

I then painted all the chipboard embellishments with Black Gesso. I choose a few colours of Inka Gold in copper, brown, blues, and grey. I used my finger to apply each colour to the top - keeping it light for a blended look. I then added a thin layer of clear Pico Embellisher to the top of the Mini Scroll Frame for some shine.

Southern Ridge Chipboard Embellishments used:

Vintage Clock

Five Point Stars

Mini Scroll Frame

mini wood love hearts

Swirl Corners #2

Damask Flowers

I enjoyed sharing my Altered Book with you and hope you liked it. Please leave me a comment below and share your thoughts!

Remember to play along in the monthly challenge here 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!

Take care,

Corina Finley

Live, Laugh & Create!