Wooden Treasure Box with Ruchi

Hello friends! Ruchi here from Ruchi's Crafeteria and I'm back with my inspirational project.

Today I've altered a wooden box into a beautiful Treasure Box with perfectly designed SRTC chipboards.

First I've applied Prima Black Gesso all over to the box and set it aside for drying.

When dried, I took a decoupage paper and applied it to my box. Left the lid but if you want you can cover the lid too with paper.

I chose SRTC chipboards- Vintage Scroll Keys, Demask Corners, and Foliage Pieces and heat embossed them using different embossing powders.

Arranged all the elements like SRTC chipboards, Prima flowers, pollens together on the box lid.

Lastly highlighted some parts of the box with metallic paints and sprinkled Finnabair Glass Glitters and Mini Art Stones.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Vintage Scroll Keys

- Demask Corners

- Foliage Pieces

Other Supplies Used:

- Bob n Betty: Decoupage Paper

- Prima Marketing Inc.: Black Gesso, Flowers

- Finnabair: Glass Glitter, Mini Art Stones

- Expressions Craft: Metallic Paints

- Imagine Crafts: Versamark Embossing Ink

- Ranger Ink: Embossing Powders

- WOW: Embossing Powder

- Wooden box, glue, pollens are from my stash

See ya next time.

Till then happy crafting!!

Ruchi

Drifting Feathers Mixed Media Fall Canvas with Pam Bray

FALL...

officially is in a few days!

 Blowing leaves, cooler weather, sweaters, coats and  "drifting feather" as birds fly south for the winter!

Let's start the celebration with creating a mixed media canvas celebrating "drifting feathers"!

Begin by apply the 6 x 6 pattern paper to top of canvas. 

Lay stencil on top of prepared canvas; apply white crackle paste to top of stencil. Dry. 

Adhere Southern Ridge Trading Company Fish Net Pattern  to top of prepared canvas. 

Apply embossing ink to 3 Southern Ridge Trading Company Drifting Feathers. 

Apply embossing powder to top of each feather; heat emboss. 

Adhere prepared feathers to top of canvas. 

Adhere bow to top of feathers. 

Adhere flowers around top of feathers. 

Adhere a corner from Southern Ridge Trading Company Demask Corners pack to canvas. 

Adhere finished canvas to top of 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" frame.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Drifting Feathers

- Demask Corners

- Fish Net Pattern 

- Bubble Wrap Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Wild Whisper: Nature Bliss 6x6 Paper Pack

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Rock Candy Embossing Powder - Java Plum, Peppermint, Marshmellow, Butterscotch and Spearmint

- Gold Ribbon and Tan Twine

- White Crackle Paste

- Embossing Ink

- Adhesive

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure to stop by the Southern Ridge Trading Company store to see all the new holiday products! Enjoy Pam 

Mixed Media Card- Totes Adorbs! with Ruchi

Hello friends!! Ruchi here from Ruchi's Crafeteria and I'm back with my inspirational project.

Today I've created a simple mixed media card with minimum supplies.

I picked a grey card stock and stamped some demask design using Altenew Warm Gray inks. Then glued Prima ATC tag Totes Adorbs which means Totally Adorable!! 

Picked SRTC Damask Corners chipboard and heat embossed it with Ranger Black embossing powder. I just applied Prima Heavy Gesso Black on SRTC Foliage Leaf Branch chipboard.

Arranged all the elements like SRTC chipboards, paper flowers, die cut leaves and glued them on my card base. Sprinkled some Diamond Dust and Finnabair Glass Glitters on them.

That’s it for today!! Hope you like my today's project. Don’t forget to check SRTC shop for these chipboards and some other awesome designs.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Demask Corners

- Foliage Leaf Branch

Other Supplies Used:

- Prima Marketing:  ATC Tags and Heavy Gesso Black

- Ranger Ink: Black Embossing Powder

- Versamark embossing ink

- Finnabair: Glass Glitters

- Altenew: Warm Gray Mini Cube Set

- KaiserKraft Flowers

- Demask stamp, sequins, grey cardstock, diamond dust, glue, die cut leaves are from my stash

See ya next time.

Till then happy crafting!!

Ruchi

Welcome Spring Card with Pam Bray

Hello to all of our Southern Trading Company Fans!!! 

Pam's back today wondering if you are ready to "Welcome Spring"!

In Memphis, TN it has been raining a lot but we are seeing the signs of Spring...

Robins, Cardinals and my favourite Bluebirds are coming home to build their nest. 

Of course the daffodils are trying to peek through the ground!

All a sure sign of Spring!!!

SO....

I decided to celebrate with creating a beautiful "Welcome Spring" Card using several of Southern Ridge Trading Company Chipboard Elements along with the Bubble Wrap Stencil. 

Begin by adhering a distress piece of pattern paper to the top of a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Kraft card base. 

Lay Bubble Wrap Stencil on top; apply white gesso using palette knife. Dry

Punch image from pattern paper with circle punch; adhere to top of paper doily. 

Adhere to top of card front. 

Emboss Swirly Flourish Element and  Demask Corners with Chunky Rust Baked Texture using embossing powder and embossing gun. 

Repeat with Patina Oxide Baked Texture on one of the feathers from the Tribal Feathers Mix.

Adhere embossed pieces to top of card front. 

Fussy cut small bluebird from pattern paper.

 Add to top of card with pop dots. 

Add fussy cut leaves to card along with ribbon and twine bows. 

Fussy cut "Welcome Spring" from pattern paper; layer to Kraft card stock. 

Add to front of card with pop dots. 

Add small metal brad to front of card. 

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Swirly Flourish Element

- Tribal Feather Mix

- Demask Corners

- Bubble Wrap Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Supplies Baked Texture Embossing Powder: Chunky Rust and Patina Oxide

- Stamperia Garden Collection

- Gold Ribbon and Tan Twine

- Tan Paper Doily

- DecoArt Media White Gesso

- Palette Knife

- Metal Brad

- Kraft Card Stock

- Adhesive

- Pop Dots

- 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Kraft Card Base

Thank you for stopping by today!

 I hope you are staying dry, warm and ready to create with your Southern Ridge Trading Company Chipboard Elements and Stencils!

 Enjoy Pam

Love...You & Me Card with Pam Bray

Hi Southern Ridge Trading Company Fans! Pam here today sharing my LOVE…You and Me Card! I am using fabulous "love" chippies from the Southern Ridge Trading Company store!!! Can you believe Valentines Day is less than a month away BUT... my card would be fabulous for any celebration that you would want to send some "love" to someone! The best part it is super easy to recreate with any paper collection!

Adhere pattern paper and die cut doily to top of 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Kraft base.

Emboss Love Word, Abstract Heart Frame, and Demask Corners using Emerald Creek Supplies embossing powders.

Adhere prepared Abstract Heart Frame to top of Ephemera Card. 

Adhere to top of card along with the prepared Love Word and Demask Corners.

Add small enamel dot to corner of card. 

Adhere small flowers and twine bow to corner of embossed heart. 

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Love Word

- Abstract Heart Frame

- Demask Corners

Other Supplies Used:

- Authentique: Romance 6"x6" Paper Pad

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Sweet Valentine Embossing Powder and Weathered Wood Embossing Powder

- Scallop Die

- Enamel Glitter White Dot

- Black Cardstock

- Tan Twine

- Small Craft Flowers

- 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Kraft Cardbase

- Pop Dots

Mat "You and Me" Ephemera Card to black card stock. Add to top of card with pop dots. I hope you are inspired to check out all the chippies in Southern Ridge Trading Company Store to create some fabulous cards through the year. Hugs Pam

Embrace Imperfection Canvas with Cathy Potosky

We are excited to welcome Cathy Potosky to our Guest Design Team. Cathy is up on the blog today sharing a beautiful Embrace Imperfection Canvas, that's sure to inspire you. Sit back and relax and learn all about how she created her first project for us!

Happy April Everyone. Cathy here with my first project for Southern Ridge Trading Company and I'm so honoured to be here.

So lets get started! I saw the Queen of Hearts Window and had to have it and had an idea already brewing. But, as it happens, a completely different idea came to be! I love there are two parts to this window and I did use it as separate parts for this one.

On the solid panel I layered a piece of TH Etcetera Paper, inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress and adhered with collage medium.

For the window pane itself I embossed it in Patina Oxide, one of the new Baked Texture Powders from Emerald Creek.

I found an old book page in my stash, cut it down to size and embossed the piece with Baked Texture Vintage Beeswax, while it was still hot I threw on some Patina Oxide. I adhered this to the window pane piece with Glossy Accents.

While I let my window pieces dry completely, I prepped my 6X6 canvas board. I used another page of TH Etcetera paper cut to 5 3/4 X 5 3/4 and once glued down, I edged the board with Baked Textrue Dirty Sand.

I then moved on to my smaller pieces that I wanted to include. I have a butterfly, leafy branch and a Demask corner.

I embossed the Demask corner with the Patina Oxide as well and my leafy branch was done with patina Oxide for the leaves and Burnt Copper Leaves for the branch part.

Yes I do love embossing...a lot!! But for my butterfly I wanted a bit of shimmer so I just used my fingers and rubbed on some of the Finnabair Waxes in Lucky Emerald, Amethyst Magic and Ages Brass. And this chipboard takes this wax so wonderfully!

And here is the completed canvas! I added the demask corner and leafy branch first, then layered my first panel next and the window pane last. I added a TH word band and a saying from the TH Chit chat booklet.

Here are a few close ups of the finished elements!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Queen of Hearts Window

- Butterfly Mix

- Demask Corners

- Leafy Branches

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies/Seth Apter: Baked Texture Patina Oxide, Baked Texture Vintage Beeswax and Baked Texture Dirty Sand

- Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Etcetera Paper

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Ink and Distress Collage Medium

- Ranger Ink: Glossy Accents

- Prima Marketing: Finnabair Metallique Wax in Aged Brass, Amethyst Magic and Lucky Emerald

- Be Creative Tape

Thanks for having a look and have a wonderful week!

- Cathy