Happy Easter Card with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. Easter is approaching quickly and for today's post I'm sharing with you my Happy Easter Card perfect to give this Easter. To create my card, I've used a variety of our Easter themed chipboard pieces. You'll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my Happy Easter Card at home.

To start, you'll need the Happy Easter Welded Words. Apply two coats of Prima Marketing Art Alchemy Impasto Paint in Dusty Rose. 

Choose one of the butterflies from the Butterfly Mix package. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the butterfly. Sprinkle Pastel Lilac over the entire surface of the butterfly. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Choose one egg from the Detailed Easter Eggs package and choose two eggs, one large and one medium from the Filagree Easter Eggs package. Apply Emboss It Ink to the detailed easter egg. Sprinkle Pastel Lilac Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the egg. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Apply Emboss It Ink to the medium easter egg. Sprinkle Pastel Pink Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the egg. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Apply Emboss It Ink to the large easter egg. Sprinkle Pastel Mint Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the egg. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. 

Next, you'll need the Rod Iron Frame. Apply two coats of Hickory Smoke Distress Paint to the frame.  

Take the Delicate Lace Cross out of the package. Apply two coats of White Gesso to the cross. 

Choose a variety of roses and flowers in white and pink as desired. You'll need a total of thirteen flowers. 

The last thing you need is two pieces of coordinating patterned paper. From one of the papers, die cut a 5 1/4" stitched square. From the other paper, die cut a 4 3/4" stitched square. Distress the edges of both papers. Ink the edges of both papers using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the 4 3/4" stitched square to the 5 1/4" stitched square.

Adhere the rod iron frame to the 5 1/4" square. Adhere the delicate lace cross to the middle of the frame. 

Adhere the three easter eggs as desired in the bottom right hand corner of the frame. 

Adhere the butterfly to the top left side of the cross. Adhere the Happy Easter sentiment to the middle left side of the cardfront.

In the top left corner of the Happy Easter sentiment, adhere two pink roses, one white rose, two white flowers and one pink flower as desired. 

In the bottom right corner of the Happy Easter sentiment, adhere two pink roses, three white rose and two white flowers as desired. 

To finish the card, cut a cardbase out of white cardstock that measures 5 1/4" x 10 1/2", score at 5 1/4". Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished card.

Here is the finished Happy Easter Card.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Rod Iron Frame

- Detailed Easter Eggs

- Filagree Easter Eggs

- Happy Easter Welded Words

- Butterfly Mix

- Delicate Lace Cross

- 10mm Roses: White and Pink

- 20mm Roses: White

- Pink and White Flowers

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Paint - Hickory Smoke, Distress Ink - Walnut Stain and Blending Tool with Foam

- Dina Wakley for Ranger Ink: White Gesso

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Dabber

- Prima Marketing Inc.: Art Alchemy - Impasto Paint: Dusty Rose

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Pastel Lilac Embossing Powder, Pastel Pink Embossing Powder and Pastel Mint Embossing Powder

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Squares

- Mintay Papers: Secret Place Collection

- Misc: White Cardstock

Thanks so much for joining my today!

- Katelyn

Easter Basket Card with Nancy Nickel

Hi, everyone!
It's Nancy here today with a fun Easter Basket Card,
using some fabulous items from Southern Ridge Trading Company!

This time I've combined the Detailed Easter Eggs, 
along with some Foliage Pieces.
I've also used the fun Basket Weave Stencil.

Here's my card:

Aren't the eggs gorgeous?

I knew that I wanted to create an Easter basket to put my eggs in.

I found a basket cut file, and adapted it to fit my 5 1/2" square card.

I cut the basket from yellow cardstock, 

and stenciled the design in a darker shade of yellow.

I wanted my basket to look full, so I traced around the chipboard eggs, 

and cut some eggs from pastel coloured cardstock.

I created a card base from the light yellow cardstock,

and added a background panel of very pale blue.

I wanted to give the basket some shape and dimension on the card.

I curled the shape with my fingers,

and then used adhesive along with foam tape to adhere it in place. 

I left some of the basket handle free, to add more dimension.

I coloured the chipboard pieces with various pastel shades of glitter glue:

yellow, turquoise, pink, and green.

They are so pretty and sparkly!

Once the chipboard was all dry, I added two of the eggs in place in the basket.
I tucked the cardstock eggs in behind, and added some foliage pieces.
I added the pink egg, along with one more foliage piece, outside the basket.
Finally, I added a pretty sheer bow to the basket handle.

 These eggs are so intricate and beautiful!

There are lots of ways to create an Easter project with them!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products:

- Detailed Easter Eggs 

  - Foliage Pieces

 - Basket Weave Stencil

Other Materials Used:

- AC Cardstock

- Basket Cut File - Easter Egg Treat Basket

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Scattered Straw Distress Ink

- Glitter Glue: Yellow, Turquoise, Pink, and Green

- Celebrate It Ribbon

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I'll be back soon with more creative fun!

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Hoppy Easter Reverse Canvas with Katelyn Grosart

Hey there Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. It's hard to believe that Easter will be here soon, so today I've created a fun Easter reverse canvas which is perfect to add to your Easter  home decor. Read below and learn how I transformed my chipboard pieces to create my Hoppy Easter Reverse Canvas.

To start, cover the Easter Basket in a layer of Emboss It ink. Once the ink has been applied, cover the entire basket with Weathered Wood Embossing Powder. Tap off the excess powder and then emboss with your heat tool. Set the Easter Basket aside to cool down.

Next, you'll want to choose which Easter Eggs you want. I ended up choosing the large and small Detailed Easter Eggs as well as a medium Filigree Easter Egg. Once you've chosen your eggs, take a piece of chipboard and trace your eggs on it. Cut out your eggs. Once the backing eggs have been cut out, apply a layer of Emboss It ink to each egg. With the ink on each egg, cover the large egg with Pastel Pink Embossing Powder, the medium egg with Pastel Lilac Embossing Powder and the small egg with Easter Parade Embossing Powder. Using a heat tool, emboss each egg. To finish the eggs, ink the edges using Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

With your Easter Eggs chosen, apply a layer of Emboss It ink to each egg. With the ink on each egg, cover the large egg with Easter Parade Embossing Powder, the medium egg with Pastel Pink Embossing Powder and the small egg with Pastel Lilac Embossing Powder. Using a heat tool, emboss each egg. To finish the eggs, ink the edges using Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

With the fronts and backs of the Easter Eggs finished, adhere the large Easter Egg front to the large Easter Egg back. Adhere the medium Easter Egg front to the medium Easter Egg back. Adhere the small Easter Egg front to the small Easter Egg back.

Next, you'll want to pull out the Easter Wood Tags and choose whichever sentiment you'd like. To start, ink the entire wood tag using Spun Sugar Distress Paint. Before the paint completely dries, wipe a bit off the wood tag using hand sanitizer on a piece of paper towel. Once your happy with the amount of paint off the tag, using a blending tool, apply a layer of Walnut Stain Distress Ink over the entire surface. You can either go light or heavy with the ink, depending on how noticeable you'd like it on your Easter Basket.

The last piece of chipboard you'll need is a 3" piece from the Grass Border. With the border cut, apply two layers of Bundled Sage Distress Paint over the entire surface. Set grass aside to dry.

Here are a few close ups of the flowers on the finished reverse canvas.

And here is the finished Hoppy Easter Reverse Canvas.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Easter Basket

- Filigree Easter Eggs

- Detailed Easter Eggs

- Easter Wood Tags

- Grass Border

- 10mm Roses: Pink and White

-  Yellow Carnations 

- Green Leaves

- Purple & White Flowers

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Weathered Wood, Pastel Lilac, Pastel Pink and Easter Parade Embossing Powder

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, Distress Paint -  Spun Sugar and Bundled Sage

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink - Clear (dabber) 

- Tombow: Aqua Mono Liquid Glue

- Kaisercraft: Wildflower - Fleur and In Bloom

- Misc: Heat Tool, Purple/pink ribbon and 5" x 7" Canvas

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn