Needle Book with Nancy Nickel

Hello, everyone!

It's Nancy here to show you a fun little Needle Book I created, 
using more fabulous chipboard from Southern Ridge Trading Company!

I've combined the Chipboard Tags, 
and some pieces from the  Dressmaker Mix.

Here it is:

Here's what I used to make it:

I began by heat embossing the sewing machine green, and the scissors silver.

I covered the front and back of the tag using some fun sewing themed papers.

I inked all the outside edges with green ink, and the inside edges with orange ink.

I added an orange eyelet, and a couple of buttons.

Here's the finished front and back cover.

Here's what I did on the inside:

I found a die shape that I liked,

and I used it to cut four pieces of white felt - two for each side.

Twice I stitched two pieces of felt together using orange thread. 

I then adhered the felt piece onto the inside of the finished tag.

I used liquid glue to do this, and kept the glue around the outside edges only,

right under the stitching. 

The two pieces of felt offer a nice cushion,

so it's very easy to slip your needles in.

I then added some more buttons.

Finally, I added a binder ring through the eyelets, 

and tied some matching ribbons around it.

I confess that I really love this fun needle book,

and I had a really great time putting it together!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Chipboard Tags 
- Dressmaker Mix

Other Supplies Used:

- Bo Bunny: Pincushion Collection
- Emboss Ink
- Embossing Powder: Green and Silver
- Ink: Green and Orange
- Spellbinders Die: Labels 5
- White Felt
- Orange Thread
- Small Buttons: Green and Orange
- Orange Eyelets
- Offray Ribbon: Orange and White

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Please come visit me at The Nickel Nook!

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Joy Tag with Nancy Nickel

Hello, everyone! It's Nancy here with you today!

I'm so happy to be a part of this very talented Design Team,

and I'm looking forward to inspiring you with my projects

in the months ahead.

For my first project I have created a tag:

Here's how I did it:

I began by creating a tag base for my chipboard pieces.

I cut one from kraft, then a layer from navy cardstock,

and then a final layer from a printable quilt pattern.

I distressed all the edges with a distressing tool.

Once they were all adhered together,

I inserted a matching eyelet to the top of the tag,

and then added a variety of ribbons and rick rack through the eyelet.

Then it was time to play with my chipboard.

I used the dress form from the Dressmaker Mix,

and the "Joy" from the Words of Christmas Set.

Then I took the Heart o Graph Doily and cut 1/4 of it out.

This cut very easily with a pair of scissors.

Next, I chose some inks that coordinated with the background paper,

and used these to colour my chipboard, using an ink blending tool.

I use Distress Oxide inks in:

Worn Lipstick,

Peeled Paint,

and Broken China.

Since I wanted the doily to be navy,

I added some Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink.

This gave me the perfect navy with the look of the Oxide ink. 

Once the chipboard was dry,

I adhered it in place on my prepared tag.

Finally, I added some small, rather sheer flowers, from my stash.

One went on the dress form, and three on the doily.

I didn't want solid flowers that would cover all the doily details.

Here's a closer look at the dress form:

Here you can see the detail of the dress from base,

and the lovely doily:

Here is the top of the tag.

The ribbons, seam binding, and rick rack really fit the theme of the tag.

Here's one final look at the finished tag.

I think this tag would be lovely for anyone that enJOYs quilting!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products:

- Dressmaker Mix

- Words of Christmas

- Heart o Graph Doily

Other Materials Used:

- Papers: Recollections Cardstock

- Digital Paper: Gecko Galz - Country Stitches Paper Pack

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire and 

Distress Oxide Ink - Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Broken China

- Unknown: Ribbons, and Flowers.

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!

I'll have another project share for you soon!

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3D Canister with Cathy Potosky

Happy August everyone! Yes, you read that right, it says August! Where is the summer going? Cathy here with my newest project today.

A storage container that will jazz up your creative space! I used the Eileen Hull Canister Die as my base for the amazing vintage sewing pieces from SRTC.

I cut out my pieces, used double sided tape (Be Creative Tape) to put them together and then painted my base colours of Distress Paint in Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso.

While that was drying I coloured my dress form from the Wire Dress Form Kit with Distress Oxide Inks and stained white lace with Distress Spray Stain.

I cut pieces of the TH Ecetera Paper Stash for the 4 sides, the paper has old patterns and rulers on it. On the lighter paper I embossed the whole piece with Baked Texture in Vintage Beeswax and edged all pieces with Ground Espresso.

My SRTC Dressmaker Mix pieces were embossed with a number of Emerald Creek powders (all listed below) and my Mini Wooden Rulers were sponged with Distress Ink.

Then it was time to put all the pieces together! I think this may be one of my favourite projects!

Here are a few close ups of the dress form. I added the necklace using tiny beads I had in my stash.

The legs on my container are old wooden spools I had and then embossed with Baked Texture Patina Oxide.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Wire Dress Form Set

- Dress Maker Mix

- Mini Wooden Rulers

Other Supplies Used:

- Seth Apter Baked Texture Embossing Powder: Patina Oxide, Ancient Amber and Vintage Beeswax

- Emerald Creek Embossing Powder: Hammered Metal, Charred Gold, Salted Raven, Burnt Copper Leaves

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Paint - Vintage Photo & Ground Espresso, Distress Oxides- Walnut Stain, Tea Dye, Seedless Preserves, Old Paper & Stormy Sky and Distress Spray - Peeled Paint, Antiqued Bronze, Tea Dye, Broken China and Milled Lavender

- Tim Holtz Ideaology: Etcetera Paper 

- Eileen Hull for Sizzix: Canister Die

Thanks for stopping buy and make sure you check out all the gorgeous vintage images that Southern Ridge Trading Company offers!

- Cathy

Vintage Sewing Card with Jessica Kaiser

Hello friends!

It’s Jess here with another fun project to share with you!

If you love sewing AND vintage, then this project is going to be just for you!!  Isn't it just lovely?  I can't wait to tell you all about this gorgeous HANDMADE CARD.  I used the following Southern Ridge Chipboard products on this card:

Dressmaker Mix

Tombow Glue

Sew.......hahaha (ok, I'm not really that funn).....your first step is the background. I actually adhered a piece of scrap fabric to a piece of cardstock for my base! Next, it was time to get my chipboard pieces all prettied up!  I used a mix of Embossing Powder and some copper Gilding Flakes to create the vintage feel on the sewing machine!

A key tip to working with gilding flakes - don't keep an overhead fan on with an open container (or the air conditioning/furnace vent). Just take my word for it ;)

Gilding flakes are also a fun way to add texture and dimension!  Simply apply a bid of adhesive, lay on your flakes and then brush off the excess. I used a 2 Way Glue Pen to adhere mine.  Once everything was embossed and distressed with gilding flakes, I added a bit of dusty rose & white lace and adhered everything to my fabric covered card.  I felt it needed a little "extra" so I used my Nuvo Crystal Drops in Pearl to create liquid pearls everywhere!  I just LOVED this sentiment which was stamped and embossed with a dark navy blue embossing powder. 

I thought the pearls on the mannequin added the perfect touch. I hope you enjoy this project - I loved making it. 

See you next time!

Jess

Crafty Art Journal with Emma Ivemey

Hello there!  Emma here with you today to share an art journal page I’ve created using the beautiful chipboard shapes from Southern Ridge.

I’m sure I’m not alone in sometimes going through a creative low patch.  When there’s a lot going on in your life, it can often be difficult to sit down and create.  Maybe you’re thinking “what shall I make”, or perhaps it’s “why do I make”? Creative blocks can be hard to get through.

I think the important thing to remember is that art doesn’t always follow rules, and often it can be helpful to use an art journal to create something spontaneous that comes from your heart.  It’s your journal, and it’s for you to keep entirely to yourself if you like. It’s a great strategy for experimenting with new mediums, or a new stencil.

For this piece, I have used the Vintage Dressmaker Mix set.  I have embellished the chipboard with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, and also the Distress Crayons.  I loved the metallic look for the sewing machine and scissors.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Dressmaker Mix

Other Supplies Used:

- Strathmore Mixed Media Ring Bound Sketchbook

- Tim Holtz Ideaology: Printed Tissue Wrap

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink, Distress Oxide Ink and Distress Crayons

- Vicki Boutin for American Crafts: Mixed Media Stencil

- Taylored Expressions: Stamp

- Imagine Crafts: Versafine Clair Ink

- Spectrum Noir: Sparkle Pen

- Close to My Heart: Wooden Clothes Pin and Buttons

- Prima Marketing: Paper Flowers, Lace and Ribbon

- Fabritac Adhesive

Next time you feel you’re in a craft rut, try an art journal page.  You never know what might inspire you next.

Happy crafting!

~~ Emma ~~

Junk Journal Pages by Corina Finley

Hello Everyone!

As you can probably tell from my last few posts - I am addicted to Junk Journaling! I have had a love of creating hand bound books and mini Album but I never Junk Journaled! It is a whole new world that I am learning and my favourite embellishments (Southern Ridge chipboard) is working wonderfully! Just meant to be! 

The best part is that because they are gorgeous just as they are 'raw', not much needs to enhance there detail or beauty. For my pages that you will see below, I used 3 colours of Treasure Gold that was gifted to me at the Creativation Mega Show in Phoenix this past January. Southern Ridges Booth was next door to the wonderful and talented owners of Paper Artzy out of England. Using my finger tip, I applied the wax gilt to the chipboard pieces. It goes on so smooth and tries incredibly fast! And that is it!  

Here I used the vintage scissors from the Dressmaker Mix set. Perfect!

I love how this one turned out! I only applied glue to the base of the wing. This will allow me to use it as a tuck spot for other items.

Above, I used a small bird from the Swooping Birds set. Love it!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Dressmaker Mix

- Wings

- Swooping Birds

Remember to take a look at the Southern Ridge Trading Company website - Chipboard.ca for great Chipboard designs for your next card or project!

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina Finley

Live, Laugh & Create!