Masculine Happy Birthday Card with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. Next month, there are a lot of mens birthdays that need cards, so I have started to create some masculine birthday cards. Today's project is you guessed it, a Masculine Happy Birthday Card perfect to give to that special man in your life. You'll want to read below as I share with you how I created my Happy Birthday Card at home.

To embellish the top piece of patterned paper, I laid the Under the Sea Bubbles Stencil on the paper and spread texture paste - transparent matte using a palette knife. Remove the stencil and allow the patterned paper to dry. On the second patterned paper piece, I adhered a piece of the Fence pattern in the bottom left hand corner.  The fence pattern was given two coats of Brushed Pewter Distress Stain and rubbed Black Soot Distress Crayon over the piece with my finger. 

To embellish the clock and key hole, I embossed them using Boho Blends - Turkish Bronze Embossing Powder. For the vintage sign, I embossed it with an embossing folder and then painted it using Hickory Smoke Distress Paint. To embellish the abstract frame, I embossed it using Boho Blends - Wrought Iron Embossing Powder. For the Happy Birthday, it was painted using Hickory Smoke Distress Paint and then rubbing with a finger Black Soot Distress Crayon on the sentiment.

For the nuts and bolts, they were given two coats of Brushed Pewter Distress Stain and then rubbing with a finger Black Soot Distress Crayon. 

In the top right side on the second patterned paper piece, I adhered another piece of the Fence pattern in the top right hand corner. The fence pattern was given two coats of Brushed Pewter Distress Stain and rubbed Black Soot Distress Crayon over the piece with my finger. 

Here is the finished Masculine Happy Birthday Card.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Under the Sea Bubbles Stencil

- Abstract Frame Set

- Fine Clock Face

- Med Key Holes

- Nuts & Bolts

- Birthday Greetings

- Vintage Sign Shapes 2

- Fence Pattern

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink, Hickory Smoke Distress Paint, Brushed Pewter Distress Stain, Black Soot Distress Crayon and Blending tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink Dabber and Texture Paste - Transparent Matte

- Authentique: Mister Collection - Mister 1, Mister 2 and Mister 4

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Boho Blends - Turkish Bronze and Wrought Iron

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Lots of Dots Embossing Folder

- Misc: White Cardstock

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn

Dream Chipboard Art Journal with Deb Riddell

Before Deb shares her project, Karen and I would like to thank Deb for all of her beautiful work over the last two years, it has been wonderful to have you on the team. We wish you continued success and we will definitely make sure to keep up with what you are doing in blog land. 

Now let's let Deb take over and share with you her project.

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Hello and thank you for stopping by, it’s Deb Riddell here with you today to share a tutorial on how to make my Dream chipboard art journal.

I used a couple of the inner ‘pages’ from the Sprocket Album, Fence Pattern chipboard, Wild Flower Bouquet, Dandelion Seed Stems and Dream Fun Word.  Read on for the how to!

I started by applying DecoArt Media Gesso and Crackle Paste randomly to the fronts and backs of two Sprocket Album pages.  The front of the front journal cover only had the white gesso applied to it but all other surfaces got some of the crackle paste applied here and there as well.

On the front cover, washes of DecoArt Media fluid acrylics in shades of green and blue were applied over the gesso with some spritzes and runs of water.  Diluted Titanium White Media fluid acrylic paint was spattered overtop and then the cover was randomly stamped with the Ledger Script stamp and Vintage Photo Distress Archival ink.

The back cover was finger painted with Distress Crayons in shades of green and blue and then stenciled through the Bubble layering stencil with a darker shade of blue Distress Crayon.  Diluted Titanium White Media fluid acrylic paint was then flicked and spattered onto the cover.

Inner pages for the art journal were folded and torn to size from watercolour paper and mixed media paper.

The Fence Pattern chipboard piece was sponged with Paynes Grey Media fluid acrylic and while the paint was still wet, Hammered Metal embossing powder from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies was sprinkled over top.  The chipboard was heated from below to activate the embossing powder once the paint had dried (to prevent the larger ‘chunks’ of the embossing powder from blowing off).

The Dream Fun Word was covered with Rebekah Meier Designs Mixed Media Medium and once it had dried clear and tacky, Vintage Tin Mixed Media Transfer Foil was burnished overtop.

Both the Wild Flower Bouquet and Dandelion Seed Stem were painted with Titanium White Media fluid acrylic and then a wash of Interference Gold was added over top.  Once the paint had dried, some Platinum Stickles Glitter glue was finger painted overtop the chipboard pieces for a bit more sparkle.

The Fence Pattern chipboard was then glued onto the front cover and once it had dried thoroughly, the edges of the Fence Pattern piece that were overhanging the edges of the cover were trimmed off with an exacto knife.

And then the art journal was assembled, the Dream Fun Word was adhered to the top left corner of the front cover on top of the Fence Pattern.

The Wild Flower Bouquet was added below and to the right of the Dream Fun Word;

And the Dandelion Seed Stem added at the bottom left.

The stems of the florals that were extending beyond the edges of the album cover were trimmed off with the exacto knife once they were glued securely in place.

The inner pages were then sandwiched between the two covers and tied into place with some lengths of Linen Ribbon so that they could be removed or added as needed.

Here’s a look at the back cover.

And here’s the first page of my art journal, I’m all ready for some fun mixed media experimentation!

Hope that you’ve enjoyed seeing how it came together and that you’ve been inspired to make one of your own, it’s easy and fun with Southern Ridge Trading Company chipboard.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Sprocket Album

- Wild Flower Bouquet

- Dandelion Seed Stems

- Fence Pattern

- Dream Fun Word

Other Supplies Used:

- DecoArt Media: Fluid Acrylic Paint, Gesso and Crackle Paste

- Therm O Web: Rebekah Meier Designs Mixed Media Medium and Rebekah Meier Designs Mixed Media Transfer Foil

- Ranger Ink: Distress Crayons and Stickles Glitter Glue

- Stampers Anonymous: Ledger Script Stamp and Bubble Layering Stencil

- Advantus: Linen Ribbon

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Hammered Metal Embossing powder

- Miscellaneous: Watercolour Paper, Mixed Media Paper, Liquid Adhesive, Palette Knife, Exacto Knife, Paint Brush and Makeup Sponge

This will be my last post as a member of Southern Ridge Trading Company’s Design Team and I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank Karen Beaupre, the lovely owner of Southern Ridge, for the opportunity to be on her team and to design with her fabulous chipboard.  I’d also like to thank Katelyn Grosart, our fearless design team leader, for her support and encouragement over the last couple of years. It’s been so much fun and a great honour to be part of this fabulous team and I wish you all much continued success!

Thanks as always for stopping by today and happy creating,

Deb Riddell ~ Paxton Valley Folk Art

Happy Birthday Steampunk Tag with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here and I'm back on the blog today to share another project using inspiration from our current monthly challenge which is "Your Favourites".  For me, I will share with you today my favourite chipboard and embossing powder that I love to use, plus my love for creating birthday cards and tags as you always need them.  Today I've got a steampunk birthday tag for you that will be sure to inspire you to create. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and learn how I transformed my chipboard pieces to create the perfect additions to my steampunk birthday tag.

To start, you'll want to place the fence stencil in the top right hand portion of your patterned paper. With the stencil down, take a palette knife and apply Texture Paste - Transparent Matte through the stencil, making sure you apply a thin layer. I used a 1/4 of the stencil in the top right corner. Clean your stencil. Place the fence stencil in the bottom left hand portion of your patterned paper. With the stencil down, take a palette knife and apply Texture Paste - Transparent Matte through the stencil, make sure you apply a thin layer. I used a 1/4 of the stencil in the bottom left hand corner. Set your patterned piece paper piece with the texture paste on it aside. Clean your stencil and palette knife.

With the patterned paper set aside, it's time to move on to the large Chain Frames and four Mini Wood Gears. Apply VersaMark ink to all five pieces and cover them with Slicked Smoke Embossing Powder. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Let each piece cool for a minute. After the pieces have cooled down, with a blending tool, add Gold Mixative Alcohol ink to the top of each embossed piece. If you get too much ink on each piece, take a piece of paper towel and take off the excess. Set these pieces aside.

Next, you'll need a Happy Birthday from Birthday Greetings, three Mini Wood Gears and three Med. Gears. Cover each piece with VersaMark ink and cover with Slicked Smoke Embossing Powder. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Set pieces aside to cool. 

The next set of chipboard you'll need is five Mini Wood Gears and cut apart both Gears Corners so that you end up with six small gears and one medium gear. Cover each gear VersaMark ink and cover them with Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Set the gears aside so they can cool.

Next you'll need the small Roman Clock face and five Mini Wood Gears. Cover all six pieces with VersaMark Ink and cover each chipboard piece with Hammered Metal Embossing Powder. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Set the gears aside so they can cool. 

Next you'll need two small pieces cut from the Fence Pattern, five Med. Gears and four Mini Wood Gears. Cover all eleven pieces with VersaMark Ink and cover them with Hammered Metal Embossing Powder. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Let the chipboard pieces cool for a minute. After the pieces have cooled down, with a blending tool, add Pitch Black Alcohol ink to each embossed piece. If you get too much ink on each piece, take a piece of paper towel and take off the excess. Set these pieces aside.

The last piece you'll want to use is the clipboard. Cover the front and back of it in a layer of Vintage Photo Distress Stain. Use a paper towel to wipe off some of the excess stain. Set aside to dry.

When placing the fence patterned pieces, make sure to adhere one piece in the top left and one piece in the bottom right hand corner before adhering the patterned piece of paper that has the texture paste on it.

Once the patterned paper with the texture paste has been adhered to the tag, start adhering the pieces for the middle of the tag onto the tag. With foam squares, adhere the large chain frame to the centre of the tag. Once the large chain frame is adhere, with foam squares adhere the small roman clock in the middle of the large chain frame. To finish the small roman clock adhere the clipboard in the middle of it. To finish the clipboard, adhere the Happy Birthday sentiment to the middle of it. To finish off the large chain frame and small roman clock, added three different gears. 

For decorating the bottom right hand side of the large chain frame, use a variety of the chipboard pieces that you've embossed. I also added in some of Tim Holtz's mini gears in with the rest of the gears to give some different texture.

For decorating the top left hand side of the large chain frame, use a variety of the chipboard pieces that you've embossed. I also added in some of Tim Holtz's mini gears in with the rest of the gears to give some different texture.

Here's my steampunk Happy Birthday Tag finished.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Roman Clock Face - Small (coming soon)

- Med. Gears

- Mini Wood Gears

- Gears Corners

- Chain Frames

- Birthday Greetings

- Clipboard (coming soon)

- Fence Pattern

- Fence Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder, Slicked Smoke Embossing Powder and Hammered Metal Embossing Powder

- Ranger Ink/Tim Holtz: Distress Ink - Black Soot, Distress Stain - Vintage Photo and Alcohol Ink - Pitch Black & Gold Mixative

- Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Mini Gears

- Ranger Ink: Texture Paste - Transparent Matte & #12 Kraft Tag

- Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts: VersaMark

- Prima Marketing: Vintage Emporium- Verona & Maestro

- Hug a Bug Seam Binding Ribbon: Cream & Black

- Misc: Heat Tool

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! 

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn  

Media Board with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here, and I'm back on the blog today to share with you some more inspiration for our current monthly challenge which is "Anything Masculine". There is still seven days to participate in our challenge and we would love to see your projects. With this month's challenge in mind, I created a masculine Memories canvas featuring a variety of chipboard pieces along with one of the brand new stencils that were just released. I will show you below how I transformed my chipboard pieces into grungy masculine masterpieces.

To start, apply VersaMark Ink to the edges of the 9" x 12" media board. Once the ink has been applied, sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder around the edges and tap off excess. After all four edges have been covered, emboss with a heat tool. Set aside to cool down.

After the media board edges have been embossed, cut one piece of patterned paper to 8 3/4" x 11 3/4" and a second piece of patterned paper to 8 1/2" x 11 1/2". Set the 8 3/4" patterned piece aside.

 Using the fence stencil, apply texture paste through it, in the top left and bottom right hand corners of the 8 1/2" patterned paper. Once the texture paste has slightly dried, spray Worn Leather Colour Bloom, Perfect Pearls Mist and Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise spray randomly on the patterned paper with the texture paste. Set aside to dry. 

Once the background piece is finished, it's time to move on to the chipboard pieces. The first set of chipboard pieces that you'll need are the Fence Pattern and the Med. Gears. When it comes to the fence pattern you'll need 5 pieces, randomly cut them apart, so that it gives interested behind your other papers and chipboard layers. You'll need to choose two gears from the Med. Gears package.  Once you have the fence pattern pieces and the gears in front of you, paint each piece with Vintage Photo Distress Paint. Once the paint is dry, apply a layer of VersaMark to each piece and then sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder overtop, tap off excess. Don't worry if the pieces aren't entirely covered. Heat emboss the pieces with a heat tool.

The second set of chipboard pieces that you'll work with are the Chain Frames, you'll need the large and small chain frames out of the set.  Cover each piece with a coat of Vintage Photo Distress Paint. Once the paint is dry, cover each chain frame in a layer of VersaMark. After the VersaMark has been applied, sprinkle a layer of Metal Hammered Embossing Powder over top and tap off excess. It's fine if the pieces aren't completely covered. Heat emboss the chains with a heat tool.

The last set of chipboard pieces that you'll work with are the Memories Word and one of the Med. Gears. Cover each chipboard piece in a layer of Walnut Stain Distress Paint. Once the paint has dried, cover each piece in a layer of VersaMark Ink. After the pieces have been inked, sprinkle a layer of Metal Hammered embossing powder onto them and tap off excess. Don't worry if the pieces aren't completely covered with embossing powder. Heat emboss the pieces with a heat tool.

Before adhering the top piece of patterned paper that has the stenciling done on it, make sure to ink the edges of both patterned pieces with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Before adhering the stenciled pattern paper piece to the media board, adhere one brown gear in the bottom right hand corner and the second brown gear in the top left hand corner over top of the 8 3/4" piece of patterned paper. Once the gears have been adhered, adhere the stenciled patterned paper over top, make sure to roll the bottom right and top left hand corners so that the gears show.

To finish the piece, adhere the fence pattern 1/2" in from the edge of the stenciled patterned paper. in the bottom right hand corner you will end up with none and that's fine. Once the fence pattern has been adhered, then you can add your third paper layer which is a 4" x 6" and a  4 1/4" x 6 1/4" piece of patterned paper. After the last set of patterned pieces have been adhered, add the large chain frame around the photo and the small chain frame to the bottom right of it. To finish the inside of the chain, add the third gear with the black and silver embossing powder on it to the centre of the small chain frame. Add the Memories word to the bottom left. To add some extra detail,  add some charms and flowers to the top left and bottom right hand corners.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Chain Frames

- Med. Gears

- Memories Word

- Fence Pattern

- Fence Stencil

- 15mm Brown & Black Roses

- 10mm Brown Roses

Other Products Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Hammered Metal & Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder, Lightbulb & Pocket Watch Charms

- Prima Marketing: Colour Bloom Spray - Worn Leather

- Ranger Ink: Texture Paste & Perfect Pearls Mist - Perfect Pearls

- Ranger Ink/Dina Wakley: Palette Knife & 9"x12" Media Boards

- Ranger Ink/Dylusions: Vibrant Turquoise Ink Spray

- Ranger Ink/Tim Holtz: Vintage Photo & Walnut Stain Distress Paint & Vintage Photo Distress Ink

- Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts: VersaMark

- Tim Holtz Ideaology: Found Relatives

- 7 Dots Studio: Fortune Teller, Charted, Tarot & Sunny

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! 

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn