Spooky Home Decor Tag with Karla Yungwirth

Hello friends, Karla back today with a spooky home décor tag project! I had so much fun digging through my stash of Halloween supplies and pairing them with a Large Chipboard Tag (coming soon!), the Frogs, Spooky Halloween Word Mix and Halloween Mix 2 chipboard embellishments and the 3x3 Star Stencil and Under The Sea Bubbles Stencil from the Southern Ridge Trading Company shop!

I started off by spraying the large chipboard tag with Distress Oxide Sprays and gluing on a torn piece of paper from the Wild Whisper Halloween Night paper pack. I used the cool Under The Sea Bubbles Stencil and Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink to sponge on cool background circles over the sprayed inks. I sprayed a lot of water and mist on this tag, and I was really impressed how awesomely it took everything!

Next, I splatted the background with some Perfect Pearls and water and then stenciled on the shiny stars using the Star Stencil in the 3x3 size (so awesome that the stencils are available in different sizes!!) and Wild Whisper Pineapple Paradise embossing powder. I sponged on some Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink around the edges for shading and added a few more stars with yellow ink on the spider web paper.

I grabbed various ephemera pieces from my stash including Tim Holtz paper dolls and Halloween diecuts and applied them on the background using Tacky Glue. A bit of Distress Oxide Ink adds some colour to the edges of the images.

I chose the fun Southern Ridge Trading Company embellishments that I wanted to use and got started on customizing them! I used Distress Oxide Ink Spray directly on the chipboard and it dried nice and flat. I used Black Soot on the witch and Rusty Hinge on the pumpkin, both from the Halloween Mix 2 chipboard set. The Fright Night words from the Spooky Halloween Word Mix set were sprayed with Candied Apple and then embossed on the edges with Wild Whisper Rugged Red embossing powder for a little extra colour and dimension. Lastly, the cute frog chipboard piece was coloured using various Distress Oxide Sprays by using the bottom of the spray nozzle (unscrewed) to drop drips of the mist onto the surface – creating a mottled look. I added some Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink to add some shadowing to the edges of both the pumpkin and frog.

I attached the chipboard pieces with tacky glue to the background tag and added some neat yarn and twine from my stash to the top of the tag.

Here are a few closeups! I had a piece of inked paper in my stash that I diecut into a full moon and clouds with Studio Katia Sky Set Border Dies and then layered the witch on top of. I love how this turned out to look like a spooky night sky!

I used Tim Holtz Chit Chat Occasions stickers to add a few more words to the background and glued on the frog to look like he’s climbing up the tag.

I love the way the Fright Night sentiment turned out with the textured red embossing powder! Very creepy! A few Halloween Night sequins from Wild Whisper finish it all off.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Large Chipboard Tag (coming soon!) 

- Frogs 

- Spooky Halloween Word Mix 

- Halloween Mix 2 

-  3x3 Star Stencil 

- Under The Sea Bubbles Stencil 

Other Supplies Used:

- Wild Whisper Designs: Halloween Night Paper Pack and Sequins & Embossing Powders - Rugged Red and Pineapple Paradise

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Oxide Spray and Inks

- Tim Holtz Ideaology: Halloween Ephemera, Chit Chat Occasions Stickers and Paper Dolls diecuts

- Studio Katia: Sky Set Borders Dies

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope this gives you a few ideas about how to decorate your chipboard and use your stash to create fun home décor. Be sure to pop into the Southern Ridge Trading Company Shop to find some very cool supplies, and have an awesome week!

Hugs,

Karla

Mixed Media Cover with Ava Gavloski

We want to start this post off by thanking Ava for a wonderful year with us. This is her last post with us and we have enjoyed all of her projects over this year. We look forward to seeing what you create out in blog land. Make sure to continue stopping by Ava's blog, http://cottagerca.blogspot.ca/, to see all her wonderful creations.

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Hello and Welcome to Southern Ridge Trading Co.  Ava here today to share a mixed media cover that I created for my sister who has a cottage on a tiny lake called “Otter Lake”.

How cute is this little otter stamp by Unity Stamp Co. ? Here is the link to Unity.

Well lets dive in, as an otter would do along a lake shore and play with all of these wonderful pieces of chipboard by Southern Ridge Trading Co.

Notice the shaded sunshine on all of my elements on my studio table… This is what it’s like lakeside with nature…..so inspiring.  Played with all kinds of mixed mediums for this special layout page.  Once I was happy with my design, it was stencil and modeling paste time.

The fishnet stencil has been retired, so your alternative is a wonderful Fibers Stencil.  I believe you will see lots of designs with  this fibers stencil.. Both stencils the feel of fishing nets.

After drying the modeling paste overnight I started to assemble and adhere all the mixed media elements with gel medium by DecoArt.  Allow this to dry by using a heat tool and letting it rest for a bit.  Then I got out my Tattered Angels mist and gave the page a couple of layers of mist.

Southern Ridge Trading Co. really has a wonderful selection of nature themed chipboard for all of us nature lovers.  Be sure to grab your favourite beverage and surf the store you will be so happy to see all the inspirational chipboard pieces.

The texture on this album page is wonderful. The chipboard elements take you lakeside for sure.  

All of nature’s creatures live in harmony on this layout.

Can you hear this happy otter playing with his family along the lakeshore?  I sure can.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Fibers Stencil

- Explore Fun Word

- Plump Spruce Tree

- Frogs

- Cattail Bushes

Other Supplies Used:

- Canvas Corp: Burlap

- Tattered Angels Simply Sheer Matte Mist Watercolour-Rose Leaf

- Muslin material

- DecoArt: Modeling Paste and Gel Medium

- Unity Stamp Co.: Little Otter

- Seed Beads

Ava

Accessorizing Gift Tags and Gift Bags with Ava Gavloski

Hello, Ava here to share some tags and a gift bag that I made for the gift giving season.  These cute little chipboard pieces can be used for any winter gift giving occasion.

Really,  get over to Southern Ridge Trading Co. and select any of the cute wooden chipboard pieces and discover how quick you can add interest and sparkle to any gift tag or gift bag.

How cute are these 3 projects !

Here you can see that you can use a monogram to match up to the name of the person you are gift giving.  How cute is that to add a sparkly chipboard snowflake to make a winter event shine.  

Check out the chipboard snowflakes in the Season's section.  Apply acrylic paint and some sparkle to get the look.

Here is that cute gift bag for the adventurous nature person in your life.

Paint your frog with DecoArts acrylic paint, use Colorbox Ink for the legs and add some marker dots to make the frog look very authentic.

Find the tree frog here in the Nature Garden section of the shop.  

I painted the Santa word with DecoArt Acrylic paint.  The wooden die cut words can be found in the Christmas Holiday section of the shop.

Check out the Miniatures section of the shop and see how easy it is to add a little chipboard to any of your projects.  Hope these little projects will help you plan ahead for a new year of fun embellishments.

Southern Ridge Trading Co. Supplies Used:

- Snowflake # 1

- Frogs

Other Supplies Used:

- DecoArt Acrylic Paint

- Ranger Ink: Stickles

- Die Cuts with a View (DCWV) Paper

- Brads

- May Arts Ribbon

- Colorbox Ink

Remember to play along in the monthly challenge 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 visiting.

Ava

Froggy Art Journal Page with Karen Bearse

I had to do it. Ever have a favourite art journal page or scrapbook layout that you made ages ago but maybe it just needs a little something? As I grow my latest art journal book I am finding pages that I made previously but don’t have a home. Either they were for a demo, or made while I was teaching a class etc. I sometimes come across these and wish they were in a book. These are the perfect pages to add in to a book you are currently working on. Especially if that book is on-going. Chippies are such a great quick and snazzy way to something special to your project.

Here is my new page which makes me giggle. I simply add my industrious climbing frog and the cool vintage airplane, and my page has a whole new feel to it. I love working on corrugated cardboard. It makes a nice sturdy substrate & is easy to grunge up!

Here is the original. It has a fairly serious feel to it. Adding the chippies gives it a fun, almost whimsical feeling.

For the frog I simply added gesso & Rangers new enamel accents. Love this effect the monsieur frog looks like he is an epoxy like embellishment. The airplane is just perfect as is. What pages do you have that could use a new life?

Southern Ridge Chippies Used:

- Frogs

- Wood Vintage Plane

Other Supplies Used:

 - Ranger- crackle paint, enamel accents in wild orchid & Caribbean coast

- Gesso, mica flakes, black acrylic paint

- Tim Holtz stamps by Stampers Anonymous

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