Love Mini Keepsake with Karen Jiles

Hi there, 

It’s Karen sharing a Love Mini Keepsake that I created with the Infinity Love Mix and Garden Sign Combo Chipboard sets.  This is the most perfect time of year to prepare for Valentine’s Day and creating and giving a mini keepsake as a gift can be quick and so much fun.  This Love Mini Keepsake measures approximately 3 x3, perfectly sized for that special someone and super easy to create. Take a peek at my tutorial below.

Step 1: Apply embellishment mousse and expanding mousse to the wooden heart using a craft knife. Heat set to dry between applications.

Step 2: Adhere flowers and leaves to wooden frame using E6000.

Step 3: Cut chipboard pieces from Infinity Love Mix and Garden Sign Combo sets and adhere chipboard to the wooden heart.

Step 4: Enhance the flowers and leaves with gesso and tap on gesso using a paintbrush.

Step 5: Continue embellishing as desired.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Infinity Love Mix

- Garden Sign Combo

Other Supplies Used:

- Wooden Heart

- Embellishment Mousse: Pink Flambé and Poppy Pink

- Expanding Mousse: Worn Linen

- Foam Tool

- Craft Spatula

- Scissors

- Gesso (White)

- Paintbrush

- E6000

- Hot Glue

- Heat Gun

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Karen

Birthday Mixed Media Tag with Karen Jiles

Hi there, 

It’s Karen sharing a Birthday Mixed Media Tag that I created with the Birthday Greetings, Garden Sign Combo and Intricate Butterfly chipboard sets.  I loved how this tag and all of the elements that were used to create it. Take a peek at my tutorial below.

Step 1: Distress the edges of an inked manila tag using oxide ink (Evergreen Bough) and a foam tool.

Step 2: Adhere flowers, clear pebbles and beaded pins using adhesive.

Step 3: Form and round the wings on the butterfly with finger and adhere to the tag with adhesive.

Step 4: Adhere “Happy Birthday” worded chipboard and birds from the Garden Sign Combo chipboard set to the tag using E6000.

Step 5: Add dyed ribbon to the tag. Using a paintbrush, highlight the flowers and dyed ribbon with gesso. Tap on gesso using paintbrush.

Step 6: Continue embellishing as desired.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Birthday Greetings

- Garden Sign Combo

- Intricate Butterfly

Other Supplies Used:

- Inked Manila Tag

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Oxide Ink - Evergreen Bough

- Foam Tool

- Flowers

- Clear Pebbles

- Beaded Pins

- Dyed Ribbon

- Gesso (White)

- Paintbrush

- E6000

- Hot Glue

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Karen

Sweet Love Scrapbook Layout with Charlene Byrd

Hello blogger friends!

Charlene Here!

February is the month to celebrate your loved ones! Today I’m sharing a layout I designed with my hubby and I. The photo was taken during one of my favourite photo shoots ever…I love the old truck!

To start I added Glimmer Mist to the lamppost sign, the words and the fence. If you read my last blog post you’ll know I get frustrated when my Glimmer Mist bottles get clogged up! So instead of battling with them, I simply grab a paint brush and dip it in the bottle. Works like a charm!

Once they were dry I randomly dabbed White Distress paint on them.

Then I gave it a light mist of Perfect Pearls mist to give it some shimmer.

To finish it off I rubbed Pumice Stone Distress ink over the top of the chipboard pieces.

(Oh and FYI…I cut the fence into 2 pieces for the layout)

Then because the photos were taken in the snow I wanted the heart and the corner swirl to have some glitter!

I started by painting them both with white paint. Then I added some Glue and Seal adhesive to them so I could glue some Tim Holtz Distress Glitter to them. I was so happy with the outcome. The Distress Glitter gave it just the right amount of shimmer!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Taneesha Heart

- Double Swirl Corners

- Garden Sign Combo

- Word Mix #2

Other Products Used:

- We’R Memory papers

- Lace & String

- Paper Doilies

- Prima Marketing Flowers

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Glitter, Picket Fence Distress Paint and Pumice Stone Distress Ink

- Ranger Ink: Glue n’ Seal and Perfect Pearls Mist

- Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mist

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s layout.

Happy Creating!!

Charlene

More Cute than Spooky Scrapbook Layout with Charlene Byrd

Hello Everyone!

Who doesn’t love a good costume?!! I know I sure do! My nephew’s family is so adorable, I love them all! How adorably cute are these 3 little hunters who are getting ready to shoot some ducks! (It takes a confident man to put on tights! Haha!)

So let’s get started on how I created this ‘More Cute then Spooky’ page.

I simply stained the spider web with Black Soot Distress stain. I glued it where I wanted the spider web and cut off the excess. That allowed me to have a piece for the bottom corner.

To make the sign post I first wanted to distress the bottom to give it texture so that it looked a bit more weathered and worn. To do this I used an x-acto knife and made little cuts along the bottom of the chipboard. (Make sure to not cut all the way through).

From there I started playing. I knew I wanted it to look a bit like patina. I started by painting the entire piece with Antique White paint. Then I dry brushed some brown and blue paint. At this point it looked good but I just wasn’t completely pleased yet. So then I remembered I had some Perfect Pearls Powder. I added some VersaMark to the top and used a dry paint brush to randomly add 3 colours of Perfect Pearls. Now it was perfect!

I continued the look of the Perfect Pearls onto the gate. I started by staining the gate black. Then I added the VersaMark Ink and 3 colours of Perfect Pearls. The look was a little more subtle than the sign which is what I wanted.

The word Cute was first stained with Black Soot Distress Stain and then I added some Clear UTEE to make it pop.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Spider Web

- Mina Garden Gate

- Word Mix #1

- Garden Sign Combo

Other Products Used:

- Pink Paislee paper

- Black mesh

- String

- Paint

- Ranger Ink: Perfect Pearls & Clear UTEE

- Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts: Versamark Ink

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Black Soot Distress stain

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! 

Thanks for joining me!

Happy Halloween!

Live, Be Happy and Create!

Charlene