Merry Christmas Wall Hanging with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. I'm excited to be back on the blog today sharing my Merry Christmas Wall Hanging perfect to add to any place in your home. To create my wall hanging, I've used a variety of our popular Christmas chipboard pieces. You'll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my Merry Christmas Wall Hanging at home.

To start, you'll need the Primitive Star. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the star. Sprinkle Charred Gold Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the star. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Next, you'll need two Corrugated Stars. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the stars. Sprinkle Charred Gold Embossing Powder over the entire surface of each star. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

From the Ribbon Bows, you'll need the small sized ribbon bow. Apply two coats of Candied Apple Distress Ink to the ribbon bow. Once the ribbon bow has dried, rub Ground Espresso Distress Crayon to the bow as desired.

From the Merry Christmas Greeting Pack, choose one of the Merry Christmas's. Apply two coats of Candied Apple Distress Ink to the Merry Christmas sentiment.

Next, you'll need the large sleigh from the Sleighs. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the sleigh. Sprinkle Weathered Wood Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the sleigh. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Choose one of the deer from the Merry Deer. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the deer. Sprinkle Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder over the entire surface of the deer. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

From the Holly Berry Assembly, you'll need four holly branches and one berry bunch. Apply two coats of Peeled Paint Distress Ink to the four holly branches. Apply two coats of Candied Apple Distress Paint to the holly berry bunch. Once the holly branches and holly berries have dried, rub Ground Espresso Distress Crayon to them as desired.

Adhere the sleight to the right of the star. Adhere the ribbon bow to the top of the sleigh.

Adhere two holly branches together. Adhere the holly branches to the top right side of the bow. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the two corrugated stars to the top portion of the ribbon bow. 

Adhere the other two holly branches and holly berry together. Adhere the holly bunch to the bottom left corner of the star. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the deer slightly overtop of the corrugated stars and sleigh. Adhere the Merry Christmas sentiment to the left of the deer. 

To finish the wall hanging, adhere a piece of twine to the top of the star. 

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished wall hanging. 

Here is the finished Merry Christmas Wall Hanging.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Corrugated Stars

- Ribbon Bows

- Merry Deer

- Merry Christmas Greeting Pack

- Holly Berry Assembly

- Sleighs

- Primitive Star

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Weathered Wood Embossing Powder and Charred Gold Embossing Powder

- Quietfire Design: Modern Gilding Powder - Copper Scroll

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Paint - Candied Apple & Peeled Paint and Distress Crayon - Ground Espresso

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Dabber

- Misc: Twine

Thanks so much for joining my today!

- Katelyn

Snowflakes and Holly Christmas Decoration with Deb Riddell

Hello everyone and a happy Thanksgiving to our American friends and followers!  Deb Riddell here with you today to share a Christmas decoration I made with lots of wonderful winter and Christmas chipboard from Southern Ridge Trading Company.

I used Southern Ridge’s medium sized Plain Banners, Holly Berry Assembly, Snowflake and Snowflakes 712 chipboard, read on for my how to.

I started out with a piece of Tim Holtz Tidings Paper Stash cut to 8” x 7” and backed it with a piece of white corrugated cardstock, inking all edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Five Plain Banners were inked with Vintage Photo Distress Stain.

Grunge Block letters to spell out the word ‘merry’ were painted with Titanium White Americana acrylic paint and once dry were covered with Deco Foil Adhesive.  Gina K. Designs Sparkling Silver Fancy Foil was then burnished over top. (If you don’t have Grunge Blocks, any die cut letters will do, just stack up a few of them so you get some dimension on your banners).

The foiled letters were then adhered onto the top of each coloured banner and strung together with a piece of button thread coloured with some silver acrylic paint.

Two of the berry clusters from the Holly Berry Assembly kit (one large and one small) were coloured with Fired Brick Distress Stain and when dry, embossed with three coats of clear embossing powder for a wonderful glossy dimensional finish.   For even more sparkle and shine, a piece of Gina K. Designs Sparkling Silver Fancy Foil was adhered behind the berries.

Five holly leaves from the Holly Berry Assembly kit were inked with Forest Moss Distress Stain and when dry, embossed with three coats of clear embossing powder once again.

The holly clusters were then adhered on each end of the ‘merry’ banner.

As you can see, I also spattered the finished plaque with some diluted Titanium White Americana acrylic paint to simulate a snowy blizzard

Two of the large Snowflake chipboard pieces were painted and foiled in the same manner as the ‘merry’ Grunge Block letters.

And finally, three Mini Paper Snowflakes were die cut from white cardstock and foiled with more Gina K. Designs Sparkling Silver Fancy Foil and a couple of pieces from Tim Holtz’s Festive Ephemera Pack were edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

The ephemera and snowflakes were then adhered to the plaque to complete the decoration.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed seeing how my Snowflakes and Holly Christmas decoration came together, one more Christmas gift crossed off of my list!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Plain Banner (medium)

- Holly Berry Assembly

- Snowflake

- Snowflakes 712

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz / Ranger Ink: Distress Ink, Distress Stain and Distress Embossing Ink

- Tim Holtz / Sizzix: Mini Paper Snowflakes Dies

- Tim Holtz/ Advantus: Festive Ephemera Pack and Tidings Paper Stash

- Therm O Web: Gina K. Designs Fancy Foils, Deco Foil Adhesive Pen and Mixed Media Adhesive

- DecoArt: Americana Acrylic Paint

- Miscellaneous: white corrugated cardstock, paper trimmer, scissors, die cutting machine, button thread, silver acrylic paint, paint brush, clear embossing powder and heat gun

Thanks again for stopping by today and hope that I’ve inspired you to break out some Southern Ridge Trading Company chipboard and to get into Christmas crafting mode, happy creating!

Deb Riddell ~ Paxton Valley Folk Art

Jingle All The Way Christmas Decoration with Deb Riddell

Hello and welcome! It’s Deb here today with a tutorial to share with you on how I made my Jingle All The Way Christmas wall hanging decoration.

I used Southern Ridge’s Jingle All The Way chipboard sentiment, Small Primitive Stars and Holly Berry Assembly. This would make a wonderful Christmas gift for someone special in your life, so read on for the how to.

I started out by painting the medium sized Jingle All The Way chipboard sentiment (it comes in three different sizes) with DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints and embossed parts of the sentiment with embossing powders.  I sprinkled the embossing powders over the acrylic paint while it was still wet, working on one section at a time, and then heated the embossing powder after the acrylic paint was nearly dry.

I used Titanium White paint with Fresh Fallen Snow embossing powder on the snowflakes; Gold Metallic paint with Christmas Gold embossing powder on the bells; Hauser Medium Green for the holly leaves on the bells with Sterling Pine embossing powder; Santa Red paint with Candy Red embossing powder on the holly berries on the bells and Dark Chocolate Brown paint on the sled with Silver embossing powder on the runners.  The lettering itself was painted with Hauser Dark green, shaded with Black Green and then highlighted with Hauser Light Green.  The lettering was then sealed with gloss acrylic varnish once the paint had dried.

Three Small Primitive Stars in varying sizes were embossed with Christmas Gold embossing powder and the Holly Berry Assembly leaves were embossed with Sterling Pine embossing powder and the berries with Candy Red embossing powder.  I didn’t paint these chipboard pieces, just coated them with clear embossing ink to get the powders to adhere to them.

A piece of sheet music paper (8” x 8”) from Tim Holtz’s Tidings Paper Stash was finger painted here and there with diluted white gesso.  Once the gesso was dry, snowflakes were stenciled randomly with Ranger Transparent Gloss texture paste through the Tim Holtz Snowflakes layering stencil.

After the texture paste had dried, the sheet music paper was trimmed down to about 7 ½” square and the edges were distressed and inked with Frayed Burlap Distress ink.

A spattering of diluted white acrylic paint and a fine spritz of Brushed Pewter Distress Mica spray finished off the sheet music background paper.

A piece of 110lb white cardstock was cut to 8 ¼” square and stamped repeatedly with Tim Holtz’s Birch background stamp and Tree Branch Archival ink.  The cardstock was then dragged through some Antique Linen and Hickory Smoke Distress stains and sprays on my craft sheet and dried with a heat gun, repeating as necessary until the colour I was looking for was achieved.  The edges of this piece of cardstock were then distressed and inked with Frayed Burlap Distress ink as well.

A piece of chipboard packaging was cut to 8 ½” square and covered front and back with damask scrapbook paper from the My Mind’s Eye Holiday Cheer paper pad, green damask on the front and red damask on the back.

The edges were distressed and inked with Frayed Burlap Distress ink and the Birch background paper and sheet music background paper were layered on top and adhered into place.

Three silver jingle bells from my stash were coloured with Gold Mixative alcohol ink and pieces of jute twine were tied onto each bell.

I used my Ranger Clear Embossing Pen to add some Fresh Fallen Snow embossing powder to the top of each jingle bell.

And then it was time to assemble the wall hanging.  I punched ⅛” holes into the top of the chipboard plaque and tied on two lengths of jute twine.  The three gold jingle bells were tied into place at the top of the plaque with the jute twine hangers.

Clear embossing ink and the clear embossing pen were used to add more Fresh Fallen Snow Embossing powder to the top of the plaque and also to the ‘Jingle All The Way’ sentiment.

The ‘Jingle All The Way’ sentiment was mounted onto pieces of black fun foam and positioned in the center of the plaque.  You can see the dimension and also catch a glimpse of the glossy texture paste snowflakes in the photo below.

The Holly Berry Assembly was added to the left upper corner.

And the Small Primitive Stars were added to the three remaining corners.

And that was it, I hope that you have enjoyed seeing how I constructed my Jingle All The Way Christmas decoration and that you have been inspired to make one of your own!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Jingle All The Way Sentiment

- Small Primitive Stars

- Holly Berry Assembly

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink: Distress ink, Distress stain, Distress spray stain, Alcohol ink and Distress Mica spray

- Ranger Ink: Transparent Gloss Texture paste, Archival ink and Clear Embossing pen

- Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous: Pine background stamp and Snowflakes layering stencil

- Tim Holtz/Advantus: Tidings Paper Stash

- My Mind’s Eye: Holiday Cheer paper pad

- DecoArt: Americana acrylic paint and Gloss varnish

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Soft Fallen Snow and Candy Red embossing powder

- Miscellaneous: Sterling Pine, Christmas Gold, Silver embossing powders, 110lb cardstock, jute twine and string, silver jingle bells, chipboard packaging, black fun foam, white gesso, liquid adhesive, double sided tape, scissors, paper trimmer and paint brush

I hope that you will join in our current challenge, Christmas, by linking up a project you’ve been working on for the holidays.  You have a chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca - a $20.00 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING!  Can’t wait to see what you link up and as always, happy creating!

Deb xo