Noel Stocking with Karla Yungwirth

Hello friends! Karla back today with a pretty wall hanging Christmas Stocking created with lots of fun goodies from the Southern Ridge Trading Company Shop – the Christmas Stocking, Snowflakes (comparable to THESE), Words Of Christmas and Holly Berry Branch. This was such a fun way to kick off December, and would be lovely to do as a family project too – having everyone customize their own stocking and add their names!

Here are the steps I used to decorate my stocking:

1. I added sticky backed Cricut Vinyl with a pretty red pattern to the main part of the stocking and cut around the edge with a craft knife. Then, I did the same thing with white felt, tracing around it and cutting it out before adhering with a strong glue.

2. I used a Distress Paint Dabber to paint the stocking loop green and glued on some fun green pom-pom trim. I think pom-poms make everything more fun!

3. I glued on a toe and heel from white felt again and added faux stitching lines with Nuvo Crystal Drops.

4. I painted the Holly Berry Branch with my shiny metallic paints – I’ve had these for 15 years! They worked great to cover the chipboard with a lovely sheen of colour!

5. I coated the snowflakes with a wash of the white paint before adding them to the stocking.

6. I painted the Noel from the Words of Christmas set with black paint and then brushed it lightly with white acrylic paint before adding some Liquid Applique. As soon as you heat the Liquid Applique it puffs up like real snow!

7. I tucked some Mini Ephemera from the Tim Holtz idea-ology pack into the top of the stocking and added some Studio Katia sequins and Ranger Stickles – because you gotta glitter it at Christmas! A few drops of Glossy Accents to the berries and ephemera adds even more texture and dimension.

That finishes off this pretty Christmas stocking wall hanging! You could even use it as a beautiful tag to add to a special gift on the big day!

I hope you are enjoying the start of December, and get to take some crafty time for yourself!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Christmas Stocking

- Snowflakes (comparable to THESE)

- Words Of Christmas 

- Holly Berry Branch

Other Supplies Used:

- Cricut Vinyl

- White Felt

- Pom-Pom Trim

- Tonic Studios: Nuvo - Silver Crystal Drops

- ArtQuest Stargazers Watercolor Palette

- Liquid Applique

- White Acrylic Paint

- Ranger Ink: Stickles, Glossy Accents and Tim Holtz Distress Paint

- Studio Katia: Sequins

- Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Mini Christmas Ephemera

Thanks so much for stopping by. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

Hugs,

Karla

Altered Christmas Wine Bottle with Laura Gilhuly

Good morning!

Christmas is upon us and to help put me in the Christmas spirit I like creating Christmas crafts!

To create this I emptied a wine bottle and covered it in 3 layers of gesso, added some crackle paste and allowed to dry.  I then layered different colours of mists then added some embossing paste through the Southern Ridge circle stencil, and added some silver embossing powder and heat set it

My husband soaked the 'Believe' chipboard and 'Holly berry branch' in water for 24 hours then shaped it around the bottle and glued it down for me

I painted the pieces then dry brushed some gesso on it.

I added lots of baubles and poinsettias then added some white gesso to give it a frosty look!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Believe
- Holly Berry Branch

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura

Peace, Love, Joy with Tracy Sagriff

Are you starting to think about all those holiday crafts you have planned for this year. Last year I left my handmade gifts until November. Usually that would be plenty of time to get everything ready but an unexpected health issue threw my schedule out the window. This year the handmade gifts are being completed first. I hope this charming Christmas Decoration will inspire you to get a jump on your Christmas Crafting.

Directions:

1. Paint the Large wood medallion and ornate frame with the bronze paint and set aside.

2. Colour the holly branch and adhere beds to the appropriate locations,

3. Used whipped spackle to create the snow on the leaves.

4. Once everything is dry adhere the sentiment just inside the frame between the layers of chipboard. Finally adhere the holly bough. 

5. I used the walnut distress ink directly to the chipboard to create allot of shadows and texture.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Mina Wood Doily Canvas

- Double Swirl Frame

- Holly Berry Branch

Other Supplies Used:

- Various Red beads

- Gel medium or adhesive

- Bronte paint

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Ink

- Markers

- Whipped Spackle

- Tracy S

Snow Globe Shaker with Erin Quiding-Sampson

Hello! Today I created a snow globe/shaker ornament using a couple different chipboard pieces from SRTC. The chipboard tag and from a release coming soon, the Holly Berry Cluster.

The first thing I did was choose papers I would use to adhere to the tag for my background. I ended up using the front and back covers of an old Graphic 45 paper collection. I used double sided tape to stick it down, then cut the excess off. I also glued down my Santa with the little kids looking in, over top of the background paper. I wanted this to lay flat so my shaker bits didn’t get stuck.

I then used strips of foam adhesive around the outside of my shaker leaving room to have a hole at the top for hanging. I then added the shaker bits inside the center.

For my shaker window I used a clear pillow box from my stash. I cut it in half then used my powder tool on it so that all the bits don’t get staticky and cling to the window. I then pressed the plastic down making sure there is a good seal all the way around, so nothing spills out.

I used a glitter glue to go around the top to hide the foam and create the look of the “glass” being frosted around the outside. I used a bit of Glitter Ritz on top of that which is super fine and gorgeous.

Next, I coloured the Holly chipboard piece using Spectrum Noir Markers.

After I coloured the holly and berries, I decided to colour the section of ribbon red then added glitter glue to the top to make it iridescent I also added a little to each berry to give them that frosted look.

Once that was dried, I glued it down towards the bottom of the tag and then added an iridescent ribbon to the top for hanging with a small bow to finish it off.

I loved creating this little shaker ornament and I hope you give it a try!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Chipboard Tag (coming soon)

- Holly Berry Branch

Other Supplies Used:

- Front and back covers of an old Graphic 45 paper pad

- Crafters Companion: Spectrum Noir Alchohol Markers 

- Glitter glue

 - Glitter Ritz: Crystal

- Double sided tape

- Iridescent ribbon

- Piece of a Pillow box

- Foam strips for creating dimension

- Beads, glitter, micro beads sequins and other fillers for the inside 

Thanks for looking ~ Erin

Christmas Keepsake Box with Erin Quiding-Sampson

Hi, I hope you all had a great long weekend!

  

 I’m back with another project for SRTC. This time I created a Christmas Keepsake Box. I used 2 of the new Holly Berry Branch chipboard pieces. I adhered them to the top of the box using a glue gun. 

I also glued SRTC Damask Corners to the bottom of the front and back corners of the box.

Then I took some Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Stain and covered the whole box and the chipboard pieces to give it that beautiful dark wood look.

Halfway through creating this I knocked over the entire bottle of distress stain so I had to improvise by using a spectrum noir marker (EB8) to complete the staining. It worked so well I think I will try it on purpose next time! 

I plan to keep this on my coffee table to hold all my received holiday cards but I think it would make a wonderful gift.  

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Damask Corners

- Holly Berry Branch

Thanks for looking ~ Erin

Joy to the World Wall Hanging with Sandy McTier

How about some Christmas in September?!! You can never start painting too early for the holidays, and I hope this inspires to you create something “Christmasy” today!

Absolutely love this Holly Berry Branch (coming to the SRTC website soon) and thought it was perfect to adorn an ornament or accompany a bow on a present.

I love the IPC Foam Brushes by Dynasty for painting on the chipboard pieces! I loaded the dry brush with some gesso, working it into the sponge to get rid of the excess sitting on top. Next, I gently brushed it back and forth to cover the piece. A tooth pick works great to get any excess gesso or paint out of the cutout sections.   

Once the gesso was completely dry, I painted in the holly leaves with DecoArt Americana Irish Moss and shaded them with Plantation Pine. I painted in the berries with a mixture of Alizarin Crimson and a touch of Titanium White and then added some shading to them with Alizarin Crimson.

It was time to leave the leaves alone for a while and let them dry, so I painted the bow Lamp Black and let it completely dry. Next, I painted it with DecoArt Media Metallic Silver. 

While the bow was drying, I painted the ornament with a mixture of Cobalt Turquoise Hue and Titanium White. Then, of course, it needed some splatter,  so I splattered on some Titanium White. After sitting for a couple of minutes, I placed a soft paper towel on top of the ornament and lightly pressed. I love the way this softens the splatter! 

I thought this Stampendous stamp was perfect for my ornament! Inked it up with some Staz-on black ink, covered the words to the right to keep them from transferring and stamped the word ‘Joy’. (Tip: Once you ink up the stamp, stamp it onto a piece of scrap paper. Re-ink the stamp and then go to the piece. The ink sticks better to the ink already on the stamp and your image will almost always come out just right!) Then I removed the tape from the smaller words and inked them up, covered the word ‘Joy’ with tape and added the smaller words to the ornament.

I added some more highlights and shading to the leaves, stem, bow and berries and then glued it onto my ornament. I sealed everything with DecoArt Media Soft-Touch Varnish. I plan on hanging the ornament with either a ribbon or thin wire.

I hope this inspires you to create something “Christmasy” today!!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

 - Holly Berry Branch - 3.3x5.0 (coming soon)

Other Supplies Used:

 - Square Bracket Ornament #31-L237 – www.cdwood.com

- Stampendous: Stamp – Joy Has Come #RS-M334

- DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Titanium White, Cobalt Turquoise Hue, Sap Green & Green Gold

- DecoArt Americana Acrylics: Irish Moss, Plantation Pine, and Alizarin Crimson

- DecoArt Media: White Gesso & Soft-Touch Varnish

- Dynasty Brushes: 3/4" Wash, 1/4" & 3/8" Angle and Mezzaluna (Sm)

- Other Supplies: E6000, Wire or Ribbon of choice to hang

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Y’all have a GREAT day; Happy Creating!! Sandy