Father's Day Gift Idea with Karla Yungwirth

Hello friends! It’s Karla here today with a Father’s Day gift idea for you using the Southern Ridge Trading Company Vintage Truck and Nuts and Bolts Chipboard along with the Medium size Multi Gear Stencil. My husband recently found this photo of his grandpa and shared it with me. I thought it would be a great photo to print off and present to him for Father’s Day! His grandpa was an awesome man, and even though I didn’t get to meet him until he was much older, I knew that he was a very important person in my husband’s life. He worked for many years as a mechanic, so as soon as I saw the truck and nuts & bolts chipboard pieces and the gear stencil I knew they would work perfectly all together.

I started off by staining a wooden frame from Michaels with Ranger Distress Stains by Tim Holtz. I have to admit, I haven’t used these for a while, and I was even thinking about giving them away, but I really love how they covered the wood! I added the Tea Dye first and then used some of the Vintage Photo to darken spots to give a weathered look.

I then took some Walnut Stain Distress Ink and the Multi Gear Stencil and sponged the top left and bottom right areas lightly. I have used this stencil so many times – it’s definitely one of my favourites!

Next I used various mists and stains to paint in the Nuts and Bolts and Vintage Truck Chipboard pieces. I found that by dipping a thin paintbrush into the bottles I could control the mist and add the details. The truck is so intricately cut – it’s amazing!

I stamped a sentiment from one of the Kelly Creates traceable stamp sets using Black Archival Ink across the top of the frame.

A bit of hot glue attached all the chipboard pieces to the frame.

I love how this turned out, and I know my husband will be surprised on Father’s Day and love it too!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

 - Vintage Truck 

- Nuts and Bolts 

 - Medium size Multi Gear Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Wooden Frame from Michaels

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Stains, Spray Stains and Ink 

- Dyan Reavley for Ranger Ink: Dylusions Ink Spray

- Tattered Angels Mists

- Kelly Creates: Traceable Stamp Set

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Southern Ridge Trading Company Shop to pick up supplies to create a Father’s Day project – or grab a little something for yourself! Have an awesome week my friends!

Hugs,

Karla

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

For You Tag with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. For today's post, I've created this For You Tag that's perfect to add to a gift bag or to give to someone special in your life.  You'll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my For You Tag at home.

To start, cut two pieces off of the Multi Gears Pattern. Apply Emboss It Ink to the two chipboard pieces. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over each chipboard piece. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with your heat tool. Set the chipboard pieces aside to cool.

Take the small Abstract Frame Set out of the package. Apply Emboss It Ink to the frame. Sprinkle Baked Texture - Deep Sea Embossing Powder over the frame. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with your heat tool. Set the frame aside to cool.

From the Vintage Scroll Keys, take one out from the package. Apply two coats of Hickory Smoke Distress Paint to the key. Once the paint has dried, rub Black Soot, Brushed Pewter and Pumice Stone Distress Crayons overtop of the paint. 

Select two nuts from the Nuts & Bolts package. Apply two coats of Hickory Smoke Distress Paint to the nuts. Once the paint has dried, rub Black Soot, Brushed Pewter and Pumice Stone Distress Crayons overtop of the paint. 

Cut the Fine Clock Face in half. Rub Bronze Age Art Alchemy Metallique Wax overtop of each of the clock pieces. 

Take a Chipboard Tag out of the package. Place the chipboard tag onto the patterned paper piece and trace the tag. Cut the tag out. Ink the edges of the patterned paper tag using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Ink the edges of the chipboard tag using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Card Sheet Travel For You patterned paper piece, cut out the "For You" card and fussy cut the pen out of one of the other squares. Ink the edges of the "For You" card and the pen using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the patterned paper tag to the chipboard tag. Punch a hole at the top of the tag.

In the top left hand corner of the tag, adhere one of the gear pattern pieces. In the bottom right hand corner, adhere the other gear pattern piece. Adhere the right hand side of the clock face in the middle  and slightly right so that it hangs off of the tag. Adhere the left hand side of the clock face in the middle and right up against the left hand side of the tag.

Adhere the For You card to the middle of the clock face. Adhere the abstract frame overtop of the For You card.

Adhere the key to the bottom left hand side of the frame. Adhere the pen to the middle right hand side of the frame. Adhere the two nuts to the top right hand corner of the frame. To finish your tag, tie some ribbon to the top of the tag.

Here are a few close up photos of the finished tag.

And here's the finished tag.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Fine Clock Face

- Multi Gears Pattern

- Chipboard Tag

- Abstract Frame Set

- Vintage Scroll Keys

- Nuts and Bolts

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Black Soot, Distress Crayons - Black Soot, Pumice Stone & Brushed Pewter, Distress Paint - Hickory Smoke and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink Dabber

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder and Baked Texture - Deep Sea Embossing Powder

- Prima Marketing: Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - Bronze Age

- Alexandre Renke: Coffee Cup with Pattern and Card Sheet Travel For You

- Tombow: Mono Multi Liquid Glue

- Misc: Ribbon and Heat Tool

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn

A Dapper Happy Birthday Card with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. Today, I've created for you a dapper Happy Birthday Card, that's perfect to give that special man in your life. You'll want to read below as I share with you how I created my dapper Happy Birthday card, so that you're able to recreate it at home.

To start, decide which Happy Birthday you'd like from the Birthday Greetings package and cut it out. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the Happy Birthday. Sprinkle Rocky Road Baked Texture Embossing Powder overtop of the word. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Take the large Abstract Frame out of the package. Apply one coat of Little Black Dress paint to the entire surface of the frame. Once the paint has dried,  apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the frame. Sprinkle Rocky Road Baked Texture Embossing Powder overtop of the frame. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Cut two pieces off of the Multi Gears Pattern piece. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to each Multi Gear Pattern piece. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder overtop of the gear pieces. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Take out one Roman Clock Face from the package. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the clock. Sprinkle Ancient Amber Baked Texture Embossing Powder overtop of the clock. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Once the powder has cooled, rub Black Soot Distress Crayon randomly over the clock face.

From the Nuts and Bolts package, take one of the labels out. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the label. Sprinkle Ancient Amber Baked Texture Embossing Powder overtop of the label. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Once the powder has cooled, rub Black Soot Distress Crayon randomly over the label.

Cut three pieces from the Honeycomb Pattern. Apply two coats of Walnut Stain Distress Paint to the honeycomb pieces. 

From the Chain Border, cut two pieces that have 2 chains and cut two pieces that have 1 chain. Apply two coats of Hickory Smoke Distress Paint to each chain piece. Once the paint has dried, rub Hickory Smoke and Black Soot Distress Crayon around the edges of each chain piece.

From the Nuts and Bolts package, choose six nuts and bolts. Apply two coats of Little Black Dress Paint. Once the paint has dried, rub Brushed Pewter Distress Crayon overtop of the nuts and bolts.

Choose two pieces of patterned paper. Cut the first piece of patterned paper to 4 1/2" x 5 1/2". Cut the second piece of patterned paper to 4 3/4" x 5 3/4". Distress the edges of the papers with an edge distressor. Ink the edges of the patterned papers with Black Soot Distress Ink. Adhere the 4 1/2" patterned paper piece to the 4 3/4" patterned paper piece.

Place the brick stencil in the bottom right hand corner of the patterned paper and apply Emboss It Ink through the stencil. Lift the stencil up and sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over top. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Repeat the previous steps, but this time in the top left corner of the patterned paper.

Pick out a found relative. Cut the found relative down to 4 1/2". Round the bottom corners on the found relative card. Cut a piece of black cardstock that measures 3 1/8" x 4 5/8". 

Adhere the found relative to the black cardstock piece. Adhere the black cardstock piece to the middle of the 4 1/2" patterned paper piece.

Adhere the abstract frame overtop of the found relative.

In the bottom right hand corner of the frame, adhere a two chain piece at the bottom of the frame and adhere the one chain piece going up on the right hand side of the frame.

Adhere a honeycomb pattern piece and a multi gear piece in the bottom right hand corner of the frame where the two chain pieces meet.

Overtop of the multi gear piece in the bottom right hand corner, adhere the label and Happy Birthday sentiment.

In the top left hand corner of the frame, adhere a two chain piece at the top of the frame and adhere the one chain piece going down the left hand side of the frame. Adhere the two honeycomb pattern pieces to each of the chain pieces.

Adhere the roman clock face and other multi gear piece where the two chain pieces meet in the top left hand corner.

Adhere three nuts and bolts down the bottom left hand side of the frame. Adhere the other three nuts and bolts at the top on the right hand side of the frame. To finish your card, cut a cardbase that measures 4 3/4" x 11 1/2". Score at 5 1/2". Adhere your cardfront to the cardbase.

Here are a few close up shots of my card.

Here's the finished Dapper Happy Birthday Card.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Chain Border

- Abstract Frame Set

- Multi Gears Pattern

-  Honeycomb Pattern

- Birthday Greetings

- Roman Clock Face

- Nuts and Bolts

- Brick Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Baked Texture Embossing Powder - Ancient Amber, Baked Texture Embossing Powder - Rocky Road and Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder

- Paper Artsy: Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics - Little Black Dress

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink Dabber

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

- Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Found Relatives

- Prima Marketing: Amber Moon - Amber Moon and Into the Woods

- Tombow: Mono Multi Liquid Glue

- Misc: Black Cardstock and Heat Tool

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn