Joy Christmas Wall Hanging with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. It's hard to believe that Christmas is only 20 days away and it's time for me to start decorating my house for Christmas. For today's post, I've created this Joy Christmas Wall Hanging perfect to add to my Christmas decor, which features a variety of our popular wood and chipboard Christmas pieces. You'll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my wall hanging at home. 

To start, you'll need the Ornate Rectangle Frame. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the frame. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the frame. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Next, you'll need four of the Snowflakes 714. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to all four snowflakes. Sprinkle Glacier White Embossing Powder over the entire surface of all four snowflakes. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Choose a Christmas sentiment from any of our Christmas sayings. Apply two coats of Fired Brick Distress Spray Stain over the word. Once dry, apply a coat of Brushed Pewter Distress Stain overtop of the word.  

Next, you'll need the Pine Branch. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Forest Moss Distress Ink over the entire surface of the pine branch. 

The next chipboard piece you need is the Primitive Star. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Ground Espresso Distress Ink over the entire surface of the star.

From the Ribbon Bows, you'll need to choose one of them. Apply two coats of Candied Apple Distress Stain to the bow. Ink the edges of the bow using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

The last chipboard element you'll need is one of the extra pages from the Plain Chipboard Album. Ink the edges of the album using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

The next two steps are using Pion's Let's Be Jolly paper. From the Christmas Memories paper, cut the child image out to 2" x 3 3/8". Distress the edges. Ink the edges of the image using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Choose three of the patterned papers from the Let's Be Jolly Paper. Cut patterned paper one down to 3 7/8" x 7 3/4". Cut patterned paper two down to 3 5/8" x 7 1/2". Cut patterned paper three down to 3 3/8" x 7 1/4". Distress the edges of all of the papers. Ink the edges of all of the papers using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the 3 3/8" patterned paper to the 3 5/8" patterned paper. Adhere the 3 5/8" patterned paper to the 3 7/8" patterned paper. Adhere the 3 7/8" patterned paper to the chipboard album page.

Adhere the star to the middle of the 3 3/8" patterned paper. Adhere the frame to the image. Adhere one of the snowflakes to the backside of the top left corner of the frame. Adhere a second snowflake to the backside of the bottom right corner of the frame. Foam square the frame to the middle of the star.

Adhere the third snowflake to the top left corner of the frame. Make sure that you can see a bit of the bottom snowflake. Adhere the fourth snowflake to the bottom right corner of the frame. Make sure that you can see a bit of the bottom snowflake. Foam square the ribbon to the top of the frame.

Adhere the pine branch on the bottom right side of the frame. Adhere the sentiment to the bottom of the frame.

In the bottom right hand corner of the frame, adhere three white roses, three red roses, one brown roses and three greenery pieces.

In the bottom left hand corner of the frame, adhere one red rose and two white roses.

In the top left hand corner of the frame, adhere five white roses, three red roses, one brown rose and three greenery pieces.

To finish off your wall hanging, punch two holes at the top. Thread brown ribbon through the holes to create hanging part of the wall hanging.

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

And here's the finished Joy Christmas Wall Hanging.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Ribbon Bows

- Snowflakes 714

- Pine Branch

-  Ornate Rectangle Frame

- Joy Sentiment

- Primitive Stars

- Plain Chipboard Album

- Roses: 10mm Red, 10mm White and 20mm Brown

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder and Glacier White Embossing Powder

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Ground Espresso and Forest Moss, Distress Stain - Candied Apple, Fired Brick & Brushed Pewter and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink Dabber

- Pion Design: Let's Be Jolly - Christmas Memories, Toyland, Christmas Pine and Christmas Eve

- Misc: Greenery, Brown Seam Binding Ribbon and Heat Tool

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn

May You Always Have a Shell Card with Katelyn Grosart

Hey there Southern Ridge Trading Company fans! For today's post, I'm excited to share with you my May You Always Have a Shell Card that's perfect to give to that special someone who loves the sea.  To embellish my card, I've featured a variety of our popular ocean themed wood and chipboard pieces. I would love for you to read below as I share with you how I created my card.

To start, take the coral and seahorse pieces off of the Ocean Mix 1 set. Apply two coats of Antique Linen Distress Paint to the coral. Once the paint has dried, ink the edges of the coral using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam. Apply two coats of Broken China Distress Paint to the seahorse. After the paint has dried, ink the edges of the seahorse using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Take out three Mini Wood Starfish from the package. Apply two coats of Broken China Distress Paint to one of the starfish and apply two coats of Worn Lipstick Distress Paint to the other two starfish. After the paint has dried, ink the edges of all three starfish using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Mini Wood Sand Dollar package, take two out. Ink the edges of each sand dollar using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Take one Mini Wood Clam Shell out of the package. Apply Emboss It Ink to the clam shell. Sprinkle White Satin Pearl Embossing Powder overtop of the shell. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Take out the small Abstract Circle Frame from the Abstract Circle Frames set. Apply Emboss It Ink to the frame. Sprinkle Weathered Wood Embossing Powder overtop of the frame. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Cut two pieces off of the Fish Net Pattern. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Ground Espresso Distress Ink overtop of each piece. 

Take out one Mini Wood Flip Flop from the package. Apply two coats of Worn Lipstick Distress Paint to the flip flop. Once the paint has dried, ink the edges of the flip flop using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Cut a piece of fish net.

Choose three shells for your card.

Cut a piece of shell patterned paper that measures 5 1/8" x 5 1/8". Cut a piece of coral patterned paper that measures 5" x 5". Distress the edges of each patterned paper piece. Ink the edges of both patterned papers using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Cut a piece of seahorse patterned paper that measures 4 3/4" x 4 3/4". Cut a piece of shell patterned paper that measures 4 1/2" x 4 1/2". On the top right side of both pieces, tear the paper down a bit. On the bottom left side of both pieces, tear the paper up a bit. Distress the edges of both patterned paper pieces. Ink the edges of both patterned papers using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut a 3 3/4" stitched circle out of the cream with tan writing patterned paper. Die cut a 3 1/4" stitched circle out of shell patterned paper. Distress the edges of both circles. Ink the edges of the circles using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the images patterned paper, die cut the 2 3/4" stitched circle out of the May You Always saying. Distress the edges. Ink the edges of the circle using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Now it's time to assemble your card.

Adhere the coral patterned paper to the blue shell patterned paper. Adhere one of the fish net pattern pieces 1/2" from the right and 1/4" from the top of the coral paper. Adhere the other fish net pattern pieces 1/2" from the left and 1/4" from the bottom of the coral paper.

Adhere the shell patterned to the seahorse patterned paper. Adhere the sea horse patterned paper to the coral paper.

Adhere the fish net to the middle of the shell patterned paper. Adhere the saying circle to the blue shell circle. Adhere the blue shell circle to the cream with tan writing circle. Foam square the cream with tan writing circle to the middle of the fish net. Adhere the abstract circle frame overtop of the saying circle.

In the top left corner of the circle, adhere the clam shell, the sand dollar and a pink starfish.

On the bottom right side of the circle, adhere the blue starfish, pink starfish, coral, seahorse, sand dollar and flip flop. 

On the top left side of embellishments add a seashell. In the bottom right side of the embellishments add the other two seashells.

To finish off your card, cut a cardbase that measures 5 1/4" x 10 1/2", score at 5 1/4". Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

Here are a few closeup photos of my card.

And here's the finished card.

 Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Abstract Circle Frames

- Fish Net Pattern

- Mini Wood Sand Dollar

- Mini Wood Starfish

- Mini Wood Clam Shell

- Ocean Mix 1 

- Mini Wood Flip Flops

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: White Satin Pearl Embossing Powder and Weathered Wood Embossing Powder

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Ground Espresso, Distress Paint - Antique Linen, Worn Lipstick & Broken China and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink Dabber

- Pion Design: Seaside Stories - Beach Blossoms, Message in a Bottle, Images from the Past: Seaside Stories 1, Under the Sea and Coral Reef

- Tombow: Mono Multi Liquid Glue

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Circles

- Misc: Seashells, Netting and Heat Tool

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn

Fly Away with Me Tag with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. For today's post, I'm excited to share with you my Fly Away with Me Tag that's perfect to give to that special someone in your life.  My Fly Away with Me Tag features a variety of our chipboard pieces. You'll want to read below as I share with you how to embellish the chipboard pieces for my Fly Away with Me Tag at home.

To start, take one of the Fine Clock Face's out of the package. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the clock face. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the clock. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. If the embossing powder didn't completely cover the clock, repeat the previous steps in the areas that need more embossing powder.

Next, you'll need a Barbed Wire Circle Frame - Small. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the frame. Sprinkle Rocky Road Baked Texture Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the frame. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. If the embossing powder didn't completely cover the frame, repeat the previous steps in the areas that need more embossing powder.

From the Med. Gears, choose one of the gears. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the gear. Sprinkle Hammered Metal Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the gear. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. 

Choose three small gears and two medium sized gears from the Mini Wood Gears. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to each of the gears. Sprinkle Rocky Road Baked Texture Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the gears. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. 

Cut apart one of the Scroll Borders. Blend Ground Espresso Distress Ink with a blending tool and foam onto the entire surface of both of the scroll pieces. 

The last chipboard piece you need is one Vintage Scroll Key. Apply two coats of Hickory Smoke Distress Paint to the key. Once the paint has dried, rub Black Soot Distress Crayon along the edges of the key.

Once all the patterned papers have been layered all together, I then added the two scroll border pieces diagonally on the tag. Adhere the clock face and gear together. Once they've been adhered, add your sentiment to the middle of the gear. Adhere the barbed wire circle frame overtop of the saying.

To finish around the frame, adhere two stamps, a hot air balloon and the vintage scroll key. Adhere three small gears in the top left of the tag and two small gears in the bottom right of the tag.

To finish off the tag, add a burgundy bow at the top of the tag.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Chipboard Tag

- Mini Wood Gears

- Fine Clock Face

- Med. Gears

- Vintage Scroll Keys

- Barbed Wire Circle Frames - Small

- Scroll Borders

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder, Hammered Metal Embossing Powder and Baked Texture by Seth Apter - Rocky Road Embossing Powder

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Ground Espresso, Distress Crayons - Black Soot, Distress Paint - Hickory Smoke and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink Dabber

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Fitted Circles

- Pion Design: The World Awaits - Tags, Vacation Memories, Destination Unknown and Adventure Awaits & Design Palette - Blue IX and Maroon II

- Tombow: Mono Multi Liquid Glue

- Misc: Burgundy Ribbon and Heat Tool

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn