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

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

Christmas Stockings Ornament with Deb Riddell

Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by at this very busy time of the year.  It’s Deb Riddell here with you today and I have a quick and easy Christmas ornament to share with you created with Southern Ridge Trading Company’s Ribbon Bows, Merry Christmas Greeting Pack and Christmas Stockings.

For the base of my ornament I used Eileen Hull’s Embroidery Hoop die, cutting it once form white Little Sizzles Mat Board and twice from some Carta Bella ‘A Very Merry Christmas’ scrapbook paper.

The front of the mat board die cut was covered with the Night Before Christmas paper;

And the back of the mat board embroidery hoop covered with the blue snowflake paper.

Southern Ridge’s Ribbon Bow was painted with gold metallic paint and then embossed with gold embossing powder, this powder from my stash has flecks of green and red in it so perfect for the Christmas season.

One of the sentiments from the Merry Christmas Greeting Pack was painted with dark green acrylic paint and then Deco Foil Adhesive was applied over the entire piece.  Once the adhesive was dry and tacky, green Deco Foil was burnished overtop of the Merry Christmas sentiment.

Three of those adorable little Christmas Stockings were painted with gold and silver metallic paints and once the paint had dried they were embossed with Emerald Creek Craft Supplies Iridescent Shimmer embossing powder for a little more sparkle (‘cause you can never have enough sparkle at Christmas time!).

All of the Southern Ridge chipboard embellishments were going on the front of the ornament so I stamped and embossed one of Tim Holtz’s Swirly Snowflakes stamps with some blue shimmer embossing powder from my stash to decorate the back of the ornament.  I die cut the embossed snowflake with the coordinating die from Sizzix and then popped it up on some 3D Zots Singles adhesive dots.

And then I just layered all of the chipboard onto the front of the ornament, the embossed Ribbon Bow was adhered at the top:

The foiled Merry Christmas sentiment was adhered on the tails of the Ribbon Bow:

And finally the three little embossed stockings were tied onto the Merry Christmas sentiment with some button thread coloured with green Distress ink.  There was a bit of bare spot between the second and third stockings so I quickly die cut a Mini Paper Snowflake from some Deco Foil Toner Sheet I had in my stash that I think was covered with Rebekah Meier Designs Vintage Tin Mixed Media Transfer Foil.  A ribbon hanger was added to the embroidery hoop and the ornament was complete.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed seeing how my Christmas Stockings ornament came together, it would make a quick and easy last minute gift.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Ribbon Bows

- Merry Christmas Greeting Pack

- Christmas Stockings

Other Supplies Used:

- Sizzix: Embroidery Hoop die, Swirly Snowflakes die, Mini Paper Snowflakes die and Little Sizzles White Mat Board

- Stampers Anonymous: Swirly Snowflake stamp

- Carta Bella: A Very Merry Christmas Patterned Paper

- Therm O Web: Green Deco Foil, Deco Foil Adhesive Pen, Mixed Media Adhesive, Deco Foil Toner Sheet, Rebekah Meier Designs Mixed Media Transfer Foil and 3D Zots Singles

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Iridescent Shimmer Embossing Powder

- Deco Art: Americana Acrylic Paint

- Miscellaneous: ribbon, gold embossing powder, blue metallic embossing powder, button thread, gold and silver metallic paint

Thanks once again for stopping by today and I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and may the New Year bring you joy and good health, happy holidays everyone!

Deb Riddell ~ Paxton Valley Folk Art

Enjoy the Simple Things Card with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. Today, I've created for you a pretty Enjoy the Simple Things Card, that's perfect to hang to give to that special someone in your life or you could change it and make it a baby card. You'll want to read below as I share with you how I created my Enjoy the Simple Things card.

To start, pull out the small frame from the Abstract Circle Frame package. Apply two coats of Titanium White Acrylic paint to the frame. Once the frame has dried, apply Raw Umber Antiquing Cream to the frame. After the antiquing cream has dried, rub off the excess paint. To finish off the frame, ink the edges of the frame with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam. 

Take a small bow out of the Ribbon Bows package. Apply two coats of Stormy Sky Distress Paint to the bow. Once the paint has dried, apply Picket Fence Distress Crayon to the bow. Rub the crayon in with your finger. 

Pull out three Mini Wood Stars from the package. Apply two coats of Tarnished Brass Distress Stain to each star. After the stain has dried, apply Gathered Twigs Distress Crayon to the edges of the stars. Rub the crayon in with your finger. 

Take two of the Sm. Primitive Stars out of the package. Ink the edges of the stars using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Pull out two Mini Connected Hearts from the package. Cut one of the connected hearts apart. Using Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in White Gold, rub the wax over each heart.

The last chipboard piece you'll need is the Delicate Lace Element. With the element in front of you, cut one of the pieces off. Apply two coats of Walnut Stain Distress Paint to the element.

From the Images from the Past Paper, use the 2 1/2" fitted circle die to cut out the bunny and teddy bear. Die cut the 3" fitted circle out of Pion Blue Vl. Distress the edges of each circle. Ink the edges of the circles using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Cut the following patterned paper pieces from the Pion Design paper:

- Pion Orca l: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

- Hide and Seek: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" & 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

- Bunny Hugs: 3 3/4" x 4 7/8"

Distress the edges of each patterned paper piece. Using a blending tool with Foam, ink the edges of each patterned paper piece using Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Cut out the "Enjoy the Simple Things" sentiment out of the Images from the Past paper. Ink the edges of the sentiment using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the bunny paper to the green clover paper. Adhere the green clover paper to the cream/green patterned paper. Adhere the cream/green paper to the gold paper. 

Adhere the Bunny/Teddy Bear image to the blue circle. Foam square the blue circle to the middle of the card front. Adhere the circle frame overtop of the Bunny/Teddy Bear image.

Adhere one of the Sm. Primitive stars in the top left hand side of the circle and adhere the other star on the bottom right hand side of the circle. Adhere the lace element bar to the top of the circle. Adhere the bow overtop of the lace element bar.

On the top left hand side of the circle, adhere the connected hearts and one of the mini wood stars. 

On the bottom right hand side of the circle, adhere the two unconnected hearts and the other two  mini wood stars. On the bottom left hand side of the bow, adhere the "Enjoy the Simple Things" sentiment. 

On the top left hand side of the circle, adhere one dark brown rose, one light blue rose, two cream roses and two brown roses. On the bottom right hand side of the circle, adhere two dark brown roses, four cream roses, one light blue rose and two brown roses. Once the roses have been adhered, adhere your card front to your card base.

Here are a few close up shots of each corner on my card.

Here's the finished card.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Ribbon Bows

- Mini Wood Stars

- Sm. Primitive Stars

- Abstract Circle Frames

-  Delicate Lace Element

- Mini Connected Hearts

- 10mm Roses: Light Blue, Dark Brown and Cream

- 15mm Roses: Light Brown

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Stain - Tarnished Brass, Distress Paint - Walnut Stain and Stormy Sky, Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Distress Crayon - Picket Fence and Gathered Twigs and Blending Tool with Foam

- DecoArt: Fluid Acrylics - Titanium White and Antiquing Cream - Raw Umber

- Prima Marketing: Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - White Gold

- Pion Design: Theodore and Bella - Images From the Past, Hide and Seek & Bunny Hugs, Pion Design Palette - Pion Orca l & Pion Blue Vl

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Fitted Circles

- Creative Scrapbooker Magazine/Cathie Allan: Super Stock Cardstock

- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Squares and EZ Runner

- Tombow: Aqua Mono Liquid Glue

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn