Blessed Wall Hanging with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. Fall has arrived and I'm loving the cooler weather that comes with it. I've been busy thinking about starting to decorate my home for Fall,  so I've created this Blessed Wall Hanging that is perfect to add to any place in my home. You'll want to read below as I share with you how to embellish the chipboard pieces for my Blessed Wall Hanging at home.

To start, you'll need the Blessed Fun Word. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the word. Sprinkle Weathered Wood Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the word. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Next, you'll need the Summer 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. 

You'll need two Tribal Feathers and one Skeleton Leaf. Apply a coat of Emboss It Ink to the skeleton leaf and both tribal feathers. Sprinkle Baked Texture - Taos Sunset Embossing Powder over top of the leaf and feathers. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

The last pieces you'll need are two pumpkin leaves and one Mini Wood Maple Leaf. Apply two coats of Peeled Paint Distress Paint to each pumpkin leaves and the mini wood maple leaf. Rub Peeled Paint Distress Crayon along the middle of the pumpkin leaves and the edges of the maple leaf.

Once your patterned paper is adhere to the base of your wall hanging, you'll adhere the frame.

In the bottom right side of the frame, adhere the skeleton leaf and the two pumpkin leaves. Adhere three cream roses, two white roses and four brown roses in amongst the leaves. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the Blessed word in the middle of the frame.

In the top left side of the frame, adhere the maple leaf and the two tribal feathers. Adhere three cream roses, four brown roses and one white rose in amongst the leaf and feathers.

To finish the wall hanging, create a hanger out of a piece of white twine at the top of the wall hanging.

Here is the finished Blessed Wall Hanging.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Summer Frame

- Blessed Fun Word

- Mini Wood Maple Leaf

- Skeleton Leaves

- Pumpkin Leaves

- Tribal Feathers

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Baked Texture - Taos Sunset Embossing Powder, Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder and Weathered Wood Embossing Powder

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Peeled Paint Distress Ink, Peeled Paint Distress Crayon, Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and a Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Dabber

- Prima Marketing Inc: Autumn Sunset Collection

- Misc: White Twine and Bingo Card

Until Next Time!

- Katelyn

There is Beauty in Simplicity ATC with Katelyn Grosart

Hey there Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here. I've started playing around with ATC cards and they are now one of my new favourite things to create with. I find that when I have smaller chipboard pieces left over, using them on an ATC card is a better alternative then having them sitting in the bin with my other chipboard pieces. So today, I've created for you a beautiful fall ATC card, that's perfect to give to that special someone in your life. You'll want to read below as I share with you how I created my There is Beauty in Simplicity ATC card.

To start, take the Skeleton Maple Leaf out of the package. Apply Emboss It Ink to the entire surface of the maple leaf. Sprinkle Weathered Wood Embossing Powder over top of the maple leaf. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with your heat tool. Set the maple leaf aside to cool.

Next, you'll need one of the Barbed Wire Circle Frames - Small.  Apply Emboss It Ink to the entire surface of the frame. Sprinkle Vintage Ivy Embossing Powder over top of the frame. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with your heat tool. Set the frame aside to cool.

Take out the small Abstract Frame.  Apply Emboss It Ink to the entire surface of the frame. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over top of the frame. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with your heat tool. Set the frame aside to cool.

Pull out two Mini Wood Maple Leaves. Apply two coats of Candied Apple Distress Stain to each maple leaf. Let the stain dry. Once the stain has dried on both maple leaves, go over each piece with  the Walnut Stain Distress Crayon. Rub the crayon in with your finger.

Choose two Mini Wood Feathers from the package. Stain one of the feathers with Spiced Marmalade Distress Stain and stain the other feather with Pine Needles Distress Stain. Let the stain dry. Once the stain has dried on both feathers, go over each piece with the Walnut Stain Distress Crayon. Rub the crayon in with your finger.

Apply two coats of Spiced Marmalade Distress Paint to one of the Skeleton Leaves.  Once the paint has dried on the leaf, go over the leaf with the Walnut Stain Distress Crayon. Rub the crayon in with your finger.

Cut one piece of patterned paper that measures 2 1/2" x 3 5/8". Cut a second piece of patterned paper that measures 2 3/8" x 3 3/8". On the smaller piece of patterned paper, tear the top left hand side of the paper down and roll the edges over. On the bottom right hand side, tear the paper up and roll the edges over. Distress the edges of each piece of patterned paper. Ink the edges of the patterned paper pieces using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool with Foam.

Cut a piece of kraft cardstock that measures 2 1/2" x 3 5/8". Distress the edges of the cardstock piece. Ink the edges of the cardstock piece using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool with Foam.

Adhere the plaid piece of patterned paper to the brown damask piece of patterned paper. Adhere the brown damask piece of patterned paper to the piece of kraft cardstock.

Adhere the Abstract Frame to the plaid piece of patterned paper. Adhere the Barbed Wire Circle Frame to the middle of the Abstract Frame.

Adhere the orange skeleton leaf to the left hand side of the barbed wire frame. Adhere the weather wood skeleton leaf to the right of the orange skeleton leaf. 

Adhere a maple leaf and a feather in the bottom left hand corner of the ATC card. Adhere the other maple leaf and a feather in the top middle of the ATC card. 

Using glossy accents, adhere a Golden Tiger's Eye and two Carnelian gemstones in the top left and bottom right hand corners of the Abstract Frame. Stick the "there is beauty in simplicity" sentiment to the bottom portion of the two skeleton leaves. To finish off the bottom of the ATC card, wrap some twine four times at the bottom. 

Here are a few closeup shots of the finished There is Beauty in Simplicty ATC Card.

Here's my finished There is Beauty in Simplicity ATC card. I hope that I've inspired you to recreate my ATC card at home.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Abstract Frame Set

- Mini Wood Feathers

- Skeleton Maple Leaf

- Skeleton Leaves

- Mini Wood Maple Leaf

- Barbed Wire Circle Frames - Small

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves, Vintage Ivy and Weathered Wood Embossing Powders & Golden Tiger's Eye and Carnelian Gemstones

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Distress Paint -  Spiced Marmalade, Distress Stain - Spiced Marmalade, Candied Apple and Pine Needles and Distress Crayon - Walnut Stain

- Ranger Ink: Glossy Accents and Emboss It Ink - Dabber

- Idea-ology: Small Talk

- Tombow: Aqua Mono Liquid Glue

- Authentique: Bountiful - Bountiful One and Boutniful Seven

- Misc: Twine and Kraft Cardstock

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn 

Thank You Card with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge fans, Katelyn here and I'm back on the blog today to share some more inspiration from our current monthly challenge which is "Fall".  Today I've got a Fall Thank you card for you that will be sure to inspire you to create. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and learn how I transformed my chipboard pieces to create the perfect additions to my Fall card. Don't forget, there's only 4 days left to play along in our challenge!

To start, you'll want to take out the small frame from the Victorian Lace Frame set. With the small frame out, cover the frame in a layer of VersaMark Ink. Once the frame is covered in ink, sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Once the powder has cooled down, if there are spots that didn't get embossed, go back over them with a layer of VersaMark Ink. Sprinkle the Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over top, tap off the excess and emboss with your heat tool. 

Next, select whichever three leaves you'd like from the Skeleton Leaves set. The first leaf will be painted with Spiced Marmalade Distress Paint, the second leaf will be painted with Mustard Seed Distress Paint and the third leaf will be painted with Seedless Preserves Distress Paint. Each leaf will need two coats of paint. Once the paint has dried, apply a layer of VersaMark Ink to each leaf and sprinkle Fine Clear Embossing Powder overtop of each leaf. Tap off excess and emboss with your heat tool.

Cut two pieces from the Honeycomb Pattern. Once your happy with the size of your honeycomb pieces, paint them using Walnut Stain Distress Paint. You'll need at least two coats of paint on each piece. 

The last pieces that will need to be embossed are two of the Bare Branches. First cover each branch in two coats of Walnut Stain Distress Paint. Once the paint has dried, cover each branch in a layer of VersaMark Ink. With the ink on the branches, sprinkle Fine Clear Embossing Powder overtop of the branches. Tap off the excess and emboss with a heat tool.

For the sentiment, I cut a circle using my Elizabeth Craft Stitched Circles Dies and 100lb White Cardstock. Once the circle had been cut,  apply Potting Soil Archival Ink to the Thank You Sentiment and stamp in the middle of the circle. Adhere the sentiment circle to the Victorian Frame. Note: You'll notice in the picture, the sentiment was stamped in black. I decided to change the colour and re-stamp my sentiment, but forgot to take a new picture. 

Before adhering all the layers to the card base, I adhered the Honeycomb pattern to the top left and bottom right hand corners overtop of the first layer of patterned paper. In order to show more of the honeycomb pattern, I tore the paper in the bottom right hand corner up and laid the pieces flat. In the top left hand corner, I did the same thing, except tore the paper down and laid the pieces flat. 

Here's a close up of how the centre of the card looks once the frame, leaves and branches have been added. To finish around the frame, I added a variety of brown roses in 10mm and 15mm sizes. The flowers still looked bare, so I added some leaves to certain flowers. To finish the flower area, I added small pinecone charms in amongst the flowers. 

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Victorian Lace Frame

- Bare Branches

- Skeleton Leaves

- Thank You Stamp (Coming Soon)

- Honeycomb Pattern

- 15mm Brown Roses

- 10mm Dark Brown Roses

- Leaves

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder, Fine Clear Embossing Powder, Pinecone Charms and 100lb White Cardstock

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, Distress Paint - Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed and Seedless Preserves

- Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink: Potting Soil Archival Ink

- Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts: VersaMark Ink

- Elizabeth Crafts Design: Stitched Circles

- Paper House: Autumn Woods

- Simple Stories: Oh Snap Decorative Paper

- Misc: Heat Tool

Remember to play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca -$20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn  

Altered Mixed Media Bicycle Decor with Karen Bearse

I was given the opportunity to work with a new décor chipboard piece by Southern Ridge Trading Co. I had a lot of fun using multiple techniques and working on a larger scale than normal. If you happen upon their booth at the trade shows in Canada this month you can see it live!!

Here it is!! It took a while for me to figure out where I was going with this. I was thinking steampunk, maybe bright & colourful and playful. The bike sat in my kitchen where I would see it throughout the day as the ideas marinated in my brain. It took a few weeks but then bam inspiration hit and I started working on it.

In the end I went with a combo of the two. Photos don’t do this justice, live it is super shiny, with glimmer and metallic touches. The flowers are layers of crinoline, leather paper & tulle.

Southern Ridge Trading Co. Supplies Used:

- Stand up Retro Bike (coming soon)

- Skeleton Leaves

- Med. Gears

- 6 Cats

- Adventure Word

Other Supplies Used:

- Eileen Hull flower dies by Sizzix: Hydrangeas, Flower Layer #9, Heart Petals and Paper Leather

- Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mist and Glimmer Glam

 I hope you take the time to join in our challenge this month! Enjoy!

- Karen Bearse

Journal Cover with Chippies with Karen Bearse

I love making books. Mini scrap books, art journals, smash books. The best part is designing the covers. Most often I like to do this at the end of the project once I get a feel for it. This month’s Southern Ridge Trading Co… challenge theme is “your favourite”. I have a few in this project, from chippies to techniques. This is a fairly easy tutorial that can be applied to your book project.

I decided to cover a composition book that I am using for Simelle Laine’s Learn Something New Every Day, #LSNED. A while back I received this mixed paper pack from Recollections and thought this paper would look great for the cover.

I adhered my paper and added a piece of washi tape down the side and covered with decoupage glue so it will stay down. Adding a little bit of paint using a foamie through a few stencils, in some random spots just cause. I love the new circle stencil “Cheerio”.  For the chippies I did some of my favourite techniques.

One of my new favourite techniques for chippies is to use alcohol ink. Cover the chipboard with gesso, let dry and dab alcohol ink, using felt on a dabber.

For the # tag paint with gesso, dry and paint with Dylusions. Dry and add some stencil marks with gesso on a foam piece. The key is to use very little paint so a sharp image is achieved. After this was adhered I decided to add a layer of glossy accents to help the chippie shine. Just add the glossy accents in a heavier coat then if you were to glue, it is self-leveling. If there are bubbles just pop them using a pin. Let dry naturally.

Gears are one of my favourite things & I wanted to add more but I also wanted the paper to stand out. This is also one of my favourite techniques as it is so simple. Just paint using Distress Paint dabber in black. Let dry & add highlights of metallic. Done.

Bird chippies- hee hee love this! I wanted to do something different so I again painted with gesso. Why all the gesso you ask? The chippies are beige and affect the colour of anything you put on them. If you gesso them first you start with white so your colours are real. Plus gesso is a foundation that most products work well on. Once the gesso was dry I stamped in archival ink and added Distress ink with a dabber sponge. Adding wire and some beading to the large bird gave it a nice touch.

Lastly assembly time! Use a strong glue to adhere everything down. I like glossy accents for this. I used letters from my stash for the title and added some doodle lines. Finished my project by distressing the edges with some paint. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Chippies just add great dimension to any book!

Southern Ridge Trading Co Supplies Used:

Chippies:

- Small Bird mix

- Symbols #1

- Med. Gears

- Skeleton Leaves

Stencils:

- 3” - 4 Leaf Clover

- 3" - Cheerio

- 3" - X

Other Supplies Used:

- Recollections: Paper & Title letters

- Ranger: Distress Ink, Glossy Accents, Dylusions Paint, Alcohol Ink, Archival

- Gesso

- Seth Apter: Stamp

- Posca: White pen

- Eileen Hull for Sizzix: Flower Dies

Remember to play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca -$20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

- Karen