Mon Amour Gift Tag with Pam Bray

Mon Amour!!!

Pam here sharing my Mon Amour Tag that you can  add to a Valentine gift bag, place in a card or to give with a gift card attached to back for your Valentine sweeties! REMEMBER... that you can always use all the projects shared here at Southern Ridge Trading Company all year long by changing out the theme!

First begin by adhering pretty pattern paper to top of tag. Add border and scallop strip along with fussy cut diamond from pattern paper. 

Emboss Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Spring Fresh Swirl Corners and Taneesha Heart with embossing powder. 

Adhere paper doily to top of prepared tag. Add embossed Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Taneesha Heart to top of tag. 

Add crinkle ribbon to top of tag. 

Adhere prepared Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Spring Fresh Swirl Corners to top of Ephemera Card. Add prepared piece to tag. 

Finish with small metal filigree and heart to bottom of tag.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Spring Fresh Swirl Corners

- Taneesha Heart

- 8" Tag

Other Supplies Used:

- Graphic 45: Mon Amor Collection

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies Embossing Powder: Cotton Candy Rock Candy, Sweet Valentine and Gold Embossing Powder

- Metal Heart and Filigree

- Scallop Border Punch

- Black and Pink Ribbon

- Paper Doily

Enjoy Pam

Adore Valentine's Day Card with Deb Riddell

Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by, it’s Deb Riddell here with you today to share a quick and easy Valentine’s Day card created with Southern Ridge Trading Company’s Heart stencil, Taneesha Heart and Love and Hearts Banner chipboard and Wood Adore Tags.

I was inspired by Julia Chupik of Paradise Lost who made a beautiful card with water based pigment ink (click here to see her process video).  I admired her use of white space on her card which I always struggle with so decided to give it a go myself.

I started with a piece of plain old white copy paper, spritzed some Frankly Scarlet and Raspberry Infusions with water  and dipped and dragged the copy paper through it.  Once dried, I randomly stamped the paper with the Ledger Script stamp and Vintage Photo Distress Archival ink and then stenciled hearts onto the background with Southern Ridge’s Heart stencil and Ranger Transparent Gloss Texture Paste.

The Taneesha Heart chipboard was covered with white gesso and then dipped repeatedly into diluted Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry Distress inks on my craft mat.  The edges were inked with Ground Espresso Distress ink and then some Indian Gold Nuvo Mousse was diluted with more water and randomly applied to the heart with my finger.

I forgot to take a picture of the Hearts Banner before I put it onto the card, sorry about that!  The Hearts Banner chipboard was also covered with white gesso and this time I coloured it with Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide inks and more diluted Indian Gold Nuvo Mousse.  As you can see, the stenciled Heart background was adhered to a kraft cardstock card blank.

The Wood Adore Tag was first coloured with Vintage Photo Distress Stain and once it had dried, Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon was rubbed over the surface and then quickly removed to only leave it in the recessed ‘adore’ word.

And then the card was assembled, the Hearts Banner was adhered along the top edge.

And the Taneesha Heart nestled on an angle below the banner with the Wood Adore Tag added to the center of the heart with a brad coloured with Gold Mixative.

You can see the texture and shine from the stenciled hearts and the Nuvo Mousse in the picture below.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed seeing how my Adore Valentine’s Day card came together, I haven’t quite mastered the use of white space as expertly as Julia but I do like the way it turned out.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Taneesha Heart

- Love and Hearts Banner

- Wood Adore Tags

- Heart Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Paper Artsy: Infusions Coloured Stains

- Ranger Ink: Distress Oxide Ink, Distress Ink, Distress Stain, Distress Crayon, Gold Mixative, Distress Archival Ink and Transparent Gloss Texture Paste

- Stampers Anonymous: Ledger Script stamp

- Tonic Studios: Nuvo Mousse

- Miscellaneous: Copy Paper, Kraft Cardstock, Brad and White Gesso

Thanks as always for stopping by today and hope that you’ve been inspired to make a Valentine’s Day card for your sweetie too, happy creating!

Deb Riddell ~ Paxton Valley Folk Art

Love Heart & Soul Mixed Media Canvas with Deb Riddell

Hello everyone, thank you for stopping by.  It’s Deb here today to share a mixed media canvas with you that I made using Southern Ridge’s Mare and Foal, Taneesha Heart and Heart Filigree Border chipboard pieces and Heart stencil.

This canvas would be a lovely gift for any Mom on Mother’s Day and all the horse lovers in your life would appreciate it too I think.  I’ve a few step out photos for you on how I created it, hope you will enjoy seeing them.

I started out with 6” x 8” flat artists canvas and added the word ‘love’ to the left side before coating it with gesso.  The letters for the word love were die cut with Tim Holtz’s Alpha Numeric ¾” dies, I layered four of each letter together for some dimension.

I then stenciled some hearts here and there onto the canvas through Southern Ridge’s Heart stencil with Ranger Opaque Texture paste.

After the texture paste dried, I added repeated washes of DecoArt Media fluid acrylics in Cobalt Turquoise Hue and Green Gold, spritzing with water for some drips and runs and drying in between.  A final wash of Golden Titan Buff and DecoArt Media Titanium White was followed with stamping with a fine script stamp and Distress Vintage Photo Archival ink and some spatters of diluted Titanium white.

The canvas was then given a coat of Distress Vintage Collage medium and the edges shaded with Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress crayons.

The Mare and Foal chipboard pieces were painted with Distress Brushed Corduroy paint.

The horses were then stenciled with the Flourish layering stencil and Gloss Transparent Texture paste.  Once the paste had dried, the horses were coloured with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the ink was rubbed off of the gloss texture medium with a soft cloth. I ended up darkening the horses slightly with some Walnut Stain Distress ink in the same manner before adding them to the canvas.

The Taneesha Heart and Heart Filigree Border were painted with Brushed Corduroy Distress paint and then stamped with Tim Holtz’s Ledger Script stamp and Distress Vintage Photo Archival ink.  They were given a coat of satin varnish and slightly shaded with Walnut Stain Distress crayon.

And finally, one of Tim Holtz’s Quote Chips was coloured with Old Paper and Shabby Shutters Distress crayons and edged with Walnut Stain crayon.

To assemble the canvas, the Taneesha Heart and Heart Filigree Border were centered top and bottom.

And the Quote Chip adhered to the right side of the canvas.

The Mare and Foal chipboard pieces were popped up on some small pieces of black fun foam and adhered overtop of the Taneesha Heart, perched on top of the Heart Filigree Border.

You can see the dimension in the picture below and also see some of the sheen from the gloss texture paste embossing on the horses.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed seeing my Love Heart & Soul mixed media canvas, I had a lot of fun creating it to share with you!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Mare and Foal

- Taneesha Heart

- Heart Filigree Border

- Heart stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Ranger Ink/Tim Holtz - Distress Ink, Distress Paint, Distress Collage Medium, Distress Crayons and Distress Archival Ink

- Ranger Ink: Gloss Transparent Texture paste and Opaque Texture paste

- Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz: Ledger Script stamp and Flourish layering stencil

- Sizzix/Tim Holtz: Alpha Numeric ¾” dies

- Advantus/Tim Holtz: Quote Chips

- DecoArt: Media Fluid Acrylics and Satin Varnish

- Golden: Artists Colors High Flow Acrylic Paint

- Miscellaneous: 6” x 8” flat artists canvas, black fun foam, wet adhesive and gesso

Thank you so much for stopping by today and as always, happy creating!

Deb xo

Sweet Love Scrapbook Layout with Charlene Byrd

Hello blogger friends!

Charlene Here!

February is the month to celebrate your loved ones! Today I’m sharing a layout I designed with my hubby and I. The photo was taken during one of my favourite photo shoots ever…I love the old truck!

To start I added Glimmer Mist to the lamppost sign, the words and the fence. If you read my last blog post you’ll know I get frustrated when my Glimmer Mist bottles get clogged up! So instead of battling with them, I simply grab a paint brush and dip it in the bottle. Works like a charm!

Once they were dry I randomly dabbed White Distress paint on them.

Then I gave it a light mist of Perfect Pearls mist to give it some shimmer.

To finish it off I rubbed Pumice Stone Distress ink over the top of the chipboard pieces.

(Oh and FYI…I cut the fence into 2 pieces for the layout)

Then because the photos were taken in the snow I wanted the heart and the corner swirl to have some glitter!

I started by painting them both with white paint. Then I added some Glue and Seal adhesive to them so I could glue some Tim Holtz Distress Glitter to them. I was so happy with the outcome. The Distress Glitter gave it just the right amount of shimmer!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Taneesha Heart

- Double Swirl Corners

- Garden Sign Combo

- Word Mix #2

Other Products Used:

- We’R Memory papers

- Lace & String

- Paper Doilies

- Prima Marketing Flowers

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Glitter, Picket Fence Distress Paint and Pumice Stone Distress Ink

- Ranger Ink: Glue n’ Seal and Perfect Pearls Mist

- Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mist

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s layout.

Happy Creating!!

Charlene