Foiled Tag Wall Hanging with Karla Yungwirth

Hello friends, it’s Karla back today with a fun project using a Chipboard Tag,  6”x6” Star Stencil and the Primitive Stars Chipboard. I’ve been having a great time with the new icraft /Thermoweb DecoFoil Transfer Gel Duo and Foils, so I thought I’d combine them with these fun SRTC products and a Simple Stories inspirational quote to make a foiled tag wall hanging.

I started by cutting down the 6x8 piece of Simple Stories paper to fit the chipboard tag. Then I used the DecoFoil pen to colour in the areas of the letters and applied Ranger Foil and DecoFoil by allowing it to dry for a couple minutes and then pressing the foils on. The Ranger foil will work with the pressure of your hand, but the DecoFoil needs to be put through a diecut machine - so I used my Cuttlebug. I achieved a variegated colour by pressing parts of different colours of the Ranger foil to each letter and then running it through the Cuttlebug with Iridescent DecoFoil over top.  I then used the star stencil and the transfer gel to apply a thin layer of gel to various areas of the background. By using washi tape I was able to do only 2 stars at a time. After that dried, about an hour, I used the Cuttlebug again to press the DecoFoil on. I used 2 extra pieces of cardstock as shims and ran it through as if I was using a steel die.

In a similar way, I used the deco foil pen to coat the chipboard stars (which come in a set of 18!) and then applied Lapis Watercolor DecoFoil to the top, running it through my diecut machine to adhere. The chipboard is thin enough that it ran through the machine using only the plates I would normally use with steel dies.

I glued the tag paper to the chipboard, trimmed any excess and inked the edges with Kraftin’ Kimmie Krafty Kolours Ink.

I added some white rope from the dollar store to the top of the tag, and glued on the stars , using foam tape to pop some up.

A few Wild Whisper sequins finished off this inspirational tag, which I can hang on my wall or give as a gift!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Sm. Primitive Stars 

- 6”x6” Star Stencil 

- Chipboard Tag

Other Supplies Used:

- Simple Stories Patterned Paper

- Thermoweb/iCraft DecoFoil: Transfer Gel Duo, Pen and Foils

- Ranger Ink: Foils

- Wild Whisper Designs: Sequins

- Kraftin’ Kimmie: Krafty Kolours Ink

- Cuttlebug Machine

- White Rope – Dollarama

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have an amazing week ahead!

Hugs,

Karla

Dream Chipboard Art Journal with Deb Riddell

Before Deb shares her project, Karen and I would like to thank Deb for all of her beautiful work over the last two years, it has been wonderful to have you on the team. We wish you continued success and we will definitely make sure to keep up with what you are doing in blog land. 

Now let's let Deb take over and share with you her project.

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Hello and thank you for stopping by, it’s Deb Riddell here with you today to share a tutorial on how to make my Dream chipboard art journal.

I used a couple of the inner ‘pages’ from the Sprocket Album, Fence Pattern chipboard, Wild Flower Bouquet, Dandelion Seed Stems and Dream Fun Word.  Read on for the how to!

I started by applying DecoArt Media Gesso and Crackle Paste randomly to the fronts and backs of two Sprocket Album pages.  The front of the front journal cover only had the white gesso applied to it but all other surfaces got some of the crackle paste applied here and there as well.

On the front cover, washes of DecoArt Media fluid acrylics in shades of green and blue were applied over the gesso with some spritzes and runs of water.  Diluted Titanium White Media fluid acrylic paint was spattered overtop and then the cover was randomly stamped with the Ledger Script stamp and Vintage Photo Distress Archival ink.

The back cover was finger painted with Distress Crayons in shades of green and blue and then stenciled through the Bubble layering stencil with a darker shade of blue Distress Crayon.  Diluted Titanium White Media fluid acrylic paint was then flicked and spattered onto the cover.

Inner pages for the art journal were folded and torn to size from watercolour paper and mixed media paper.

The Fence Pattern chipboard piece was sponged with Paynes Grey Media fluid acrylic and while the paint was still wet, Hammered Metal embossing powder from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies was sprinkled over top.  The chipboard was heated from below to activate the embossing powder once the paint had dried (to prevent the larger ‘chunks’ of the embossing powder from blowing off).

The Dream Fun Word was covered with Rebekah Meier Designs Mixed Media Medium and once it had dried clear and tacky, Vintage Tin Mixed Media Transfer Foil was burnished overtop.

Both the Wild Flower Bouquet and Dandelion Seed Stem were painted with Titanium White Media fluid acrylic and then a wash of Interference Gold was added over top.  Once the paint had dried, some Platinum Stickles Glitter glue was finger painted overtop the chipboard pieces for a bit more sparkle.

The Fence Pattern chipboard was then glued onto the front cover and once it had dried thoroughly, the edges of the Fence Pattern piece that were overhanging the edges of the cover were trimmed off with an exacto knife.

And then the art journal was assembled, the Dream Fun Word was adhered to the top left corner of the front cover on top of the Fence Pattern.

The Wild Flower Bouquet was added below and to the right of the Dream Fun Word;

And the Dandelion Seed Stem added at the bottom left.

The stems of the florals that were extending beyond the edges of the album cover were trimmed off with the exacto knife once they were glued securely in place.

The inner pages were then sandwiched between the two covers and tied into place with some lengths of Linen Ribbon so that they could be removed or added as needed.

Here’s a look at the back cover.

And here’s the first page of my art journal, I’m all ready for some fun mixed media experimentation!

Hope that you’ve enjoyed seeing how it came together and that you’ve been inspired to make one of your own, it’s easy and fun with Southern Ridge Trading Company chipboard.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Sprocket Album

- Wild Flower Bouquet

- Dandelion Seed Stems

- Fence Pattern

- Dream Fun Word

Other Supplies Used:

- DecoArt Media: Fluid Acrylic Paint, Gesso and Crackle Paste

- Therm O Web: Rebekah Meier Designs Mixed Media Medium and Rebekah Meier Designs Mixed Media Transfer Foil

- Ranger Ink: Distress Crayons and Stickles Glitter Glue

- Stampers Anonymous: Ledger Script Stamp and Bubble Layering Stencil

- Advantus: Linen Ribbon

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Hammered Metal Embossing powder

- Miscellaneous: Watercolour Paper, Mixed Media Paper, Liquid Adhesive, Palette Knife, Exacto Knife, Paint Brush and Makeup Sponge

This will be my last post as a member of Southern Ridge Trading Company’s Design Team and I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank Karen Beaupre, the lovely owner of Southern Ridge, for the opportunity to be on her team and to design with her fabulous chipboard.  I’d also like to thank Katelyn Grosart, our fearless design team leader, for her support and encouragement over the last couple of years. It’s been so much fun and a great honour to be part of this fabulous team and I wish you all much continued success!

Thanks as always for stopping by today and happy creating,

Deb Riddell ~ Paxton Valley Folk Art

Easter Tag with Erin Quiding-Sampson

Hello everyone, Happy second day of Spring!!

Today I’m sharing my Easter Tag. I had so much fun creating this, and I hope you like it too. I tried out a new (to me) technique by applying Foil to my paper and chipboard using Tombow Multi Liquid Glue. It worked amazingly well! I put a small amount of Tombow directly onto my non-stick, craft mat and just daubed my Happy Easter chipboard piece directly into it. I made sure it was well covered then set it aside to get tacky. After it became tacky, I applied my foil sheet directly to the chipboard and rubbed with a spatula, making sure it was all foiled.

I then painted my bunny chipboard piece with Cinnamon Brown acrylic paint and allowed it to dry.

I cut out several papers in pastel shades and patterns. I distressed and added antique linen distress ink to the edges of each layer. I applied the glue with my finger randomly around each piece of card stock and layered the foil over. It was easily transferred and created super cool distressing.

I glued down all the papers leaving the edges free to add bits of paper and embellishments later. I glued down my chipboard and added some buttons and flowers in matching colours. I Finished it all off by giving it a little spray of gesso splatters and added a bow and different fibers to the top of the tag.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Happy Easter Welded Words

- Sm. Bunnies

Other Products Used:

- Tombow: Mono Multi Liquid Glue

- Thermo-Web: Deco foil in Lilac

- Ranger Ink for Tim Holtz: Distress Ink - Antique Linen

- DecoArt Acrylic Paint: Cinnamon Brown

- Paper Flowers

- Ribbons and fibers

- Buttons

- Various papers

- Gesso

I love the way this turned out and I’m thinking about what I can foil this way next.

Have a happy Easter!

Erin

Happy Easter Spring Decoration with Deb Riddell

Hello everyone, Deb Riddell here today to share an Easter project with you.  I’m hoping that the spring colours and theme will speed up Spring’s arrival, it’s still very snowy and cold around here!

Now I have to apologize to you all, I neglected to check Southern Ridge’s website before I created this project and belatedly found out that a couple of the chipboard pieces I had in my stash are no longer available.  But I found lots of possible substitutes you could use to create your own so hope you will forgive my faux pas. I used the new Happy Easter With Eggs chipboard piece along with a floral frame (substitute the Elegant Vintage Flourish Frame, Foliage Round Frame or Oval Peacock Feather Frame) and some garden flowers (substitute the Wild Flower Bouquet or Foliage Pieces).

I started out by painting the Happy Easter With Eggs piece with Americana Dioxazine Purple acrylic paint and then embossed the lovely easter eggs with Emerald Creek Craft Supplies Iridescent Shimmer embossing powder.

I then painted the garden flowers with several different spring colours (greens, yellows and purples) and overstamped them when dry with a fine script stamp and Vintage Photo Distress Archival ink.

The floral frame was painted with Avocado Dip and Lemonade Americana acrylic paint and then some of the leaves were foiled with Spring Green Deco Foil.  I then spattered the frame with Lime and Gilded Color Bloom Sprays and finally added some drops of diluted Indian Gold Nuvo Mousse.

I chose three spring themed scrapbook papers from my stash that coordinated with the painted chipboard pieces and cut the smallest floral piece to 6” square, the second purple piece to 6 ½” square and the largest green piece to 7” square.  The edges were tattered with a distressing tool and layered on atop the other to form the background.

And that was pretty much it, easy peasy right?  The frame was adhered to the background with the Happy Easter sentiment centered overtop and the three flowers tucked in behind the sentiment.  Some K & Company scrapbook stickers from my stash were added to the corners and there it was done. Here are a couple of closeups.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Happy Easter With Eggs

- Floral Frame (substitute Elegant Vintage Flourish Frame, Foliage Round Frame, Oval Peacock Feather Frame)

- Garden Flower Mix (substitute Wild Flower Bouquet, Foliage Pieces)

Other Supplies Used:

- DecoArt: Americana Acrylic paint

- Therm O Web: Spring Green Deco Foil and Deco Foil Adhesive Pen

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Iridescent Shimmer Embossing Powder

- Ranger Ink: Distress Archival Ink

- Prima Marketing: Color Bloom Spray

- Tonic Studios: Nuvo Mousse

- Miscellaneous: Spring Themed Scrapbook Paper, Spring Themed Scrapbook Stickers, Double Sided Tape, Liquid Adhesive and Script Stamp

Thanks as always for stopping by today and remember to Think Spring!  Happy creating,

Deb Riddell ~ Paxton Valley Folk Art