Peace Christmas Card with Nancy Nickel

Hello! It's Nancy here with a fun new project!

Today I have used the fabulous chipboard
from Southern Ridge Trading Company
 to create a very elegant Christmas Card!

Here's what I used:

I began with a white cardstock card base.

I cut a white Glitter Cardstock panel to cover the front of the card.

Then I die-cut a blue Glitter Cardstock oval, 

and centered it over the white panel.

I inked the Angel chipboard piece up with embossing ink,

sprinkled it with the glittery white embossing powder, 

and set it with my heat gun.

I then adhered the angel to the center of the blue oval.

I repeated that process with the glittery blue embossing powder,

on the "Peace" chipboard.

Then I adhered it in place across the bottom of the card.

Finally, I added a sheer white ribbon to the top of the card.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Angel Christmas Mix

- Words of Christmas

Other Supplies Used:

- White Cardstock, 
- DCWV: White and Blue Glitter Cardstock
- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Embossing Ink
  - Glitters Galore Cosmic Embossing Powders: Winter White and Ice Rink
- Celebrate It Ribbon.

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!

I'll have another project share for you soon!

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Joy Tag with Nancy Nickel

Hello, everyone! It's Nancy here with you today!

I'm so happy to be a part of this very talented Design Team,

and I'm looking forward to inspiring you with my projects

in the months ahead.

For my first project I have created a tag:

Here's how I did it:

I began by creating a tag base for my chipboard pieces.

I cut one from kraft, then a layer from navy cardstock,

and then a final layer from a printable quilt pattern.

I distressed all the edges with a distressing tool.

Once they were all adhered together,

I inserted a matching eyelet to the top of the tag,

and then added a variety of ribbons and rick rack through the eyelet.

Then it was time to play with my chipboard.

I used the dress form from the Dressmaker Mix,

and the "Joy" from the Words of Christmas Set.

Then I took the Heart o Graph Doily and cut 1/4 of it out.

This cut very easily with a pair of scissors.

Next, I chose some inks that coordinated with the background paper,

and used these to colour my chipboard, using an ink blending tool.

I use Distress Oxide inks in:

Worn Lipstick,

Peeled Paint,

and Broken China.

Since I wanted the doily to be navy,

I added some Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink.

This gave me the perfect navy with the look of the Oxide ink. 

Once the chipboard was dry,

I adhered it in place on my prepared tag.

Finally, I added some small, rather sheer flowers, from my stash.

One went on the dress form, and three on the doily.

I didn't want solid flowers that would cover all the doily details.

Here's a closer look at the dress form:

Here you can see the detail of the dress from base,

and the lovely doily:

Here is the top of the tag.

The ribbons, seam binding, and rick rack really fit the theme of the tag.

Here's one final look at the finished tag.

I think this tag would be lovely for anyone that enJOYs quilting!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products:

- Dressmaker Mix

- Words of Christmas

- Heart o Graph Doily

Other Materials Used:

- Papers: Recollections Cardstock

- Digital Paper: Gecko Galz - Country Stitches Paper Pack

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire and 

Distress Oxide Ink - Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Broken China

- Unknown: Ribbons, and Flowers.

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I'll have another project share for you soon!

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Celebrate Mixed Media Tag with Karen Jiles

Hi there,

It’s Karen sharing a Celebrate Mixed Media Tag that I created with the Star Stencil and Corrugated Stars. I loved these products together. The Star stencil is a versatile stencil to use for various occasions and the corrugated stars added great texture. Take a look at how this tag came together in the tutorial below.

Step 1: Lay Star Stencil on top of manila tag. Transfer Star Stencil pattern onto tag using a foam tool and distress Ink.

Step 2: Using E6000, adhere ribbon to the back of each side of the manila tag.

Step 3: Adhere large star charm to tag and adhere corrugated star on top of the star charm.

Step 4: Adhere flowers, leaves, additional star charms and corrugated stars.

Step 5: Add sentiment, hemp, bow, crystal gems and pin.

Step 6: Tap on gesso using paint brush to enhance the overall design.

Step 7: Continue embellishing as desired.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Corrugated Stars 

- Star Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Manila Tag

- Foam Tool

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire and Festive Berries

- Hemp

- Flowers

- Crystal Gems & Pin

- Metal Charms

- Ribbon

- Celebrate Sentiment Die Cut

- Gesso (White)

- Scissors

- Paintbrush

- E6000

- Heat Tool

- Trimmer

This tag was so much fun. It gave me an opportunity to use so many fun mixed media elements. The corrugated stars provided just the right amount of texture and the star stencil tied the Celebratory theme together well. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Karen

Scatter Kindness Like Confetti Scrapbook Layout with Karla Yungwirth

Hello friends, it’s Karla back today with a pretty spring layout using the Foliage Pieces and Wild Flower Bouquet Chipboard and Loop Stencil from the Southern Ridge Trading Company Store. I decided to try customizing the chipboard pieces with some of the Ranger Pearl Alcohol Inks that are available. Since they are more opaque than the regular Alcohol Inks because of the pearl mixative, they worked really well to colour the chipboard, giving it a soft, shimmery effect! Be sure to scroll to the bottom to find the video link where you can see how fun this technique is!

I tucked the Foliage Pieces in and around some Simple Stories diecut flowers and layered some stickers on creating clusters around my page.

The Alcohol Pearl Inks were easily applied to the chipboard pieces with a felt pad. I love the mottled look of the Pearl Inks on this beautiful Wild Flower Bouquet!

The Stencils in the SRTC Shop are beautifully detailed! I used a brush to add colour on the base of my layout with Distress Oxide Inks in colours that coordinated with the papers and embellishments.

You can see the steps I used to create this layout and how easy it is to customize chipboard with Alcohol Inks in this video here – https://youtu.be/LMHd_QwYnTs

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Foliage Pieces 

- Wild Flower Bouquet

- Loop Stencil - Available Soon

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink:  Alcohol Pearl Ink and Distress Oxide Inks

- Simple Stories: Vintage Botanical Collection

- My Mind’s Eye: Happy Days Paper

- Pinkfresh Studio: Sticky Notes

- Sketch from SCT 365-2019 Online Layout Class

- Creative Scrapbooker: Super Stock White 12x12 Paper

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Southern Ridge Trading Company Store to see what you feel like creating with today, and have an awesome week ahead.

Hugs,

Karla

Altered Clipboard with Karla Yungwirth

Hello friends, Karla back today. I’m so excited to be continuing on with the awesome Southern Ridge Trading Company Design Team, and I can’t wait to bring you inspiration using the fun products in the shop each month!! Today, I’m sharing an Altered Steampunk Clipboard using the Steampunk Dragonfly Chipboard (sm), Mini Wood Gears, Multi Gear Stencil and Fibers Stencil from the SRTC Shop.

It was fun to pair the cool steampunk supplies with the metallic embossing powders to create coordinating accents. The stencils add such a neat layer of interest of dimension as well! Those gears turned out so neat! I’ve used them on quite a few projects previously and I still have some left over. I love how versatile they are!

I just love how all the layers of powders melted beautifully on the lovely chipboard dragonfly. It did not warp at all even after heating it numerous times and was easily attached to the embellished clipboard with Matte Medium adhesive. The stencils added so much detail using both Distress Oxide Inks and Embossing Powders.

You can find the video HERE to see the process I used to create this chipboard wall-hanging and see how easy it is to customize the chipboard and wood pieces! I had so much fun combining all these fun products and really love how this project turned out!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Steampunk Dragonfly Chipboard (sm)

- Mini Wood Gears

- Multi Gear Stencil

- Fibers Stencil

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz Ideaology: Mini Clipboard

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Baked Texture Embossing Powder - Chunky Rust, Aegean Sea & Patina Oxide, Charred Gold Embossing Powder, Hammered Metal Embossing Powder, Boho Blends - Lapis Lazuli Embossing Powder, Boho Bits - African Amethyst and Quarry Gemstones - Clear Quartz & Pyrite

- Wild Whisper: Embossing Powders - Rugged Red, Blue Island Slush and Pineapple Paradise

- Ranger Ink: Multi Matte Medium, Archival Ink & Emboss It Dabber

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Oxide Inks

- Kaisercraft: Number Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Southern Ridge Trading Company store to see what inspires you to create something beautiful today!

Hugs,

Karla

Beautiful Memories Scrapbook Layout with Karla Yungwirth

Hello! It’s Karla back today with a pretty Spring-like scrapbook layout using the sweet Butterfly Wings Stencil, Butterfly Swirl Combo chipboard pack and Spring Butterfly Wreath chipboard from the Southern Ridge Trading Company Shop. It seems like the winter has gone on forever here in Calgary, Alberta, and I for one, am really ready for warmer weather. Interestingly, the photo in this layout was taken in December, but the flowers and butterflies coordinate with the lovely flowers in my sister and her daughter’s hair.

I decided to experiment with Distress Crayons to alter the chipboard pieces and love how they turned out! I’ll be doing a video for my next post to show you exactly how I did it  I started off by rubbing various colours of Distress Crayons directly on the chipboard, and then smoothing the colour out with my finger, applying one colour at a time. I found by having a baby wipe handy I could slightly wet my finger to help with the blending, while not oversaturating the chipboard. I covered the surface with a coat of Tattered Angels Chalk Chalkboard Mist that I put into a waterbrush applicator. It is semi-opaque and has a gorgeous shimmer effect!

I recently picked up some of Vicki Boutin’s new Iridescent Texture Paste and decided to try it through the Butterfly Stencil. On the teal cardstock I used a palette knife and added the yummy paste directly on the background. On the bottom left I first used Distress Oxide Inks to add colour with a sponge through the stencil, traced around the inside openings with a black pen, and then added the Texture Paste. I added some pretty gems to create a body. I just love how these turned out!

The butterflies and swirls all look so wonderful combined with the Jen Hadfield Along The Way collection and Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse floral elements. I hope you’ll try out some of these techniques to embellish your own chipboard!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Butterfly Wings Stencil

- Butterfly Swirl Combo

- Spring Butterfly Wreath

Other Supplies Used:

- Jen Hadfield Along The Way collection from Scrap Shotz Kit Club

- Simple Stories: Spring Farmhouse Floral Bits & Pieces, Bow Paperclips and Chipboard Stickers

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Crayons and Distress Oxide Ink

- Tattered Angels: Chalk Chalkboard Mist

- Buttons Galore & More: Sequin Mix

- Vicki Boutin:  Iridescent Texture Paste

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful, crafty week ahead 

Hugs, Karla