Graduation Gift with Tracy Sagriff

This project  is a gift for a young lady who  is graduating from her Christian high school this week. I thought it might be a useful magnet for her fridge to encourage her to move boldly into the new chapter of her life.

I used 2 coats of paint on the chipboard and then used the ink to distress the edges. Stamp sentiment on a small scrap of light coloured paper.

Adhere doily to Victorian circle slightly offset to the left. Position the cross on the right side and overlap  the cross with journey. Once you are happy with position adhere pieces together. Glue the sentiment so that it is even with the chipboard. Add embellishments.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Journey Fun Word

- Victorian Circle Frame

- Filagree Cross

Other Supplies Used:

- Small Doily

- Flowers

- Gems

- Flatback Pearls

- Stamped Sentiment

- DecoArt: Dazzling Metallic Paint - Rose Gold

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

- Tracy

Life is Good Scrapbook Layout with Charlene Byrd

Hello ladies!

Charlene here! Thanks for joining me today! Well I don't know what the weather is like in your part of the world but where I live we just got more snow! Not much, but enough to cover the ground. I am so ready for spring...any day now would be great!!!

So I thought it was fitting to scrapbook a photo of my youngest son in early spring with his toque on. (Photo was taken many years ago as he's almost 17 now!)

Southern Ridge circle frames are a great way to draw attention. The circle frame makes his face the highlight of the layout. I love those squinty little eyes and that cute smile...it instantly takes me back to that age!

For this layout I simply inked the circle frame and the stars with Black Soot Distress Stain.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Victorian Circle Frame

- Sm. Primitive Stars

Other Supplies Used:

- Elle’s Studio Paper and Diecuts

- Washi Tape

- Paper doilies

Thanks for joining me today! Here's hoping that spring is around the corner!

- Charlene

Vintage Junk Journal with Corina Finley

Happy Spring!

Thank you for joining me today. I have created my very first Vintage Junk Journal showcasing the Memories Fun Word & Victorian Circle Frame on the cover. 

I really enjoyed creating this journal starting from coffee dying all the assorted paper, doilies and embellishments. It is not a fast process but worth it at the end!

For my cover, I used a coffee stained lined paper base and wrapped the front and back panels. I cut a large doily in half and adhered a piece to each of the panels.

I randomly stamped the Journal spine with a vintage script stamp using brown dye ink and added stitched embellishing to the edges. Coffee stained cheese cloth & seam binding was layered under the Victorian Circle Frame and the Memories Fun Word. I then slipped in a vintage tag I created and added a few buttons.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Memories Fun Word

- Victorian Circle Frame

Remember to take a look at the Southern Ridge Trading Company website -Chipboard.ca for great Chipboard designs for your next card or project!

Thanks for joining me today!

Take care,

Corina Finley

Live, Laugh & Create!

Shine Bright with Sandy McTier

Karen and I are excited to introduce our last talented Decorative Painter,  Sandy McTier, today on the blog.

Sandy McTier is sharing a beautiful piece with you today, so read below as Sandy shares with you her Shine Bright project. Make sure to leave her some love and give her a warm welcome to the team.

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Hi Y’all!!

So excited to be here on the Southern Ridge Trading Co. blog!

My name is Sandy McTier, and I live in the state of Georgia in the United States with my hubby and darling dachshund – Becks. I’m the proud momma to three amazing boys – ages 22, 21, and 20 J I’ve been fortunate to travel teach around the world, sharing what I love to do with others!!

I love painting and creating everything from crafty to fine art! I was beyond thrilled when asked to be a part of the SR Design Team and look forward to creating with all of the AWESOME SRTC products!!!  It was like Christmas opening up my first box from Karen! The brain went into overdrive, and I couldn’t wait to get started!!! 

I’m happy to share my first design with you ~ Shine BRIGHT!

My palette inspiration came from some pictures of beautiful rusty metals. The burnt oranges, turquoise and browns spoke to me – don’t you love it when that happens.

I knew I wanted to create some texture in the background so I used a brayer and rolled on some Gesso over the entire surface. Then I painted the entire surface with some gorgeous Burnt Orange and Quinacridone Gold Fluid Acrylics. 

TIP: Lay the surface down on some Press’n Seal (kitchen wrap) and press down. This helps keep the piece in place as well as keeping the colour from going through the fret work and onto the other side.  This works especially well for tiny chipboard pieces, words and more!

Whilst that was drying, I created a butterfly out of a manila folder. I glued the folder closed, drew out my butterfly design and painted it up with a mix of Quinacridone Magenta and Quinacridone Gold. Added some accents on the wings with Titanium White, Vermilion and Carbon black along the edges. Outlined everything with an Identi-Pen and added some yummy Bronze Metallic Lustre to the wings. Added some softness to the edges by rubbing a bit of Titan Buff along the edges. I finished it up by painting a nice thick layer of Crackle Glaze on the wings.

TIP: Do all the painting on the butterfly before cutting out the shape. It’s much easier to hold the edge of the folder, keeping your fingers off the butterfly as you are painting it.

I envisioned a scrolly, swirly type center to go along with the gorgeous rim on this surface. I had this stencil which was perfect and exactly the picture I had in my mind when designing this piece. I mixed up some Cobalt Teal Hue, Cobalt Turquoise Hue, Blue Green Light and a touch of Titanium White to get a pretty shade of turquoise/aqua and stenciled it and taaaadaaa – loved it!

Sometimes the perfect thing to finish off a background is paint splatters! It adds another layer of interest, and it went great with the initial inspiration of the speckled look of rust. Of course the butterfly wings needed some splatter too J .

It needed a saying, and I just got this Shine Bright piece at Michael’s, so painted it up with a brighter colour, highlighted it and shaded around the edges with Staz-On ink pad. Added some of the same highlight colour around the rim here and there and finished with scuffing up the edge of the rim with the ink pad.

I finished by sealing the entire piece and gluing the words and butterfly on with E6000 glue. I wanted the wings to stand up a bit more so popped a couple glue dots underneath the wings right at the body. Oh… and he needed some antenna’s so painted those on too!

So in love with the dimension achieved with the butterfly and the colour combination. Hope this piece inspires you to create something fun today!

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Victorian Circle Frame Wood Canvas

Other Supplies Used:

- DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics

- DecoArt Media Crackle Glaze

- DecoArt Media Matte Medium

- DecoArt Media Gesso

- Manila Folder

- Identi-Pen

- E6000 Glue

- Scissors

- Glue Dots

- Rebecca Baer Stencil

- Dynasty Brushes (Available from TheBrushGuys.com – use promo code: sandymc for an additional discount)

Website: www.sandymctierdesigns.com

FB: www.Facebook.com/SandyMcTierDesigns

©2017 Shine Bright by Sandy McTier, all rights reserved

Y’all have a GREAT day!!

- Sandy