Celebrating Your Life with Charlene Byrd

Hello Bloggers!

Charlene here! Thank you so much for joining me today! If you’re like me you are anxiously waiting spring! I am so tired of the snow, spring can arrive anytime now! The only good thing about the bad weather is that it allows me to work in my studio without feeling guilty that I should be doing something else. Haha!  

Today I’m sharing with you very special layout of my step dad who passed away last year. For those of you who follow me, know that we also lost my brother last year. It was a tough year ☹ Although there were a lot of tears shed while creating this page, it also warmed my heart to think of the good times that we had together. This photo was taken the last time that my mom and Trevor visited us in Ontario (they are from Alberta).  We went on a road trip through the Adirondack mountains to Lake Placid where we stopped along the way to check out many beautiful places and eat lobster (well they did, I don’t like sea food!). Like the journaling says, there are not many photos of the 2 of them together. I am so thankful that I snapped this picture.  We know now that this was the last time he was healthy as there were signs of him being sick while he was visiting (we just didn’t know it), it was a downhill battle for him for the next 9 months.

He will forever be in our hearts!

I stained the clock with Black Soot Distress stain and rubbed Pumice Stone Distress ink across the birdcage and the circle frame. To create the feather I stained it first with Black Soot Distress Stain and then added Distress Glitter with Glue N Seal adhesive.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Fine Clock Face

- Heart Scroll Cages

- Victorian Circle Square Frame

- Wing and Heart Necklace Kit

Other Products Used:

- Basic Grey Paper

- Rubons

- Paper Doily

- Prima Marketing Flowers

- Cheesecloth

- Paper clocks

- Metal heart

- Lace

Thanks for joining me today! Until next time!

Happy Creating,

Charlene

An Elegant Fall with Tracy Moreau

My favourite season, I love the crisp clear mornings, the cool air and most especially ... the colours! Vibrant oranges, rust tones and lovely yellows ... all of these blended with the sparkle of a bit of Metallic, lend a little elegance to the season. Thats what I tried to bring a little of to this piece. It's simple and depends entirely on bold colour, a little metallic and shadows.  

I used a single Skeleton Maple Leaf and the Victorian Circle Square Die. I added a few 1/4" cuttings of dowel and a 6x6 artists panel. Some pretty metallics and a minimal palette of Black, Burnt Sienna, Spiced Pumpkin, and Mustard Seed.

I applied a slip slap base coat and blended Spiced Pumpkin, Burnt Sienna and a touch of Mustard Seed. Then base coated the Victorian Circle Square die, with a generous coat of Lamp Black. I let it dry then traced the word "Fall" onto the upper right side of the Victorian Circle Square. I then used a #2 Rigger to paint the lettering with Spiced Pumpkin.

The Skeleton Maple Leaf is sponged with 24kt Gold, Bronze, Copper and a bit of Olive Green and Sapphire Metallic. ( I couldn't resist ... I added a touch of the Bronze and Copper to a few spots on the Circle Square).

I painted all of the 1/4" pieces of dowel with Lamp Black, then glued one to the back of the Skeleton Maple Leaf and 4 to the back of the Victorian Circle Square Frame. I let them dry and then glued the Circle Square to the Art Panel, then I glued the Maple Leaf to the Square. A light spritz with some Matte Spray and a light sprinkle of Glitter just for some added sparkle!

You will Need:

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Skeleton Maple Leaf

- Victorian Circle Square Frame

Other Supplies Used:

- DecoArt Americana: Americana Acrylics - Burnt Sienna, Spiced Pumpkin, Mustard Seed and Lamp Black, DecoArt Metallics - 24 kt Gold, Copper, Bronze, Olive Green and Sapphire and DecoArt Glamour Dust - Matt Spray

- Desserre: 6x6 Wooden Art Panel

- Gorilla Glue

Designed By: Tracy Moreau

www.tracymoreau.net

 

Dragonfly Journal Cover with Corina Finley

Hello

During the month of May, each Southern Ridge Design Team member will be using the New Release Zen Dragonfly in their creations. You will be able to see numerous techniques and ideas using the same lovely chipboard embellishment.

For my take, I decided to use it on the cover of a hand-bound Journal that I am making. I used a printout from a Digital Journal kit by ARTYmaze as my pattern paper. Then added the Victorian Circle Square Frame that was painted with Distress paint to the cover. I cut and stamped a 3 1/2 inch pattern paper square from the same kit using a Script stamp with Ranger Coffee Archival Ink. Layered it to a piece of Kraft cardstock, paper distressed the edges and adhered to the center of the frame. 

For the Zen Dragonfly, I glued it down to a piece of inked book paper and fussy cut it out. I then added Rangers Glossy Accents into some of the open detailed sections and sprinkled with  tiny coloured sugar beads. Once dry, I tapped off the excess and adhered the Zen Dragonfly to the frame. 

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Zen Dragonfly

- Victorian Circle Square Frame

- Journal Word 

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!

Thank You Card with Katelyn Grosart

Hey Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here and I'm on the blog today sharing with you a  Thank you card using some of the new products that we've just pre-released in our store. You'll want to make sure to head over and check them all out, you can find them all here. Stay tuned this weekend as we will be showing off the new CHA releases on Facebook. Today's Thank You card  will be sure to inspire you to recreate it at home. Read below and learn how I transformed my chipboard pieces to create my Thank You card.

To start, you'll need the Victorian Circle Square Frame. Apply a coat of Ranger Ink: Emboss It Dabber to the entire piece. Once the ink has been applied, sprinkle Dusk Stone Violet embossing powder over the entire surface. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Set the frame aside to allow the powder to cool. If there isn't enough embossing powder on the frame, reapply the Emboss It Ink to the frame and sprinkle Dusk Stone Violet embossing powder over the entire surface. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Set the piece aside to cool.

Next you'll need the Berry Branch Set. Cut two berry branches to fit at the bottom right hand side of the frame and cut one berry branch to fit at the bottom of the frame. Once the pieces have been cut, apply two coats of Victorian Velvet Distress Paint to each piece. Set the berry branches aside to dry.

With the Victorian Velvet Distress Paint still out, paint three floral banners. You'll want to apply another coat of paint, once the first coat has dried. Set the banners aside to dry.

With the banners painted, take the Wild Flower Bouquet and trim to fit as desired in the bottom right hand corner. Once the bouquet has been trimmed, apply one coat of Dusty Concord Distress Paint to the bouquet. With the first coat of Dusty Concord paint applied, lightly paint a coat of white gesso over top. While the white gesso is still wet, apply a coat of Dusty Concord Distress Paint to the bouquet. Once the paint has dried, ink the edges of the bouquet with Dusty Concord Distress Ink.

Cut the Thank You Flourish to fit in the middle of the frame. Once it's cut apply Abandoned Coral Distress Ink to the "Thank You" sentiment. 

With the chipboard pieces being covered, now it's time to move onto cutting your patterned paper. Cut a piece of patterned paper that measures 5 3/4" x 5 3/4".  Make sure to distress the edges of the papers and then ink the edges using Dusty Concord Distress Ink.

The last piece of patterned paper that you need to cut, will measure 5 7/8" x 5 7/8". Make sure to distress the edges of the papers and then ink the edges using Dusty Concord Distress Ink.

Adhere the floral patterned paper to the wood patterned paper.

Adhere the frame to the middle of the floral paper.

Adhere the "Thank You" sentiment to the middle of the frame.

Adhere two shorter berry branches on the right hand side of the frame. Once the berry branches have been adhered, adhere the wild flower bouquet slightly overtop of the berry branches.

String the three banners onto a piece of white ribbon. Once the banners have been strung, adhere the banners to the top left hand side of the frame.

Next, you'll want to wrap a piece of white ribbon along the bottom of the card, making sure to tie a bow on the right hand side, covering the bottoms of the berry branches and bouquet.

You'll want to add a variety of pink, and purple roses in the bottom right hand corner by the bow. Add as many or as little flowers as you want.

Add two pink roses and one purple rose to the banner.

The last finishing touch to add to the card is adding the longer of the three berry branches at the bottom of the frame. Once the branch has been added, adhere the card front to the card a 6" x 6" cardbase.

Here are some close up shots of my card.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Victorian Circle Square Frame

- Wild Flower Bouquet

- Thank You Flourish

- Berry Branch Set

- Floral Banners 

-  10mm pink and purple roses

- 15mm pink and purple roses

Other Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Dusk Stone Violet Embossing Powder 

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Abandoned Coral and Dusty Concord, Distress Paint - Victorian Velvet and Dusty Concord 

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Ink - Clear (dabber)

- Prima Marketing: Heavy White Gesso

- 49 and Market: Heirloom Botanicals - Conservatory and Sanctuary

- Bo Bunny Vintage Double Dot: Coffee

- Ribbon:  White

- 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