Hey there Southern Ridge Trading Company fans, Katelyn here and I'm on the blog today to share some inspiration with you from our current monthly challenge which is all about "Christmas & New Years". Today I've got a Snowman Merry Christmas card for you that will be sure to inspire you to recreate it. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and learn how I transformed my chipboard pieces and assembled my card to create my fun Christmas card.
To start, take out six Mini Wood Snowflakes. Cover each snowflake in two layers of Picket Fence Distress Stain. Once the stain has dried, cover the snowflakes in a layer of VersaMark Ink and sprinkle Iridescent Shimmer Embossing Powder overtop of each of the snowflakes. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Set the snowflakes aside to cool. Once the embossing powder has cooled down, add a red glitter/gold glitter dot to the centres of each snowflake.
Next, you'll need the Ornate Square Frame #2. Apply two coats of Picket Fence Distress Stain to the frame. Once the distress stain has dried, cover the snowflakes in a layer of VersaMark Ink and sprinkle Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder overtop of the frame. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.
Pull out six Snowflakes 712 out of the package. Apply two coats of Picket Fence Distress Stain on each snowflake. Set aside the snowflakes to dry.
Take out one sleigh from the Sm. Wood Sleighs package. Apply two coats of Walnut Stain Distress Stain to the sleigh. Set the sleigh aside to dry.
Pull out four Sm. Primitive Stars out of the package. Apply two coats of Brushed Pewter Distress Stain on each star. Set aside the stars to dry.
Next, you'll need to pull one Merry Christmas banner and four stars from the Mini Wood Stars. Blend Barn Door Distress Ink onto the Merry Christmas banner. Blend Fossilized Amber Distress Ink to the four wood stars. Once the banner and stars have been inked, use a blending tool ink the edges of the banner and stars using Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
Take three mittens out of the package. Apply two coats of Candied Apple Distress Paint. Once the mittens have dried, use a blending tool and ink the edges of the mittens using Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
Next, you'll need to get out your paper trimmer. Trim the snowman image down to 2 7/8" x 2 7/8", trim the large snowflake patterned paper to 5 1/4" x 5 1/4", trim the small snowflake patterned paper to 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" and trim the plaid patterned paper to 5 3/4" x 5 3/4". Edge distress all the edges of the patterned paper and then ink the edges of the patterned paper and image using a blend tool and Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
Adhere the small snowflake patterned paper to the plaid patterned paper. Adhere the large snowflake patterned paper to the small snowflake patterned paper.
Adhere the snowman image to the middle of the large snowflake patterned paper. Once the snowman image has been adhered, adhere the ornate frame overtop of the snowman image.
Adhere three white stained snowflakes in the bottom left hand corner of the frame. Adhere the other three white stained snowflakes in the top right hand corner of the frame.
Adhere two of the brushed pewter stars in the bottom left hand corner of the frame overtop of the snowflakes. Once the stars have been adhered in the bottom right hand corner, adhere two of the wood stars in the bottom left hand corner. Adhere the other two brushed pewter stars in the top right hand corner of the frame overtop of the snowflakes. Once the stars have been adhered in the top right hand corner, adhere the other two wood stars in the top right hand corner.
Before adhering the sleigh in the bottom left hand corner, add a piece of twine to the sleigh. In the bottom left hand corner, adhere the banner, sleigh a mitten and a snowflake. In the top right hand corner, adhere the two mittens and three snowflakes.
In the bottom left hand corner, adhere six red roses, four black roses and three dark brown roses as desired. In the top right hand corner, adhere seven red roses, five black roses and three dark drown roses as desired. Once the roses have been adhered, adhere the card front to 6" card base.
Here is the snowman Merry Christmas finished.
Here are some close up of the snowman Merry Christmas card once all the elements had been added.
Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:
- Sm. Wood Mittens
- Merry Christmas Banner
- 10mm Dark Brown, Red and Black roses
Other Supplies Used:
- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder and Iridescent Shimmer Embossing Powder
- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, Fossilized Amber and Barn Door, Distress Stain - Picket Fence and Brushed Pewter & Distress Paint - Candied Apple
- Ranger Ink: Glossy Accents
- Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts: VersaMark Ink
- Elizabeth Crafts Design: Red/Gold Glitter Dots
- Authentique: Wintery - Wintery Six, Wintery Five, Wintery Three and Wintery One
- Graphic 45: Kraft Regular Tags
- May Arts Ribbon: Dark Brown Twine
- Tombow: Aqua Mono Glue
- 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
