Vintage Sewing Card with Jessica Kaiser

Hello friends!

It’s Jess here with another fun project to share with you!

If you love sewing AND vintage, then this project is going to be just for you!!  Isn't it just lovely?  I can't wait to tell you all about this gorgeous HANDMADE CARD.  I used the following Southern Ridge Chipboard products on this card:

Dressmaker Mix

Tombow Glue

Sew.......hahaha (ok, I'm not really that funn).....your first step is the background. I actually adhered a piece of scrap fabric to a piece of cardstock for my base! Next, it was time to get my chipboard pieces all prettied up!  I used a mix of Embossing Powder and some copper Gilding Flakes to create the vintage feel on the sewing machine!

A key tip to working with gilding flakes - don't keep an overhead fan on with an open container (or the air conditioning/furnace vent). Just take my word for it ;)

Gilding flakes are also a fun way to add texture and dimension!  Simply apply a bid of adhesive, lay on your flakes and then brush off the excess. I used a 2 Way Glue Pen to adhere mine.  Once everything was embossed and distressed with gilding flakes, I added a bit of dusty rose & white lace and adhered everything to my fabric covered card.  I felt it needed a little "extra" so I used my Nuvo Crystal Drops in Pearl to create liquid pearls everywhere!  I just LOVED this sentiment which was stamped and embossed with a dark navy blue embossing powder. 

I thought the pearls on the mannequin added the perfect touch. I hope you enjoy this project - I loved making it. 

See you next time!

Jess

Leave Ordinary Behind Scrapbook Layout with Charlene Byrd

Charlene here. Thanks for joining me today. There is truly something very special about the hobby we all love. I design scrapbook kits as my business and in doing such, I have always had to take so much time in planning out every page. Know exactly what I’m doing and measuring every piece of paper before I cut it. Design with only the designated products I have for the page. Thanks to Southern Ridge every month I get to create a beautiful layout just for me (it’s actually the only scrapbooking I do for myself)! I get to create without any boundaries, use amazing chipboard pieces, whatever paper inspires me and play with different mediums. Who knew that simply cutting a piece paper without thinking could be so fun! Lol!

Remington, my 18 year old son, has decided to enter a motocross race, his first one since he was about 6 years old. He has always continued to ride, in the mountains over the years and recreationally at the track now but the racing itch has struck him again. This reminded me of the race days when Hunter raced his 4 wheeler and Remington on his little dirt bike, look how little they were!

I started by cutting up the honeycomb chipboard pieces. I decided I wanted to use the zigzag border piece around the outside of the honeycomb. I simply stained them with Walnut Distress Stain. I added it beside one of the photos.

I used Prima Rust Effect paste to distress the chipboard gears and the chain border. You start by dabbing the brown paste all over the chipboard and then add small amounts of the orange and lastly the yellow.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Chain Border

- Med. Gears

Other Supplies Used:

- Kaisercraft Paper and Diecuts

- Bo Bunny Paper

- Prima Marketing: Rust Effect

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Walnut Distress Stain

Until next time.

Happy Scrappin!

Charlene

Vintage Bicycles with Deb Antonick

I just fell in love with these new Stamperia Rice papers.

I chose to make 2 canvases so as not to waste any of this gorgeous paper.

To start, I applied a coat of Gesso to chipboard bikes and the 2 wood canvases.

Cut the paper to fit the larger wood canvas keeping to the upper right of the paper so as to utilize the flowers. Apply with Matte Medium.

Use a palette knife and a brick look stencil and apply modelling paste to the smaller Wood Canvas, and the upper right and lower left of the larger canvas over the paper. Let dry.

Emboss the chipboard Bicycles and the branches with the Emerald Creek Allure Burnt Copper Leaves embossing powder.

Paint over the texture with Razzleberry. Let dry.

Drybrush over the pink with Light Buttermilk. Let dry.

Adhere the remaining paper to a piece of Cardstock with Matte Medium. Let dry, then cut to create the upper right and lower left corners.

Adhere the paper with glue.

Shade around the edges on both of the wood canvases with DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Burnt Umber.

Stamp a piece of cardstock with the Dream stamp and trim to size. Adhere with Matte Medium. Outline with the Stabilo pencil or permanent marker.

Add brads to the wheels.

Adhere all the chipboard pieces with Pop Up Glue Dots.

Adhere flowers with Glue.

Finish the sides of the wood canvas with Razzleberry.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Retro Bike – Med

- Penny Farthing Bike – Med 

- Leafy Branches

Other Supplies Used:

- 8x8 Wood Canvas

- 6x6 Wood Canvas

- Stamperia Paper: Peach Blossoms

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder

- DecoArt Acrylics: Razzleberry and Light Buttermilk

- DecoArt Media: Gesso, Burnt Umber and Matte Medium

- Stencil: TCW 6x6 Brick Stencil

- Stamp: Dream Forever CRV219 - Stampendous

- Imagine Crafts: StazOn Jet Black Permanent Ink Pad

- Aleene's Tacky Glue

- Stabilo pencil or permanent black marker

- Small flowers and four brads

- Palette Knife, Scissors and Heat Tool

By Deb Antonick

www.paintingwithdeb.com

Crafty Art Journal with Emma Ivemey

Hello there!  Emma here with you today to share an art journal page I’ve created using the beautiful chipboard shapes from Southern Ridge.

I’m sure I’m not alone in sometimes going through a creative low patch.  When there’s a lot going on in your life, it can often be difficult to sit down and create.  Maybe you’re thinking “what shall I make”, or perhaps it’s “why do I make”? Creative blocks can be hard to get through.

I think the important thing to remember is that art doesn’t always follow rules, and often it can be helpful to use an art journal to create something spontaneous that comes from your heart.  It’s your journal, and it’s for you to keep entirely to yourself if you like. It’s a great strategy for experimenting with new mediums, or a new stencil.

For this piece, I have used the Vintage Dressmaker Mix set.  I have embellished the chipboard with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, and also the Distress Crayons.  I loved the metallic look for the sewing machine and scissors.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Dressmaker Mix

Other Supplies Used:

- Strathmore Mixed Media Ring Bound Sketchbook

- Tim Holtz Ideaology: Printed Tissue Wrap

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

- Vicki Boutin for American Crafts: Mixed Media Stencil

- Taylored Expressions: Stamp

- Imagine Crafts: Versafine Clair Ink

- Spectrum Noir: Sparkle Pen

- Close to My Heart: Wooden Clothes Pin and Buttons

- Prima Marketing: Paper Flowers, Lace and Ribbon

- Fabritac Adhesive

Next time you feel you’re in a craft rut, try an art journal page.  You never know what might inspire you next.

Happy crafting!

~~ Emma ~~

Bee(youtiful) Mini Album with Erin Quiding-Sampson

Hello it's my turn on the blog and I’m sharing a mini album that I made using several Southern Ridge Trading Company products and papers from Authentique’s Be(you)tiful paper line.

I started off by gluing down a filigree piece and 3 bees to a chipboard tag. I then painted it, 3 more bee’s and a second tag with white Gesso.

While those were drying I cut a piece of 3 by 1 ½ inch of Cardstock from the paper line to use as my hinge and spine.

I scored at ¼ inch on both of the long sides then added a strip of double sided tape to the inside of each tag to create the front and back covers of my mini album.

Next, I cut out 2 pieces of black card stock (3 inches by 4 1/2) to make 2 pages for the inside of my album.

I scored the bottom of each of those at ¼ inch.  I added a strip of double sided tape to the score line of each then placed them onto the inside of the mini album.

I now have 2 double sided pages, along with the front and back covers.

I decorated each page with papers and stickers from the collection pack adding in distress oxide here and there to bring it all together.

I used distress oxides in peeled paint and fossilized amber to colour the filigree pieces and bees on the cover

and lastly added a few bees to the inner pages.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Products Used:

- Chipboard Tag

- Bees

- Swirl Corners #2

Thanks for stopping in today!

Erin

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