Love is and Adventure Frame

This is my project that is up on the Southern Ridge Blog today!

I'am excited to share my project with you today. With Valentine's Day coming up I thought it would be fun to create something Valentine's inspired. I loved using the KIT-379 frame from SRTC. So here it is:

To create the colour on the frame I used Worn Lipstick and Picket Fence Distress Paint, as well as Mushroom Adirondack Alcohol Ink. Once I was happy with the colours I sanded the top of the frame to take some of the colour away and give it more of a distressed look.

The  hearts I used on the project were HRT-474. I used Spun Sugar Distress Paint on the base of the heart first to give it a base and then I added Spun Sugar Distress Glitter and Sterling Glass Glitter.

The Love Banner is my favourite. It is BAN-498 from SRTC. I painted the banner using Walnut Stain Distress Paint and once I cut it in half and adhered it where I wanted it, I added Crackle Accents overtop of the letters and the banner strips.

On the rest of the frame I used Authentique "Crush" paper, Bo Bunny "Think Pink" Double Dot Jewels, the pink flowers are from Kaisercraft, white flowers from SRTC and Glossy Accents to highlight parts of the tray.

Hopefully you're starting to feel inspired to create for Valentine's Day. Check out the Southern Ridge Store to see other Valentine's product.

Until Next Time

-Katelyn 

Winter Time Tray on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog

I know it has been a while since I last posted. It's my turn back up on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog. Check the blog out as it has great inspiration!

Happy New Year! Hopefully you've all had a fantastic holiday season and are ready to get back into your craft room and create!

When we got to choose from the new releases to design with I knew that I needed to find a way to use the snowman. He reminds me of "Olaf" off of Frozen. I found this great tray in with my craft stuff and I knew it would work perfectly to showcase this awesome snowman.

 Here is the full view of my winter time tray.

Products used: 7 Gypsies tray, Carta Bella - Warm & Cozy. Snowman, sled, Snowflakes & SEA-165 from SRTC.

I'm in love with the snowflakes and SEA-165 from SRTC. I added Prima glass glitter in both pearl and sterling to the large snowflakes and love how much texture that it gives them. 

Products used: Carta Bella - Warm & Cozy, Prima - Glass Glitter, Snowflakes from SRTC and SEA-165 from SRTC.

The snowman is my favourite piece on the tray. On the snowman I used Distress Ink and Distress Paint. On the sled I used Distress Ink. 

Products used: Carta Bella - Warm & Cozy, Snowman & Sled from SRTC.

Hopefully this has given you some inspiration to get back into your craft room. Make sure that you check back on the blog to see more amazing projects from our designers. As well check out our Southern Ridge Trading Company Facebook page. 

Until Next Time

-Katelyn

It's a Fancy Christmas

To get you in the holiday mood, I thought it was time for a holiday layout. I had a ton of fun making this layout as it took me back to the first large display I have ever done in my professional career. Once again the chipboard is amazing and is all available at Southern Ridge Trading Company.

Here are all of the elements together on my layout. 

Products used: SEA-165, and Bo Bunny: Altitude, Candy Cane Lane, Double Dot, and Double Dot Jewels.

Stop by the Southern Ridge Blog today to see the rest of the details on my holiday layout.

Until Next Time

- Katelyn

Gear Mini Album up on Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog

Happy Remembrance Day to all of our Canadian followers and Happy Memorial Day to all of our American followers on the blog!

I finally got to play with ALB-309 last weekend and I love the mini album. The gears on the front are amazing and full of opportunity. I will warn you, below it is top heavy in photos, so grab a cup of coffee and enjoy my gear mini album.

Front Cover: Inka Gold - Gold and Gold Brown.

Inside Cover: Inka Gold - Gold and Gold Brown. Page 1: Bo Bunny - "Somewhere In Time", Bazzill Cardstock.

Page 2: Bo Bunny - "Somewhere In Time", Bazzill Cardstock, Gears from SRTC. I inked the gears using Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  Page 3: Bo Bunny -"Somewhere In Time", Bazzill Cardstock, and flowers from SRTC. I inked my flowers using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and put the Sakura clear gel pen over the centers of the flowers. 

Page 4 & 5: Bo Bunny - "Somewhere In Time", Bazzill Cardstock, SRTC - HHP-282, Flowers and leaves from SRTC and Melt Art - Gold Uttee. 

I used the Gold Uttee on the key holes and embossed them. On the flowers I inked them with Vintage Photo Distress Stain and then added the clear Sakura Gel pen over top. 

Page 6 & 7: Bo Bunny - "Somewhere In Time", and Bazzill Cardstock. I Glossy Accented the clocks in the bottom left and right hand corners. 

Page 8 & 9: Bo Bunny - "Somewhere In Time" , Bazzill Cardstock, and Flowers from SRTC. I added Vintage Photo Distress Ink to the flowers to give them an older look.

Page 10 & 11: Bo Bunny - "Somewhere In Time", Bazzill Cardstock, and BAN-284 from SRTC.

On the banners I added Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Page 12 & 13: Bo Bunny - "Somewhere In Time" , Bazzill Cardstock, TAG-044 from SRTC, and Melt Art - Gold Uttee.

On the TAG-044 I used Gold Uttee and embossed, but didn't emboss it all the way so I could leave the bubbles. 

Page 14 & 15: Bo Bunny - "Somewhere In Time", and Bazzill Cardstock. 

Page 16 & 17: Bo Bunny - "Somewhere In Time", Bazzill Cardstock, HHP282 from SRTC, Flowers and Leaves from SRTC, and Melt Art - Gold Uttee.

Back Cover: Bo Bunny - "Somewhere In Time"

Hope you have a great Tuesday! Stop by our Southern Ridge Trading Company Facebook page to check out more wonderful designs from our designers.

Until Next Time

- Katelyn

Fall Layout up on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog

I hope that you are having a wonderful Monday morning and have been enjoying our talented designers! I'am excited to be back up on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog sharing with you a fall layout. 

My favourite time of the year is Fall, so what better way then to document it through a layout.  I used the amazing chipboard leaves, NAT-393 off of the SRTC website. On the chipboard leaves I used three different colours of Inka Gold to colour them and I love that all three of them turned out differently, since you are never able to find the same leaf out in nature. 

Products used: SRTC - NAT- 393, Patterned Paper - Authentique "Grateful", Bazzill Cardstock, and Inka Gold in: Gold, Orange, and Gold Brown.

I hope you are feeling inspired to create something on this wonderful Monday morning. Thanks for stopping by the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog and check back the rest of the week to see our other amazing designers and their projects.

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

So Grateful Layout up on Southern Ridge Trading Company

I'm so excited to be sharing my first post with Southern Ridge Trading Company. I was fortunate to discover this amazing company when I was at a trade show in Edmonton last month.

Southern Ridge Trading Company chipboard and wood products are amazing and the potential to include them on page layouts and cards is endless.

This single page layout is very special to me as the pictures were Christmas presents from my step brother, my step sister and myself to our Dad.  I'm just now getting around to scrapbooking them and I felt there was no better way than featuring two different types of embellishments from SRTC.

Full view of the layout showing the wood and chipboard pieces from SRTC. The paper used is "Grateful" from Authentique and Bazzill cardstock.

The SRTC chipboard banner is BAN-284. I left it in its natural state as the detail on the banner is absolutely stunning. I added a label from the Authentique "Grateful" collection in the blank space so I could give my layout a title. 

The detail on the SRTC wood keys is amazing.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you have enjoyed my creation. Make sure that you stop by our Facebook group as there are other talented designers posting to keep the inspiration flowing. 

Until Next Time!

Katelyn

It's been a while!

I don't know where the time goes. But all of the sudden May is here and I had high hopes to post more on my blog but it seems that life gets in the way and there aren't enough hours in the day. I have been extremely busy creating samples for my local scrapbook store Treasured Memories Scrapbooking so that seems to take most of my creative time in the evening.  I have just finished creating some Father's Day inspired cards using one of Tim Holtz's new Stamper Anonymous stamp set High Society Blueprints.

Supplies: Bazzill Cardstock, Graphic 45 "Good Ol' Sport", Bo Bunny Double Dot, May Arts Ribbon, Fab Scraps Clock Charm, Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Stamp Set: High Society Blueprint.

Thats all for now. Off to create some more Father's Day inspired projects. 

-Katelyn