"Peace" Christmas Card on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog

It's my turn back on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog today with a vintage "Peace" Christmas card.  Just a reminder that there are still 8 days to participate in our Monthly Challenge. Head here to see all of the details on how to enter and add your project. 

Supplies Used: SRTC - Small Primitive Stars, Words of Christmas #2, 10mm Cream Flowers & 10mm Brown Flowers. Emerald Creek - Soft Fallen Snow & Iridescent Shimmer Embossing Powder. Glue Dots. Ranger/Tim Holtz - Ground Espresso Distress Ink. Maja Designs - Home for the Holidays 6x6 pad & Home for the Holidays 12x12 Die-cut paper. Bazzill Cardstock - Brown. Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts - Silver Delicata & VersaMark.

On the small primitive stars and Words of Christmas #2 featuring the "Peace" word, I covered the entire surface of all three pieces using Silver Delicata. Before the Silver Delicata dried on all three pieces, I sprinkled Iridescent Shimmer embossing powder from Emerald Creek over top and embossed them. I love how each piece turned out a bit differently but all three pieces have even more sparkle on now.

To finish my card I covered the edges of each of my patterned papers with VersaMark and sprinkled Soft Fallen Snow embossing powder from Emerald Creek around the edges. Once embossed, it gives the edges some more detail. I also added the matching flowers around the two corners to pull my card together.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my card.  To see other projects from the Southern Ridge Trading Company Design Team, head over to the blog. Stay tuned for some more Christmas themed projects on my blog this week.

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

Noel Christmas Tag on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog

Happy Saturday! I'am back on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog with a fun Christmas tag. Our challenge this month is all about Christmas so make sure that you participate as it is an easy one and you have a chance to win $20.00 in product of your choosing. To find out all of the details on the Challenge and how to participate, head HERE.  Without making you wait any longer, here is my fun Christmas tag:

Supplies Used: SRTC - Snowflakes 713 & Words of Christmas 2, Ranger - Bridal Tinsel Embossing Powder, Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Brushed Pewter, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, Dylusions Paint - Postbox Red, Emerald Creek - Large Snowflake and Small Snowflake charms, KaiserCraft Holly Jolly Collection - Joyous & Hearty, KaiserCraft Home for Christmas Collection - Laurel, Graphic 45 Staples - Large Black Tag, White Cardstock,  Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts - VersaMark, Wink of Stella Pen - Silver, Sakura Gel Pen - Clear, May Arts Ribbon - White Seam Binding Ribbon & Kraft Twine.

For the snowflakes I used Snowflakes 713, which are chipboard and covered them first with a layer of VersaMark and then sprinkled the Bridal Tinsel Embossing Powder overtop of them. I then used my heat tool to set the embossing powder. Once they were embossed, I added a layer of Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Brushed Pewter. To make sure the snowflakes were dry from the stain, I ran the heat tool over top of them.  Below is a photo of how they turned out.

The "Noel" word can be found on the Christmas Words 2 set.  I painted the "Noel" word using Dylusions Paint in Postbox Red. What is cool with this word, is you don't have to cover the word in Gesso before painting it because it is made out of wood. I went overtop of the word with my heat tool to make sure that the paint was dry. Below is how the noel word turned out.

Here is my card with all of the elements together. I added some fun snowflake charms from Emerald Creek. I felt my Christmas Trees were bare, so I added some sparkle to them using my Wink of Stella pen as well as my Sakura Clear Gel Pen.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and check out my blogpost. Make sure you stop by the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog to see the other amazing projects from the rest of the design team at: http://southernchipboard.blogspot.ca/. You can also follow me on Instagram at: a_creative_journey_1.

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn 

Exciting News!!

I have exciting news to share with you! I'am the newest design team member on the Emerald Creek Design Team. I'am honoured to be apart of this amazing group of designers. 

The products are amazing and to view them all, you can head over to our website: http://www.emeraldcreek.ca/. I'am sure that you will want to order a few things while you're there. 

Take the time to check out the Emerald Creek Blog at: http://blog.emeraldcreek.ca/ and see all of the other amazing designers that I will be creating with!

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

Sympathy Card

I'am so excited that I can finally tell you that I will be guest designing for Emerald Creek for three months. I absolutely love their charms and stamps, what I find that is even cooler is that they're a Canadian company.  You have to go and check out their website and see all of the awesome things they carry. While you're there, head over to their blog and participate in their Tricks Treat Challenge. Here is where you can find all of the details on how to participate: http://blog.emeraldcreek.ca/2015/10/tricks-treats-for-this-dare.html.  There are only 4 days left to participate and you have a chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate to use in the store. 

Sympathy cards aren't something that you see a lot of online as many people don't enjoy making them. When I saw the poppy stamp and "You are in our Thoughts" stamp  from Emerald Creek,  I knew they would make the perfect sympathy card.  So for my first project with them, I decided to do a sympathy card: 

Supplies Used: Emerald Creek - Poppy stamp & In our thoughts stamp, Tsukineko - Black Staz On, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Gathered Twigs, Tim Holtz Distress Markers: Black Soot, Barn Door, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Sizzix/Tim Holtz Thinlits - Tiny Tattered Floral, Graphic 45 "Home Sweet Home" - Garden Fresh & Bazzill Cardstock - White & Cream.

The poppy stamp and "You're in our Thoughts" stamp I used are available on the Emerald Creek Website. For the poppy stamp I used Black Staz On to stamp with and then coloured in the poppy image using Tim Holtz Distress Markers in: Black Soot, Barn Door, Peeled Paint, and Mowed Lawn. I also stamped the "You are in our Thoughts" stamp with Black Staz On to create the banner.  To create my rolled flowers, I used the Tim Holtz Thinlits die - Tiny Tattered Floral. Here is an up close view at how great the stamps are.

I love how all of the elements turned out on the card and I love how beautiful the stamped images are. Here's my card one last time:

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and check out my card. I hope you take the time to head over to the Emerald Creek Blog and check out all of the other amazing designers as well as participate in their Tricks and Treat challenge. 

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

Skull Card for the Trick and Treat Challenge at Emerald Creek Dares

Happy November! I know that Halloween was yesterday but I couldn't resist making one more card as Emerald Creek is having a Tricks and Treat challenge over on their blog. There are still 9 days to participate in this fun challenge. To participate and add your submission, head over here to read all of the details. For the challenge, I submitted a fun skull card featuring all things Tim Holtz. Follow below to read how I created this fun card.

Here is my card I created:

Supplies Used: May Arts Ribbon - Cream Seam Binding Ribbon. Emerald Creek - Brass Skull charms. Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot, Twisted Citron, Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet. Tim Holtz Distress Markers - Wilted Violet, Carved Pumpkin, Scattered Straw, Antique Linen. Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Wilted Violet, Carved Pumpkin. Tsukineko - Versamark, Clear Embossing Powder, Black Staz On . Memory Box - Delicate Web. Tim Holtz Stamp - Undertaker. Tim Holtz Stencil - Shattering. Bazzill - Black Cardstock. Pebbles "Boo" - Hocus Pocus. 

To create the background behind my skull, I first blended Twisted Citron, Carved Pumpkin and Wilted Violet on white cardstock with a blending tool. I then took my shattered stencil and laid it over top of the custom background and stamped Versamark over top. Once the versamark and stencil  had covered the entire card, I sprinkled clear embossing powder over top of the versamark, tapped off the excess and used a heat tool to set the clear embossing powder. Once the embossing powder had cooled down a little bit, I blended black soot distress ink overtop where it stayed in between the shattered embossed parts. To finish the card I added the fun skull image and labels from the Tim Holtz Undertaker stamp set. I stained my cream ribbon using Wilted Violet and Carved Pumpkin Distress stains. Once the ribbon was dry, I wanted to add some extra detail to my ribbon, the perfect embellishments was a  fabulous brass skull charm from Emerald Creek. Here is my card again with all of the elements I just talked about:

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card. Make sure you head over to Emerald Creek's Blog and see all of the fabulous creations from their design team members.

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

Haunted House Mini Album on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog

Happy Halloween! I'am back on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog with a fun haunted house mini album. There is still 10 hours to participate in our Monthly Challenge and here is where you can find all of the details. 

This is just one of the mini albums available in the SRTC store, which features a fun Haunted House front.  I mixed White Linen and Black Marble Dylusions Paint together to make the paint colour for my haunted house. Once the front was dry, I repeated the same steps and painted the back. I wanted to add some texture to my haunted house so I ran it through a brick embossing folder to give it the impression of a brick facade. My haunted house was still missing something so I added the birch tree die cut. The birch tree die cut was a bit plain so I dressed it up using my Wink of Stella clear shimmering pen.

Supplies Used: SRTC - Mini Album, Dylusions Paint - White Linen & Black Marble, Brick Embossing Folder, Wink of Stella Clear Shimmering Pen and Tim Holtz Die - Birch Trees.

To finish off the side of the front of my Haunted House mini album, I die cut the word "haunted" for the side beside my brass skull charm. I have to give Emerald Creek a shout out for the fabulous brass skull, where you can find here other charms and stamps. 

Supplies Used: Tim Holtz Die - Halloween Words Script & Emerald Creek - Brass Skulls.

For Page 1, I just covered the chipboard page with patterned paper from Reminisce called "Goosebumps - Scary Night". Once I adhered the paper, I added Glossy Accents to the pumpkins and the eyes of the bats.

Supplies Used: Glossy Accents, Black Soot Distress Ink & Reminisce - Goosebumps: Scary Night

For Page 2 and 3, I used chipboard pieces out of the Happy Halloween pack, which you can find here. I covered the ghost in White Linen Dylusions paint and I covered the bat in Black Marble Dylusions paint.  To get the effect I did on my spider webs, I blended Black Soot Distress Ink over top of both cob webs and then embossed them with Iridescent embossing powder. To add some detail to the black photo mats, I used the Tim Holtz Cobwebs embossing folder.

Page 2 Supplies Used: SRTC - Happy Halloween, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot, Dylusions Paint - White Linen, Iridescent embossing powder, Reminisce Halloween - Scary Jack, Bazzill Cardstock - Orange & Black & Tim Holtz Embossing Folder - Cobwebs.

Up close picture of the details on page 2

Page 3 Supplies Used: SRTC - Happy Halloween, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot, Dylusions Paint - Black Marble, Iridescent embossing powder, Reminisce Halloween - Scary Jack, Bazzill Cardstock - Orange & Black & Tim Holtz Embossing Folder - Cobwebs.

Up close picture of the details on page 3

On Page 4 I adhered the Reminisce paper called "Goosebumps -  Scary Night" to the chipboard page. Once adhered I added Glossy Accents to the pumpkin faces. For page 5 I cut apart the Happy Halloween word found, here, for the top and bottom of my photo mat. Once the Happy Halloween word was cut apart I blended Tim Holtz Carved Pumpkin Distress Ink over top of both chipboard pieces.

Page 4 Supplies Used: Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot, Ranger - Glossy Accents & Reminisce Goosebumps paper - Scary Night.

Page 5 Supplies Used: SRTC - Happy Halloween, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot & Carved Pumpkin, Bazzill Cardstock - Orange & Black, Reminisce Goosebumps paper - Scary Night.

Up close picture of the details on page 5

Up close picture of the details on page 5

For page 6 I painted the bat from the happy halloween pack in Black Marble Dylusions paint. I then cut out a cob web from the delicate web die from Memory Box. To add some interest to my cob web I added some sparkle with my Wink of Stella Clear Shimmering pen. For Page 7 I painted the ghost from the happy halloween chipboard piece in White Linen Dylusions paint. I repeated the same step with the cob web that I did on page 6. To add some detail to the black photo mats on both pages, I used the Tim Holtz Cobwebs embossing folder.

Page 6 Supplies Used: SRTC - Happy Halloween, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot, Bazzill Cardstock - Orange & Black, Reminisce Halloween paper - Creepy, Wink of Stella - Clear Shimmer, Dylusions Paint - Black Marble, Tim Holtz Embossing Folder - Cobwebs & Memory Box Die - Delicate Web.

Up close details on page 6

Page 7 Supplies Used: SRTC - Happy Halloween Pack, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot, Bazzill Cardstock - Orange & Black, Reminisce Halloween paper - Creepy, Wink of Stella - Clear Shimmer, Dylusions Paint - White Linen, Tim Holtz Embossing Folder - Cobwebs & Memory Box Die - Delicate Web.

Up close detail on page 7

On page 8 I blended Black Soot Distress ink over top of the witch from the happy halloween pack. The witch needed some extra detail so I gave her some shimmer using the Wink of Stella Clear Shimmering pen. For page 9 I  adhered the Remininsce paper called "Goosebumps - Happy Halloween", once it was adhered, I added Glossy Accents to the windows of the haunted house. Once again I blended Black Soot Distress ink over top of the witch from the happy halloween pack and added some shimmer with the Wink of Stella Clear Shimmering pen.  

Page 8 Supplies Used: SRTC - Happy Halloween Pack, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot, Bazzill Cardstock - Orange & Black, Reminisce Goosebumps paper - Happy Halloween & Wink of Stella - Clear Shimmer.

Page 9 Supplies Used: SRTC - Happy Halloween Pack, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot, Bazzill Cardstock - Orange & Black, Reminisce Goosebumps paper - Happy Halloween & Wink of Stella - Clear Shimmer.

Up Close details on page 9

For page 10 I adhered the Reminisce paper called "Halloween -  Scary Jack" to the chipboard page.

Page 10 supplies used: Reminisce  Halloween - Scary Jack & Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot.

Here is the front of the haunted house mini album:

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my project. Have a safe and Happy Halloween and I hope that you will participate in our monthly challenge on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog.

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

Fall Canvas on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog

It's Friday and that means that it's almost the weekend and time to get some crafting done. I'am over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog today sharing my Fall project. Fall is one of my all time favourite seasons because that means you can wear scarves again and drink tea whenever you want and no one looks at you weird, so when our Monthly Challenge was Fall I was extremely excited. To participate and see all of the details on how to participate, head over HERE.  Without making you wait any longer, here is my Fall Project:

I also need to give a shout out to Emerald Creek who had the perfect piece, the squirrel, to finish off my canvas. To order him or view other designs, head Here. To see how I created my piece, head on over to our Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog: http://southernchipboard.blogspot.ca/ to read all about it. 

Thanks for stopping by and until next time.

-Katelyn