Grateful 12 x 12 Fall Sampler with Embellishments

Today we finish up our Fall Sampler! I think you'll see below how much of a difference Embellishments and a nice frame make for your sampler. 

Before Embellishments above

After below, framed and better lighting for my photo. (It's been raining here in the Pacific Northwest these last few days!)

White 12 x 12 Shadow Box frame was purchased from Michael's Craft Store on sale.

At least one element in each square is raised up on dimensionals. 

A variety of Embellishments and Baker's Twine was used in the photos above and below. 

Holiday Rhinestones Jewels

Metallic Enamel Shapes

Frosted Epoxy Droplets

Mint Macaron Striped Thick Baker's Twine

Calypso Coral Thick Baker's Twine

Crushed Curry Baker's Twine

Gold Faceted Gems

Genial Gems

Faceted Dots 

The three veined leaves directly below were also colored with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers to accentuate the veins on the leaves. Mossy Meadow on the dark Early Espresso leaf. Light Cajun Craze on the Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze leaves.

I hope you have enjoyed this project, however yours ended up turning out. Beautiful and something you are happy with! To me, the hardest part is getting all the squares lined up in the first place!

I'd love to see how yours turned out. Post your photo in the comments under my post about this project at 

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Using Retired Products Creatively

 As I was planning my cards for this weekend's In Home Card Classes, I decided to dive into my retired products (for the most part) and see what I could come up with. Here's a lovely Thanksgiving Card for the result! This card was inspired by Mary Knabe.

Starting with a Early Espresso base, I layered on strips of the retired Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper (DSP). The bottom piece is 2" x 4" and the top three strips are 1" x 4" spread out evenly. On top of that went a layer of Mango Melody 2-3/4" x 3-1/2", then a layer of Very Vanilla 2-1/2" x 3-1/4", From my very old wooden block stamp set, Teeny Tiny Wishes, went the greeting stamped in Mango Melody.

For the focal point, I started with the 3/8" Early Espresso Woven Ribbon (retired) wrapped around the two layers as shown. Then I fussy cut  the triple pumpkin image from the Painted Autumn DSP. Next was a die cut leaf from retired Seasonal Layer dies cut on Granny Apple Green. Then a Gold Foil leaf from the Nature's Roots Dies was prepared (cut and embossed). I layered those as shown, scotch taped it all together on the back side, then used Dimensionals to attach to the card front. Last step was adding the bow with glue dots.

I think the result looks great! You can use this layout idea with any combination of paper, ink and stamps. Go crazy and give it a try!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I'd love to read your thoughts/comments on this design. You can comment at the end of this post. 

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