30 Oct 23

Gratitude Sampler November 2023

Samplers are another use of your pretty papers. I make a new sampler each month to hang in my product pick up area. This is my November 2023 sampler.

Sampler Base - begin with a piece of Pecan Pie 12X12. Cut 13” of Natural Ribbon. I used tear & tape on back of the ribbon to attach it 1” from the top of the 12X12 Pecan Pie card stock.

Gratitude:
Attach adhesive paper to the back of the Pretty Peacock print paper from the Earthen Elegance. Use the Alphabet A La Mode die pieces to cut out the letters for gratitude. Cut Very Vanilla 2 X 5 ¼. Remove the backing from each letter and attach to the Very Vanilla paper.

Cut the Pretty Peacock print paper from the Earthen Elegance 2 ¼ X 5 ¼. Attach the Very Vanilla with the word Gratitude to the Pretty Peacock with dimensionals.

Palm:
Die Cut the leaf portion of the large palm die in the Earthen Textures die set from the Pretty Peacock print paper from the Earthen Elegance. Use the die from Nested Essentials that measures 2 x 2 ½ from Very Vanilla. Attach the die cut leaf to the Very Vanilla die cut piece with dimensionals.

Meadow Flowers
Use the Meadow Die set to cut 3 tall flower pieces from the Pretty Peacock print paper from the Earthen Elegance. Cut Crumb Cake 3 X 6. Die cut the rows of dots using the die from Autumn Leaf Die set. Attach the 3 tall flower pieces to the Crumb Cake paper.

Beyond Grateful squares:
Cut TWO 2 ¼ squares from paper in the Earthen Elegance paper pack. I used a square from Stylish Shapes to cut the squares.

Stamp “beyond grateful” from the Charming Sentiments stamp set with Pretty Peacock ink on Very Vanilla card stock. Die cut the stamped image with the coordinating die in the Sentiment Silhouettes Die Set. Attach the die cut sentiment to one square with dimensionals.

Grateful Heart:
Cut Crumb Cake 3 ⅛ X 6 ⅛. Cut print paper from the Earthen Elegance paper pack. Attach the print paper to the Crumb Cake mat

Use the longer label in the Autumn Leaves die set to cut a Very Vanilla label and a Crumb Cake label. Stamp sentiment from Autumn Leaves stamp set with Pretty Peacock ink on the Very Vanilla label. Cut the Crumb Cake label in half, attach half of each label to each side of the stamped vanilla label.

See picture for how I arranged the pieces to the cardstock base. I used a lot of Crumb Cake Adhesive-Backed Speckle Dots on my sampler, use the picture of the completed sampler as reference for placing the Speckle Dots.

My sampler is in the magnetic frame from the Celebrate Today Magnetic Board Kit.

Earthen Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper 161503