Try a Framed Christmas Sampler for a Holiday Home Decor Item in Your Home or Give as a Gift! Your Friends will Love You!

Looking for a unique way to spread some holiday cheer? Then this Shadow Box Framed Christmas Sampler is the perfect expression of love for your family and friends! 

This 12" x 12" artsy piece isn't hard to make, but deciding what to put in it needs a thoughtful approach. I have found that the art principle of "scale" is important when you design one of these keepsakes. You want the images you select to work together to make an eye pleasing arrangement that you will love to see year after year.

My particular design is made using all retired Stampin' Up! products from my craft room, but you can use it as inspiration as you search through your papercrafting supplies to see what you can combine to create your own unique one of a kind piece of art.

I purchased my 12" x 12" shadow box frame from one of the big box craft stores when the frames were 50% off. If you decide you really love making samplers, you can reuse the frame over and over.

Here's the list of sizes, and the retired products I used (just in case you have some you want to include in your sampler).

Color Theme:

The 12" x 12" Garden Green tree background paper came from Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper

3" x 3" square Red Glimmer Paper Backings 

3" x 6-1/2" rectangle Red Glimmer Paper Backing

2-3/4" square Sahara Sand deer background paper came from Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper

2-3/4" x 6-1/4" rectangle Sahara Sand deer background paper came from Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper

Upper Left Square - Basic White Cardstock, Trimming the Town Designer Series Paper, Snowflake Sequins, and elf from Santa's Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Upper Center  Square - 3/4" x2-3/4" Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper, Christmas Means More Stamp set, Basic White cardstock, Real Red cardstock, Real Red Ink, Flat Jingle Bell Trinket, Red and White Baker's Twine.

Upper Right Square - Basic White Cardstock, Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set, Garden Green Ink, Holiday Ornament Dies, and Gold Simply Elegant Trim.

Middle Word Rectangle - Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper, Large Letter Dies, and elf from Santa's Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Middle Right Square - Basic White Cardstock, Joyful Christmas Stamp Set, Real Red and Garden Green Inks, Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends, Champagne Rhinestones

Lower Left Square - 3/4" x2-3/4" Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper, Jolly Hat Builder Punch, Red Glimmer Paper, White Glimmer Paper, Basic White Cardstock, Wrapped in Christmas Stamp Set, Real Red Ink, 1-1/2" Circle Punch, Garden Green Cardstock, and 1-3/4" Circle Punch

Lower Middle Square and Lower Right Square - Santa's Sleigh Stamp Set and matching Dies, Signs of Santa Stamp Set, Santa's Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper, Real Red cardstock, Garden Green cardstock, Basic Black cardstock, Soft Suede cardstock, Garden Green Ink, Early Espresso Ink, Black Baker's Twine, and Red Rhinestones.

Other Supplies Used: Stampin' Up! Paper Trimmer, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Mini Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Stampin' Seal, and Glitter Glue (not an SU product, but available on Amazon.)

Finishing:  Make yourself a gluing frame. Use a piece of the white backing board from a package of Designer Series Paper and cut 4 - 1" x 12" strips. Carefully glue each corner together making sure you are at 90 degree angles.  

When the frame is dry, lay on the tree backing paper and paperclip each corner only, making sure it lays flat. 

When you use the frame you will glue each finished square in the lower left, upper left and upper right corners first, making sure they touch the frame inner edge but don't go underneath it. 

Then glue the upper middle square making sure you have 1/2" spacing between squares. 

Next comes the deer lower right corner with the "reins" loose. 

Follow up with the Santa Sleigh middle lower square making sure you have 1/2" spacing between squares.

Glue the Word Rectangle next, again making sure you have 1/2" spacing above and below the rectangle.

Finish with the Middle Right square, leveling it with the Word Rectangle and aligning with the squares above and below it.

Finish by placing in Shadow Box Frame. Hang on Wall and admire your work!

Here's Karma and Ngara showing off their completed sampler. Looking fabulous ladies!

I encourage you to give a Sampler a try it is so much fun, and you'll be so proud of yourself!

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