When people talk about doing things outside of the box, I often think they haven’t fully explored inside the box fully.
As a famous Doctor has said repeatedly about his “box”… “It’s bigger on the inside”. I do think when we are working on the grid, we often feel constrained and limited. But, I hope that I can offer a few ways to make each of these 100 boxes on the big 12×12 grid work for you.
Free your own imagination with tried-and-true ways to embellish your layouts!
25 Ways to Embellish Your Layouts
Here are a few quick tips before I share all 25 ideas:
- Use what you have…our dies. I’ll show a few “out of the box” ways to perk up a plain die cut.
- Use supplies you have from other craft interests. Stamps, Dies, twines, buttons, brads, inks, lace, fabrics and more.
- Use specialty papers to add bling, texture and interest.
In some of these examples there are a few crossovers, but I think it will help you to get an idea of what can be done! Click on the titles to take you to the how-to-s. If there is no link these were projects from one of the Spring or Fall Camps.
1. Chalking, Inking
2. Layering
4. Fabric, wood, leather, inking, hot fix nail heads
5. Misting
6. Foam mounting for dimension, flowers, punched edges, pearls
7. Banners, Layers, floss, twine, multiple dies
8. Embossing for aging, added texture, interest
9. Flowers, theme, doodling, piecing
10. Lace, burlap, wood, beading, tulle, ribbons
11. Stacked layers, dies, flourishes, satin papers, specialty papers
12. Embossing for texture, word art/journaling
13. Weaving with Ribbons or photos, creating embellishments (two links)
14. Journaling and title blocks washi tape, die cutting, maps (2 links)
15. Oversized title, flowers, explore cut out (2 links)
16. Shaker Boxes, embossing, downloads
17. 3-D Embossing
18. Buttons, beads, twines, heat embossing stamping
19. Punches, beading, Leather
20. Stamping, misting
21. Hand drawn titles, stamping
22. Stacking dies for dimension
23. Cork, tags, brads, pearls, chalkboard elements
24. Layering with paper, buttons, gems
25. Altering Lettering to fit the theme
I’m sure you will find some of these ways to embellish your layouts that will spark your own imagination and have fun dressing up your Summer Layouts!
Andrea Fisher