Close to My Heart

Using up Scraps Day 3

I don’t know about you, but in my life I am lucky to get a few minutes of uninterrupted craft time.  It’s all good.  The kids will be grown and out of the house before I can blink, but at times I wouldn’t mind finding a cubby where I can hide and still be able to craft!  So,  here are some more cards following the same embedded embossing technique that I’ve been doing the last few days.  Enjoy.emporiumscrapcard7

I was enjoying seeing how many layers I could make to try and use up the paper faster.  It seems to regenerate every time I get the bag out the next time.emporiumscrapcard9

I even cut up some of the bulk paper from this Emporium pack (old CTMH paper) to use as mats for the card bases.  I really do have a lot of this paper left!emporiumscrapcard6

I’m loving the honey comb embossing folder from CTMH.  (Z1995)

 

Happy Crafting!

 

Using up scraps – Cards day 2

Here are some more cards I created from the old CTMH Emporium paper pack.  I swear I didn’t even make a dent in the number of scraps that are still in the bag.  (I even double matted some too!)emporiumscrapcard8

I did more embedded embossing, which is currently a favorite technique.emporiumscrapcard10emporiumscrapcard13
Happy Crafting!

Embedded Embossing – Scrap Cards

I’ve been encouraging my club gals to use up their old paper packs instead of just pushing them to the back of the shelf.  So, in trying to give them inspiration, I will have a few blog posts showing my use of the CTMH Emporium paper pack (and many pages of bulk paper for that kit).  emporiumscrapcard14

The squares, strips of paper and a few butterflies were found in the kit bag, so I only had to punch the green branch and create the buttercup flowers.  I did not add any cardstock, everything (except the card bases) came out of the Emporium paper kit bag.
I glued the blue B&T paper (background and texture) and the vineyard berry CS (Card Stock)  to the chocolate CS base.  After the glue dried I used the Dot Embossing Folder (Z1924)  and embossed the card base.  I pop dotted the butterfly and glued the branch and flowers on top of the embedded embossed base.  Presto – finished card.emporiumscrapcard12

Followed the same basic ideas for this card.  I had punched the circles out of the brown B&T papers and thought the negative would make a nice background .emporiumscrapcard3

Here’s the last card for today.  I am really enjoying using up “old” paper packs.  Some of the kits seem to have a never ending supply of scraps.

Happy Crafting!

 

 

Happy Birthday to my good Friend

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This is the front when it is opened.  I used the old Key to my Heart paper pack as it’s one of her favorites.

Here are a couple other views.popuprectangleside1Love the little envelope on the side.  The flowers are removable if she wants to use them for another project.

You can see the “message” on the back of the card.  You could make this many different ways.popuprectangleside

I thought later that I might like to round the points from each of the flaps, and maybe I’ll do that on the next one when I figure out dimensions for you.

Happy Crafting!

 

 

Time flies!

Made it through Chorus Concerts, Christmas shopping, fevers running through the members of the house, family & friend celebrations and bringing in the New Year.  Now back to finding my craft table and playing a bit.

I don’t have it ready for today’s blog, but I did carve a little craft time and used some wrapping paper my Aunt used on my gift to create some cute winter themed thank you notes.  I plugged the battery from the camera in the charger and I should have photos for you soon!

In the mean time, I want to show this great paper kit Close to My Heart has put together for this month.

This video shows you all the wonderful CTMH  product you recieve when you purchase this kit, and soon I will have some alternative project(s) so show you.  (As soon as I find my crafting desk!)

Happy Crafting!