Heart & Home

Hi All! Today we're looking at the medium size frame I created for this home decor grouping. But before we get into it, I wanted to clarify that the "frames" I'm using are actually wooden "word art" decor pieces. They were on sale and I didn't particularly fancy the sayings on them, but I thought they would make fabulous little shadow boxes if you turned them around. So that's what I did.

Let's take a look at the medium frame.

For this frame, I used the new Flower Market Cricut Cartridge by Close To My Heart. The background papers are from the Memo Fundamentals collection. I cut the house out of the dotted Kraft Cardstock from the Rustic Home collection, and the frame and roof from White Daisy and Cocoa cardstock respectively. I added velum to the the windows and used Sea Glass Glitter paper for the window sill and door. The cut has a rectangular window above the door, but I used the Sea Glass heart from my sentiment cutout instead. (I also added some Liquid Glass to the heart to give it extra shine.

I created the banner using elements from the All Together complements pack and jute from the Rustic Home Ribbon pack. I added the elements to the jute using my mini stapler.

Here's a close up of the house and banner:

I wanted the sentiment to stand by itself, so I cut the top piece from Sea Glass glitter paper and then layered that on six layers of Cocoa Cardstock. It was fairly time consuming, but the effect was perfect. I also alter the sentiment by changing the size of the heart layer (I made it slightly smaller) and then slicing it from the base so that it created a heart-shaped hole. I added a heart cut from a bit of copper foiled vellum to the center of the heart frame and then proceeded with the rest of the layers. I then added to sentiment to the frame using Liquid Glass. I decided it need a little something more, so I added a copper and vellum heart from the All Together complements to the back of the H with glue dots.

Here's a close up:

Here's a look at the whole frame one more time:

Hope you like this little homey shadow box. Tune in tomorrow for the smallest of the frames.

Until then, have a wonderfully creative day!

CTMH Rustic Home Fundamentals	CTMH All Together Complements	CTMH Memo Fundamentals Paper Pack	CTMH Flower Market Cricut Collection
CTMH Rustic Home Ribbon Pack	CTMH Sea Glass Glitter Paper	CTMH Cocoa Cardstock	CTMH White Daisy Cardstock
CTMH Shimmer Brush (Clear)	CTMH Rose Gold Foil Tape	CTMH 3D Foam Tape	CTMH Liquid Glass
CTMH Mini Stapler

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A Little Weekend Mojo: Thanks

Hi all! Happy Friday! Just wanted to share a little card I made that was inspired by this week's Mojo Monday Sketch.

So here's the sketch:

And here's my take on it:

For this 4-Bar note card, I began with a layer of Kraft cardstock that I attached directly to the card base. I then used patterned papers from Close To My Heart's new Memo Fundamentals collection to build the card front. I added a strip of this fun copper-foiled vellum from the new Rustic Home Fundamentals (also by Close To My Heart) along with a wood grained embossed oval of Kraft cardstock to the memo paper using my mini stapler. I then added a scrap from the Memo Fundamentals papers to the oval with regular adhesive. I layered a strip of Sea Glass Glitter paper and a bit of lace from the Rustic Home ribbon pack and stapled it to the card front. I added a button from my 28 Lilac Lane Attic Findings Embellishment Kit with a bit of jute from the Rustic Home ribbon pack to cover the staple. I cut the "thanks" from black card stock using Close To My Heart's new "Thanks" Thin Cut die and added it to the front with liquid mat adhesive. I then glued the front of the card to the Kraft cardstock layer on the card base. I finished everything off with sequins from 28 Lilac Lane's Pastels Sequin Tin and some liquid glass to make the thanks shine.

Here are a couple of close ups

I hope you enjoyed this bit of Mojo! Stay tuned for the Rose Blossom Blog Hop coming up on Monday. We'll be featuring the new Rustic Home and Uptown Fundamentals collections. You won't want to miss it!

Have a wonderfully creative and restful weekend!

CTMH Memo Fundamentals Paper Pack	CTMH Rustic Home Fundamentals	CTMH Sea Glass Glitter Paper	CTMH Kraft Cardstock
CTMH Black Cardstock	CTMH Rustic Home Ribbon Pack	CTMH Hello & Thanks Thin Cust Dies	CTMH White Daisy Ink Pad
CTMH Cocoa Exclusive Ink	Attic Findings Embellishment Kit (28 Lilac Lane)	Pastels Sequin Tin (28 Lilac Lane)	CTMH Mini Stapler
CTMH Liquid Glass	ATG Gun	Neenah Exact Index Cardstock (white)

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