Leftover scrap heart

Put those leftovers to good use and make great stuff!

Posted by Helle

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As any other papercrafter I have a lot of leftover embellishments. I would like to share with you an easy way to make good use of your scraps:

Make a heart stencil and fill it with all your leftover goodies. You can attach your stencil and make your heart appear on a piece of cardstock, card blanks, on a notebook cover or on almost any surface you like.

The opportunities are endless. You can make the heart any theme. Use just baby themed leftovers, or do what I did and make it all about christmas.

Use buttons, stickers, pebbles, half pearls and punches to fill your heart stencil. Remove and a heart shape filled with goodies will appear.

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You Will Need (6 things)

  • Embellishment(s) like stickers or buttons
  • Pen
  • Scissors
  • low tack Tape
  • Card stock
  • Craft Glue if you don`t just use stickers

Steps (9 steps, 20 minutes)

  1. 1

    Gather all your leftover embellishments: Use colors that match, or pick a theme like christmas. Use stickers, half pearls, buttons and punches. Go nuts!

  2. 2

    Make a heart stencil (Or any other shape like a circle or a christmas tree):
    1: fold a piece of paper in half.
    2: draw a half heart shape against the middle.
    3. cut along the line.
    4: fold out.

  3. 3

    Position your stencil where wanted, I chose a precut piece of cardstock. Use something low tack to secure, then you will be fine. I used washi tape.

  4. 4

    Let the filling begin!

  5. 5

    I start with the bigger ones and then fill in the gaps with the smaller ones.

  6. 6

    Keep going until you have filled the whole heart.

  7. 7

    Remove the stencil and you will have all your leftovers shaped into a lovely heart. The opportunities are endless.

    Use your heart as you wish. Cut out and use it as a gift tag or even as an ournament for your christmas tree. I tend to use them making cards. I love cards!

  8. 8

    I attached the whole pre cut paper with my scrap heart on to a card blank and made a christmas card :)

  9. 9

    Here is another variation I made earlier, a birthday card with text in the middle.
    Good luck!