Family Bracket Frame

Close To My Heart has a "My Creations Bracket Frame" that's so easy to use to create a shadow-boxed frame wall art.

You can cover the bracket frame with any paper choice -- I used Colonial White and stamped "family love home happiness" around the center edges in chocolate ink.

You can see the depth of the frame and how the photo section is recessed:

I chose the Avonlea patterned papers and used the Artiste Cricut Cartridge to cut the large paper pleated flower. The two smaller dimensional flowers are from the Cottage Assortment.

Other CTMH items I used include the Irresistable Alphabet (inked with Juniper), Bakers Twine, Canvas Button, Sparkles, and the Avonlea paper border strip "snapshots ... timeless ... blessings" along the bottom of the photo. (My photo wasn't tall enough, so the strip helps to fill the photo space and also give an added effect.)

The bracket frame would make a fantastic gift for someone--for a family--for a graduation--for a birth--for a wedding or an anniversary -- or for any special photo/memory you want to showcase!

You can find the My Creations Bracket Frame on page 132 of the CTMH Autumn Winter Idea Book. 

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The Road to OZ

Here's a fast and easy two-page layout

I made for Miss E's memory book.

She requested a Wizard of Oz party for her 5th birthday.

But as you can see, she is quite the fast-change artist.

She started out wearing her Dorothy dress 

(shown in the Flip Flaps in the final layout below encased in
the Memory Protectors),

and changed to a favorite dance costume (layout above)

before we lighted the candles on her pizza and cupcakes!

FLIP FLAPS have always been one of my favorite CTMH products!

I used 5 Flip Flaps on each photo mat

and all the birthday photos tell the story of the party.

In place of one of the photos, I added a 4 x 6 inch journaling section.

Flip Flaps come in a variety of sizes--they're awesome!

Click HERE to see them in the new Autumn/Winter Idea Book--

scroll to page 122 and find them at the top right!

The Dorothy gingham and red buttons were from my stash.

The stamps are from the "Look Who's ..." set

and the inks are Cranberry and Dutch Blue.

With Flip Flaps:

Happy memory-making!

Flirty Papers with Artiste

The NEW Flirty papers from Close To My Heart are combinations of greens, roses, oranges, beiges, and golds, and have endless possibilities.

I used both the NEW Artiste Cricut Cartridge (for the pleated flower and the sentiment medallion shapes) and the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (for the heart flower).

Other CTMH items I used include the fun Baker's Twine, Sparkles, Pearl Stick Pins, and one of the borders in the Artiste paper packet.

"Happy Everything" is from a retired stamp set. This card is 8" high and 4" wide and I will hand deliver it to friends for their anniversary with a basket of fresh fruit.

Happy paper crafting!