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Put those leftovers to good use and make great stuff!
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.

Posted by Helle from Tromsø, Troms, Kingdom of Norway • Published 3rd March 2015 • See Helle 's 9 projects »

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Step 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!
Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 4
Let the filling begin!
Step 5
I start with the bigger ones and then fill in the gaps with the smaller ones.
Step 6
Keep going until you have filled the whole heart.
Step 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!
Step 8
I attached the whole pre cut paper with my scrap heart on to a card blank and made a christmas card :)
Step 9
Here is another variation I made earlier, a birthday card with text in the middle.
Good luck!