Close to my Heart Surf's Up paper pack from CTMH

Fun folded card

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Close to my Heart Claire Birthday Card

I used Close to my Heart's Claire paper, The Happy Couple stamp set and pink glitz gel.

CTMH Love Doily stamp set

CTMH Picture Frame

The frame is from Close to my Heart My Creations 3 D Products.
The roses and leaves are cut from Artiste cartridge.  I used Anna Griffins new Cuttle bug plates to emboss with. A few pieces of bling and washi tape finished it off.

CTMH Surf's up with April SOTM

I used Close to my Hearts Surf's up paper pack and April's stamp of the month which goes perfect with this paper.  All cut outs are from the Cricut Artiste cartridge.
One of my favorite techniques to use with dry embossing is to sand over the embossed image using the sanding kit from CTMH.  If you are using card stock with a white core it will really make your embossing pop out. You can see that on the inside of card with the matting in the center.