For the Love of Chocolate

 

Ok, I admit it...'I am a CHOCOHOLIC'.  There, I've said it.  And, it's true.  I also collect chocolate stamps (way less fattening than collecting chocolate, which I tend to eat as I collect).  I've been meaning to pull out my chocolate stamps to play along with Less is More #436: Chocolate, as they celebrate their 10th birthday.  Here I am, squeaking in on the last day (fashionably late is how I prefer to think about it).

First up is this little cutie...and isn't that sentiment just perfect?  Who needs milk, when you have the cookies?  My sentiment is stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa ink.  Yum.  Cookies and sentiment are from A Chocolate Affair by Close to My Heart and are heat embossed in brown, and milk is from Mama Elephant Gingerbread Cookies.

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Favorite Technique (fussy cutting)

Next up is another chocolate themed card using more brown heat embossed images and sentiments from A Chocolate Affair.  I am getting hungrier, and I must admit to thinking that this sentiment is 100% true.  I am also entering this card at AAA Cards #183: Corner.

I don't know where this sentiment is from, but it cracks me up every time.  I used a band aid die cut from PTI to create this card.  I think it will be a fun get well card for someone who is not too sick...think stubbed toe or tennis elbow.  To get the effect of a band aid dipped in chocolate, I swiped the end of the die cut in versamark ink and heat embossed that section in brown.  My drips of chocolate are actually rain drops from C9 Brighter Days.

The last of my chocolate cards for today uses a sentiment from MFT Chocolate Sentiments and an image from Technique Tuesday Eat Chocolate.

And, my last card, which has nothing to do with chocolate, and everything to do with this card I saw on my friend Lindsey's blog.  I was inspired by the way Lindsey used this stencil from Stamplorations for the Color Hues #12 challenge, so that what I have done as well.  I followed the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #473.  I am also entering this card at Just Add Ink #542 based on the coral wall and green leaves in the photo and the Stamplorations Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge. 

That's it for me today.  Off to look for some chocolate!

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Two Birthday Cards

I've got 2 birthday cards to share today.  First up is my feminine card.  I used a NBUS Stamploration Bold Florals Stencil and sponged several colors of Distress ink.  Then I cut my panel (to get rid of the unfortunate smudge) and made a place for my sentiment.  I was very pleased with how the flowers turned out, which was just as I imagined.  I sponged the outer part of the petals with Spun Sugar and the inner part with Worn Lipstick.

I am linking this card up at Just Us Girls #275, Simon Says Monday Inky Background Challenge, Stamplorations Stamps & Inks Challenge and the Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge.

Next up is a masculine birthday card--always good to have those in my stash.  I used Lil Inkers Long and Stitched Rectangles as well as PTI Small Sketched Stars.  Both are NBUS for me.

I am linking this card up at Colour Me Striking #54 as well as Simon Says Wednesday It's a Guy Thing.

Finally, would like to remind everyone of the NBUS challenge going on this week at both CASology and Darnell's Playhouse.  If you've got something NBUS on your clean and simple card, please head over to CASology and link up.  And, you can link up any style of card using NBUS over at Darnell's Playhouse.

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