Cards-by-the-Sea: Eat Chocolate

Friday, February 19, 2021

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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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

CASology Week #273: List

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology. This week, our cue word is LIST. I am a huge list maker. I've got lists on post its, index cards and scraps of paper everywhere. I knew just which stamp I wanted to use for this challenge. An old stamp set from Stampin' Up. Any list that starts with chocolate is a good list in my opinion.

Now it's your turn. How does LIST inspire you? I hope you play along this week. Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the design team.