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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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020...Day 16...Concord & 9th

Welcome to the 10th Annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags!

If you are new to the event you can click HERE to see the posts from the last 9 years. There are also links to the Pinterest boards for each of  the past years at the bottom of this post.  There is so much incredible inspiration there.  I am so excited to share that there are 26 sponsors this year, and each of the sponsors and their designers will be joining us as a guest for a day!  

   

Welcome to Day 16!

If you are just arriving for the first time all the details and the linkup can be found HERE!

I am happy to announce that today we have Concord & 9th as our sponsor.

My first tag features an adorable reindeer from the Furry Friends set.  I must admit to having this stamp set for quite a while, and I think this is the first time that this reindeer has seen ink.  It won't be the last, as I find him rather cute.

I decided to do something a little different with my second tag.  I am always seeing ideas for how to use Christmas stamps for other occasions....but how about using other stamps for Christmas?  I took the rainbow stamps from Brighter Days and gave it a traditional Christmas color scheme.  Fun, right?

Please head over to the main post on Tracey's blog for more information on how you can join in on the 

fun and have a chance to win one of our prizes.

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A Crafty Round Up

Hello friends.  I had another crafty weekend, and here is what I made.....

First up is a card combining rainbow supplies from Concord and 9th and Mama Elephant.  I used Copic markers to color my rainbow.  I am entering this card at Addicted to CAS #185:  Rainbow and Addicted to Stamps and More #391:  Anything Goes.

Next up is a CAS One Layer Card, inspired by the challenges at Less is More #420:  Going Dotty and  the Project Reach Out Challenge to make a birthday card.

Another birthday card, this one inspired by the challenge at Seize the Birthday #191: Totally Tropical, a liberal interpretation of the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches #372, AAA Cards #166: Birthday Bash and Perfectly CAS #9: Animals.

This card was inspired by the sketch at MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #491, CAS on Friday #181: Animal, and Inkspirational #214:  Funny Sentiments.

This card is inspired by the sketch at Stay Crafty with Hero #9, A Blog Named Hero May Challenge: Hugs from a Distance, and Just us Girls #538: Use 2 or more patterned papers.

This next card is inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #437 and I am using a Mama Elephant die that I bought quite a while ago and had forgotten all about.

Adding to my stash of sympathy cards with this card, inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #374 and The Paper Players #493 (flowers, sympathy, purple).

I am ending my crafty report with a pair of cards using Picket Fence Dear Best Friend stamps, which I just ordered during their latest sale.  I am entering the first card at Color Throwdown #595 and the second card at Cupcake Inspirations #494.

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