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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My Crafty Weekend

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  I've got lots of crafty stuff to share today.

I pulled out my old PTI Warmest Wishes stamps and dies to create my first card.  I an entering this card at Melissa's Fab Friday challenge to make a Critter Card--My critters are a bear and a fox. I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fun with Dies.

Up next are a pair of cards I made using the sketch at MFT Sketch Challenge #518 (2nd card flips the sketch) and the colors from MFT Color Challenge #154.  I am also entering these cards at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fun with Dies.

I used the MFT Drifts stencil to mask an area off to create my diagonal 'road'.  For the first card, I sponged distress ink in twisted citron, then put a Dreamweaver Faux Cross-Stitch stencil over it all and sponged with a darker Green.

I flipped the sketch for this card, as the panda I wanted to use was headed in the other direction.  I masked my 'road' off the same way as for the previous card, but used a brick stencil on the unmasked area.  The sentiment is from MFT A Toast To You, but I thought it would be fitting for these pandas going on some unexpected adventures.

I rotated and used the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch #400 for my next card.  Don't those cookies look delicious and adorable?  I am also playing along at The Paper Players #520, where I am inspired by the plate of Christmas cookies, and Fusion Merry, Joy, Cheer, where I am inspired by the cookie jars in the photo.

My next two cards are inspired by the challenge at Stay Crafty With Hero #17: Thank Your Cards,  A Blog Named Hero: Glitter and Sparkle, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fun with Dies.  The snow on my first card was made with glitter embossing paste and a falling snow stencil, and I am also entering this card at CAS on Friday #194: Snow.

I used some more of this metallic shine paper on this second card, and had the usual difficulties taking a photo.

It seems like I still have an inclination to make a few more tags, so I am playing along at Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas 2020.   My Tag for Day 1 is inspired by the scene with buildings and the round shape of Sandy's sample tag, as well as the 'Christmas in the City' portion of Silver Bells.  This tag was so quick to make, so I am entering it at AAA Cards #180: Made in Minutes + Christmas.  I white heat embossed some of the buildings from Concord & 9th City Stacks, cut a quick mask and was then able to sponge the buildings in red and the sky in purple. adding falling snow with some white paint.

My card for Day 2 is inspired by Ardyth's Gingerbread Man and Little Drummer Boy song.

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