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 Round Up

Warning....lots of card photos...I had a super crafty weekend.

First up is this birthday card featuring circles (balloons and focal point) for MFT Birthday Project, Seize the Birthday #187: Spring Fling (colors and little chickies) and Addicted to CAS #183: Animal.

I am playing along at Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge #121: Birthday Theme for I think the first time, using the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches #366 and the colors from Color Throwdown #589.

My next card is inspired by the challenge at Ink to Paper Project Reachout: Keep Swimming and the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #368.

Next is a card going to one of my friends who is a health worker super hero, and I am entering it at the new Seize the Birthday/Seize the Heroes #188 and MFT Color Challenge #139.  I used a band aid die from PTI to ground my super heros.

Another encouragement card with the same sentiment as this card from earlier in the week, and I am also linking it up at Cupcake Inspirations #491.

I am getting a Holiday Headstart with the latest challenge from Stay Crafty with Hero #5, and I am also entering this card at A Blog Named Hero Water Coloring challenge.

And, now I have two sympathy cards, as I try to rebuild my stash of these important, yet hard to make cards.  I am entering this card at Perfectly CAS #8: Masking.

My final card is very similar to the card I made earlier in the week here, and I am also entering it at AAA Cards #163.

Well, that's it for me today.  It is amazing how crafty I can be when I am stuck in the house.

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Mid Week Crafting Update

It's a good week when I can sneak into my craft room off and on and get 4 cards made by Wednesday.

I used my new PTI Stuck on You die to create a rainbow of bandages for this vibrant and fun get well card.  Obviously, I could only send this card to someone who wasn't seriously ill.  I am entering this card at Make it Monday #314: Color Wheel and CAS-ual Fridays #194: Beautiful Rainbows challenges.

With bright colors on my mind, I created a card using the PTI balloon stencil that I am entering at Just Us Girls #340: Balloons and Seize the Birthday Anything Goes.

It seems like I am always needing sympathy cards--when I invite my family and friends to help themselves to cards from my stash, sympathy cards are amongst the most popular.  I was inspired by the challenge at Less is More #366: Monochrome and CAS on Friday #127 One Layer Wonder to create the next two cards. 


This card is Memento Grey Flannel and Versafine Onyx Black ink on PTI Soft Stone Paper.

This card is Versafine Onyx Black ink on kraft paper.

That's it for me today.  Sherlock and I are off to visit the patients at our local nursing home.  Come back tomorrow to see what I have for our current challenge at Time Out #104.

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