Good morning!
It's Good Friday today and Kathy has the perfect challenge for us over on the Daring Cardmakers blog!
Chocolate Heaven....
My card for this week's dare couldn't have been made without a little care package from my wonderful crafty friend Claire. She cut out a few passes of the Curio Confections dies from The Greetery and some coordinating die cuts from the same release from white cardstock, and included some embellishments too. Thank you again, Claire! x
Supplied by Claire: The Greetery - BotaniCuts Strawberries, The Greetery - Curio: Confections, The Greetery - Strawberry Dippers (plus polymer clay embellishments from the strawberry bits and candy crumble mix sets)
Stamp: The Stamp Market - Gift Giving Greetings
Dies: Mama Elephant - Framed Tags - Park Avenue, The Greetery - Curio: Divider and Details II, The Greetery - Deco Frames, The Stamp Market - Presents
Other: Distress Oxide inks
I spent much of last Saturday creating this card, starting out by inking up all the die-cuts Claire had sent with various shades of Distress Oxides. I used ink daubers for the chocolates and strawberry bits, then switched to dye ink and brushes to tint the chocolate wrappers, and add pink ink to the little inserts that go inside the frame windows (not that you can really see them now - they are also speckled with darker pink ink), oh and also to add a bit more pink to the bow.
Once all the bits and pieces had dried, including the Glossy Accents on the "drizzle" elements, I cut the Curio Divider frame from AC brown cardstock - 4 passes to build up the frame - and glued it to my card base.
To replicate that chocolate box window look, I used the Park Avenue frame from Mama Elephant. I initially cut it from patterned paper, but it just didn't look right. But that pattern paper frame was a great template for working out where to place everything inside the "box" before adding the frame over the top.
Simple pink cardstock ended up being the perfect choice in the end.
To incorporate a sentiment, I remembered that the Gift Giving Greetings set from The Stamp Market had one of my favourite phrases from Parks & Recreation in it and also the most apt wording for this card!
The sentiment fit perfectly on the smallest Deco Frame die-cut from The Greetery and looks like a gift card once nestled in among all those chocolates.
Before I added the card complete with bow to the box, I used Glossy Accents again to add in all the crumble and strawberry accents.
Once that was done, I added the sentiment and stepped away! :)
This project was definitely a labour of love, but it was well worth it for the end result!
Make sure you check out the wonderful chocolatey projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!
Happy crafting!
 The Stamp Market - Gift Giving Greetings stamps Shop at: MISC |
 Mama Elephant - Framed Tags - Park Avenue dies Shop at: SHC |
 The Greetery - Curio: Divider and Details II dies Shop at: MISC | SHC |
 The Greetery - Deco Frames dies Shop at: MISC | SHC |
 The Stamp Market - Presents dies Shop at: MISC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Antique Linen Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Candied Apple Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Festive Berries Shop at: EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Fired Brick Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Ground Espresso Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Mowed Lawn Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Spun Sugar Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Twisted Citron Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Vintage Photo Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Walnut Stain Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Lawn Fawn - Ballet Slippers ink pad Shop at: SBC | SHC |
 Lawn Fawn - Bubblegum ink pad Shop at: SBC | SHC |
 Lawn Fawn - Kiddie Pool ink pad Shop at: SBC | SHC |
 Lawn Fawn - Minty Fresh ink pad Shop at: SBC | SHC |
 Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: EH | SSS |
 PTI - Sweet Blush cardstock Shop at: MISC |
 Ranger - Glossy Accents Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Brutfuner 120 Colouring Pencils Set Shop at: AZ |
 Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
 Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC |
 Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ |
 Sponge daubers Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC |
 Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ | SBC | SHC |
 Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 Yoseng 8 Finger Ink Blending Brushes Shop at: AZ |
 Ranger - Artist brush set Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
 Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
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