Sheila's Stamping Stuff: A Chocolate Affair (Card Workshop)

Sunday, August 4, 2013

A Chocolate Affair (Card Workshop)

Do you love chocolate? Who doesn't? The CTMH stamp-of-the-month for August is A Chocolate Affair, and it includes eight different chocolate images along with cute sentiments. This cards are perfect to send to a friend to brighten their day when they need a little cheering up.

All three cards use the August SOTM set, A Chocolate Affair, along with new papers introduced in the Autumn/Winter Idea Book. Workshops will be held on Friday, August 16 at 7 pm and Saturday, August 17 at 1 pm.

The 'blueprint' for this card is available in the new Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 guide. Cute papers from the Babycakes kit are paired with a large piece of chocolate cake from the A Chocolate Affair stamp set. The 'icing' on the cake is a small piece of the Colonial White Rosette Ribbon.

Using the same dotted paper from Babycakes along with some Whisper cardstock, this card using a stamp with pieces of chocolate candy. The embellishment is simply a piece of Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain tied with some Autumn Terracotta Baker's Twine. The pattern for this card is also from the Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 guide.

For the Sundae card, a piece of brightly-colored paper from the Sarita kit is used along with an Adhesive Spring to add a little surprise under the front flap. The sentiment inside the card is 'every day's a SUNDAE.'

A Chocolate Affair Card Workshop will be offered on Friday, August 16 at 7 pm, and on Saturday, August 17 at 1 pm. You will create three of each of the three cards for a workshop fee of $10. Allow approximately two hours to complete your project. Please be sure to bring your favorite adhesive. All other supplies are provided with the workshop fee. All stamps and papers used are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

Everyone who attends will receive a FREE copy of the Close To My Heart Autumn/Winter Idea Book & Catalog. As an added bonus, if you place a $50+ order, your workshop fee is waived AND you receive your own A Chocolate Affair stamp set for FREE!