Lecker! Something delicious for KIS! #36

It's been a while since I played with Keep It Simple!

The current challenge is "Lecker!" which translates to "delicious."

My sister, who lives in Amsterdam, uses that word, too, and it DOES sound delicious when spoken. There are already cards submitted with fruit, cake, coffee and so on, so I thought I'd go the CHOCOLATE route.

This card features a Stamp of the Month from Close to my Heart. I heat-embossed the brownie with Cocoa powder (yum!), and traced the frosting with a white gel pen.  The lacy border is a Paper Wishes die and the ribbon was a Verve purchase. Everything is mounted on a Chocolate card base with some pink enamel dots thrown in for good measure.

Are you thinking of your favorite treat?

Why not head over to the Keep It Simple blog and link up your creation. The challenge runs through Wednesday, April 3rd.

Happy crafting,

(AND cooking and munching!)

Caroline

Supplies:

Cardstock in Chocolate, Cocoa and White Daisy

Ink: Versamark + Cocoa embossing powder and White Detail embossing powder

Stamp sets: both retired Close to My Heart; A Chocolate Affair & Mad About You

Distress Markers and Copics; Wink of Stella

Ribbon: Verve Stamps

Dies: Paper Wishes "2 Lacy Borders;"Spellbinders' circles and scalloped circles

Enamel dots: Flamingo, CTMH

Just B-coz...

Hello, is it spring yet?

I felt like hibernating this morning when I awoke to a fresh coat of the white stuff. Enough already!

You might think thoughts of spring were the inspiration for this card, but it was actually a couple of challenges:

The Friday Mashup, which was to use triangles and/or hexagons  (I missed the deadline, BTW, so I'll have to try harder next week),  and

I don't have any hexagon stencils or embossing folders, so I created some using my scoring board:

flipped it over when finished and sanded to reveal the pattern.

The honeycomb hexies were made using a punch, some patterned paper and the CTMH stamp set Doodle Signs,  pictured above. Some were popped up for added dimension.

The sweet little bumble bee is from Paper Smooches' Green Thumb. I thought he looked good in orange! Keyboard alpha stamps also from CTMH.
Turns out its NOT too late for the Happy for Hexagons challenge over at Moxie Fab World. 
It runs through March 7th, so get cracking!

 Thanks for the head's up, Lyndal!

That's all for today,

Happy crafting,

Caroline

Supplies:

Cardstock: Sunset, Sky, Sweet Leaf, White Daisy, CTMH; DP Rosemary & Thyme, Paper Wishes

Inks: Sunset, Sweet leaf , CTMH; Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Doodle Signs, Keyboard alphabet, CTMH; Green Thumb, Paper Smooches

Scoring Board: Martha Stewart

Hexagon punch: Creative Memories

Copic Markers

Wink of Stella glitter pen

Ribbon: Verve Stamps