Friday, May 7, 2010

Strawberries & Chocolate

Two of my favorite things are Strawberries and Chocolate. So you know I just adore chocolate dipped strawberries. I plan on fixing some for Mother's Day lunch. Well I am going to fix them, whether I have enough to share at lunch, will be the question, cause I will tend to sample as I make them I am sure.

This week for Pat's challenge we were to make a spring card. Always when the Irises are in bloom, I start looking for road side markets, displaying the big juicy red berries. That is one of my favorite things about Spring. I happened upon THIS blog, and she has free strawberry box templates. She also has two different cards you can print out that coordinate with the boxes. I took the downloads a step farther and cut several of the berries out so I could layer them with the 3d dots. I also cut out the front of the 1st card, and layered it on black and green paper, and added a black polka dotted ribbon. I used the front of the 2nd card to use as the sentiment on the inside of the card, layering it also and added a cut out berry to finish it off. In the third picture of the inside of the card you can see that I used Sakura Glaze black pen to emphasize the seeds on the berries. I put the strawberry candies and kisses inside these, cutest little boxes. Everyone needs to hop over to her Blog - Schlosser Designs and see all the neat stuff she has to share.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

What better way to celebrate spring than strawberries and chocolate. I love the way you have made the cards, outstanding as usual.*

Erin said...

Sheila,
Those look great!!! I love that you used the Sakura gel pen for the seeds and cut out the strawberries separate to give them dimension! Glad you enjoyed the template and download.

NoraAnne said...

Very pretty! Love the 3d strawberries :)

Pat said...

Yummy cards!!

mugsy said...

love...love.... love strawberies....
yours are "delicious"

wendyp said...

this is "berry" cute!!! Love the dimension you've added to the strawberries!

Carolyn King said...

this is total sweetness!!!

Thinking of you today and keeping you in my prayers....