CHOCOLATE DIPPED STRAWBERRIES-ON A CARD?

One thing I love about getting together with stamping friends, is we always share our thoughts and ideas...and sometimes someone comes up with a great spin-off of an idea already expressed! This is what happened when I attended myStampin' Up!  upline Tina's meeting in March.

We agreed ahead of time on a theme for a "swap". The March swap theme was anything from the Occasions Mini Collection..so I selected the Tart and Tangy set! I decided to use Crystal Effects over the strawberry, and this is the card I came up with:












It's hard to tell from this photo that I brushed Crystal Effects over the strawberry...but, nevertheless, Kathryn Roberts, one of my stamping friends said it would be cool to make it chocolate-dipped! Well, we got excited at that and then I added,-or white chocolate!  She liked that idea, too!  I couldn't wait to get home and try it!

I had some technical difficulties with my card getting "stuck" in my camera...so  until I  solved that problem, I couldn't post this idea here...

But-I ended up trying both techniques! I have to say I love them both! Here, is a photo of the same card I originally made, but this time I made Milk-Chocolate Dipped strawberries:



How did I do this? It's really quite simple; I mixed several drops of Stampin' Up's Crystal Effects with one drop of Chocolate Chip Ink Refill...then painted it onto the bottom of the stamped strawberry!  Then let it dry...and voila! Cool, isn't it?

Well, after mastering this, I had to try the White-chocolate dipped Strawberries...so here is what this technique looks like:

So-what do you think?

I LOVE it! It's so much fun to play around with products and make such simple little changes, but get a totally new look!

This was done again, by mixing Crystal Effects, White Craft Ink refill, and just a touch of Creamy Caramel ink refill. I simply painted it on  the bottom of the strawberry, over the Crystal Effects, after it dried.

So- there you have it-3 different looks, from one card idea! What do you think? Do you like these ideas? Please let me know by taking a moment to make a comment...

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