Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Chocolate and challenges

Hello there... How are you all? 
We have beautiful sunshine but it is very cold ... It would be lovely in Wales today seeing all that beautiful countryside glowing in the colours of Autumn ... But I am content to craft and watch the squirrels dashing along the garden ... digging and burying their store of nuts ... Yep, going to have some wonderful oak trees and beech trees growing if I don't watch out ...
I have a project for 2 challenges to share ... 
First up .. The Shabby Tea Room has an inspiration picture for this weeks challenge ... "Chocolate Covered Autumn" either go with the theme or the colours ... look at the delicious picture ...



Well, I just had to go with the Chocolate! who doesn't love chocolate? 
And secondly Pixie Dust Paperie are having their first ever challenge! "Scrap - Lift" all the DT work is so beautiful, but in the end I knew I had to go with Kirsty's boxed notes .... So without further ado ... here's my project ...


A boxed set of notes cards .... all with a chocolate theme ... all of  the images are from a collage bought at Etsy ...


My box has an acetate front so you can see the cards through ... handmade and printed on my computer


Looks like white chocolate and dark chocolate (yum)
The cards in more detail ...


This gorgeous chocolate brown ribbon is from the Pixie Dust Paperie and so is the prima flower below




So why don't you hop on over to these two challenge sites ... I had fun doing this today ... and I never ate one piece of chocolate ...(yet!) ... 

Till soon ... take care
Ros







20 comments:

Anonymous said...

So Stunningly Beautiful..Hmmm that cake is `delish` TFS
Enjoy the rest of your week:) xxx

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Oh wow, this is a beautiful set Ros, I love all the vintage images, very pretty! Love all the little details and embellishment too, such a pretty gift!

Sylvia said...

My mouth is watering as I look. what a wonderful box and the cards are to die for! Lovely and lots of restraint, I would have eaten chocolate(if I had any) while making this!

Deb Hickman said...

Wow,these are so yummy. What a gorgeous gift it would make,it is just beautiful. A winner if I ever I saw one !!!!!

Unknown said...

Yummie Ros, that's what your cards and box look like! I can easily imagine them lying in a chocolate shop where scrumptious chocolate is lying round, waiting to be put in your superb box! Take care, Ira

Pattie said...

Wow - these are all so beautiful! What a delightful set! Thanks for joining us in the Tea room!

Lori said...

Yum! Notes for chocolate lovers is a fabulous project! Love everything about it!

Stella said...

Ahhhh; I could write a comment as big as a page of a magazine.... Do I make myself clear when I tell you I fell off my chair? Ros it's stunning...love it...every piece of it.
Have a wonderful day!

Heather Rogers said...

Absolutely stunning Ros. Love the chocolate theme and all the pretty shabby details. :)

Lynnda said...

Perfectly beautiful Ros... I love them all...xx

Unknown said...

These are so beautiful.. I just love all of them.. Those images are wonderful. Hugs, Linda

Debbie said...

So delicious and yummy, Ros! Thanks for sharing your beautiful, vintage gift set with us in the Tea Room this week :)

Tatanky said...

Hola Ros ! Yes chocolate is hard to resist. I love the ribbon on the box looks so yummy. And the cards are so vintage looking so pretty.

Mona Pendleton said...

What a scrumptious set of cards Ros! Each and every one of them are fabulous!

Clare said...

A stunning project!!! really love this, a fabulous gift!!

cnelson said...

What a gorgeous set of cards and gorgeous box to go in!!! The images are so fab! WOW!

Stella said...

Congratulations on your honorable mention; so well deserved...It's stunning!
XXX

Colleen Dietrich said...

Such a beautiful note card set, and congrats on winning at TSTR!

lauren bergold said...

oh wow! that is ♥GORGEOUS♥ and such an amazingly wonderful version of kirsty's brilliant set of note cards!!! i love the custom-printed box, and the little acetate window, especially...and of course the cards are AWESOME just on their own!!! ♥

Kathlene said...

How beautiful are those cards and then the gorgeous box to present them in--fabulous! Love it!