7/31 August Workshop: All About Chocolate

Oh, the fun I had putting this workshop together for you!   (I only snuck a few chocolates..)   Our August Stamp of the Month is called A Chocolate Affair, and it is the cutest stamp set I've seen in a long time!   It's all about chocolate, ladies, so what's not to like?

Scroll to the bottom of this post for details on how to get all the instructions and cricut files!

First, let me tell you that Close to My Heart has an awesome August special:   when you make a $50 purchase you will get A Chocolate Affair FREE!   This workshop will show you just some of the ways you can use your stamp set.  I used the NEW and adorable Babycakes papers, Babycakes Assortment, various ribbons and embellishemnts and some NEW treat holders as well as some familiar friends.   All boxes are cut from Cricut Artiste, tags are cut from Cricut Art Philosophy.   All of the cute boxes are sized to perfectly fit four chocolate nuggets (wrapped in Babycakes papers of course!).  The bags have chocolate kisses, the pillow box has yummy chocolate covered mint candies, the tube has mini oreos, and the flowers have reese's pieces and sixlets.

Here's the whole kit and kaboodle:

 Here's the super cute flowers with our treat cups.  I double cut the flowers and leaves to make them sturdier, and they are closed with a velcro dot.  The leaves pivot on the slate mini medley brad to open for eating (and refilling of course).

Cute pie boxes with our clothes pins and baker's twine:

 Another Artiste box.  I used a piece of our nice and sturdy sheet protectors for the "window".   Note the cute little wrapped nuggets!

Adorable candy box with a tag and Babycakes assortment topper.

One of my absolute favorite NEW products:  burlap bags!   I decorated this one with more of the Babycakes assortment, rosette ribbon and tan sparkles. plus the brown striped ribbon and our new bronze shimmer trim.  And a pink glitter gem cupcake topper!  The ribbon is firmly attached with our new very strong adhesive strips - love 'em!

 Hershey's candy bar holders with a magic pull string and more bronze shimmer trim.   I have to order more, my first roll is almost gone!

Cute, cute little purses with four nuggets.

 Our muslin bag with ribbon, babycakes assortment and more shimmer trim!  I paper pieced the strawberry - yummy!  Next to it is a treat tube.  Mini oreos fit perfectly inside!

 A pillow box filled with yummy mint chocolates...

I love the gable boxes you can cut on Artiste!

 Another purse - closed with velcro and a babycakes assortment clasp.

If you'd like to get the instructions for all the perfectly sized Artiste and AP boxes and tags, go to my website, "join" the EZ Invite All About Chocolate order, order $9.95 of any product and I will send you the Cricut Craft Room files and instructions for making all 22 treat holders.   Your order will ship directly to you and I will e-mail all files within 24 hours of your order.   E-mail me if you have questions!  If you haven't used Cricut Craft Room yet, I promise you, it's very user friendly.

Items needed for this workshop:

Babycakes Paper Packc X7173C
Babycakes Assortment Z1869
Mini Clothes Pins Z1815
Muslin Bag Z1822
Burlap Bag Z1872
Pillow Box Z1840
Treat Tube Z1823
Treat Cups Z1778
Chocolate Card Stock (included in Babycakes paper pack)
Sunset Card Stock (included in Babycakes paper pack)
Buttercup Card Stock (included in Babycakes paper pack)
Pear Card Stock Z2197
Colonial White Card Stock 1388
Baker's Twine Z1702 and Z1701 (any combination of colors can be used)
Bronze Shimmer Trim Z1849
Chocolate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon Z1617
Adhesive Strips Z1904
Chocolate Stamp Pad Z2111
Cranberry Stamp Pad Z2116
Topiary Stamp Pad Z2155
Hook and Loop Dots Z1805 (you need just 2 dots)
Rosette Ribbon* Z1800
Brown & Tan Sparkles* Z1753
Pink Glitter Gem* Z1807
Slate Mini Medley Brads* Z1787
Various candies

(*For these items you will only need one to three and of course bling can always be changed around to use what you have on hand.)