ChocolateDrop1908 Designs

Cupcake Fever!

2011-09-02T14:50:00.000-07:00

I have caught cupcake fever... it all started with a friend family bake-off, now my daughter and I are sick with the fever! Every Sunday we have a ritual now of finding new and interesting cupcakes to bake! They are mini cupcakes mostly and her class and my co-workers seem to reap the majority of the benefits of these sweet treats! We have done Red Velvet cupcakes (c'mon... I live in the south for pete-sake - that is a must make!), Red Velvet Whoopie Pies (read previous comment *ha*), Cherry Coca Cola Cupcakes, Strawberry Bannana cupcakes, and my last endevour - Margarita Cupcakes with a Patron cupcake topper... I don't know when the fever will end, but I think I can live with this sickness... plus I am getting a lot of orders for cupcakes (yes, I take orders)... We also threw in a week for brownies - we made Rocky Road brownies! I keep thinking maybe one day I can make it on Cupcake Wars (how fun would that be!) Thanks for letting me share!

Strawberry/Banana Cupcakes

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

Margarita Cupcakes with Patron Mini Cupcake Topper

Rocky Road Brownies

Hey Pumpkin! Happy Halloween

2011-09-02T11:15:00.000-07:00

This summer in Georgia has really been a HOT one! Not that every summer in GA is not a scorcher - but this summer heat seems like it is not going to go away and let Fall come in quietly... Trying to force cooler weather into my mind, I started making Fall projects. Here is my first... I was feeling in a Halloween mood. Why I do not know, since this is not one of my favorite holidays of the year... but my daughter seems to enjoy this holiday and is asking about costumes to wear now... I LOVED the pumpkins in this stamp and have had it for awhile and making a promise to myself to utilize stamps and stash that I have and save some money (times are tight for everybody - plus you can't eat stamps and patterned paper). So digging into my old stash to make new creations... Thanks for taking a look... :)

~ Come Quick Fall - We Need You! ~

Moving From Paper to Other Pretty Little Things...

2011-02-04T18:48:00.000-08:00

I have been in a creative funk for a couple of months... but now that my juices have started to flow again... there are some patterns I really wanted to try out in fabric rather than paper... some of my favorite images I use for cards I wanted to make patterns for shirts... so here are a couple of my works...

Sketch and the shirt

Finished - love adding the flower in the hair...

Kellie's 100,000 hits -- BLOG CANDY!!!!!!

2010-04-01T17:42:00.000-07:00

It's the Spring Swiss Pixies Kit offered from All that Scraps - I'd love to win it and you can too - just head over to Kellie's blog to find out how!!!

When the Shoe Fits... Buy IT!!

2010-03-30T16:16:00.000-07:00

Love this Whiff of Joy stamp...! So of course when I saw it... I had to BUY IT!! I had the perfect stamp to go with it...! I am submitting this for the Whiff of Joy Challenge #72... ~Enjoy!~

ChocolateDrop1908's Gallery: Thanks!

2010-03-18T14:25:00.000-07:00

This is a Thank You card I made for a co-worker. I have not used one of my Ketto's in a long time. Love inking up and coloring a Ketto! They are so darn cute! ~Enjoy~

ChocolateDrop1908's Gallery: Thanks!

ChocolateDrop1908's Gallery: When the shoe fits buy it!

2010-03-13T18:59:00.000-08:00

A girl loves her shoes... This easel card was done for an Inspiration Challenge.... Shoes ALWAYS inspire me!!! ~Enjoy~

ChocolateDrop1908's Gallery: When the shoe fits buy it!

It's Friday... Time for a Drink....

2010-03-12T15:47:00.001-08:00

I just happened to stumble across a new set of stamps that I just love...! Nikki stamps! These creations are from Ladybug Crafts Ink ... please check out her blog and shop! The stamps are so cute... and since I have become a stampaholic... I had to grab a couple... as I waited in anticipation for my order to come... finally when it got here I could not wait to ink up one of them... and here is my take... This is Martini Nikki...

Thanks for stopping by! ~Enjoy your weekend!~

Poll: Vote for our next Cover Mom! Shonna and Naomi!!!

2010-03-02T05:40:00.000-08:00

Poll: Vote for our next Cover Mom!

ChocolateDrop1908's Gallery: Sugar & Spice

2010-02-22T16:48:00.000-08:00

I made this as a card for a Baby Shower gift... Love the Greeting Farm stamps! So cute!
ChocolateDrop1908's Gallery: Sugar & Spice

A card that will keep you reading!

2010-02-15T05:22:00.000-08:00

The Bookmark Card - A Greeting with a Gift!

This is a bookmark card... You create a greeting card and have a little extra inside - a lovely bookmark! This will make the person you give this card to want to keep on reading... This card pattern gave me the excuse to get a perforation blade for my paper cutter! ~ Enjoy!

FRONT

BOOKMARK

INSIDE

Happy Valentine's Day

2010-02-13T07:41:00.000-08:00

Whiff of Joy Challenge #66

Not a big V'day card maker.... I think you should love and treat the ones you love like it is Valentine's Day everyday! Don't take the time you have with your loved ones for granted.... Enjoy your weekend! ~Love like it is the last day of your life... everyday....~

The Chinese symbols read: Dream | Happiness | Prosperity

:)

Sealed with a Kiss!

2010-02-04T17:14:00.000-08:00

Whiff of Joy Challenge #65

The theme for this challenge was Love... Who can not love Love!

Kisses to my blog family and friends....

Grow

2010-01-31T17:42:00.001-08:00

I have finally found the card LO that I want to use for my first set of cards for sale! After LO after LO and hours spents moving things around and color schemes, it is done... this will be for a set of 5 cards for $15.50.... Comment and let me know what you think! Thanks!

Dream

2010-01-12T16:09:00.000-08:00

I have not posted in a very long time... It has been awhile since I have felt any type of crafty mojo going on in my head... but I saw this pattern for a easel card and could not resist... I actually think I am ready to get back to grind...

I love this stamp and use it a lot on my cards... I called this one Dream... I am dreaming that this will be a better year than last... Time to start fresh and new...

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-25T15:23:00.001-07:00

I am not one for celebrating big for Halloween, let alone making or sending cards out for this holiday. When I saw this stairstep card and was challenged to make a Halloween theme card on another site - it was on! Here is my Halloween themed stairstep card.

I don't have the complete "recipe" for this card, but here are the measurements - I just saw the card posted and used the measurements the poster gave and it worked great...!

Cardstock (Beige), 4¼” x 9”, scored @ 1 ½”, 3”, 5”, 7”
Cardstock (Beige), 4 ¼” x 11”, scored @ 5 ½”
Orange PP, 4” x 1 ¼”, 4” x 1 ¾” and 4” x 5 ¼”

Front

Side View

Upclose View

Inside sentiment

Great Blog Candy!

2009-09-13T07:05:00.000-07:00

To celebrate the launch of the new Blog & Design Team Squiggle Stamps is giving away the following yummy prize to one lucky crafter!

The prize contains....

Full Set of Oscar & Daisy Designs - 10 stamps in total
K&Co Wild Raspberry Paper Pad
K&Co Wild Raspberry Alphabet Rub Ons
K&Co Wild Raspberry Clearly Yours Dome Stickers
K&Co Wild Raspberry Layered Floral Accents
K&Co Wild Raspberry Chipboard Frames
Inkadinkado Clear Stamps set - Dot Flourishes
EKSuccess Edger Punch - Zig Zag Stitch
EKSuccess Medium Punch - Scallop Photo Corner

The Squiggle Candy will stay open until Saturday 26th September at mid-day.....

Gamsol Magic

2009-09-06T07:26:00.000-07:00

Anyone out there love magic...? Well, I do and the Gamsol Magic technique is just great and I love it! I happened to stumble onto this technique when doing a search on what more I could do with my colored pencils. Using premium colored pencils and Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits you can achieve wonderful colors and shading. I have almost abandoned my Copics (never never) for this technique. If you are looking for a cheaper way of achieving the same coloration you would get using Copics this might be the avenue for you! Here are some of the recent Gamsol technique cards I have done. ENJOY! (Stamps are from Stamping Bella - Lulu collection)

My New Love - Artistic Trading Cards (ATCs)

2009-08-06T06:43:00.000-07:00

I have found a new passion for my creative juices... Altered Trading Cards (ATCs). These pocket sized works of art can contain many themes... they can be used as note cards... additions to scrapbook pages... gift tags... or just trade them... here are several I have worked on in the past couple of weeks... Enjoy!

Believe... In going Green?

2009-07-13T07:45:00.000-07:00

I actually did this card for a sketch challenge... I always take pictures of the cards, but never the inserts I make for a lot of my cards. When creating and sending out cards, I make decorative note cards to write on in case you want to "recycle" the card and send it to someone else... this idea came from my mom when I used to send her cards and she was mad because I did not send two because she wanted to send the card to someone else, but I had already written on the inside to her... so... I granted her wish and now I send 2 or 3 decorative note cards that fit in the card so the card can be used again... and again... and again... So my motto for this installment is ~ Go Green ~ Enjoy!

Tri-Shutter Card

2009-06-30T12:12:00.000-07:00

This was the cutest project eva! The Tri-Shutter card is much easier to make than it looks. This was done for a Bella (gotta love the Bella) card challenge. If you want the tutorial here is the Tri-Shutter Card tutorial link... Enjoy!

Happy Fathers Day!

2009-06-15T09:48:00.000-07:00

I normally don't do Father's Day related things, but this is the CUTEST pattern I have ever seen for a manly card. Once I made one, I could not stop! Sorry for the blur, but I am still using my cell phone camera to capture images until I get a new camera from the one that was stolen a couple weeks ago.

Enjoy...!

Posting Delay

2009-06-09T04:23:00.000-07:00

Hello all, and thanks for following my blog. There will be a delay in posting some of my work since while away at my mother's house visiting my car was broken into the night before I was leaving (of course after I packed the car so my daughter and I could leave at 3 am) my car was broken into and all my stuff stolen out of the car. So I am minus my DD DVD player, my cameras, video camera, GPS and MP3 player and other things that were packed in my car ready to go. So please, bare with me for a couple more days until I can get things settled and get my work back online... Thanks, Shonna

I did manage to borrow a friend's camera for one night and take a couple shots of some cards I have made for a card sketch challenge.... Here they are....

"I've Been Awarded...."Kreativ Blogger"

2009-06-07T09:24:00.000-07:00

I am totally overjoyed receiving this award from Ms. Dee - Dee's Special Things.... Dee, thank you for your wonderful comments on my layouts! I am really happy to receive this award and see that people are actually following my blog! You have a great blog and serve as great inspiration for me and all your followers! Thanks again!

Here are the RULES for this AWARD:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.

Single Mom of beautiful baby daughter

Work full time as a Project Manager - IT

Love to scrapbook, card make and alter anything!

Really have gotten into this blogging world... get to meet so many nice people

I love to ride motorcycles... I have a need for speed!

I play the guitar and the piano

LOVE to cook!

5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers:

Carissa - Lady Guineveres Inky Faeries Blog

...:~ŠǿƒŧβŖñ™~:... Georgia's Finest

Corrosive Creations By Janet

Creative Ideas by Katharina Frei

Kreative Korner by Kelly

Ozzipuddles Cards and Such

Paper Playhouse

6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs, letting them know they have been nominated.

Whiff of Joy Challenge #32

2009-06-03T04:42:00.000-07:00

I really love the Whiff of Joy stamps... especially the Angel series... here is my take on the Challenge #32... Brown and Blue coloring...

Blog Hop - Yoko Ono Ketto - Faith Hope Love

2009-05-30T10:00:00.000-07:00

I love this Yoko Ono stamp... It is one of my favorite Kettos! ~ ChocolateDrop

Welcome to the first Ketto Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Now it's time to hop on over to MEGAN LOCK DESIGNS. Have a great day!

GREAT PROJECT LINK >>> My Idea of Recess: A Ketto Caddy

2009-05-30T07:50:00.000-07:00

My Idea of Recess: A Ketto Caddy

Altered Folder Mini Album

2009-05-12T05:05:00.000-07:00

This project was a bit more challenging than I expected... but I love the results!~
These pictures are from my DD 2nd birthday party... she loved dressing up as a princess. I put the journaling on the back of her tab insert cards. This was fun to make...! Here is a link to the tutorial!

Altered CDs

2009-05-12T04:39:00.000-07:00

Altered CD (front)
by ChocolateDrop1908
Scrapbook.com

Altered CD (back)
by ChocolateDrop1908
Scrapbook.com

Here is the link to the site that explains how to alter a CD... this is a GREAT project... Loved doing it!Shonna :)

Here are my version of the instructions from how I made my altered CD...
My altered CD...

Materials used:

Used CD

Ribbons

Petaloo Flowers (cut in half)

Prima Flowers

3 Birds Scrapaganza Paper

3 Birds Scrapaganza glitter chip board

3 Birds Scrapaganza chip board

Adhesive pearls

Decopauge - Plaid Mod Podge Gloss Lustre

Hot Glue

Glue Dots (mini and craft size)

Crop O Dile (hand held)

First I covered the CD with the Mod Podge on side one and put the patterned paper on... I prefer to use patterned paper rather than cardstock because it will soak up the Mod Podge faster and also dry faster. I did the same to side two. Then let the CD set for 10 mins. and then trim the edges.

Then I put a layer of Mod Podge on top of the pattern paper on side one and let dry. If you use a thin layer it dries pretty fast. Then I did my LO on top after the mod podge dried. Then after laying my picture, ribbon and pearls (there are pearls under the flowers, I completed the total frame of the picture), I put another layer of Mod Podge on the entire surface, covering the picture and the ribbon. This application was thicker than the first. I do this to protect the picture etc. since these won't be put in an album - most of the time - and will be out on a table or hanging...

After this dries is when I put the flowers and chipboard elements on.
I used a mixture of hot glue for big flower and glue dots for the smaller elements.

For her name I typed that on the computer on cardstock and printed that out and edged it with green ink...

For the back I did not put an additional layer of Mod Podge over my journaling... (thinking maybe I should have) but that is up to you...
I printed that out off the computer and then trimmed away to fit over a bit so I could use the flowers on the side.

To make the whole I used my handy dandy Crop O Dile... LOVE THAT TOOL... cut a hole through that CD like a hot knife through butta...!!! :)

Hope you enjoy making this project as much as I did!!