Chocolate Strawberries - with Paper! Yummy card and sweet Valentine Wishes for you!

Hey hey hey! LOTS and LOTS of Valentine's are happening here in my craft room! I ain't mad about it! So many good things to share with you right now! And just you wait until later in the month..... Hee hee! Today I'm sharing a project on The Greetery blog, and of course here on my blog too! I made a sweet card for Valentine's Day!!  I used the super fabulous Strawberries dies and created a box of chocolates using traditional valentine colors.... In January, it's always nice to finish up the holidays, start a new year, and get super excited about making Valentine's! A nice change of colors and themes, and so many hearts. One of my very favorite Valentine treats (well any time actually) is Chocolate Covered Strawberries, and that's just what inspired my card for today! (Fun fact - there is a national company called Shari's Berries that makes the BEST chocolate strawberries.... That company started right here in Sacramento and back in the day you could just pop in the store and get one to go! It wasn't that far from my house, so guess what? I popped in a lot! Hahaha. Now they ship all over the world - such a cool success story!) Anyhoo, on to my card for today!

My finished card is A2 sized, and made from kraft cardstock. I layered deep pink and cream cardstocks to serve as my base for the strawberries. My card features lots of pretty stamps and die sets, including the Botanicuts Strawberries Dies combined with the Dippers Dies, the gorgeous Falling Hearts Background, and lots more. I kept a traditional Valentine color palette of cream, red, pink and brown. My supplies are listed at the bottom of my post or CLICK HERE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I started by die cutting the Falling Hearts Background from cream cardstock. I layered it over another sheet of cream cardstock for a tonal pattern. I splattered on some brown metallic paint and set that aside to dry. Next, I die cut out the strawberries, leaves, chocolate, and frosting pieces. I used small sponge daubers and Distress Inks to ink all the pieces and then glued them together using liquid glue. I added pretty glitter to the strawberries also. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I used the Curio Confections Dies set to make the little papers for the strawberries. I layered kraft and vellum pieces to mimic how they might look on a dessert table. (Okay now I'm hungry!) I die cut out the Sweet word dies using red cardstock and vellum to be my main sentiment. My secondary sentiment is from the Sweet Tooth Stamps set and stamped in brown onto a cream banner from Sentiment Suite Basics. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used foam tape to attach the strawberries to the card in a grid. I added a few pretty red hearts and then put the sentiments on last. Such a fun way to kick off sweetheart season! 

 

 

 

That's it for my card for today! Wishing you a happy Winter and Happy New Year AND Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you have a wonderful and creative day and I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! XO Wanda

 

As always, if you're crafty shopping, I would be very grateful if you use my links to my favorite shops and help me out! Also, I've updated my gift ideas section in my Amazon Storefront, so you can check that out too!! And, very excited to now be a Target Creator which means I can share my favorite things from Target with you! Thank you! 

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Comments

[Christine Dol]

I LOVE THIS CARD Wanda!!!! The icing on the strawberries is so real looking!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gayle I.]

Saw your card on the Greetery's blog, and as I stated there, your card is sweet and so cute. Love the way you incorporated the different Greetery elements into your card design!

[Denise Bryant]

Love all the details on your beautiful card Wanda! Scrumptious!

[Janice Olsen-Curran]

Beautiful cards!

And, now a Target Creator! Isn't that like the best store ever :)

[Becky Green]

SWEEET!!!! ;)

[Judy Rowland]

Hi, Wanda! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your card. I looked at your detailed supply list for more information and was disappointed to find that you did not list the ink colors you used for shading. I am even more interested in learning how you applied the glitter to your strawberries (what you used and how you do it). You use this technique a lot, and I always admire this extra touch on your cards.

Thanks in advance for your assistance! I am one of your biggest fans!

Judy in FL

[Connie Hollenbeck]

Hi Wanda, Your card looks absolutely Delicious!

[Anne Sturgeon]

So pretty! I have this set and love the "sweet" font. Gorgeous strawberries and the rock candy glitter really makes them extra special. Today I am working on my Valentines. We are getting snow and it looks like this might be the start of our much delayed winter. Staying warm and cozy...

[spilor / Lori Spitzer]

This one is gorgeous and looks so good (and I'm so hungry) that those candies look good enough to gobble. Love it!
Lori S in PA