Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peek Day One!

Good morning everyone!!! Have I got a treat for you today....this is day one of the Clear Dollar Stamps sneak peeks. These are the new stamps for release on January 1, 2009 (yikes...2009...can you believe it??).

The stamp set I will preview today is called Chocoholic. For a chocolate love, such as myself, this is heaven!!!

The chocolate sentiment was stamped with Memento Brown onto Whisper White cs, cut out with Nestabilities, and layered with Green Galore, Ruby Red, and designer paper from the DCWV Sweet Stack. Ruby Red was used as the card base. The cupcakes were stamped with Memento Brown, cutout, colored with a Pretty in Pink marker and attached with dimensionals.
The sentiment at the bottom says "I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter!" The background paper is one sheet from the Sweet Stack...it looks like several layers. The luscious Stampin Up! chocolate ribbon finishes it off.






I used three different stamps from the Chocoholic set on this card. The images were stamped with Memento Brown and colored with Close to Cocoa. The dark chocolate was colored with the marker and the light chocolate was colored with an aqua brush and the Close to Cocoa ink pad....same ink, different shade of chocolate. The pink was colored with a Pixie Pink marker. A long rectangle Nestie was used to cut out the Stampin Up! dp for the background and it was layered on Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, and Regal Rose for the card base. The center image was layered with Baja Breeze and Chocolate chip. The end images were layered with just Chocolate chip. Baja Breese was sponged around the edges of the end images. The gorgeous ribbon from
Strano Designs is the finishing touch.

Laurie Wilson, Design Team Coordinator for Clear Dollar Stamps, challenged the Design Team to make something you could see through. Since I love chocolate and I needed a gift for a fellow chocolate lover, what better way to showcase the chocolate than with a see through box!! I used this pattern to make the box and customized it by the addition of the scallops made with Close to Cocoa and a Martha Stewart border punch. The Chocolate sentiment was stamped with Memento Brown onto the Whisper White cs and layered on a piece of Jolie Chocolat dp by SEI. That is the same dp that was used on the lids. Stampin Up! ribbon was tied around the box and tied in a bow on top.

Thanks for stopping by today and I will have more sneak peeks for you tomorrow!!