This card was made out of chocolate coin wrappers, which a number of you guessed. Last Christmas, I bought chocolate Euros in Belgium, chocolate nickels and dimes in Michigan, and chocolate pence in London. Look closely to see the coin embossing. 
To make your own chocolate Babushka sweetie:1 Eat lots of yummy chocolate coins and save the wrappers.
2 Smooth ridged wrapper edges, then cut off, so you are left with a bunch of flat coins.
3 Cut out babushka template from heavy paper. [Stay tuned -template will be provided in upcoming e-zine]
4 Draw and color face of babushka doll Her face is colored with pastel pencils and black pen for the eyes.
4 Position chocolate coins to cover all babushka body and glue in place.
5 Once dry, cut off any overlapping wrapper edges.
So, have you ever used candy wrappers or recycled anything else strange in your craft?
Tomorrow - a card made with stamps!
16 comments:
Ah this is brill. How cute is she. Just off to look at your e-zine now. Hazelxo
hiya Michele, thanks for asking us to come over and have a look, you've got some lovely ideas :-) I'll add a link on our blog , maybe you could link to us too?
Wow a girl after my own heart! Love this can't wait to get the template.
Pinky
This is a really neat idea! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such a lovely comment! I've had a peek at your blog and think you are extremely creative. Can't wait to see more!
You are really a cardmaker that takes your art way outside the box...this is amazing.
thae candy box?
What a clever idea to use your foil wrappers, I think this is brilliant and I love it. Well done love and hugs Shirleyxxx
Yup! The candy box:)
What a fab idea, off too have a look around your blog a e-zine. Thanks for your lovely comment and visiting my blog.
hugs Debs x
Wow how cool is this!
This is awesome, really clever I love it. Can't wait to see the template, I want to make one. Thanks for entering my blogoversary candy draw. hugs Clare
Very clever and what a great excuse to eat chocolate...I love it.
What a cool way to reuse candy wrappers! Just love all the textures!! I just recently used some mesh that I've had in my supplies for a pattern on a painting, and I use craft supplies all over my house for non-crafty projects! Just discovered your blog...you have some fun stuff to check out! :>
Que original! has been great. Congratulations!
hugs from Madrid!
another great idea, did you eat all the chocolates yourself lol
chris x
Hi Michele - thanks for your comment over on my blog. It's always nice to "meet" new crafty people! :)
I used chocolate coin foils for my Christmas decorating last year:
http://bugsandfishes.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-bling.html
And vintage stamps for some of my gift-wrapping:
http://bugsandfishes.blogspot.com/2008/11/gift-wrap-ideas-4-vintage-stamps.html
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