More Chocolate Bar Cards

Here are a couple more chocolate bar card variations. I assembled these two cards more recently. After sharing my first versions from my November 18th blog post, I got some great ideas from a couple fellow team members and YouTube members. So I used three of those ideas in these versions.

1. I loved the use of the More Than Autumn stamp set sentiments with the implication of the word chocolate. Thanks Vy Tran!
2. JoAnn Pollock shared one of her versions with an extra layer of candy wrapping.
3. She also shared that since the bottom is covered by the wrapping, that you really can start with a 5-1/2″ height on your card. Click here to see her versions and read through her directions and tips.

Both of these cards are created with 4-1/8″ x 11″ bases scored at 5-1/2″. The left card is easy to score. Each section is 1-3/8″ x 1-3/8″ – scored vertically at 1-3/8″ and 2-3/4″ & scored horizontally at 1-3/8″, 2-3/4″ and 4-1/8″. The right card is scored vertically at 1-3/8″ and 2-3/4″ & scored horizontally at 1-1/8″, 2-1/4″, 3-3/8″ and 4-1/2″. My last row is a little bit shorter. It’s an inch tall… 1/8″ shorter than the other rows.

I didn’t add the layered rectangles on the last row, because that area would be covered up. But I’m not so sure I like that, because the wrapper dips a bit in this spot. If you want to save on time though, just know that is an option. In hindsight, maybe I could’ve added Dimensionals under there?

The other thing I tried on one of these was to die-cut and punch and fussy cut a bite mark. But the multiple layers made this very difficult. And though the bite mark did NOT turn out the way I’d wanted (I used a die from the Something Fancy Dies and then trimmed more with my scissors.But a cloud from the Bright Skies Dies might have worked better. Ignore that my bite mark is from a monster with one large front middle tooth!), I still decided to share this version with you for the idea.

I didn’t incorporate all the ideas that were shared with me, but here are a few others you could try.

1. JoAnn Pollock suggested inking the scored areas and edges of the layered rectangles/squares to create a more 3D effect.
2. Kim Greenslade suggested a chocolate bar card would be perfect as a mini slimline (tall and narrow).
3. Marsha Mendenhall suggested using stamps and VersaMark ink on the squares to make the chocolate look printed.

If you’d like to recreate these cards, refer to even more instructions shared from my 11/18 post (or from JoAnn’s post).

I’m now off to bake Christmas cookies!

Oh! Here is a photo of our decorated tree and our Dept. 56 North Pole village in the corner of our main room.

I’ll be sure to post more photos from my family’s Christmas festivities by next weekend.

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