BFF Open House Link Party #152

Happy Friday Eve and welcome to another party here at The Answer Is Chocolate. Spring has definitely sprung as evidenced by last week's party. Here are some of the highlights. 

With all the extra eggs used this time of year, be sure to save the cartons so you can make this gorgeous wreath frame shared by Melanie at Blissbloomblog.  I would never have guessed egg cartons!

Like so many crafters , I love finding things at the Dollar store. The DIY Homegirl has a great roundup of projects using Dollar store finds.

My Emiline has a fresh and fragrant lemon sugar scrub. Mother's Day is coming. Wonderful gift idea. 

I absolutely love this little bunny in a jar from The Crafty Lumberjacks. Wouldn't this make an adorable addition to an Easter tablescape? 

This week's chocolate feature is a delight. Feast for the eyes and the tastebuds. 

Lovely for an Easter table , shower, or special dinner. Visit Bonnie over at The Pin Junkie to see how she made the butterflies. 

Now for this week's party!

   

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Spring Cards Using What's On Hand

My creative process is usually to survey what supplies I have on hand and then kind of “feel” a project. Sometimes I look at things, take them out, put them back. Sometimes it's instant. Other times it takes a while.

Right now half of my craft room is packed up  (  Mr.  Chocolate says “How can you tell” ).  I still used that process but could feel the absence of other stuff. ( I really can Mr. C.)


Still, I needed to make some cards so used what I had . All my dies and embossing folders are packed up. I have my neutral papers , a bin with miscellaneous embellishments and some stamps on hand.

For these cards, I used a combination of silver, gray and white papers. Stamped the floral medallion on white paper with grey chalk ink, and layered with torn silver paper circles. Embellished with rhinestones and self adhesive sticker borders.

For this card, I used a natural color scheme with fossilized leaves and a metal frame and tree as the focal.

For the last card, I used gray and white with a splash of color from  fern and 3D Iris stickers and a metal butterfly I found in the $1.50 bin at Michaels.

Happy Spring ! 

BFF Open House Link Party #151

Friday Eve...best day of the week! Hope none of you endured any awful April Fool's day pranks. Not a fan of that day. 

Here are some inspiring ( inspire Spring?) ideas from last week's party: 

My readers know I love making cards. This one from It's Always Ruetten is a must make idea. Perfect for so many occasions. 

Spring and birds go together don't they? I really like this layered stencil bird project from Laura at Pet Scribbles. 

Doreen over at Altered Artworks took her love of altering things to a bigger level. Ab fab makeover of this flea market found metal file cabinet to some new Industrial Chic storage for her workroom. 

I couldn't believe that this gorgeous cake was Diane's first attempt at cake decorating. Visit An Extraordinary Day for the details. I can assure you , my first attempt looked nothing like this. I'm not even sure it looked like cake! Easter, Mother's Day, showers ...

Finally this week's chocolate feature. Simple, classic, delicious and never tire of this combination. Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars from The Pin Junkie. 

   

    An InLinkz Link-up

   

BFF Open House Link Party #150

Happy Friday Eve once again all. Can you believe this is the last party of March? Hope everyone's had a fun National Craft Month!

I didn't plan on this week's features being all jewelry (well not the chocolate one)  but that's how it turned out. I love that each of these projects can use found or re-purposed objects. 

Definitely going to try my hand at these Safari Leather Bracelets from Rena at Jewelry Making Journal. I recently cleaned out my jewelry box and took apart some prior creations but saved the beads to re-use and have some that are perfect for this idea. 

Baseball season is just around the corner and whether your an MLB , softball, or little league fan, you need to check out this idea from Terri at A Creative Princess. Home run! 

With ongoing discussion about the potential retirement of the penny, here's a way to preserve them for posterity. Artsy VaVa combined a penny ( she even has a poem) and a charm to make this cute necklace for St. Patrick's Day. It could be easily adapted to many occasions. 

Making macarons ( different from macaroons) has been on my to do list. For this week's chocolate feature I am drooling over this recipe for Mocha Macarons from Aimee at Twigg Studios. Everything she makes is gorgeous! 

   

    An InLinkz Link-up

   

Chalkboard Printable From Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

It’s been a while since I made a printable and then I saw this quote from Shakespeare’s " A Midsummer Night’s Dream". Once again Mr. Shakespeare sums things up so eloquently. I think this is a perfect quote to celebrate Women's History Month! 

I uploaded a chalkboard background to PicMonkey and chose  a script style font. Click on the image to bring it to full size then right click to Save As

My First Contribution to Live Creatively Inspired : Double Stacked Ring Woven Bracelet

Happy Monday . I'm excited to be sharing this woven bracelet over at Live Creatively Inspired where I'm now a monthly contributor. Hope you'll come over for a visit and check out the blog. The contributors are a talented group of ladies and I'm honored to be among them!

BFF Open House Link Party #149

Happy Friday eve all. This is the most creative thing I've done all week. Between College Boy being home for Spring Break (yay for a son who still likes to come home!) and migrating to a new laptop ( yay for not hanging up on every screen) and attempting to be on vacation from my day job ( and boo for that not happening completely) well that's been my week. Hope yours has gone well. 

Getting right down to the business of partying tonight and features will resume next week. Have fun!! 

   

    An InLinkz Link-up