Carmel Apple Yummy-Ness!

Hi Stampers!

Today is my inspiration day for The Cutting Cafe! This week Regina let us choose what file we wanted to use for our project! One of the first files that caught my eye when I visited The Cutting Cafe store for the first time were Regina's super cute Apple files. Every year, when my Grandpa was alive, he would make his famous caramel apples for the adults (AKA - his grandkids) when we would bring our children to his house for Trick-or-Treat night! That way the adults would get treats too :) So this time of year it brings back those treasured memories and makes me crave yummy caramel apples! When I saw the Apple shaped projects in the store I knew that I wanted to make some yummy caramel dipped apples!

The card on the left uses the Apple Shaped Card file and the little treat box on the right is the Apple Treat Box. Both of my apple bases are cut from Cherry Cobbler cardstock and sponged to create definition. To create my yummy caramel drippy... sticky... goo pieces...I cut an extra apple template in both sizes on a piece of cardstock and then used a pencil to hand draw the drips and then cut it out as a pattern. Each of the caramel pieces are cut from More Mustard cardstock and the trick to making them look all caramely is to sponge them with matching ink. You need to sponge pretty heavily all the way around including all of the drips. Then you just take a white gel pen and create the highlights to make it look shiny. My sticks are leftover scrap pieces from my basketweave project that I did a couple of weeks ago for another Cutting Cafe project. I have a hard time throwing anything away...especially little scraps of paper because you just never know when they will come in handy :) I just rounded the edges and whaa-laaa...a stick!

My Caramel Apple Treat Box was super easy to put together. Regina does a wonderful job making the files easy to use, even for those like myself that don't have a cutting machine, and the instructions are easy to follow.

I wanted the inside of my box to be finished so I lined the inside and the outside pieces of my box using the gorgeous apple printed paper that is in the Bo Bunny Apple Cider 6x6 Paper Pack....I love this paper! I am going to have to get a few extra packs to hoard...LOL!

I also wanted my treat box to be a little different than my larger card so I added the "Sweet Friend" sentiment from the Apple of My Eye stamp set from Flourishes. This cute little girl is Chloe from the Little Cottage Cuties line from Whimsy Stamps. She was the perfect height for the box and her outfit matched too! I colored her with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, except for the hair which was done with prismacolor pencils and a stampin up close to cocoa marker. Now believe it or not...there are some Werther's caramel apple sugar free candies inside this box! They are super yummy...just like a real caramel apple...so they won't be in there long :)


                     

Here is a closer look at the larger Apple Shaped Card. I love how this turned out...looks good enough to eat... don't you think?

Here is the inside of the apple card. I cut an apple using the template on very vanilla cardstock. Then I just trimmed off about 3/8" all the way around the apple following the template so it would be a little smaller than the base. I used a heart punchie mask to sponge in some seeds and the sentiment is from the Flourishes Apple of My Eye stamp set also. The edges of this piece were sponged lightly with early espresso.

Be sure to visit The Cutting Cafe Blog later this afternoon...usually around 4pm or so...to see what files the other Design Team Members used! Regina also draws  one lucky winner each week to win THREE FILES of their choice just for leaving a comment on the Inspiration Post!

One of the challenges I am entering this in is the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge to make something inspired by this yummy photograph...

I was inspired by the colors, the fall theme and that you can eat it! I hope I didn't make you too hungry between these yummy cupcakes and my caramel apple projects...LOL!

Have a great day all!
Laura

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

Crafty Creations - #190 - Fall Colors
Fab'N'Funky Challenges - #141 - No Patterned Paper
7 Kids College Fund - #57 - Fall is in the Air - 2nd Entry
Stampavie and more - #178 Halloween
Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine Challenges - #55 - Halloween
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog - #135 Let's Think About Fall - 2nd Entry
Use It Tuesdays - #40 - Use Your Scraps
Eureka Stamps - #8 Friendship
Hooked on Craft - Halloween
Paper Pretties Monday - Fall Inspiration
There She Goes - No Patterned Paper
Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes - 2nd Entry
Catered Crop - Halloween - Fall & Harvest - 2nd Entry
Pile It On - For a Child
Ink on My Fingers - #225 What Makes You Happy
Cupcake Inspirations - Challenge #180 - Photograph
A Gem of a Challenge - For The Girls
Catch the Bug Challenge - Seasonal - Harvest - 2nd Entry
Challenge Up Your Life - #79 Candy Wrap
Dynamic Duos - Cherry Cobbler + 1 other color of choice
My Sheri Crafts - Apple or a Pumpkin - 2nd Entry
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Sweet Treats
Elisabeth Belle's World - Autumn Colors Challenge