Have Allota Velata & FUNdue With Me…

Howdy Candies…I hope this post finds you in Fantabulous Spirits! I’m truly tickled about Velata for soooo many reasons! Haven’t heard of Velata? Well…Do you Love Chocolate? I know I’m a chocaholic of sorts…A couple of my Favs is Ghirardelli, Dove, & Lindor Hazelnut Lover. All of which are truly tasty right!?! I mean let’s face it…when it comes to chocolate we all have our tastes or mixes that we enjoy tickling our taste buds with. However, Velata is Ah-Mazing! It is Gluten FREE & Nut FREE at 160 calories per oz. & that gives me full leisure to dipping rights and did I mention it is truly Premium Belgium Chocolate too!

Oh, YUMMY My Friends…I have dipped to my hearts content. Yes, it is no secret that I’m a Fondue lover too.  So I was in total Awe when I discovered this neat treat after returning home from our Summer Family trip.  It is so Deliciously Delightful and truly an ease to use.  No Messes, Fusses, & completely easy to make a quick snack for my kids.  Plus, I have to admit my indulgence I’ve shared with a few visitors lately…in fact one comment comes to mind that was made: “This is sooo tasty it should be illegal” lol, yes in deedy that was a reaction I got after a dippy doo of their very own.

These are just a couple of things that set Velata apart from other chocolates I enjoy in my pantry.  It is a total experience I get to share over and over again & I’m loving every moment of it.  Plus I do admit that when I’m getting pretty crafty with inky fingers & all, I have yet to have a choco smudge on a piece of my heARTistry!  Good News for those of us that struggle with choco-cover ups during our lil snack breaks. 

In fact here are a couple of things I’ve managed to dip into my Fondue Warmer: Pineapple Tamales, Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Strawberries, Angel Food Cake, Ham (oh, yes it was sooo good too!), & Pretzels.  There are a lot of recipes posted and shared from other Velata FUNdue peeps.  Visit my web-site to learn more today! 

I do as always want to share some photos of my FUNdue set-up I have in the corner of my kitchen with some photos that I took of all the neat lil things to share with you in “My First Velata Party” Online/In-Home Launch Open House Party!  Stay Tuned for some heARTistry share tags I’ve created the past couple of days too!  (To leave a comment, thoughts, suggestions, or feedback - just click the title to this post & scroll to the bottom)

My First Velata Online/In-Home Launch Open House Party!

Premium Belgium Chocolates Available in Carmel Milk, Dark, Milk & White: (Just Click The Pic To Join In the FUNdue!)

FUNdue Warmers: Fabulous for Any Gift or Occasion (Girls Night, Date Night, Family Night, Parties are a HIT!)

My Velata Fondue Display…You Can Host A Party too! For Party Specials Please Contact Me…(Just Click The Pic)

If you Love Chocolate & What you see at the Candy Studio then You Can Also Join Our Velata Team: (Just Click The Pic)  For those interested that are from Canada, Germany, Ireland, & the United Kingdom please contact me!

I meant to get this posted over the weekend as some of you may of already received your invitation to attend My First Ever Online/In-Home Velata Launch Open House Party!  My deepest apologies for the hold-up & Fabulous News…It’s still not until tomorrow evening at the Candy Studio from 7pm-9pm (Casual, Come As You Are Style). 

For those of you that are unable to attend you can still participate via my online Party link located here: http://CreatiqueCandy.velata.us & just click on the “My First Velata Party” link.  You can also view the event via the Candy Studio link to FB here: https://www.facebook.com/CreatiqueCandy/events .  Remember you don’t have to be local to be able to host an Online Party or place an order too!  I just love this Fabulous way of dipping & hope to of inspired you on Allota Velata today. 

Whilst in the midst of the throws of a chocaholic frenzy I finally received my Metallic Distress Stains that Tim Holtz introduced during CHA Summer 2012!  Wow…oh Wow…I had no idea when I watched the video via Ranger that Tim put out just how versatile these 3 gems can be.  It is similar to the White Picket Fence Distress Stain as they both contain a pigment in the base & are both opaque. 

What I adore about these is how much it adds to my creations.  It’s just wonderful to be able to get truly inky & play with various base Ranger mediums & that is just exactly what I did these past couple of days.  I don’t have a tutorial or anything but I have had some inquires to do so.  I do have some products that I you may recognize that I used in my heARTistry though & I had such a blast playing with each & every one of them.  So without Further Ado Photos:
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Close-Up Elements Gift Tag:

Gift Creation I made Today:

Gift Creation Back of Tag:

No Embossing a Tribute Tag:

Embossed Tribute Tag:

Reverse Stencil Tribute Tag:

Close Up – Reverse Stencil Tribute Tag:

Just a list of things I used: Tim Holtz’s; Metallic Distress Stains; “Brushed Pewter”, “Antique Bronze”, & “Tarnished Brass”, Brick texture fade, Distress Inks Pads; Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, & Mustard Seed, Distress Re-Inkers; Lemonade, & Picked Raspberry, & Various Stamps - Dyan Reeveley’s Dylusions Sprays & Stencils; Crushed Grape, Bubblegum Pink, Post Box Red, Pure Sunshine, mini numbers stencil & various Stamps.  In no particular order either.  I appreciate you taking the time to read all about the Candy Studio weekend & plan on getting those photos up from our trip that I want to share too.  Thanks for Stamping By…

CU 2012 Preparations & New Eye Candy Special Purchase

I can’t even put into words how long the road through the Holidays were with our Family this year.  My deepest apologies for not keeping up on my front page of the web-site for all of My Candy Followers.  I’ve found myself a bitty out of the creative mojo, lack of time, and health issues that stood in the way of bringing you more creative designs and inspiration.  However, I’m pleased to announce that Creatique Candy has her mojo back and is in full swing for preparations in this years annual Creative University retreat coming up in just a few short weeks.  

Each year we have so many fun lovely things that we do for each other and at the annual CU retreat.  One of my favorite things to prep for are the charm swaps!  Armed with this years incredible themed logo, an idea of wanting to be a bit more professional in presentation as a Junior returning to camp (with an awesome Fairy Charm Mother teaching me along the past 3 years), I just had to do something out of the box and different in my presentations of the charms to the wonderful Charming Ladies who participate.  There is more to come in posting in my preps etc. because this year I want to share my journey leading up to the retreat and then a post creative experience after the retreat.  My hope is that you will find within your budget at one point or another to join us for the annual CU Retreat!  Please stay tuned after the post for a link up to purchase your very own handmade charm with your choice of design options for only $8.00 + shipping and handling.  So without further ado here we go:

This is a photo of what I designed for the base of my packaging.  This was used by going through a multiple base of FREE digital art that is out on the net.  I will reference each of the locations that contributed to my work for the Digital Art here are the links:

ComputerScrapbooks.com For the Tag Elements & Background  JustSoScrappy.com For the Green Sparkle Brad  JunosPlace.com For the Tree So it took a few hours to get this the way I wanted to and figure out printer settings.  I have an Epson Workforce Pro that does just about everything including print photo quality at up to 1200dpi.  The process was a bitty tedious but I will say that how I got them to print correctly was to save as a .png file 24, they were created at 2 3/4” x 4”…then I placed them evenly in a word documents via insert photo.  Of course they turned out fabulous on my exclusive Close To My Heart “Colonial White” cardstock.  LOVE IT! Here are a few more photos of the process:This is an appreciation photo but 2 suppliers on Etsy was able to fill my needs that contributed to these creations and without them it would not of been possible so a HUGE TY to twpmango: For her lil bottles and fast shipping & Dragyn’sfyre for her awesome turn around (great place for charms etc.)Here is the mess I made while creating…please note I do not have one of the process of the bottles but will do so with the first person to special order!Here is a pic of the finished Product:Here are a couple of the finished Charm photos!  With Valentines fast approaching what a great gift idea for Family, Sisters, Best-Friends, Friends, Co-Workers, Teachers etc.  Just click on either of the two photos below to special order your custom made Dragonfly Bottle Charm Today!  Make sure you put in your purchase comments What type of Tierra-cast metal you want either Antique Silver or Antique Gold, and your choice of bead and bottle color combinations; available in Red, Black, Teal, & Purple for the beads, & Red, Black, Teal, Purple, Silver, & Gold for the fine grain inside the bottles. Each are uniquely handmade and different so no single charm will ever be the same, nor will the packaging graphic image.  So show your love of these gorgeous cute charms (less than the size of a quarter) to show off on necklaces and charm bracelets. If you have questions please do not hesitate to contact me via my links to the side of the page.  This is also listed under my Sweet Specials Link tab above.  As I’m finishing off the charm swap I’m working to catch up on some awesome H2H Challenges, Handmade gift items and a card swap for the Annual CU 2012 retreat!  Thanks for Stamping By…