Are you planning something special for this Valentines Day and your loved ones? We try and celebrate love everyday so hardly ever do something special, but on the odd occasion i will do something that my better half really loves – like buy a slab of Lindt Chocolate and wrap it beautifully.

I started off by wrapping the chocolate slab in some pretty decorative paper, and then created a focal point topper using punches and dies.

 step 1 – Punch a border strip from patterned paper using your selected Tonic punch

 Step 2 – Keep the remainder of the paper left-over from the punched border, and trim that piece to measure 2.5cm wide.

 step 3 – Place the strip in a trimmer or score board and score the strip at every 5mm all along the length

 step 4 – Mountain and valley fold the entire strip on the score lines

 step 5 – adhere the two ends together after folding the strip. Keep it tight. The decorative scallop border now sits at the bottom and will form the outside of your rosette.

 step 6 – Adhere the rosette to a base circle using a hot glue gun from the Chiswick range.

 step 7 – Die cut some decorative elements from Chiswick cardstock.

 Assemble the rosette together with the die-cuts, punched border and sticker on the front of the decorated slab.

a Quick and easy way of adding a special touch to an ordinary slab of chocolate.
Textured cardstock Scarlet sb5270
Simplicity Strip Punch Daisy pct770
Chiswick Burnishing tool
What special gift will you create for your loved ones?
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Until next time happy crafting!