| Give a hand stamped romantic treat to your | | | | 5. Package your personalized, unique stamped |
| sweetheart this Valentines Day by stamping extra | | | | chocolates in a box. Add a little colored tissue paper if |
| special chocolates. You will need some cooking oil, | | | | you like. Be sure to clean your clear rubber stamps |
| store bought chocolates, little paper liners for individual | | | | with soapy water as you don't want any traces of |
| chocolates to sit in and small clear acrylic rubber | | | | chocolate or oil left especially if you plan on converting |
| stamps. Experiment with different chocolate brands. It | | | | your clear stamps over for use on paper crafts. |
| may be easiest to begin on solid chocolates. | | | | 6. Make a coordinating Valentines Day card to go |
| 1. Place a small amount of vegetable oil on a paper | | | | along with your gift of heart. |
| towel and allow it to absorb. Take your choice of new | | | | That is it! It is easy and it is yummy! Rubber stamping |
| acrylic rubber stamps and dab it in the oil. It is important | | | | with clear stamps on food is a completely unique way |
| that you use new rubber stamps for this as the | | | | to say Happy Valentines Day! |
| finished product will be consumed and you don't want | | | | OTHER YUMMY STAMPED TREAT IDEASo Stamp |
| any ink coming off the stamps onto the chocolate. | | | | a favorite image in a plain sugar cookie before |
| 2. Heat the surface of the chocolate with a heat | | | | baking.o Stamp a flower into fondant, cut it out and |
| embossing tool. | | | | decorate cakes or other goodies with it.o Write a |
| 3. Place the oiled clear rubber stamp (without a | | | | special message in a chocolate bar with this technique |
| stamping block) into the melted chocolate. Refrigerate | | | | for an unexpected surprise. |
| the chocolate with the clear stamp still in the chocolate. | | | | Use your imagination in the kitchen, stamp on anything |
| Complete your set of chocolates using different rubber | | | | that will hold an image. Remember, if it doesn't work - |
| stamp images. | | | | you might have to eat it! No matter how unbelievable, |
| 4. Once the chocolate has solidified, bring it out of the | | | | enjoy rubber stamping fabulous sweet treats this |
| fridge and gently peel the clear acrylic stamp from the | | | | Valentines Day! |
| surface of the chocolate. | | | | |