Stempel Spass

I just received a new die from Lifestyle crafts  - how perfect for those two challenges I  made those cards for. One is the 10 minute craft dash - I like this challenge, because pressure stimulates me and some of my best cards were created rather quickly, although I usually don't have a timer running... Anyhow, the first card took 9 minutes and 19 seconds - most of the time I spent was poking those little hearts out, where the die did not entirely cut through the paper... how annoying, I thought I may not make it within the 10 minute time frame. The sentiment is from Micheal's - one of those $1 stamps they have.  The second card went faster - I put a shim through, so the Big Shot cut the die better. not sure how much faster, I had my timer off. The sentiment is from H ero Arts  Heartfelt Messages (Cl150). I will submit this card to the Simon Says challenge  Have a Heart.  I am entering this card also into the  die...

In the C&S class on day 5  Julie created a pop of color by adding color to only one section of the stamped image. I wanted to do this a little different and not use a flower stamp. So I  grabbed  my Hero Arts Plano stamp (ST518), Heat embossed it in white and colored some sections with my Prismacolor pencils. I love this stamp. It is so versatile. A  little  while back I made this card  with it. And I am planning to use it in different ways  in the future. The sentiment is Hero Arts Heartfelt Messages (Cl150).

I have all those left over crayons from my children's earlier school days sitting in a drawer. I have real trouble throwing things out that can be potentially useful. and that's what lead to this card: Melted crayon shavings. The water droplet stamp is from Ryn Tanaka . She is a lovely girl from Canada, who designs her own rubber stamps and that is my favorite of her stamps . I put tiny white enamel accents on the water droplets. The sentiment is from Hero Arts (Heartfelt Messages Cl150).  I am submitting this to the Moxie Fab "Make your own Background" challenge And that's how you do this: Take some crayons, peel off the paper  use a pencil sharpener to make some shavings put parchment paper on top and start to iron until the crayons melt - goes very quickly and - Ta Da - that's how it looks like: And then you can stamp on this background whatever you want - Have FUN!

I thought long about this A Blog named Hero  challenge and managed at the last minute to come up with something. I usually rather create something new, instead of rehashing.....And I am not sure, if I like my new card better. But here they are: THE NEW: THE OLD: Of course, to be efficient I made this to fit this  The Color Throwdown challenge Stamps are from Hero Arts, except the large dot, which is from A Muse