Stempel Spass

I took part in a Christmas Card swap this year and I have received the most wonderful cards. Unfortunately my efforts got somewhat hampered by hurricane Sandy. I just could  not make any cards in the evening - it was too dark and candlelight is not enough. On the weekend it was simply too cold and we spent the day cleaning up the yard and our cluttered basement. As long as we were moving we were okay. But I did make a couple of different cards and here they are: This set I made with  a Memory Box die called "Modern Landscape". The snowflakes stamp is from Hero Arts, called "Stunning Snowflakes". I inked it up with Versamark and embossed it in white. The sentiment is Hero Arts as well (Merriest Wishes). To cause some more contrast I sponged with blue ink on the background before I glued the die cut on it. It does not show well, but I put some Stickles on the border of the die cut and put some Stickles on the stars next to the sentiment. The card on the...

Todays Hero Arts scramble was hosted by Kathy (krolski). the theme was use a border punch and a background stamp. My son decided to join in the fun and here are his 2 cards: I love the way he chose the colors - kids are just not afraid of using non-traditional colors - he would have done well in the last scramble, too. I am very proud of him. And for sure he enjoyed all the comments he got on flickr. And here are my cards -managed to squeeze out three, puh, that was almost stressful!