Bird and or Colors with HOC Team 3

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

House of Cards Design Team 3 are sharing our creations with you today for our current challenge. This month it's bird and or colors with this inspiration...

Here's a reminder of my card...

Full details can be found in my original post here.

I'd love you to take a look at what my teamies have got for you...

Michele

Heather

Ruza

Steph

Susan

I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Bird and/ or Colors for House of Cards

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments.  I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

It's the 1st of the month and that means it's time for a new challenge at House of Cards.  Add a bird and/ or use colors from the image...

I've chosen 3 of the colors to create my Z fold card...

Card: Smoky Slate and Whisper White
Ink:  Peekaboo Peach Stampin' Write marker (from 2016-2018 In Color pack), Pistachio Pudding Stampin' Write marker (retired), and Smoky Slate ink
Stamp sets: Floral Phrases and Thoughtful Banners
Tools and embellishments:  Layering Squares Framelits
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#327 AAG at Craft your passion
#114 AAG at Creative Fingers
Thankful Thursday #187 at DL.ART
#87 AG at Crafty Gals Corner
#101 AAG at Inspiration Destination Challenges

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one!  I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Happy Birthday Kate (and me)

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments.  I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

As I mentioned on Monday, I've taken a couple days off to celebrate my birthday today, but I couldn't let the day go by without sharing this card that I made for my Stampin' Sister and birthday "twin," Kate...

I've created it using the amazingly versatile Limited Time bundle Thoughtful Branches from Stampin' Up!  The bundle is only available until August 31st, so if you'd like to order it, give me a shout.

Card: Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum and Emerald Envy
Ink: Sweet Sugarplum
Stamp sets: Thoughtful Branches
Tools and embellishments: Thoughtful Branches Thinlits and Basic Pearls
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
AG at TTCRD
#188 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#326 AAG at Craft your passion

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one!  I'll be back on Monday with another Thoughtful Branches creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Happy 89th Birthday

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card is one I created for my Great-Aunt's 89th birthday last week...

I adore the new In Colors and love how well the three I've used here go together. I hope you do too?

Card: Flirty Flamingo (base), regular and thick Whisper White and Sweet Sugarplum
Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum and Emerald Envy
Stamp sets: Number of Years
Tools and embellishments: Large Numbers and Lots of Labels Framelits
Adhesives: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#233 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#254 Super Scraps Saturday at HIMCR
Linky Party #17 at Crop Stop

I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hello! Annual Catalog 2016 – 2017 Blog Hop

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the Hello! Annual Catalog 2016-2017 Blog Hop! You’ll be hopping around 11 amazing Stampin’ Up!® Independent Demonstrator's blogs, each with an inspirational project, featuring new catalogue products.

Currently you’re visiting Em Fairley in the UK. Hello there! You can continue hopping by using the previous and next buttons at the end of this post. Now, let’s scroll down to see what I’ve been making.

For my teepee card I've teamed a couple new InColors, Sweet Sugarplum and Flirty Flamingo, and two new stamp sets, Playful Backgrounds and Designer Tin of Cards, with an enduring personal favorite, the Bitty Butterfly Punch...

If the size of the sentiment panel looks a little small, it's because I've shrunk it, by cutting twice...

Regular readers will know I love to create my own "DSP." This card is the first time I've used two of the four stamps in the Playful Backgrounds set together and I love the look. Hope you do too?

If teepee cards are new to you and you'd like to know how to create one, please do come back on Monday to see the pictorial.
Card: Sweet Sugarplum and Whisper White

Ink: Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum
Stamp sets: Playful Backgrounds and Designer Tin of Cards
Tools and embellishments: Lots of Labels Framelits, Bitty Butterfly punch and Basic Rhinestones
Adhesives: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Thank you for visiting today. The next stop is the talented Julie Davison. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Challenges...
#231 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#232-233 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#314 AAG at Craft your passion
#196 AG at Addicted to Stamps and More

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one. I'll be back on Monday with the teepee card pictorial, so I hope you'll join me then.

Framed Triple Butterfly with Me = Grateful

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

If the title of today's post seems familiar, you'd be right! I loved the style of THIS card so much, that I've used the same style and basic design for today's card. Instead of using a sentiment from Trust God, as in the original, I've used one from Me = Grateful, stamped in one of the new 2015-2017 In Colors, Delightful Dijon and swapped the rhinestones for pearls...

Card: So Saffron, Whisper White and snippets of Very Vanilla and Vellum
Ink: Delightful Dijon
Stamp set: Me = Grateful
Tools and embellishments: Bold Butterflies Framelits, Butterfly Thinlits, Simply Scored and stylus, Basic Pearls
Ahdesive: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...

#157 Wings at CASology
#194 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
AG at TTCRD
Summer Lovin' at Incy Wincy Designs
#187 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#156 AG at Brown Sugar

I'll be back on Friday with another Me = Grateful creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Bohemian Always Kind...

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is one created with two NBUS (never before used schtuff) stamp sets from Stampin' Up!, Bohemian Borders and Me = Grateful, that are both sure to become favorites, indeed one already has! Can you guess which it is? Read on to find out which one, but not before you've taken a look at the card...

Card: Basic Black and Whisper White
Ink: Smoky Slate and Lost Lagoon
Marker: Lost Lagoon Stampin' Write (from 2014-2016 In Color pack)
Stamp sets: Bohemian Borders and Me = Grateful
Adhesive: Tear & Tape

Challenges...

#156 Line at CASology

#156 AG at Brown Sugar
#193 AAG at Word Art Wednesday

It's a 50/ 50 guess, but if you thought Me = Grateful is my new favorite, you'd be right! Sadly, there's no prize, but I'll be sharing another creation using the stamp set on Wednesday, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Good Things Are Going To Happen

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is the first one I created with the gorgeous You've Got This stamp set and two of the new 2015-2017 In Colors, Watermelon Wonder and Tip Top Taupe, from Stampin' Up! The card was inspired by the latest challenge over at Stampin' Sister Julia's Facebook page, where the task is to create a card using just one stamp set...

Card: Crumb Cake (base), Watermelon Wonder and Whisper White
Ink: Watermelon Wonder and Tip Top Taupe
Stamp set: You've Got This
Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals and Tear & Tape

Challenges...

#TGIFC13 AG at TGIF
#192 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#156 AG at Brown Sugar
AAG at TTCRD

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one! I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Hope Your Day... with Sprinkles of Life

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's card is one that was inspired by the current challenge over at my Stampin' Sister Julia's Facebook page. I've used the amazingly versatile stamp set Sprinkles of Life from Stampin' Up!, and the matching Tree Builder Punch. For every Sprinkles of Life stamp set sold, Stampin' Up will make a donation to the Ronald McDonald House Children's Charity.

Although this is the first card I've created with the set, it's already a firm favorite. Talking of favorites, my favorite ice cream flavor is mint choc chip, and the new In Color, Mint Macaron, is the perfect match...

Card: Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron and Whisper White
Ink: Mint Macaron and Early Espresso
Stamp set: Sprinkles of Life
Tools: Tree Builder Punch
Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals and Tear & Tape

Challenges...

#TGIFC12 Brand New at TGIF

#79 Designers Choice at CYCI
#208 LOL ~ Lots of layers at HIMCR

I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Awesomely Artistic Sneaky Peek

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is the "Make and Take" from the Stampin' Up! Regional last weekend. I can't believe almost a week has gone by already! The stamps used are from two new sets, Awesomely Artistic and One Big Meaning. The images are beautiful and I can see both becoming new favorites of mine! I stamped them using 3 of the 5 new 2015-2017 In Colors, Mint Macaron, Delightful Dijon and Tip Top Taupe (the others are Cucumber Crush and Watermelon Wonder)...

Card: Very Vanilla and Mint Macaron
Ink: Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe
Stamp sets: Awesomely Artistic and One Big Meaning
Embellishments: Burlap ribbon, Basic pearls and Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons

Challenges...

#70 May Flowers at CYCI

AAG at Through The Craft Room Door 

#184 AAG at Word Art Wednesday

Would you like another sneak peek? I'm sure you would! Here's the new catalog, together with some other goodies from Telford, a tote bag, pen and calculator...

Monday is a holiday on both sides of the Atlantic, Memorial Day in the US, Spring in the UK, and I'll be leading a very special live online Heroes Memorial Service on Sunday. For further details, please click HERE. Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one!

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Swaps, Swaps and More Swaps!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I already knew that Stampin' Up! Demonstrators are a very talented bunch, but it's somewhat overwhelming when I have their AMAZING creations in my hands, or all over my desk, as was the case before writing this post!

This is post is image heavy, so grab a beverage of choice and marvel with me at the stunning creations...

This was double sided, with a cookie in the other pocket

3D creations using the Envelope Punch Board, Tag Topper punches and more. The little book on the bottom right holds a tiny stack of post it notes, as does the box second from right on the top row...

Tags, bookmarks and gift holders. The gift holder with "Be you" on in the top row has a seed packet in. The Owl Builder bookmark on the far right is double sided and secured with tiny magnets...

Card toppers...

Card fronts...

Some of my favorite stamp sets have been used, including Butterfly Basics, Kinda Eclectic and Petal Potpourri...

The design top right is created using the beautiful new In Colors and one of the new stamp sets, as does the flower in the center of the bottom row...

The baby card above is a slider card...

I'll be back on Friday with a sneak peek creation, the make and take I created at Telford, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Out-Going In-Colors

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The 2013-2015 In-Colors from Stampin' Up! ~ Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana and Baked Brown Sugar, are some of my favorite colors. Sadly they will be retiring in just over a month when the new catalog comes out, so if, like me, you LOVE them, I urge to stock up NOW. The out-going colors always sell out quickly and I wouldn't want you to miss out.

Click the images below to be taken straight to the products within my always-open Online Shop.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'll be back tomorrow, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Fall wreath

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments. I truly appreciate each of you more than you know.

The card I'm sharing with you today isn't the one I thought I would be, because that isn't quite ready yet (I'm waiting on my latest UPS delivery of Stampin' Up! goodies), but instead it's another Wondrous Wreath creation.

The set isn't just for Christmas, it can be used for any season or occasion, simply by changing the colors used. Here I've colored directly onto the base wreath stamp with the new 2014 - 2016 In Color markers, Hello Honey and Tangelo Twist, then used the Mossy Meadow marker for the second layer. The berries on the wreath and base card are the Blackberry Bliss marker.

The sentiments, again colored with Tangelo Twist are taken from the Gifts of Kindness stamp set (thank you), and the hostess set Bloom with Hope. The bow from the Framelits set is cut from a scrap of Blackberry Bliss card and I've added a layer of it to the folded Whisper White base before adding the top layer.

Challenges...
#40 AG at Crafting From The Heart
AG at Through The Craft Room Door
V is for Vibrant at ABC Challenges
#169 Super Scraps Saturday at HIMCR

All the products I've used to create the card are available 24/7 in my online shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'll be back on Monday with the project I had planned to share today. Whatever you're doing this weekend, I hope you have a great one!

Hugs,
Em

Thinking of you

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by today and for all your wonderful comments. I really do appreciate all of you so much!

The card I'm sharing with you today is the first I've created with my latest Stampin' Up goodies...

All items used are available to by in My Shop, which is always open.
Baked Brown Sugar and Strawberry Slush card (from the In Color 2013-2015 pack) 131289
Whisper White card 106549
Memento ink 132708
Bloom with Hope clear stamp set (hostess gift) 133952
In Color 2013-2015 Stampin' Write markers 131260 (Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding used)
Beautiful Wings embosslit 118138
Gifts of kindness clear stamp 130444 (sentiment)
Stampin' Dimensionals 104430

I stamped the images twice onto whisper white card and used the brush end of the markers to color the images. Because of the sketchy nature of the stamps, I deliberately didn't go right to all the edges and at times went over, but I think it suits the image.

I cut the flowers from the second set and have popped them up using dimensionals, cutting to size when needed. The whisper white and baked brown sugar card layers have also been popped up with dimensionals and I added the butterflies to complete the look.

Challenges...
September linky at DL.ART
#163 Freestyle at HIMCR
#87 at 613 Avenue Create
#34 at Crafting From The Heart
September - New Things at Die Cut Divas

Hugs,