Always Kind with Playful Backgrounds

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'm sure by now you know that I'm just a bit obsessed with the Playful Backgrounds stamp set from Stampin' Up! Don't tell Gorgeous Grunge but it could be the reason why that favorite is being neglected. Oops!

This is the first time I've used the brushstroke stamp and yep, I love it just as much as the others.

Card: Dapper Denim and Whisper White
Ink: So Saffron and Dapper Denim
Stamp sets: Playful Backgrounds and Me = Grateful (another neglected favorite)
Tools and embellishments: Corner Punch
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...

June/ July Beach and or Colors at MHK Designs
#236-237 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#317 AAG at Craft your passion

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.

Teepee with Playful Backgrounds

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 I'm sharing the first Teepee card I created after seeing JanB's YouTube tutorial, so you could say it was my personal prototype before creating the one I created for the International Blog Hop earlier this month. I love 3D cards and I know this will be a favorite style...

While it looks stunning, it's easy to put together as you can see in the pictorial.

Card: Blushing Bride and Whisper White
Ink: Smoky Slate and Blushing Bride
Stamp sets: Playful Backgrounds, Petite Petals and Designer Tin of Cards
Tools and embellishments: Petite Petals punch, Mini Brads and Lots of Labels Framelits
Adhesives: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#234 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#181 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#33 June AG at Not Just Cards

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

Five Minute Thanks

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 a very quick and easy one, that as the post title suggests, can be created in five minutes...

I'm in LOVE with the Playful Backgrounds stamp set and love the fresh look of this color combo. Do you?

Card: Pacific Point and Whisper White
Ink: Bermuda Bay and Pacific Point
Stamp sets: Playful Backgrounds and Thankful Thoughts
Tools and embellishments: Corner Punch
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
AG at TTCRD
#234-235 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#316 AAG at Craft your passion

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.

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.

Thankful Thoughts with Playful Backgrounds

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 another sneak peek full of items that will be available June 1st. I've teamed Thankful Thoughts with the Playful Backgrounds stamp set, and I can say that it has already become an instant favorite. The ink I've used is one of the incoming In Colors, Dapper Denim and again, it's an instant favorite with me. The dies are also new, Layering Squares.

Card: Dapper Denim, Cajun Craze and Whisper White
Ink: Dapper Denim
Stamp sets: Thankful Thoughts and Playful Backgrounds
Tools and embellishments: Layering Squares Framelits
Adhesives: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
Linky Party #16 at Crop Stop
May Linky at DL.ART
#176 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#230-231 AAG at Word Art Wednesday

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