Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 277 and 278 - results

Hello once again! Time for the fortnightly round up of  the Playground which includes our latest Guest Designer, some 'picks' of the fortnight and of course the prize draw.

Gosh I was lucky to have a Guest Designer this time around, it had totally slipped my mind - thankfully my choice was able to oblige. And it's Em of 'Creative Em' - who made this brilliant snippets card:

Love this card Em, fabulous die cutting - sigh, more on my wish list!

And this is what Em said about the card, but do hop over to her blog for more detail and also to say a 'Hello' please:

Dies are from Spellbinders, Die'Sire and Creative Expressions and the aperture is backed with a snippet too.

And, here's a photo of Em, another lady with a mischievous twinkle about her:

Em has been blogging since 2013 and I had a fascinating time reading her blog. This gal lives in the North West of the UK, yet seems more American than English. She's a brilliant card maker and a very loyal Playmate, rarely does she miss a snippets challenge. Even Miss Marple here couldn't really piece together very much about Em's personal life. She might be a Mum, she might not. She probably has American blood in her, but perhaps not. I think she possibly lived in the USA once upon a time, but maybe I'm wrong. In short, Em is a bit of an enigma - and I admire her for keeping us guessing! This much I do know, she has a very strong faith and also a very kind heart. Oh, and she's a great photographer too - that much I managed to trace!

Look at this:

How about that then? Not only a squirrel, but a red one. And they move so fast too!

Thank you so much Em for making such a stunning snippets card as our Guest Designer this fortnight, and also for stepping in at such short notice. Saved my bacon!

In future I'll make a point of emailing for a GD as soon as the interim post (like this one) is published as it really isn't fair on any of you. Normally I'm in reasonably good time - and in fact if this happens again I'll most likely just have a week minus a GD rather than mess people around.

So, let's move onto my picks from this past fortnight - tough call as always! In the end I opted for three picks which I reckon any one of you can CASE fairly easily with goods you have to hand. It doesn't mean no work of course - just that the inspiration is there for you to have a play:

First of all, we do have a Gold Star winner this week - and I'm sure you'll agree that this card is such a worthy entry:

From comments left by a few of you over at Carol L's blog - you also think it's a pretty amazing way to use up lots of little snippets. It's made up of a variety of squares and strips - then embossed to give the quilted look! Absolutely fabulous! Do collect your Gold Star badge from the side bar Carol :)

I also love this card, made by Jane W. Such a great way to use up snippet strips with some embossing, and either a punch or a die cut at the bottom of the strip. Clever stuff. The sentiment at the bottom right just finishes it perfectly!

This is a design I keep forgetting about - and it's so perfect as well as being a super way to use up snippets! Janice brought this lovely card to share with us - and of course you don't need to stick with just four squares, although I love the symmetry of four. Irene who used to play here was so good at making cards like this - using 'inchies', often a panel of six or nine of them. A really versatile idea folks!

That's my three picks - I do hope they will inspire you as well girls.Of course we had loads of fabulous ways to use up snippets, so I do recommend that you grab a cup of coffee and spend some time visiting blogs - the thumbnails with links are always there for you to look back over. For this fortnight I homed in on three ways to use snippets in a sort of geometrical way - but, as you all know, the possibilities are endless.

Numbers are looking good in the Playground, 70 of you joined in this past fortnight - with no new Playmates.

Prize draw time now and our winner of the Kaisercraft 'Butterflies' stamp set kindly donated by Megan, the Crealies 'rings' die, kindly donated by Elizabeth ....... and the Inkylicious 'Friend' sentiment stamp set from me is:

Lynn (Hayes)

Well done Lynn - can you please drop me an email with your address in and I'll post your prize off as soon as possible! My email address is on the right hand side bar.

I'm sorry if anyone feels that I should already have a note of your address if you've been a previous winner by the way. Asking you to email me does confirm that I have an up to date address - and that you haven't changed your minds about the prize of course :)

Keep those snippets entries coming girls, you still have a week left to play HERE remember! And the prize is a popular one, a diagonal stripes cover up die plus a Memory Box sentiment die.

I'm finally off for a hospital visit at Rheumatology this coming week - but am not holding my breath that they'll be any help at all with the back problem. Murphy's Law as well - this latest flare-up is subsiding again down to a bearable level. I doubt if I'll be entering any limbo dancing competitions just yet though!

Love from the little white peril - and of course from me too