Sunday Snippets!

Hi Playmates!

I know Christmas is over . . . but I've already made a start on cards for 2025's festive season. That's because, these days, I prefer to make them in the winter months while I'm more 'in the mood'!

Card measures 4.75" x 4.75"

Details:

• Heffy Doodle Stitched Square dies used to cut the main image and the mount.
• White snippet of card for the main panel.
• Snippet of SU 'Certainly Celery' card for the mount.
• Very old 'Seasons Greetings' stamp - probably by Stampendous, coloured with green and orange Tombow marker pens.

Playground Round-up:

Didn't we have a lot of fun at the Playground Christmas Party?! A few too many imbibers of the spiked Playground Punch and hidden hooch saw a long and raucous Conga led by Miss Di and chased by Dudley Dog! Lots of frantic dancing to the music too - we sure know how to strut our funky stuff sho' nuff! I'm assuming you've all got over your hangovers now!

I have published RESULTS from the previous challenge, so please hop over to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND to admire the top picks and discover which FOUR LUCKY PLAYMATES won prizes. There's still nearly a week left to play in Di's current challenge if you haven't already done so.

Sunday Snippets - it's party time!

Hi Playmates!

There's a new challenge to play along with over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND hosted by Miss Di for the next fortnight, where, once again, there will be FOUR lucky prize winners picked out at random at the end of it. Results will be posted on 12th January 2025.

I made a festive gift wallet for my homework and put a voucher inside, but it also fits a bar of chocolate (just saying!). 

Gift wallet (fits chocolate bar!)

My snippets

This is the template I made and used for the gift wallet - just in case anyone needs one!

Snippets Playground Round up!

The Playground Christmas party is being held in the school hall on Christmas Eve. Thanks to all the playmates who have been taking it in turns to make long paper chains and blow up balloons to decorate the hall. 

Di and I have been busy putting out tables and chairs and making sure there are plenty of twinkling lights about the place - plus we dragged in a huge Christmas tree and decorated it. The dinner ladies have been busy making party food and drink - including a massive bowl of punch (which I might just have to "spice up" a little)! Dudley is going to be DJ for the night and Di says she'll be leading a Conga at some point! All are welcome to enjoy the festivities, so let's eat, drink and be merry!

As this is likely to be my last post before Christmas, I wish all my blog readers, old and new, a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 

Purple Pal

Hi there!

Over at ALLSORTS, there's a nice easy theme to kick off the new fortnightly challenges. Sarah wants to see us using our dies (or there's always the Anything Goes option). There are some new DT members to visit and there's a brand new blog header to see! All change!

I was happy to comply with the theme, so I used up a piece from a masterboard I recently made, then added two die cuts to complete the card. 

Card measures: 4.75" x 4.75"

The only snippets I remembered to take a picture of!

Materials:

• Masterboard snippet. I made the masterboard by scribbling a white Crayola wax crayon all over some white card, then added various Distress Inks over the top using a craft brush. The white crayon areas resist the inks leaving a nice effect. The original sheet of card was A4 but I've used up lots of it.

• As this portion of the masterboard was purple, I used a purple mount (larger snippet) and die cut some smaller snippets of the same cardstock for the word "friend" (from Heffy Doodle - no longer in business) and the little bird on a branch (from The Works - discontinued).

It's Winter Solstice today - happy Midwinter everyone - longer days and shorter nights are on their way!

Sunday Snippets - Tag You're It!

Hi Playmates!

In my satchel this week, I have some cheese and biscuits to go with the mulled wine that's helping to keep us warm and happy up in the treehouse!

For my homework, I made various Christmas tags from snippets of card and paper, and I'm sharing a couple of my favourites with you today. 

Both tags were made entirely from snippets of white card and torn bits of patterned paper - with a little stencilling, stamping and die-cut snowflakes to decorate.

Christmas Tags

Paper Snippets

So, why not take a look at your snippets pile, pull a few bits out and see what you can make? Then come over to play in the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND. At the end of Challenge #495 there will be FOUR lucky prize winners drawn at random and the results will be posted on 29th December.