Results of Challenge #501

Hello Playmates!

Sarn here - popping back in the middle of Di's challenge - to reveal my Top Picks and the prize winner for Challenge 501.

We have finished spring cleaning the treehouse, and to celebrate, Di mixed a few jugs of her patented "Snippets Special" cocktail to enjoy in the After School Club - purely to make us forget the huge spiders we found of course! (Don't worry, they're gone now!).

Here are my top picks (in entry order):

Sandra H brought along this gorgeous birthday card for a good friend of hers. Lovely composition and lots of snippets used up.

Next up . . . Sandy J brought this fabulous pinwheel card along to the Playground. Great use of snippet strips and a fab embossed background.

For my final pick, I chose Brenda's spectacular floral card. I love the arched card shape and the vibrant colouring against the black mat. Congratulations are in order as Brenda has a new addition to her family!

If you've been showcased, please feel free to collect your 'Top Pick' badge from HERE.

The randomly picked winner is:

Valerija

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 5th April 2025 by sending your name and address details via email using the Snippets Playground email address shown in the sidebar, with PLAYGROUND WINNER in the subject line.

Remember there's still nearly a week of Di's challenge to go. If you haven't submitted a piece of homework yet, just scroll down to the previous post to find all the details.

All the best from Miss Di, Dudley and me.

Challenge #502

A new challenge begins today - and one of our players, Kathy K, has used her own set of stamps to show how part of our prize can be played with (see photo later in this post).

First of all, here's my own snippets card:

All the details of the above card are over on Pixie's Crafty Workshop HERE - as well as Dudley's latest 'Pupdate'. 

And here's the prize for this coming fortnight:

The prize consists of a Memory Box 'Beautiful Balloon' die, a Spellbinders set of dies called 'Color Block Cloudscape' (it's three different length scalloped dies) plus an unbranded set of four circle stamps from Kathy K - many thanks Kathy!

Kathy's card

What a sweetie! I totally love the card Kathy made - you can find all the details HERE. I have the set of stitched circle stamps in front of me and they're great! 

Please be sure to state what snippets you used on your entry, or add a photo of them, otherwise it won't count in the prize draw. If it is not clear what snippets have been used in an entrant's blog post, the entry will automatically be excluded from being a Top Pick or a prize winner.

The Playground gates will close on this challenge at 11am (UK time) on Saturday, 29th March 2025. They'll reopen at midnight (UK time) the same day for the start of the next challenge. 

Winners outside the UK: Please remember that you may be charged fees and import duty on your prize - although Di and I always send them out clearly marked as "gifts". In claiming your prize, you accept that any such fees are your responsibility.

Love and hugs from Di and Dudley Dog. xxx 

Results of Challenge #500

Hello Everyone!

It's Di here - popping back in the middle of Sarn's challenge - to share my Top Picks and the two prize winners for Challenge 500.

Here are my top picks (in entry order):

First of all though, it's ages since we had a ⭐️Gold Star⭐️ pick - I'm sure you will agree that this card, made by Donna Ellis, is fabulous and such fun! I love the unusual fold, the many parts to look at - and of course, dear little dog images as well:

Megan had been a busy bee using up lots of strips of paper to create her entry - always a great way to use up snippets of course - and lovely results:

This next card was made by Lynne and sent me straight off to source the fabulous background die! A really lovely card, using a load of snippets as well - so beautifully made:

My final pick, last but not least, is a gorgeous card, made by Glennis. It really sings to me, more so as I have all of the components here and may well CASE it, giving credit to Glennis of course. A really lovely dragonfly in flight - perfect!

If you've been showcased, please feel free to collect your 'Top Pick' badge from HERE. AND, there's a 'Gold Star' badge there as well for Donna.

The randomly picked winners are:

Brenda

Kath

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 22nd March 2025 by sending your name and address details via email using the Snippets Playground email address shown in the sidebar, with PLAYGROUND WINNER in the subject line.

Remember there's still nearly a week of Sarn's challenge to go. If you haven't submitted a piece of homework yet, just scroll down to the previous post to find all the details.

All the best from Di, Sarn and Dudley Dog.

Challenge #501

Hello Playmates!

Sarn here, hosting another fun Snippets Playground Challenge for the next fortnight. What an excellent turnout we had for the last challenge. You clearly all like a party and a mystery prize!

Details of the card below can be found on my personal blog HERE:

The prize items for this challenge consist of: a Little Claire Designs stamp set from Jackie T; a Heffy Doodle 'Crazy Kaleidoscope' stencil from me and a Creative Expressions die and stamp set from Miss Di. There's a bit of a friendship theme going on! My thanks to Jackie and Di for their kind donations to the Toy Box.

Please be sure to state what snippets you used on your entry (or add a photo of them), otherwise it won't count in the prize draw. If it is not clear what snippets have been used in an entrant's blog post, the entry will automatically be excluded from being a Top Pick or a prize winner.

The Playground gates will close on this challenge at 11am (UK time) on Saturday, 15th March 2025. They'll reopen at midnight (UK time) the same day for the start of the next challenge. 

Winners outside the UK: Please remember that you may be charged fees and import duty on your prize - although Di and I always send them out clearly marked as "gifts". In claiming your prize, you accept that any such fees are your responsibility.

Happy crafting,

Love from Me, Miss Di and Dudley Dog xxx

Results of Challenge #499

Hello Playmates!

Sarn here - popping back in the middle of Di's special challenge - to reveal my Top Picks and the prize winner for Challenge #499.

But first, on behalf of both Di and myself, I would like to say heartfelt thanks for all the lovely comments we have received on reaching the 500th Challenge. There's been plenty of dancing, laughter, drinking and general messing about in and around the Playground. Di and I couldn't do it without your fun and friendship in return - it takes all of us to make the Playground a fun place to come and play. So THANK YOU once again.

Moving on . . . here are my top picks in entry order:

Lynn in NI created this fun birthday card for her husband, along with similar versions for two other masculine birthdays in her family. Great design Lynn - I'm sure Dudley will approve!

Helen created this cute teddy card and used up lots of paper snippet strips behind the focal image. Great way to use up some snippets and the layout is lovely. 

Marjeta brought along this gorgeous floral card. Lots of detail to admire, along the lovely gold bow embellishment that finishes the card off nicely.

If you've been showcased, please feel free to collect your 'Top Pick' badge from HERE.

The randomly picked winner is:

GAIL L

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 8th March 2025 by sending your name and address details via email using the Snippets Playground email address shown in the sidebar, with PLAYGROUND WINNER in the subject line.

Remember there's still nearly a week of Di's challenge to go. If you haven't submitted a piece of homework yet, just scroll down to the previous post to find all the details.

All the best from me, Miss Di and Dudley Dog.

Challenge #500

Welcome to a special challenge in the Snippets Playground. It's the 500th one . . . with a mandatory theme of "Celebration". This should give you plenty of scope, but think along the lines of birthdays; anniversaries; new baby; engagement; wedding . . . in fact any celebration will count, as long as it's obvious.

All the details of the above card are over on Pixie's Crafty Workshop HERE - as well as Dudley's latest 'Pupdate'. 

As the mystery prizes offered in December were so popular, we have decided to offer two more mystery prizes, each comprising 5 items. Sarn will be sending out one bundle and I will be sending out the other.

Please be sure to state what snippets you used on your entry, or add a photo of them, otherwise it won't count in the prize draw. If it is not clear what snippets have been used in an entrant's blog post, the entry will automatically be excluded from being a Top Pick or a prize winner.

The Playground gates will close on this challenge at 11am (UK time) on Saturday, 1st March 2025. They'll reopen at midnight (UK time) the same day for the start of the next challenge. 

Winners outside the UK: Please remember that you may be charged fees and import duty on your prize - although Di and I always send them out clearly marked as "gifts". In claiming your prize, you accept that any such fees are your responsibility.

Love and hugs from Di and Dudley Dog. xxx 

Results of Challenge #498

 

Hello Everyone!

It's Di here - popping back in the middle of Sarn's challenge - to share my Top Picks and the prize winner for Challenge #498.

Here are my top picks in entry order:

Although I didn't set out to pick entries with the optional theme of 'Love is in the Air' - it happened to pan out that way this time!

Our Jules is certainly the Queen of Hearts and her card, below, really stood out. Love the whole design and am in awe of the patience it must have taken Jules to assemble all those pieces of paper, not card, to create such a fabulous background.

Below is the beautiful card that Brenda brought to share with us. What an eyecatcher - absolutely love the colours of the crocus! By the way, Brenda's sentiment is one from a set she designed and can be found for sale via a link in her blog post.

And my final pick, below, was made by Pat - another stunning entry! The background featured dry embossed highlights over a panel of blended inks and it's fabulous! Certainly a technique to try and I love that Pat always writes such clear coverage of the steps she's taken to make a card. 

If you've been showcased, please feel free to collect your 'Top Pick' badge from HERE.

The randomly picked winner is:

Jules

Congratulations Jules! Total hand on heart, no pun intended, your number popped straight out - surprised the gasp wasn't heard where you live!

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 22nd February 2025 by sending your name and address details via email using the Snippets Playground email address shown in the sidebar, with PLAYGROUND WINNER in the subject line.

Remember there's still nearly a week of Sarn's challenge to go. If you haven't submitted a piece of homework yet, just scroll down to the previous post to find all the details.

All the best from Di, Sarn and Dudley Dog. 

Challenge #499

Hello Playmates!

Sarn here, hosting another fun Snippets Playground Challenge for the next fortnight. 

My homework is below - using snippets of white card to embellish gift wrapping.

The prize for this challenge consists of an Aall & Create "Party Time Dee" clear stamp set (from me); a very modern red rubber stamp set by CC Designs called "Hashtag Sentiments" (from Di), and a Memory Box die called "Birthday Script" (also from Di).

Please be sure to state what snippets you used on your entry (or add a photo of them), otherwise it won't count in the prize draw. If it is not clear what snippets have been used in an entrant's blog post, the entry will automatically be excluded from being a Top Pick or a prize winner.

The Playground gates will close on this challenge at 11am (UK time) on Saturday, 15th February 2025. They'll reopen at midnight (UK time) the same day for the start of the next challenge. 

Winners outside the UK: Please remember that you may be charged fees and import duty on your prize - although Di and I always send them out clearly marked as "gifts". In claiming your prize, you accept that any such fees are your responsibility.

Hey Playmates . . . a little heads-up for you . . . our next challenge starts in 2 weeks' time and it will be the 500TH ONE. Obviously we will be celebrating . . . and on that note . . . there will be a CELEBRATION THEME TO FOLLOW. You heard it here first!

All the best from me, Miss Di and Dudley Dog.

Results of Challenge #497

Hello Playmates!

Sarn here - popping back in the middle of Di's challenge - to reveal my Top Picks and the prize winner for Challenge #497.

Here are my top picks in entry order:

The combination of kraft card, plus red and white, together with the quilted look of this fab card (below) made by Greta H really caught my attention. 

Below is the stunning 50th Anniversary card, made by Cathy C. Its beautiful background embossing and gorgeous spray of die-cut flowers, plus the circular sentiment and sprinkles all combined to make a card that is sure to be a kept and treasured.

The wonderful album below was made by Marjeta for a friend's 50th birthday. She even has a video of a flick through showing the inside if you hop over to visit her blog. Lots of clever pockets and layouts inside, using up loads of snippets, made this shout out to be picked!

If you've been showcased, please feel free to collect your 'Top Pick' badge from HERE.

The randomly picked winner is:

GRETA H

Congratulations Greta. A double whammy for you - being a Top Pick AND the prize winner!
Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 8th February 2025 by sending your name and address details via email using the Snippets Playground email address shown in the sidebar, with PLAYGROUND WINNER in the subject line.

Remember there's still nearly a week of Di's challenge to go. If you haven't submitted a piece of homework yet, just scroll down to the previous post to find all the details.

All the best from me, Miss Di and Dudley Dog. 

Challenge #498

Welcome to a new challenge in the Snippets Playground. We would like to see at least some entries complying with the theme of 'Love is in the air' - thinking forward to Valentine's Day. But, this is optional. 

All the details of the above card are over on Pixie's Crafty Workshop HERE - as well as Dudley's latest 'Pupdate'.

These are the items making up the prize: from me, a Memory Box 'Love Airy Script' die along with an unbranded 'Lace Heart' die - duplicates of those I used on my snippets card above. Plus, a Heffy Doodle 'Layering Hearts' stencil. There is also a lovely hearts embossing folder, kindly donated by Val - many thanks Val!

As always, the Snippets Challenge will run for two weeks and the Playground gates will close at 11am UK time on Saturday, 1st February 2025. The gates will open again at midnight UK time on the same day. Mr Linky is below this post.

Please be sure to state what snippets you used on your entry, or add a photo of them, otherwise it won't count in the prize draw. We are no longer chasing playmates for details of their snippets. If it is not clear what snippets have been used in an entrant's blog post, the entry will automatically be excluded from being a Top Pick or a prize winner.

Remember that we reserve the right to delete non-compliant entries. It's very important to us to keep the Playground as a happy place to come and play - as well as making sure everyone plays fairly.

Winners outside the UK please remember that you may be charged fees and import duty on your prize - although Sarn and I always send them out clearly marked as "gifts".

Love and hugs from Di and Dudley,

Results of Challenge #496

Hello folks - Di here, hopping in with the results from Challenge #496. 

Here are my 3 top picks (in entry order):

It's absolutely gorgeous (thank you for mine Lynne) and so beautifully made. It reminds me of how much I love Westies. Ruby - and now your little bundle of fun Little Miss Molly - both have places in my heart.

I almost needed a lie down in a darkened room with a wet flannel over my face after taking a good look at this really intricate card, made by Lynne. I gave up even trying to imagine how fiddly it was - BUT - what a fantastic 'village' card as a result!!

The third card I picked, from sweet Kathy A, also happened to feature a pooch - very much a Dudley lookalike! That is exactly his stance when he sits waiting for me to present him with his dinner plate - yup, you heard me ............ plate!

As always, great entries and choosing a top three was the usual fun - unintentionally though, two of my picks featured doggies! Dudley, have you been interfering with my lists of potential picks?  Thank you so much to all of you for playing along with us - particularly as it was such a busy time of the year, 32 entries was very healthy! More so as we only allow one entry per challenge from a player.  

If you've been showcased, please feel free to collect your 'Top Pick' badge from HERE.

The final four of the randomly picked winners of the December bumper prize bundles are in order of picking:

Val

Lesley G

Liz C

Kathy K

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 25th January 2025  by sending your name and address details via email using the Snippets Playground email address shown in the sidebar, with PLAYGROUND WINNER in the subject line.

If any of you are having trouble commenting, please see HERE for a possible solution.

Remember there's still nearly a week of Sarn's current challenge to go. If you haven't submitted a piece of homework yet, just scroll down to the previous post to find all the details. It's a £30, or equivalent in currency, voucher to spend in a craft shop of your choice so - dig out those snippets and come and play!

Hugs, Di and Dudley xxx