Challenge #496

Welcome to a new challenge in the Snippets Playground. All the card details are over on Pixie's Crafty Workshop HERE - as well as Dudley's latest 'Pupdate'

DECEMBER CHALLENGES AND PRIZES:

We are doing something a little different for our two December challenges this year. 

I have emptied the Toy Box of all things festive and with the help of my Christmas Elf (of course, Dudley) have been busy bundling together 4-5 Christmas-themed items at a time, to make up BUMPER MYSTERY PARCELS for FOUR LUCKY WINNERS PER CHALLENGE (so there will be EIGHT WINNERS for December). To make life easier, you won't be able to choose a prize - it will be pot luck - but I guarantee that all winners will get a lovely festive surprise in the post during January.

In order to play along, just follow the RULES, then bring your homework to the Snippets Playground and enter using Mr Linky (below). There is no theme to follow . . . it's anything goes, so long as you have used at least one snippet on your homework.

• Please remember to say what snippets you used (or include a photo of them). 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.

• Please leave a comment advising whether you're just playing for fun or wish to be included in the mystery prize draw. Any entrant not leaving a comment to the contrary is deemed to be playing for fun and will be excluded from the prize draw.

The Playground gates will clang shut on this challenge at 11am (UK time) on Saturday,  4th January 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". 

Dates for your diary: 

December Challenge Results will be posted on 29th December 2024 (for Challenge #495) and 12th January 2025 (for this Challenge, #496).

Playground Shenanigans:

I happen to know (because Dudley snitched) that Sarn has some wild ideas about our Christmas Party on Christmas Eve - here's a little hint of what's to come - after I found the piece of paper with her 'plan of action' that Dudley had stolen then licked and CHEWED - my responses are in italics:

'The Playground Christmas party is being held in the school hall on Christmas Eve. Thanks to * CHEWED * chains and blow up * CHEWED * (I dread to even think what's missing from those!) to decorate the hall. She's kidding surely!?

Di and I have been busy putting out * CHEWED * - might be beds, I dunno and am not checking. This is getting worrying. 

And making sure there are plenty of * CHEWED * (perhaps spot?) lights about the place - plus we dragged in a huge * CHEWED *- so I laid down and fanned my red face - and decorated * CHEWED *(What? What was it?).

To read the rest, head on over to Sarn's blog post HERE where, with luck, she may still have the original un-licked and un-chewed plan!

Have a wonderful Festive Season, come and play with us and may 2025 be a very good year for all of you, dear friends. 

Love and hugs from Di and Dudley,

Results of Challenge #494

   

Hello folks - Di here, hopping in with the results from Challenge #494. 

Here are my 3 top picks (in entry order) - coincidentally but unsurprisingly, they are all Christmas themed! 

Viv came to visit after being AWOL for a little while - and what a fabulous treat she brought. I love these snippety Christmas trees, such a great way to use up scraps of lace and trimmings.

Next, Gail arrived, waving a real beauty of a card, great use of snippets and I love the colour combination as well as the lovely embossed pieces at top and bottom. It makes the poinsettia really 'pop'! 

Then, last but certainly not least of my picks - here's Kate's absolutely fabulous Christmas sleigh card. Pink and gold - a delicious combination. So pretty and not an easy one to tackle. Trust me, I've gazed longingly online at the set of Spellbinders dies Kate used and there's quite a few pieces to play with!

As always, great entries and choosing a top three was tricky-woo! Thank you so much to all of you for playing along with us. 

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

The randomly picked winner is:

Carol G

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 28th December 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 the first of our two super special December challenges with some very lovely 'surprise bundles' to be won. Dig out those snippets and come and play!

Hugs, Di and Dudley xxx

Challenge #495

Hello Playmates!

Here's another chance to use up your snippets and join in with the Snippets Playground Challenge, hosted by yours truly for the next fortnight.

The details of the tags (below) can be found on my personal blog HERE:

DECEMBER CHALLENGES AND PRIZES:

We are doing something a little different for our two December challenges this year. 

Miss Di is emptying the Toy Box of all things festive and with the help of her Christmas Elf (aka Dudley) she is busy bundling together 4-5 Christmas-themed items at a time, to make up BUMPER MYSTERY PARCELS for FOUR LUCKY WINNERS PER CHALLENGE (so there will be EIGHT WINNERS for December). To make life easier for Di, you won't be able to choose a prize - it will be pot luck - but she guarantees that all winners will get a lovely festive surprise in the post during January.

In order to play along, just follow the RULES, then bring your homework to the Snippets Playground and enter using Mr Linky (below). There is no theme to follow . . . it's anything goes, so long as you have used at least one snippet on your homework.

• Please remember to say what snippets you used (or include a photo of them). 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.
• Please leave a comment advising whether you're just playing for fun or wish to be included in the mystery prize draw. Any entrant not leaving a comment to the contrary is deemed to be playing for fun and will be excluded from the prize draw.

The Playground gates will clang shut on this challenge at 11am (UK time) on Saturday, 21st December 2024. 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". 

Dates for your diary: 

December Challenge Results will be posted on 29th December 2024 (for Challenge #495) and 12th January 2025 (for Challenge #496).

Love and hugs from me and my partners in crime, Miss Di and Dudley Dog - who is sending you an excited 'woof' xxx  

Results of Challenge #493

Hello Playmates - Sarn here - popping back in the middle of Di's challenge, to share my Top Picks and the prize winner for Challenge 493.

Here are my top picks (in entry order):

Sandy J brought this lovely floral card to the Playground. Fab embossed background and pretty die cuts as well as the autumnal colour scheme.

Next up is this super festive card made by Nonni - using up lots of snippets. Love the background and the jolly Santa.

The final pick for this week is Carrie Ann's fabulously festive card with a show-stopping poinsettia taking centre stage. I like the chopped card front too!

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

The randomly picked winner is:

Pauline C

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 14th December 2024 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 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 and my teamies Miss Di and Dudley Dog. xxx

Challenge #494

 

Welcome to a new challenge in the Snippets Playground. All the card details are over on Pixie's Crafty Workshop HERE - as well as Dudley's latest 'Pupdate'.

Lynn (Linby) who donated the Butterfly set made a lovely card (shown above) using her own set - just to whet your appetites! To read how she made it, scroll down to Mr Linky and Lynn's card is linked in at #2

These are the items making up the prize: a really lovely Crafter's Companion stamp and die set called 'Butterfly Wishes' - kindly donated by Lynn (Linby), thanks again Lynn! Plus a Waffle Flower stamp set called 'Gym Rat' and the matching set of dies which is tucked inside the back of the stamp set to keep them together. Those are from me. So it's actually three items in total. 

I've had the 'Gym Rat' set of stamps and matching dies for absolutely ages (several years and unavailable now) in the Toy Box. I found a YouTube video, six years old, with a card maker using the sets HERE. 

As always, the Snippets Challenge will run for two weeks and the Playground gates will close at 11am UK time on Saturday 7th December. 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 DO ask that you, at the very least, say what snippets were used on your entry. Lately, we have had to quietly eliminate people from being a top pick, or from being in the prize draw, who just don't, or perhaps won't, comply with the simple challenge rule about identifying snippets used. We can't go hunting for clues, sorry.

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".

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

Love and hugs from Di and Dudley,

Results of Challenge #492

  

Hello folks - Di here, hopping in with the results from Challenge #492. 

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

Love this card, made by Pam! On her blog, Pam's photos are always quite small - but just LOOK at this gorgeous bee card, made extra large. I adore it - the wings are so, so sweet - the detail overall is lovely. Don't be shy Pam - your work is great! 

Donna brought this scrumptious card to share - along with a photo of her snippets (thanks for that Donna, it makes life easier for us). That die set is a real keeper - and what a wonderful result. I can almost taste those cookies! Very 'German Christmas Markets' - yummy!

Many of us really love this set of triptych dies (other versions are available) and I was delighted to see Liz using her Studio Light set. We often 'mutually enable' one another and Liz used her purchase so well. Wonderful colours, gorgeous snippetty die cuts - in short - a stunner!

As always, some really super entries from you - this 'picking' can get really tough, I had to leave a couple out this time and stick to three as in the rules. Thank you so much for playing along with us. 

** A little word folks, we DO ask that you, at the very least, say what snippets were used on your entry. Lately, we have had to quietly eliminate people from being a top pick, or from being in the prize draw, who just don't, or perhaps won't, comply with the simple challenge rule about identifying snippets used. We can't go hunting for clues, sorry.

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

The randomly picked winner is:

Lynn (Linby)

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 30th November 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.

Hugs, Di and Dudley xxx

Challenge #493

Hello Playmates!

Here's another chance to use up your snippets and join in with the Snippets Playground Challenge, with yours truly hosting for the next fortnight.

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

The prize for this challenge consists of a "Padded Quilt" 3D embossing folder (kindly donated by Miss Di), as well as a "Vintage Keys" stencil by Funky Fossil and a red rubber 'cling' set of stamps by Stampin' Up! called "Flowering Fields" from me. 

In order to play along, just follow our RULES, then bring your homework to the Snippets Playground and enter using Mr Linky (below). 

• Please remember to say what snippets you used (or include a photo of them) - one or two of you have been forgetting to do this lately and may end up with lines as punishment if you don't watch out!
• Please leave a comment advising whether you're just playing for fun or wish to be entered into the prize draw. Any entrant not leaving a comment to the contrary is deemed to be playing for fun, and will be excluded from the prize draw.

The Playground gates will clang shut on this challenge at 11am (UK time) on Saturday, 23rd November 2024. 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". 

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

Hugs from Sarn xxx

Results of Challenge #491

Hello Playmates - Sarn here - popping back in the middle of Di's challenge, to share my Top Picks and the prize winner for Challenge 491.

My three Top Picks are as follows:

After a lot of fiddly die cutting and glueing together, Val (Aquarius) entered a lovely jolly snowman card using up lots of snippets.

I love all the elements Brenda used in the design this lovely card. She even used up some snippets of torn Washi tape!

This festive beauty was brought along by Vicky - so pretty in pink and I love the way Vicky used a non-Christmas stencil to create snow layers. Very effective.

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

The randomly picked winner is:

LIZ CAVILL

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 16th November 2024 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 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.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

Challenge #492

Welcome to a new challenge in the Snippets Playground. All the card details are over on Pixie's Crafty Workshop HERE - as well as Dudley's latest 'Pupdate'.

These are the items making up the prize: Crafters Companion sets, one comprising four dies called 'Hellebores' and the other comprising two embossing folders called 'Bloom and Grow' - both kindly donated to the Playground Toy Box by Pauline C - many thanks Pauline! Plus, a Lawn Fawn 'stamp shammy' from me - I was buying myself a back-up one and thought it rude not to get one for the the Toy Box! Always handy to have IMHO, I keep mine in a small screw top plastic tub and it stays damp and sweet ready for use time and again - only needing a full dunking wash now and then!

As always, the Snippets Challenge will run for two weeks and the Playground gates will close at 11am UK time on Saturday 9th November. 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. 

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".

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

Love and hugs from Di and Dudley,

Results of Challenge # 490

 

Hello folks - Di here, hopping in with the results from Challenge #490. 

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

I know, pink always sings to me, but this delightful card made by Valerija is much more than pink. It's a beautiful scene, made from snippets and really enchanting.

I totally adore this very (pink again!) retro-influenced card - brought to share by Kate.  It's a TH set of dies and like many of Tim's die sets, I can imagine it was a bit tricky, but they're always SO rewarding! Great result.

And last but not least, Kath nipped in to play, waving a delightful anniversary card - using snippets of one of our mutually favourite LOTV paper pads - such a lovely idea to inlay the die cut heart. Very elegant result!

As always, great inspiration from everyone who entered and it was difficult to whittle my 'working list' down to the final three. Thank you so much for playing along with us. 

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 2nd November 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.

Hugs, Di and Dudley xxx

Challenge #491

Hello Playmates!

It's the start of another fun challenge here in the Snippets Playground. There's going to be a conker contest in the playground itself, after which there will be hot chocolate and toasted muffins up in the treehouse. The conker contest winner will get extra marshmallows in their hot chocolate!

Here's my homework, the details of which can be found on my personal blog HERE:

The prize for this challenge consists of an MFT metal die for the word FRIEND - kindly donated by Di. The remaining stamps are donated by me: a clear set by Studio G, together with two wooden Penny Black stamps "Cinnamon" (girl with the cake) and "Hot but Cool" (girl with the ice cream). I thought they would all mix and match nicely!

So, why not come and play? All you have to do is follow our RULES, then bring your homework to the Snippets Playground and enter using Mr Linky (below). Remember to say what snippets you used (or include a photo of them) and leave a comment advising whether you're just playing for fun or wish to be included in the draw for the prize. Any entrant not leaving a comment to the contrary is deemed to be playing for fun and will be excluded from the prize draw.

The Playground gates will clang shut on this challenge at 11am (UK time) on Saturday, 26th October 2024. 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". 

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

Hugs from Sarn xxx