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Sunday 24 July 2022

Challenge #433 - Christmas in July

Hello Playmates!

Time for more fun, games and summer cocktails in the Playground over the next fortnight. 

Lots of you have been diligently helping me with my EXTRA homework - testing out quite a few cocktail recipes while sitting around the paddling pool. Miss Di has been head tester for the summertime Mai Tais which have been renamed Mai Dais in her honour!

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

As promised, this challenge continues our Christmas in July theme, with a fabulous Christmas prize bundle to be won, as follows:

The following kind souls have donated prizes to this Christmas bundle:

  • Creative Expressions Noel die from Jackie T;
  • Blue Sizzix thinlits die and Two Red Robins Cardinal die from Brenda;
  • Lili of the Valley Christmas garland stamp; Creative Expressions Poinsettia stamp and Little Claire 'Stocking Owls' stamp from Sue Morris.
Thank you very much everyone, Di and I are very grateful to you. 

All the pictured items make up a Christmas bundle for one lucky winner and won't be split.

PLAYGROUND COCKTAILS:

As mentioned above, I have it on good authority that a Mai Tai is one of Miss Di's favourite cocktails . . . and I've got a lovely one which I've renamed "Summery Mai Dai" (geddit?).

Summery Mai Dai RecipePineapple juice; orange juice; dark rum; Amaretto and plenty of crushed ice to keep you cool in a heatwave.

For a Virgin version: substitute the dark rum and Amaretto for almond syrup, Grenadine and sparkling water.

Mouthwatering eh? Anyone wishing to enjoy a good cocktail is welcome at the Playground Treehouse Bar, or down by the paddling pool which we put at the foot of the slide  . . . so come and order one, then hold on to your cocktail while you whizz down the slide and into the paddling pool while not spilling a drop! Please form an orderly queue!

Remember there is a CHRISTMAS THEME to this snippets challenge which will run for two weeks. The Playground gates will close at 11am UK time on Saturday, 6th August 2022. The gates will reopen at midnight (UK time) on the same day. Mr Linky is below this post.


36 comments:

  1. I love your card! And thanks for the wonderful cocktail recipe!!! I'll be playing for fun this round but such a wonderful generous prize!

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  2. wow! Great recipe! Please pop my name in for the draw

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  3. Pretty card! I love that big snowflake and the trees!
    I'd love to try one of your refreshing Mai Dai drinks. And yes, please to the wonderful prize!

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  4. Wow more super prizes, so a yes please from me.
    I can’t wait to try your cocktail and slide into the paddling pool! Xxx

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  5. Fantastic inspiration Sarn!
    Thanks so much for Mai Dai recipe, I take one (or two), please, with a lot of ice because of the very hot weather :D
    Another amazing bunch of fabulous items for prize, wow, how generous!! I will enter tomorrow and already say yes please, even if I already won a challenge very recently and don't think to be so lucky to win again! :D
    Hugs

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  6. Great card, Sarn. Thanks for the cocktail recipe, perfect for the next spell of hot weather being predicted. I'll be a Yes Please for the prize. xx

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  7. Smashing make, Sarn and a fabulous prize ... it's a YES PLEASE from me, for an entry in to this prize draw

    Happy Monday

    Kathyk

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  8. Wonderful Christmas card. Yes for the amazing prize, please.
    Hugs, Valerija

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  9. Ooh, that sounds delicious!! A definite yes for that prize bundle, should I be lucky enough :0)

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  10. Lovely to use some snippets again and be able to visit the Playground. Perhaps the heady aroma of booze drew me across the Big Pond to a blanket by the Paddling Pond! What fun, ladies! Great to see everyone again and collect cool cocktail recipes! Hic! Playing just for fun. Hugs, Darnell

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  11. Yes please to the prize, and yes please to that yummy Mai Tai. I don't usually drink alcohol but when I do, it's a sweet tropical drink. The photo alone is making me feel like I'm on vacation!

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  12. Well it is quite a while since I visited the Playground. It has been too hot here for swings and slides, but one of my sons is over for a visit and we made big jugs of sangria - almost a cocktail. That is a lovely, generous prize but I only visit for fun. (Brexit has made import charges just too high to warrant receiving anything from UK now).

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  13. Your card is so pretty! And the Mai Tai....way way TOO good!! We've been having a heat wave here in Central Canada, too, and this little drinky poo certainly hit the spot (a few times!) I'd love to be in on the draw for the amazing prize :)

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  14. Again, I must say what an honor it is to have been an inspiration for the card you created! I'm grinning from ear to ear while sipping a great summer cooling cocktail and dangling my feet in the pool ....ahhhhh :) Yes please for me this time around for this wonderful prize!

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  15. Popped in with my card and to sip a cocktail - yes please for my name to go into the draw, thanks.

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  16. Entered my snippets homework :)
    Yes, please to be in the draw
    Hugs

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  17. Very cool and refreshing card, Sarn. Lots of traditional elements with a modern look. Yes please on the draw, in the meantime I'll be dangling my feet in the pool.

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  18. Oh, my goodness.....I LOVE your card, Di. I am totally taken by the way you used that large snowflake in the background and the lovely trees in the foreground and the beautiful font of that sentiment. Your card is PERFECT.
    I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this spectacular prize bundle!!! WOW. YES,PLEASE to being in the draw. I adore that cardinal die set. Oh, how I wish we had those in my part of Idaho. A huge THANK YOU to Jackie, Brenda, and Sue for donating such amazing prizes!! How generous of you, Ladies. <3
    Thank you for the fun Christmas in July Snippets challenges. I have been so happy making cards and blogging this month. I have done so little of it in the last number of months. Life, you know, UGH! lol...
    Take care. Stay cool and keep on crafting!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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    1. Oh, sorry I misread......that is SARN's card, not Di's. So beautiful!!!

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  19. I'm only here for the cocktails! Love your card - great positioning with the stencilling and trees.

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  20. A lovely card - and cocktail recipe too!
    Kath x

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  21. Morning Sarn, Yours so inspiring with your card its gorgeous as always love the large snowflake background and trees won't be long before we will be putting ours up again, a little late playing in the playground as school holidays take over but looking forward to tasting that cocktail so don't be drinking it all, lots of lovely crafty gifts on offer to one very luck person l am only playing for fun, have a wonderful day xx

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  22. So sorry I missed the previous Snippets Christmas in July challenge but my craftroom has been incredibly hot this month. I did not want to totally miss out on Christmas in July so I got busy - thank you for the beautiful inspiration! And the prize looks amazing - thank you to the generous donors - I'm a YES, please! As for the cocktails, sign me up - better late than never!

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  23. Yes please to this amazing prize package and thank you so much to those who donated goodies. Sarn, your card is BEAUTIFUL and I love the combo of stamped background and fussy cutting.

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  24. Yes please Sarn for the prize.

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  25. I have to say the Summery Mai Dai does sound delicious and it's beautiful as well! I also really love what you've done with your card. That's a fabulous prize package, but I'll be playing just for fun (will be posting my card shortly). Thank you!

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  26. Oops, card will post this weekend.

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  27. ooh! Love the graphic feelings on your pretty card!
    And the recipe is absolute mouthwatering and perfect for summer drinks, thanks for sharing!
    Such a gorgeous collection for the prize, would love to win!

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  28. Yes, please to the prize. Lovely card and cocktail recipe. Thanks for the virgin recipe too!

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  29. I love your card! And thank you for the wonderful cocktail recipe, I like them!!!
    Yes, please to the prize.
    crafty hugs xx

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  30. Yes, please. And thanks for Darnell from NBUS for sharing your blog with me!!

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  31. Thanks for a new challenge to win a lovely prize.

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  32. Yes please to the prize bundle. And yes to the cocktail! :o)

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  33. Love your card - that big snowflake looks fab as a background!
    I'm a 'yes please' for the prize draw :0)
    Helen x

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  34. I am so glad to have joined in again at last and ooh I adore your card and the cocktail sounds pretty yummy too! 'Yes please' to the wonderful prize. Take care. xxx

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  35. Sorry I'm late Miss Sarn (I met a dog...!) Are there any of those Mai Dais left?!! I've been feasting my eyes on that generous prize but will just play for fun this week :) Hugs, Vicky xxx

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