Results of Challenge #503

Hello Playmates!

HOPPY EASTER to you all! 

Put your Easter bonnets on and join in the Easter Egg hunt around the playground. There are plenty of Cadbury's Mini Eggs and Creme Eggs to pick and choose from up in the Treehouse too - but please don't make yourself sick, cuz I'm not clearing up after you!

Here are my top picks (in entry order):

First up is a lovely anniversary card, made by JULES for her husband on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Many congrats from all of us Jules.

Next up is this lovely Easter card made by PAPIERELLE. Love the layout and the colour scheme. 

Last (but not least) is GRANNE'S wonderful masculine card below, using up lots of snippets for the background. 

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

The randomly picked winner is:

KATHY K

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 3rd May 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.

Lots of Happy Easter wishes going out to you - from me, Miss Di and Dudley Dog.

Challenge #504

Di here, a new challenge begins today - and finally, Spring really is in the air here in the UK. Hooray!

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 set of two heart shaped dies by Craft Addiction from me, one of which I used for my snippets card above from my own set of course! Plus, a Stampendous Cling House Mouse stamp called 'Lily of the Valley' from Brenda and an unbranded flowery embossing folder from Val. Huge thanks ladies for your kind donations!

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, 26th April 2025. They'll reopen at midnight (UK time) the same day for the start of the next challenge. 

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

*IMPORTANT: Sadly, we will no longer be sending prizes beyond the UK and Europe. It wasn't an easy decision, but unfortunately, escalating postal costs and additional customs issues have left us with no choice. Of course, everyone is still in with a chance of being a Top Pick.

Love and hugs from me, Sarn and Dudley Dog. xxx 

Results of Challenge #502

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 502.

Here are my top picks (in entry order):

First of all, I totally love this splash of Spring - brought to us by Emma T - do hop over to see more. A really great Snippets Buster!

Then we had Carol G with a brilliant 'Spinner' card - so clever, and I love the sentiment. My Mantra for much of my life really - many things I don't regret once made me smile, and some still do to be honest! 

And last but not least, in hopped Heather with a wonderful shaker card. A brilliant save from an earlier make and so pretty. We've all been there, well done.

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

The randomly picked winner is:

Liz

Please claim your prize by 11am UK time on 19th 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 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 #503

Hello Playmates!

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

Hope you remembered to put your clocks forward if you're in the UK!

Also . . . wishing all our Mum's a very Happy Mother's Day.

Here's my homework - details of which can be found on my personal blog HERE. 

The items making up the prize for this challenge are a useful set of Crafty Roo grunge stamps which are great for backgrounds - kindly donated by my sister, as well as a fab lattice die and an Aall & Create bird stamp set - kindly donated by Miss Di. My thanks to both of you for contributing to this lovely prize.

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, 12th April 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 Miss Di, Dudley . . . and me! xxx

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 we 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.