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Sunday, 30 March 2025

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


Sunday, 23 March 2025

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:


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.


Sunday, 16 March 2025

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 


Sunday, 9 March 2025

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:


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.


Sunday, 2 March 2025

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