JULES' CRAFTY SNIPPET CHALLENGE - WEEK 35

Hi Everyone

I hope you have all been enjoying a lovely weekend.

Today has been a little bit on the dull side here .. .. but only weather wise .. .. life in general is always anything but dull in the House of Hearts!!  LOL!!!

Hubby had last week off work as holiday and he extended it slightly so that he has Monday off too .. .. then everything will fall back into its usual "more settled" routine. 

I have another three snippet makes to share with you this week ahead of calling the register of playmates for last week.  Not sure which of my makes is my favourite .. .. but the first one might just have the edge on the others for me:

and now round to the register and all of my lovely playmates of last week who share what they have been doing with their snippets:

Super bright and early into the playground was Ann with a brilliant mini album tucked under her arm.  Such a great idea for storing memories and for reducing that snippet mountain!!!  It was made by Ann for a friend .. ... I am sure she will have loved it.

Next along was Lisa with two gorgeous owl cards.  I love the colours and layout of these.  A lovely clean, bright and cheerful look.  I think those owls are just so very cute!!!  Hope you are feeling better now Lisa!

Kasey sped into the playground next .. all the way from Australia .. .. and what a beautiful make she brought along with her too.  Fabulous use of lots and lots of different snippets.  Such an ingenious and effective way of using them all spiced up with a touch of bling!!.  Thanks for the inspiration Kasey.

Christmas tags were the order of the day from Sarah .. .. and how gorgeous they were too!!  All made in traditional colours but with such beautiful attention to detail.  I love them all but of course the one sporting the heart would be my favourite LOL!!  I certainly wouldn't part with any of them though if one were to appear on a Christmas parcel .. .. though having said that they would make brilliant toppers for Christmas cards too!  Fabby stitching too!!

Beryl was next to share her creation which was a brilliant male card.  I think we all prefer making cards for females given the choice .. .. but Beryl make a fantastic job of her card .. .. and of using up her snippets.  Loving embossing and the blue stamping!!  Such a great change from black - which is what I always tend to grab first!!

A lovely ray of sunshine shone across the playground this week in the form of Tammy's lovely snippet make.  So bright and beautiful and reminding me of our short lived summer  (has that gone now do you think?)  Such a lush ribbon and great sentiment!

The blue skies remained as Di made an appearance .. .. and they featured on Di's card beautifully.  I think we are all getting the sky and cloud bug slowly thanks to Bev!!  I have linked to Bev's tutorial before but think it is well worth another airing so pop her blog into your Sunday hopping session too.  But now back to Di's lovely creation .. .. I love the sky, and also the lovely sentiment.  I won't spoil it by telling you all about it .. have a little look for yourself!

Irene was a busy lady again this week and came to the snippet playground twice this week.  The first gorgeous creation you can find here and the second here.  Irene's lovely creations are completely different to each other .. .. but both have Irene's unique and clean style which I love!!  Thank you for sharing Irene.

The next little playmate to arrive was Lynne with a stunning red and white number .. .. and a few hearts into the bargain!!  I love the layout on this one and the great image.  With so many layers Lynne must have used up quite a few of her snippets this week.  Lynne is a little worried that summer might be disappearing slowly so is even threatening Christmas cards!!  Yep .. won't be long until we are all in full flow with those!!

Thanks to Sandra a really cute little House Mouse image arrived in the playground next  .. .. with a background of the most gorgeous blue snippets.  Fabby layout Sandra and great colouring of that cute image.  Super sweet!!!

Sally was next to arrive into the playground waving a great card she had made using up some of those little items that I bet we all bought loads and loads of .. .. and now they just sit there doing nothing .. ..  yes the lovely "peel off".  I know I certainly have a tin of them sitting there .. .. and at around 80p a sheet I daren't add up how much I have spent on the contents of that tin!!  Mmmmm... note to self .. .. see what you can do with those peel offs!!!  As Sally has proven you can get some good results with them.  Thanks for the inspiration Sally and for sharing your lovely blue snippet creation.

My next playmate had so much fun in the playground that she managed to call by twice this week too.  This was the lovely Mandy and you will find her gorgeous creations here and here.  I love both of these lovely creations but the second has to be my favourite as it is giving us a little taste of those gorgeous autumn colours that are just around the corner.  I think Autumn is my least favourite season except for the stunning colours it shares .. .. that is its saving grace for me.  Thank you Mandy .. .. lovely makes!!

Elizabeth was next in the line to share her snippet creation .. .. and what a fabby one it was too.  Lots of lovely layers and great embossing.  I love the little Christmas tree .. .. it reminded me of a biscuit.  Gorgeous inside and out and using up lots of snippets this is a fantastic share .. .. scrummy ribbon too Elizabeth.  I was also treated to a little number crunching from Elizabeth in the comment that accompanied her lovely creation .. .. can you believe this:

There's only 115 days to Christmas, and if you are a salaried worker there's only 3 pay days till C Day - now that's quite a thought. Elizabeth x

Thanks for that Elizabeth (I think LOL!!).  I have a feeling we will all be on Christmas card duty soon!!

Bernie was the next playmate to join in the fun .. .. not with one lovely make but two!!  The first you will find here and the second here.  Great snippets were used up in the first one .. which was made for a very special friend and the lovely sky technique came into play for the second.  Very different to each other .. .. but both lovely.  Thanks for sharing Bernie. 

Bernie actually had some problems linking up this week.  I hope that no-one else did.  Sorry if you did!!!!  :-(

Carol rushed along to the playground with a make which again reminded me of a technique I used to use quite a bit and tend not to very much nowadays.  I won't spoil it by telling you what Carol has done .. .. I will let you check that out for yourself .. .. all I will say is that underneath that lovely work there could be any colour of snippet!!  Thank you for reminding me about this one Carol!  I must have another play!

Then lastly for this week was my lovely playmate Debbie who has shared a wealth of creation this week.  The first you will find here featuring a whole stack of the most gorgeous Christmas tags!!  What beautiful colours and fantastic shapes .. .. love them all!!!  Then Debbie's second playground share can be found here.  I just love the gorgeous colours on this one and that lush ribbon!!!  Beautiful!!

You will notice that the butterfly Debbie has used is the same one I have used on my second project.  This was the prize I won from the St Luke's Challenge (thank you ladies xx) and I love it!!  Sadly I didn't get chance to take part last month but simply sent a few cards along for them to hopefully sell and raise some much needed funds.  A brilliant and worthwhile cause .. so if you fancy joining in the challenge or simply have a card or two lying around that you can spare I know they would be very gratefully received.

So that is me for today.  I hope that you have had lots of fun skipping around the snippet playground  .. .. I know I have.  It is lovely to have so many playmates and to see all the inspiration.

I am back again tomorrow with a very special post!!!  Some really good news that I have been bursting to share, the chance of winning a prize, a brilliant offer and something that has been keeping me quiet in the background (amongst my other exciting projects) for a few weeks now.

Love