WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS

Hi Everyone

I hope you have all had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend.

A new challenge has started over at The Snippets Playground so in that never-ending attempt to reduce snippet mountain I enjoyed a little play and came up with this creation .. .. ..

This used:

Image and Sentiment:  From the Heart Digital: Birthday Candle Birdbrain  (More about From the Heart Digital Stamps below)
ProMarkers
Glossy Accents
Julie Hickey:  JHD-CUT-1003 - Layers, Frames & Banners Rectangle Die Set
My Trusty Sewing Machine

and these are the snippets I started off with (proudly displayed on that well worn cutting plate LOL!!) .. .. .. 

Not many snippets used up .. .. but every little counts.  (Still far far too many lurking in the background - you could lock me away in my room for a whole year and I still don't think I would run out of them).

In my quiet moments with Mum I have been re-organising my digital images on my laptop and From the Heart Stamps came to the fore.  This was a site I frequently used to visit due to the fun designs and sentiments - especially those relating to the "Birdbrain" character. But sadly the founder and designer, Faith Skrdla, passed away back in 2017 - such a shame.  But I still love her images and will treasure the talent she had and shared.  Thank goodness I purchased some of her lovely work back in the day. 

Anyway, if any of you have any snippets you could put to good use, be these in paper/card format, fabric, ribbon (or any other kind of snippets that would surprise the challenge) be sure to use them and share them with Di and Sarn over in the playground.  Believe me, there is always lots of fun and mischief to be found there!

My brain is now ticking over as to what could be the most unusual/inventive snippet you could enter the challenge with LOL!!

Enjoy the rest of the week.

WARM AND COSY

Hi Everyone

Flying in quickly today with a card for sharing in the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where the theme is "Winter Warmers".

Nothing says warm and cosy at Christmas than a lovely open fire, so teamed with a comfy sofa and a pretty Christmas tree what more could you want .. .. other than perhaps a little glass of sherry! LOL!!

This used:

Image:  "Watercolour Winter Living Room" by AuroraCraftery
Sentiment:  Computer generated
Backing Papers:  First Edition Paper "Vintage Noel"
Corner Rounding Punch
Sheer Ribbon
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Crystal Glamour Dust on the Christmas tree that you can't see in the photograph.

and that is me for today.

Short and sweet as there is a lot on the "must do list" today before heading to Mum.

USE YOUR FAVOURITE SKETCH

Hi Everyone

I hope your week has got off to a good start.  Today was gorgeous sunshine here which is always lovely to see.

Things have been really busy with Mum these last few weeks but in little fits and starts I have managed to pull in a bit of "crafty time".  Crafting is my escape place where I manage to switch off and calm my rather over-active worrying brain.

This is a card for taking over to the As You Like It Challenge where they would like to see you put your favourite sketch or layout put to good use.  

So with 57 square sketches in my collection and 24 rectangular ones I wasn't short of sketches to choose from, the only problem deciding which was my favourite because I like them all.  

I have always had a soft spot for Sketch #2 though which looks like this  -  mainly I think because some of my favourite cards have been made using this layout and it uses up lots of snippets 

 .. .. and this is what I created with my choice of sketch .. .. 

This used:

Image:  Watercolour Butterflies Digital Bundle - SandyJprintables (sadly currently sold out)
Backing Papers:  DCWV "Nana's Nursery - Baby Boy
Sentiment:  Polkadoodles "PD7995" Super Sentiments 

Tag Die from The Works (very old)

Nail Heads

Ribbon 

Small flower punch

My trusty sewing machine

I know quite a few people don't enjoy working with sketches (we are all different, thankfully) but I must admit I find they save me loads of time as they take away a lot of decision making.  Once I have selected which one to use I know exactly where I am going before I even start creating.  

One of my missions at the moment is to use up some of the design paper pads I have which have only a few pages and snippets left in them, and utilise images I already have ready and waiting to be used and this card did just that.

Anyway, that is me for today and I will hopefully catch you soon.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Hi Everyone

I hope you are all having a lovely week .. .. and the sun has been shining for you.  Definitely a bright and pleasantly breezy one here today.  It would suit me fine if all of summer was like today.

It has been a busy time with Mum recently so not much crafting time (and not much posting/blog visiting either.. .. sorry) .. .. but I have managed to pull this little creation together slowly during a couple of  Mum's beauty sleep sessions. 

This creation felt like a jigsaw because I cut the framework and inserts out at home and then pieced everything together once at Mum's:

My creation used:

Framework Die:  Lawn Fawn Giant Outlined Happy Birthday - Portrait
Background Papers and Card:  All from Snippet Mountain including the little glitter bits which you might just be able to see.

As this has reduced my snippet mountain "just a very, very, tiny amount" I am taking it over to show the playmates over in the Snippets Playground Challenge.  Sadly I didn't take any pictures of my snippets beforehand though (bad move), but as I am only playing for fun I will hopefully be excused.

Enjoy the rest of the week.