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Sunday 26 November 2017

Winter Snippets

Well it is time to visit Pixie's Snippets Playground again - the weeks certainly seem to whizz by don't they?  It also happens to be time for Rudolph Days as well so my card covers two challenges this week - yay!!  Miss Di has made a super card this week using a really large word stamp with paper piecing and you need to read her post carefully for several really handy tips and tricks for this technique.  I have a similar stamp but with 'Birthday' on it and will certainly be following her ideas for that longer word when paper piecing - thanks Di.  I expect you can guess by now what the prize might be if you are lucky enough to be picked by Mr Random.

For my card I've gone with the Christmas theme and used the usual snippets of card, mainly white starting with a piece to fit the top half of my card blank and this I coloured using Sparkle pens with a watercolour technique, sprinkled with spots of water afterwards to give some detail in the 'sky'.  A snippet of pearl card was cut using a curved die for the snowy ground and on another scrap I stamped, coloured and die cut the gnome and the signpost.  The penguins and tree were left over from a printing session I'd had using some digital stamps so I was able to cut them out to add to this scene. Finally a snippet of red card was used to die cut the sentiment.


Gnome and Signpost - stamps and dies given free with magazine
Tree and penguins - digital stamps from Digistamp Boutique
Sentiment - die from Tonic
Snowy Hill - die from Lawn Fawn
Sparkle Pens - Crafter's Companion

16 comments:

  1. Love your card Val. Thank you for being there for me as I struggled to get back to my crafting. I do feel much better now and my mojo is slowly returning. Hugs Rita xxx

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  2. Super Christmas card Val love your sweet penguins

    Anne

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  3. Hi Val,
    the Rudolf Challenge is up and running now.
    Will pop back later to comment on your lovely work.
    Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

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  4. Great card, love the scene you have created and your sky is wonderful :)
    Hugs Kaz xx

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  5. Oh Val, this is so cute! A lovely scene with those dancing penguins and the gnome. I thought you'd run out and bought a new set of stamps and dies from the likes of MFT :) And the sky does look full of snow - clever!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  6. Hi Val,
    Happy Rudolf Days.
    your card is very wonderful and the scene you have created is brilliant.
    Beautiful work on the sky and what super cute little penguins.
    Thank you for joining the Rudolf Challenge.
    Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

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  7. A super cute card, love those gnomes

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  8. love your fun jolly card, happy RD xxx

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  9. Such a cute card Val, I love the little gnome you've used.

    Sue xx

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  10. Super card and some really cute images, lovely design too.

    Kath x

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  11. Oh gosh the little gnome and sign post are so sweet, nice freebie. Your scene is super fun x

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  12. Cute winter scene. Those penguins are dancing with joy that it is Christmas time!
    Thanks for taking part in the November Rudolph days Challenge.

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  13. Oooo WOW what a great snowy scene and fabby free dies and stamps too, thanks for joining us at November Rudolph Days Challenge, Luv Sam x

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  14. So very cute and well arranged. Great scene.

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  15. A really lovely little scene you've created Val and just perfect for using up your snippets and the dear little penguins that you'd previously tossed aside..... A lovely card Val. Barbxx

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  16. This is an adorable snippets card, Val! What could be cuter than a gnome and a trio of happy penguins?!! Hugs, Darnell

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