Allsorts Challenge #795

 I was pleased to be asked along to the current Allsorts Challenge as a Guest Designer and this is the card which I made to the theme of **Delightful Animals**.  There is of course the option of **Anything Goes** and you can read all the details HERE. 

I decided to make an Anniversary card using Darling Donkeys stamps which were coloured and fussy cut to place onto layered hearts.  The red heart is plain and the white pearl card one has been embossed with some tiny criss-cross hearts.  A layer of grey floral DSP was placed onto the card blank.  Finall addition was a scattering of hearts and a sentiment.

Darling Donkeys - Stampin' Up (retired) coloured with alcohol pens
Embossing Folder - from Creative Expressions (A4) (probably discontinued)
Background - paper from an ancient Docraft paper pad
Sentiment - stamped using a favourite set of magazine freebie stamps

Snippets Playground Challenge #487

 Time for a new challenge in the Playground and some super items in the prize pot as always so why not have a rummage through your Snippets and have a go.

I really was intending to stick by my decision not to purchase any new Christmas-themed items but as you've probably guessed by now I'm weak when faced with temptation 🤣.  This rather cute Santa just had to come and live with me so I rifled through my smaller snippets to find pieces to die cut him - I also remembered to take a pic of the remnants too.  I found a white snippet square which was slightly smaller than my base card and cut a decorative circle from that, which was backed with a snippet of blue snowflake paper.  The Santa and Ho, Ho Ho were cut from suitably coloured snippets and that's it really - a fairly simple card to make once Santa was assembled. Don't you just love his big boots and gold-rimmed specs 😊

Circle Die - from a Stampin' Up set (retired I think)
Santa - dies from Amazon
Words - unbranded die which I've had since last year

I remembered to take a picture of the remnants