Sunday Snippets - Santa Train

Happy New Year everyone - Dudley and I wish you oodles of health and happiness throughout 2026. I left wealth out many years ago - it helps, but can't buy happiness or real health either!

I made my snippets decoupage card for today for Len - nine layers later I was like a wet dish cloth from the effort and concentration with so many fiddly pieces. But, he loves it, even though he threw the box away, so I gave him a spare one I already had made - just in case he wants to keep it for a while longer:

I used:

- 5.75" x 5.75" white card blank - side opening

- Katy Sue's decoupage sheet called 'Santa Train' which I layered using very thin sticky pads

- used snippets of Tonic's pearlescent 'Majestic Gold' and 'Red Velvet' card to make a 'frame' and glued it onto the card front

- glued the assembled Santa Train image onto the gold layer

- final touch, added the words and little hearts and popped the card into a white card box, bought ready to assemble from Amazon - vastly superior to a well known card making company's offering!

Not entering any challenges this time - onto Christmas 2026 card making next!

Here's a peek at the Christmas card that Len gave to me:

It's absolutely stunning, stands at about 4" deep when opened up and is one to keep for sure. I know it's laser cut and pre-printed but the design is a delight too! Ha! Much as I'd love to compete I'll settle for it sitting on my desk right in front of me for the new few days.

Dudley Pupdate: There's a slight possibility of snow here before too long, as we live at about the highest point in Hampshire. Dudley has a very smart fleece lined new 'walkies' jacket as well as one for just romping around the garden without the need for a built in harness or some leg protection - both are red so we don't lose him in any snow drifts. What am I like, thinking back to Northumberland snow depths when that easily happened to my beloved Bichons! Just their coal black noses popping up out of two foot of snow in the fields behind where I lived at the time. Meanwhile, Dudley and I are watching the skies for any white flakes! Len is praying we don't get any!

Sarn has opened up Challenge #521 in the  Snippets Playground HERE.

Do come and play with us in the Playground - for now, we're back to normal - or at least as normal as one could hope for!

Love as always, Dudley and yours truly,