Sunday Snippets - I'm baaaack!!

Happy Snippets Sunday, from a still very hot Hampshire. I 'dipped a toe into the water' yesterday and made a pretty simple snippets Birthday card for Dudley's 8th Birthday this Wednesday:

I used:

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

- tan/orange snippet plus a peach snippet, just trimmed using a guillotine rather than hauling dies out of their files

- the white snippet for the image is 4.25" x 4.25"

- the image was stamped using a Woodware Jane Gill 'Fuzzie Friends - Parker Puppy' stamp and Clair Nocturne ink

- a few tickles with Polychromos pencils and wrote the letter D on the pooch's dog tag (tag is gold IRL)

- then glued all the layers onto the card front

- finally added a copper (looks gold in the photo) foiled huge number 8 peeloff (from Hobbycraft eons ago) - and called it done! 

- by total luck, all items, apart from the white card blank, were on my desk already. Even the peeloff numbers were in a basket waiting to be stored away.

No challenges for me this time, I know when I've used this arm enough for one day.

Dudley Pupdate: Dudley continues to be even happier and more settled when out in the car, which is so encouraging. He will be eight years old on Wednesday - still young in Havanese potential longevity and still such a puppy at heart. When he's hoping for something, a treat, a stray piece of sausage at Christmas - and bliss, a little taste of cheese ANYTIME  - he sits exactly the same as the pup on the card! Sort of 'his most appealing and hopeful stance'.

Today he once again decided it would be nice to snuggle up against me and then bury his head right down into the outside of a thigh like a little ostrich. At one point I half expected a little handstand from him. He stays like that until you've given him loads of hugs and cuddles - and back scritches.  For some reason that seems to be his way of showing and asking for affection at the moment - which is lovely ........ unless you're sitting on the side of the bed in your undies trying to finish getting dressed at the time, Lucky he didn't end up wearing some of my clothes! 

One of Dudley's Birthday presents from me is a bandana - to go with a load he already has. It has the slogan 'Mama's Bodyguard', and a pawprint on - too cute. Somewhat ironic seeing as he would probably offer an intruder a sausage or some cheese! 

Sarn has opened up Challenge #537 in the Snippets Playground HERE. Another great prize bundle too. Sarn has been such a help the past few weeks, I can't say it often enough but she does worry about her 'street cred' if i overdo it!.

See you on the swings! A nice fresh cool breeze would be so welcome right now. Lucky folk who live really near to the sea - I envy you!

Love as always, Dudley and yours truly,

Sunday Snippets - all dressed for the heat wave!

It's a reshowing of a card I made back in July 2012 - 14 years ago almost to the day. Just right for the temperatures we're melting under:

I do love the way the little Hula Kiddo's hips are working away :) A bit like me trying to get my balance at times! It's another card that I had a load of fun making way back then - those little striped flip flops are just sooo cute.

I used:

 - 6" x 6" square cream card stock

- Stampendous cling stamp called 'Hula Kiddo', coloured with Pro Markers, including the background (I even tried to match the hibiscus flowers to the backing paper, although I've never seen a blue hibiscus in real life) 

- plain backing card from the snippets folder and the papers are snippets from the Bo Bunny 'Barefoot and Bliss' paper pack 

- a snippet of yellow self adhesive ribbon from the ribbon box. Confession, I added it as the finished card looked out of balance - the horizontal strip of paper and the image were placed too low by yours truly

- orange/yellow flower came from a friend and the brad was my own. Those dinky and totally adorable little flip flops are buttons, in a pack of five pairs from Hobbycraft, but I've spotted them on e-Bay as well - just with the shanks snipped off the back and stuck on using the glue gun.

This card was made so long ago that I imagine few, if any, of the products are even available now! But I didn't want to pay the extortionate rates that Dudley decided he should charge me for writing another blog post! So here I am, winging it as they say!

Dudley Pupdate: Speaking of himself, although he doesn't like a bath or even the sight of a paddling pool - he does have an Achilles Heel we've discovered! He loves being sprayed with a hand held spray of cool water and now goes so far, in this blistering heat, to let it be known that it's time for another good spray down in the garden before he retires to the shower room to cool right down. His usual flowing silky hair is very curly, as if he needs a decent blow dry. 

My arm is improving, albeit too slowly for impatient me! Thank you so much for your lovely wishes and cards. Dudley's 8th Birthday is looming, on 22nd July, the same day as a good friend and close neighbour will be 60. It's a target to aim for, having a go at making two cards - they might be simple but it would be a start back into doing a bit of crafting. 

As always, I'm SO grateful for Sarn's massively helpful support.  I just turn a blind eye to the mischief and mayhem! A small price to pay.

Love from Dudley Dog and myself, 

 

Sunday Snippets - Dudley calling

Helloo peeps!  It's Dudley Dog, just to let you know that Mom is still on the mend. She can type slowly and it's improving - but mouse work is tricky. And crafting is out for the moment

Meanwhile, my wonderful Auntie Sarn is running the show over in the Playground - AND she has treats for me too, I just know it! Happy Days for me I think, double rations!

Lots of love and woofs

Dudley xxx

And, a weak wave from  - I'll be back ASAP!