Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #383 - results

 

What a week of yet more scorching weather - followed by some much longed for rain! Which brought, unsurprisingly, some flooding - thankfully I'd got home by the time one of our local lanes was hit hard on Thursday. Dudley has taken to sleeping in the downstairs loo at night, even though we have damp towels for him on the tiled bathroom floors upstairs! He looks so funny - he wiggles himself in between the pedestal and the tiled piece of wall beside it - with his tummy on the tiled floor. So both sides are cool as is his undercarriage - and his nose is up against the tiles at the back of the loo.  That dog's not totally daft! It still makes me sad that he's taken to doing this and just hope he ventures out when the temperatures drop down again! 

On Thursday I had a dental check up - hygienist the week previously then check up the next - both went well with no issues but very stringent processes in place of course.

 

Let's move straight into this fortnight's picks:

I picked this card by Emma as it's quite amazing! Must be the longest concertina card I've ever seen, wonderful way to use up snippets - and of course beautifully made as well. I love it! 

 

Oh how I love this card, made by Chandini - our lovely twin sisters. It's absolutely lovely - and such a neat trick to tone down the bold stripes with a layer of vellum so that they don't detract from the glorious flowers. I always forget about using vellum - it's such a versatile medium too

 

And Kathy A reminded me about a technique I haven't played with for ages - iris folding! Perfect for little snippetty strips ............ and doesn't that cornet look inviting. Gorgeous work! 

 

Gosh, it gets harder each time to whittle down the fortnightly 'picks' - but this time, due to being busy on Saturday/tomorrow, I've had to limit myself whilst writing this!

 

We had one new Playmate as well: 

Jessica Knuteson

 

 

 

So, that's my picks and I do hope they've given you some inspiration for ways in which you can use up some of your own snippets. 

We had 52 entries in total, and one new Playmate this time:

Now for the prize draw, which is for a 'Lawn Fawn Say 'What? Pets' set of stamps and matching dies as well as a Lawn Fawn 'Critter Chatter - Pets' set of stamps - and the winner is:

April

Congratulations April - you'll love this prize for sure!  Please send me your address, even if you know that I know it already, with your full name at the top as well so I can copy and paste for speed and ease. It's also confirmation that you still would like the prize of course and I'll do my best to post your prize ASAP this coming week. Please put Playground Winner or similar in the subject line of your email in case it drops into my junk mail. Email address is on RH sidebar as always.

Remember folks, there's still almost another week to run on Challenge #384 - you can find it HERE. Bit of a bumper prize again this time -  a Sweet Dixie set of 'Daisies' dies from Viv - and a Joanna Sheen 'Diamond Lattice' stencil plus a set of Clarity Stamps 'Christmas and Congratulations' sentiment stickers from me.

As I type, on Friday, I'm behind with commenting - basically it's been much too hot to sit at the laptop for very long. Tomorrow, Saturday, it's time for another trip to the groomers for Dudley Dog - no doubt he'll shame me and plonk himself down at the front door and refuse to budge! I must look so daft dragging a dog along their shiny (thankfully!) floor all the way to the grooming salon at the back. As Dudley has his lead attached to a harness not his collar it has been known for him to turn round as he's sliding along, which means he's probably pleading with people to save him as he goes past!

His latest trick today was to play 'bridesmaid' as I was walking downstairs in a mid calf length loose 'tie dye' dress bought on holiday a few years ago - purely for coolness. The dress was trailing on the stairs and the little tinker had the hem in his mouth as he followed me down! I do not want another trip up like before Christmas - that shoulder is only now beginning to feel anywhere near normal again. The delights of having a Dudley Dog eh?

Update: Dudley came home from our sweet groomers looking gorgeous but, as always, stressed out. He slept in Len's arms, in the evening sun, for ages in the garden and only really began returning to his usual 'tornado self' just after this post went live!

Love from Parsnip, a happy wave and rather weary woof from Dudley - and of course hugs as always from me. Stay safe, wear those masks - and keep on crafting.