Sunday Snippets - 'Love is in the Air'

My snippets card today echoes the 'theme' of our latest Snippets Challenge - 'Love is in the Air':

I used:

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

- a smaller piece of the same card as the card blank, to be sure of 'matching shades of white', die cut using a die from Heffy Doodle's 'Stiched Squares' set of dies - sadly discontinued. The stitched edge panel measures approx. 4.75" x 4.75"

- die cut the word 'love' twice from a snippet of Lawn Fawn 'Watercolor Wishes' ombre paper - using a Memory Box die called 'Love Airy Script' then glued one on top of the other

- at that point I could place the word 'love' to see exactly where I wanted to place the next die to be used

- then used the unbranded 'Lacy Heart' die on the stitched panel to cut those pretty hearts

- added a further snippet of Lawn Fawn 'Watercolor Wishes' paper to the back of the panel, sticking it in place using sticky tape

- glued the die cut word 'love' in place

- final step was to adhere the finished panel image onto the card front, using narrow self- adhesive foam strips

NB. I did die cut a few additional hearts from the leftover snippets, using the hearts die - but they looked messy to me when I tried them so I left the card very clean and simple

A good few of the leftovers from the snippets I used are shown in the photo below the actual card.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

- Darnell's NBUS challenge #70 HERE  - the Memory Box 'love' and also the unbranded hearts dies are having a first outing - having been waiting patiently in the wings for ages!

- Allsorts Challenge #815 HERE under the 'Anything Goes' theme

Dudley Pupdate: Dudley truly is a little tinker! We don't allow him to take 'indoors' toys into the garden - mostly because they are likely to end up on our bed later on and we're not too keen on whatever might be on them! He has balls and weather proof toys for the back garden and a new 'Stinky Monkey' who lives in the cabin. So, the boundaries have always been set - but I don't think Dudley got the memo - or, if he did, he threw it away in disgust!! 

Once again, this past week, he tried to take 'Honka Duck' out into the garden. I heard Len telling him very firmly to drop Honka before he would let him into the back garden. Which he reluctantly did. But, the moment Len turned his back to get water for the birds - the little four-legged rascal nipped behind him, back into the house and grabbed Honka from the kitchen to take him for a jaunt around the garden! I sometimes wonder if Dudley wakes up with a plan for the day ............ on how to keep us on our tippy toes!

Remember, I've just kicked off a new challenge over in the Snippets Playground HERE.   

Hope to see you on the swings - I have no doubt that Sarn will have something extra warming in her satchel this week. I hear that she's been eyeing up little microwaves and could be doing a trade in warmed sausage or cheese and onion rolls. The other day Dudley snitched that an electrician has been installing a couple of electricity sockets in the treehouse which sort of confirms my suspicions! She fibbed earlier when I asked what the track of soil was right across the playground. She told me it was a mole ............. AND, what's worse, Dumbo here believed her!

Love as always, Dudley Dog and me