Sunday Snippets - Little Robin

Here's my Snippets card for today, and it's another sticker card - I made a run of five, just the robin images differ:

I used:

- A6 off-white Papermania Tri Fold Window Photo Aperture card- snippets of pale ivory card, snippets of 150 gsm vellum and snippets of double sided - sticky paper. I chose pale ivory card to blend better with the off-white card blank

- I had a recently purchased set of little robin stickers from Temu and adhered one onto a piece of vellum then backed the vellum with double sided sticky paper, flipped the image over, peeled off the protective backing and popped a piece of pale ivory card onto the sticky. This gave a solid backing adhered to the image sitting on top of vellum - using vellum is still the best backing for these stickers IMHO. Ask me how I know! Sigh. And a huge tip from a clever crafting friend, which just I tried out - be sure to trim closely as possible to the image before you start - it makes that final removal of the top layer of plastic SO much easier!

Be sure to look for something like UV DTF Stickers if you don't want stickers with clear surrounds. There are some lovely ones but the UV DTF Stickers are the most realistic, IMHO

- used red line extra sticky tape to adhere the image behind the aperture and also to adhere the folded front panel over the image piece of the card

- then, using the Misti , I stamped the sentiment using VersaFine Clair ink 'Nocturne' and a Christmas sentiment stamp from a Uniko 'Most Wonderful' stamp set

- the finishing touch was a little holly embellishment. I made the embellishments for the five cards in one run and left them to dry overnight. The holly pieces were die cut using snippets of dark green card and a John Next Door die called 'Slimline poinsettia' ............. close enough to holly for me! Then covered the holly pieces with Nuvo 'Crystal Glaze'and left them to dry. Once dried I added little deep  red enamelled dots then popped them onto the card(s) right beside the stamped sentiment

- finished! I wish the glossy shine of the holly and the robin sticker had been picked up by the camera though!

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

Rudolph Days September Challenge - HERE 

Allsorts Challenge #859 - HERE 

Darnell's NBUS Challenge #90 - HERE - the 'poinsettia/holly leaves are a NBUS die and the robins were from a new set of Temu stickers. I suspect that I might not have used the Unikp stamp set before either - bad me!

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

Dudley Pupdate: I've decided that Dudley might come from a long line, with full credentials and pedigree, of 'Trade Union Shop Stewards'! "Drop tools and go on strike" seems to be his motto just now.

He adores the calm night air and will happily lie in the garden for ages, often with the hedgie family trotting to and fro for their nightly feed, and a swift news swop with Dudley. Wednesday evening was one such 'Shop Steward event'. Dudley went out into the garden around 10pm and promptly went on strike, refusing to come back into the house! The evenings are cooler and Len can sit for up to an hour on a chair in the kitchen by the back door, just waiting for Dudley to acknowledge him and even raise a paw or so much as flick an ear in recognition! Not one peep from him and he even turned away from one of his most favourite treats being waved at him. According to Len he was also manicuring his toe nails in a leisurely fashion but methinks he fibbed!

I tell you - I'm going to buy that little scamp a flat cap and an oil drum wood burner for his night time outdoors meetings! Then leave him to it 😂.

But, as you know, Dudley is truly totally adored by both of us and, today is his 'Gotcha Day'. It's eight years since this little scrap came home with us to bring his own special little self into our hearts and lives. This photo was taken by the breeder just before we went to collect him - cute huh?

Love as always, Dudley and yours truly,