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Sunday, 20 September 2026

Football frenzy girls and boys

 Today’s cards are for a niece and nephew who are both football fans.

All the elements are SU, from the Wonderful Match papers,

the sentiments are from old SU sets.

I did some colouring with blends and a lot of layers and fussy cutting which I enjoy too.


Card one for a niece who plays and teaches small children



Card two for a nephew and fan of Manchester City



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Lesley

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Saturday, 19 September 2026

Coloured DSP

 Hello, today I’m sharing a couple of cards using some old stash from SU,

Abigail Rose, Cottage Rose, and Spotlight on Nature dies.

The papers did all the work (mostly!)

Card One


The papers are neutral, and I coloured them with Blends,
matching the card base with one of the colours.

Card Two


They were very therapeutic to make, although colouring in is not everyone’s favourite.
I always try to add some embellishments, hard to see on the busy papers


Challenges:



Triple B # blooms (1)

We Love Stamping (AG stamped sentiment) (1)

 

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Lesley

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Sunday, 13 September 2026

Happy dancing Hippos

 Hello, it’s Hippest Happy Hippo Hop here to make you smile!


An old SU set, stamped 2 in the background, and stamped and die cut the one in front, 
using a snippet of white and another snippet for the sentiment.
The hearts and flower die cut from another snippet.


The floor is a very useful die from Gummiapan.
Playing in the following…..







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Saturday, 12 September 2026

Take off your flip flops….

 Hi there, as summer is near its end I thought I’d share this card using SU Rolling Waves dies.


I also used a Sizzix die set for the camera and flip flops, coloured with blends.


I stamped detail (splodges 😂) on the pool party sea, and crumb cake sand,
and stamped a sentiment strip.
I’m hoping I’m not too late for the Snippets Playground #540
I used lots of scraps/snippets for the die cuts
We Love Stamping (anything goes)
Seize the Birthday #334  (add a sentiment strip)

Apologies for lack of /late comments, blogger is not updating my reading list at all 😢

Have a good weekend

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Lesley

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Saturday, 5 September 2026

Allsorts of creatures great and small

 A favourite challenge is Allsorts, and this time the theme is “all creatures great and small”.

It just so happens I’ve been using some old SU sets for some younger members of the family,

and here is one of them showing a large animal with a very small one…


I’ve used a new SU set for the frame, Tile Garden, a new embossing folder Swirls of Magic
on two tone paper, lightly sanded, and an old set Elephant Parade, all from SU.
Elephant, mouse etc lightly coloured with blends.


Challenges:
Allsorts #857 (all creatures great and small)
Sweet Stampin  (use a die cut)
MyNBUS #90  as I’ve used new EF & die set

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Lesley

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