Good Sunday morning all! I have a nice easy square card to share with you today. I started by cutting the Indonesian Background out of black card. I backed it with Papyrus card, cut the centre out and added foam to the back. I cut the smaller die in the background out of Papyrus card and added a black backing to it. I seated the frame over it, giving the centre a recessed look. I stamped my sentiment and covered it with a sticky adhesive sheet. Using the inner cutting dies from the Sumatra, I cut a black frame. I peeled the backing paper off of the sticky adhesive sheet, added the frame, then coated the exposed adhesive with Diamond Sprinkles. I seated this in the centre of the card on foam. Using the Sweet William die set, I create three different sized flowers using the water scrunch technique. I seated the largest on a thin satin ribbon bow in the lower corner. Flat back pearls were added to the corners and matching mats were used to complete the card. The finished dimensions are 7" x 7" in size. The winners of this week's Comment Game are:
Pam in Hartlepool!!!
Fluffy Cat!!!
Patricia Youdell!!!
Congratulations! Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your address and claim your prize. All for now, Sue x
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112 comments:
Beautiful card Sue, so lovely.
I'm very honoured to win the Comment game prize, thank you so much.
Donita my Apple IPad changes you to Donuts too lol.
Elaine, was Helen able to lift that whopper of a steak, Well done Andrew on eating it all. Hope you get good weather for the Barbie. Have a good time.
Cheryl, how disappointing fir you that they haven't found a reason for your pain. It took them a long time to find the Brinchectasis but after 5 years they still can't find why I still cough a lot. I hope they can help you soon, real pain is so debilitating.
Crewe Trish, I don't do heat very well, too fair skinned and freckles. Have a wonderful time with your family.
Lynda Brock, poor you, hope you feel better soon.
Sharon glad you enjoyed your meet up, lovely treat fir you both.
Hugs to all, especially our missing and poorly friends.
Oops, in my excitement, I forgot to congratulate Fluffycat and Patricia too, sorry girls, that was my senior/childish moment. Self, self self lol.
Beautiful card,love the flower. Congratulations to the winners.
Morning Sue
Love your card especially the recessed technique
Can't believe I am one of the comment game winners, so excited thank you
Pat x
Good morning Sue. Lovely card, I'm picturing it in other colours though as the papyrus just doesn't do it for me.
Congratulations to the comment game winners this week, enjoy your prizes ladies.
I'll echo Pam's comments as she puts everything so perfectly. Hugs to all. Sue xxx
Morning Sue.
A beautiful card thank you.
Congratulations to all the lucky winners, enjoy your prizes.
Take care and have fun Kitty.
lovely card. those flowers look great and that papyrus card works so well, hugs xx
Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, such a beautiful card today, got to try this one out.
Congratulations to Pam, Patricia and Fluffycat, enjoy your prizes.
Pam I am so pleased you have won a prize, you are our main support every day with your comments, so well deserved. I also reiterate all you have said above.
Well the day has arrived, I am off to a workshop with the lovely John Lockwood today, it is a surprise as to what we are doing, so looking forward to that.
Also want to wish my best craft buddy Theresa Goodwin a very happy birthday today, I know she will be popping in at some stage today to comment Sue.
Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx
Beautiful card Sue.
Congratulations to this weeks winners, Pam, Fluffycat and Patricia, enjoy your prizes.
Marion S x
Beautiful color combo and details!
Morning Sue. This is a stunning card made with beautiful cardstock. Love how you have made the little frame for the sentiment and put Diamond Sprinkles on it. I am waiting for this collection to arrive, its taking me ages to get it as its out of stock every where. Just shows you how everybody loves this collection. Congratulations to all the lucky comment winners. Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.
Best Wishes.
Denise T x
Hi Sue
Just stunning.Congratulations girls enjoy your prizes.
Jan x
GM Sue. Very chic card. Love it.
Good morning Sue,
A beautiful card that at first glance made me think that you had used gilding flakes on the background! The Papyrus colour contrasts so well with the black card. Gorgeous embellishment.
Congratulations to the winners.x
Lovely card greatcolours, congratulations to the lucky winners xx
Lovely card Sue. Great colour contrast.
Jan
Northampton
Good Morning Sue and all .. Beautiful card this morning . The black and Papyrus card work so well together. As always I love your finishing touches and the flowers are stunning you created from Sweet William dies.
Congratulations to winners. Crafty hugs to all.... Wendy
This is a really smart and elegant card Sue, really like how you did the sweet william flowers. Thank you. Xx
Morning Sue, Lovely card this morning. Can't get enough of your flower dies as they finish off a card so beautifully. Congratulations to our lucky winners. Enjoy. Hugs xx P Austen
Morning Sue,
A really pretty card those two colours work so well together.congrats to the winners .
Catherine C94 xx
Love the card today Sue. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations to the comment game winners. Nice to see they are all regulars. Maybe you're luck is changing Pam and things will improve at work now.
Thoughts and prayers to all in need.
Crafty hugs,
D xx
Great card Sue congrats winners.
Gorgeous card, striking colours & love the background.
Congrats to the winners.
Michele
Beautiful card, love the recessed technique. I never think to do that, but it always looks so effective.
Annette x
Lovely card ,striking colours
WOW What a dynamic card Sue. Just love the colours and the great dies.
Congrats to the lucky winners.
Love Val in Spain xxx
Hi Sue - a lovely card and I'm loving the Papyrus colour - so suitable with brown for a man's card. Congratulations to the three lucky winners today. Sending best wishes
YvoneMayxx
Dear Sue and Those Unified By Admiration for Sue,
I actually bought the Indonesian background Saturday at the only retailer in New England that has a few SW dies. So remarkable to decide on it and have it the same day! Then, at the second store we visited, which doesn't carry your dies, I saw a sample of the fire and ice technique using the Indonesian background! How do you think that happened? Perhaps the store owner saw your demo and was given the card at one of the trade shows in the U.S., perhaps a customer bought the die at the other store and made the sample from your blog and video instructions, or perhaps retailers were sent samples in hopes they'd carry SW dies. I've discarded my theory that someone connected with the store is a commenter and won the card in a Wednesday giveaway because it was a card that opened, not a flat piece set into multiple mats and layers with hand piercings.
Anyway, seeing fire and ice in real life changed my mind about the ice part, which granted makes everything under it rubbly, but wow! What a tactile sensation! Eye candy for the fingertips!
Well done Pam!!!
And Fluffycat and Patricia Youdell!
But, really, Pam, how long have you had to wait for the random number generator to generate the number 1?
In my imagining of how things work at Sue Wilson HQ, there's an assistant who has to 1.) generate the random number and count down the comment list to see who the winner is, 2.) do all those piercings for the samples that Sue holds up and the one she makes in the videos, 3.) cut and put mounting foam on all the parts that Sue says she did beforehand to save time in the video, 4.) make the flowers, bows and stick-pins and 5.) address, package and mail all the prizes.
Sue, if you do all this yourself, plus figure out the proportions, colors and layouts for all the samples, plus dream up new ranges, plus design new dies so they interact with each other, plus write the blog recipe, plus do the video demos, plus make appearances, whew! I'm exhausted just contemplating it.
Plus all the things we'd never imagine. And the travel. And assembling everything you need for each demo.
You deserve a raise!
(And I'm doing my best, apparently, to spend enough to make that happen!)
Enjoy your vacation, everybody who is free this week or joyfully burdened with cooking for a crowd under less-than-ideal conditions at the reunion site.
And rest easy, all who are recovering.
Love,
Donita
Good Morning Sue. Lovely card this morning Sue. These colours together are lovely. Congratulations to all the winners. Enjoy your prizes. Kind regards Ann Toppcards Leeds
Hi SUE
Another stunning card love the colours
Congratulations to the winners lucky you
JOY Xx
Hi Sue
A beautiful elegant card.
Congrats to the winners.
B xx
Lovely card Sue x xhazel
Gorgeous card, love the flowers x
Hi Sue,
A totally "Sue" card this morning and would be very quick and easy to make up - the longest part would probably be waiting for those fabulous scrunched flowers to dry!
Congratulations to all the Comment Game winners...
and MURIEL KELLY - have a wonderful time on your US Adventure, you sound so excited already...
Izzy
Love how the card just pops. Fab.
Well done to the winners this week xx
Love the colour combination you have used here, Sue.
Anne (Northampton)
Morning Sue, I love this card it is just beautiful. well done to the comment game winners. Have a fab day all. Bx
Hi Sue
What a gorgeous card today, the sweet William flowers look so gorgeous against the beautiful colours and dies. A real classic today. Thank you for sharing.
Love Diane G xxx
Pam what a treat to be chosen, enjoy your gift. Echoing your comments today xxxx
Congratulations to all the lucky winners xxxx
June you are having a perfect weekend, enjoy xxx
Donita enjoy spending your cash, yes seeing the techniques in real life is an eye opener xxx
Hello Sue
Your card today is gorgeous especially as you have used one of my favourite dies!
I love your choice of colours and those lovely scrunched Sweet Williams.
Have a good day!
Lesley S x
Hi asue
Once again a stunner.
Regards
Heather R Oxfordshire
Beautiful card, though would prefer some other colour than black.
Hugs Helen x
A stunning card today sue love the dies and the colours are so pretty as are the lovely flowers I going to try this one for a special lady
Congrats ladies on your win enjoy !!!!!!
Love June horrocks xxxxxxxxxx
Morning Sue
Gorgeous card,love the way you have done the flowers,
Congratulations to Pam & the other winners,have fun with your prizes,
Best wishes
Karen M
Hello Sue
Love the card today and a square too not the usual shape!
Well done Pam, Patricia and Fluffycat enjoy your prizes!
love marg
Hi Sue
Lovely card. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations to Pam and the other two winners.
Have a great day everyone.
Hugs.
Morning Sue,
A gorgeous card, I love the square background dies, and this one I have, used it such a lot.
To the winners enjoy your prize.
Lydia
X
Beautiful card Sue. Congratulations to the lucky winners.
Morning Sue. A lovely card today. I love the flowers, they always finish a card off perfectly. Congratulations to the winners, Pam this could be an upward turn for you , your employers could see reason etc. !!!!!!!!
Love Rosemarie X X
Hello Sue
Just love your square cards this is a beauty.just a quick comment congratulations to all the comment winners especially Pam.Enjoy your Sunday everyone and hugs to all.
Good morning Sue,
Another lovely card that would also be ideal for men minus the flowers. Congratulations to all the lucky winners. Yvonne xx
hi Sue
A lovely card i love the dies and layers .
Congratulations to Pam, Fluffy cat and Patricia Youdel on winning the comment game.
Pam haha these senior moments are catching ,
June lucky you ,enjoy your day with John Lockwood , and a happy birthday to Theresa.
Donita Donuts , i like this name , i got the ActiFry cooks Johns chips beautifully with just 1 teaspoon of oil , very healthy way to cook.
Lyndas Crafts ,hope you feel better today hun. xx
Muriel enjoy your US Adventure xx
It took Andrew nearly an hour to eat his steak he tells me but he did finish it , he is in charge of the BBQ this afternoon , i do hope the rain stays away for us.
Big hugs to all
Elaine H X
CreweTrish , enjoy the Hot while you can , we had rain and a lot cooler here .
Good morning Sue, lovely card today.
Congratulations to Pam at last : ) also to Patricia and Fluffy cat!!! Enjoy!!!
Have a good one!!!
Loopy Lyndaxxx
Very nice dynamic card, lovely dies.
Congratulations to all the comment winners.
Lovely card. Congratulations to the winners
Doreen R
Stunning card!
Congratulations to the comment game winners.
Rosemary xx
Hi Sue, a beautiful card. Lots of intricate delicate detail. Congratulations to the lucky winners.
Hi Sue, Beautiful card . love Jean Z xxx
Beautiful card Sue. Love the colour, it's so elegant. Love the crumpled flower.
Annie P
XXX
Hi Sue
Stunning card, I love the Indonesian background and the flowers you've made with the sweet William dies are fabulous
Congratulations Pam, Frances and Patricia enjoy your comment game prizes
Happy birthday Theresa G
Love and hugs to everyone
Pat
That's a lovely card and I really like the colours. The sweet william flowers are so pretty.
Hi Sue and everyone.
Sorry did not comment yesterday, the old depression returned with avengence.
Still bad today.
Sue loved the gingerbread card, lovely for children to make and receive.
Sorry am not liking today's card, think it is the black again but love the flowers .
Donita so as you son the Wednesday giveaway it was a beautiful card enjoy and enjoy your windfall.Sending love and hugs
Elaine glad Andrew is feeling better. I pray the sun shines for you all have a great time, love and hugs to you all
Congratulations to the giveaway winners.
Pam you must be delighted, hope you are having a relaxing holiday. Love and hugs
Crewe Trish hope you too are having a lovely holiday, love and hugs to you also.
Take special care everyone xxxxxxxxxxx
WOW Sue,
that's a beautiful card - I love the dies used - weakening with the Sweet Williams. I was sitting on my hands because I already have a lot of your flowers but they're all different, and this die is no exception.........
Colour combo is also very elegant.
Hugs, Rose
What a smart card! xxxxx
a lovely card Sue ,great colours ,Laura O
Hi Sue
A very beautiful card, love the Sweet William flowers, I use that die set a great deal
Congratulations to the comment winners... enjoy!
June x
Lovely design, colour a little too dark for me, but lovely
Vie
x
To My Wonderful Dear Friend Sue,
Today's Card Is My Kind Of Card, The Colour Palette Is Just So
Extravagant, So Extremely Exquisite, Rich, Opulent, Also Extremely Luxurious Quite Striking Together.
I Love The Products Used As I'm Extremely Lucky To Have These Particular Dies Sets
I Purchased The Indonesian Background As Soon As It Became Available As It's Square I Love To
Make Square Cards Normally 7 x 7 Or 8 x 8.
Products Used In Today's Card:-
"Creative Expression Coconut White/Papyrus/Black Foundation Card"
"Creative Expression White/Black Flat Backed Pearls"
"Creative Expression White Thin Satin Ribbon" For The Bow
"Creative Expression Sticky Adhesive Sheet"
"Creative Expression Cosmic Shimmer Specialists Acrylic Glue" My All Time Favourite Glue
"Creative Expression Mounting Foam"
"Creative Expression Diamond Sprinkles"
"Rangers Jet Black Archival Ink" Used For Stamping Sentiment
"Sentiment Missing You"
Star's In Today's Card:-
"Sue Wilson's Indonesian Background Cutting Dies" Quite Exceptional
"Sue Wilson's Sumatra Cutting Dies" Indonesian Collection
"Sue Wilson's Sweet William Cutting Dies" Finishing Touches Collection
Sue, You Started Today's Exceptional Card By Cutting The Indonesian Background Die Out Of Black Card
You Backed This With Papyrus Card Using Cosmic Acrylic Glue, Then You Cut Out The Centre, You Then Added
Mounting Foam To The Back.
Sue, You Cut Out The Smaller Die In The Background Out Of Papyrus Card, Then Added Black Card To The Back
You Placed The Frame Over This Giving The Centre A Recessed Look.
Then Attached To Your Coconut White Card With Your Famous/Signature/Piercing, Using Mounting Foam
Then Sue, You Added A Thin Mat/Layer Of Papyrus/Black/Coconut White Foundation Card, Attaching With
Acrylic Glue.
Sue, You Stamped Your Sentiment Missing You With Black Archival Ink, You Covered With A Small Piece
Of Sticky Adhesive Sheet, You Used The Inner Cutting Dies From The Sumatra Die Set, Where You Created A
Black Card Frame, Then You Peeled Away The Backing From The Adhesive Sheet You Placed Your Black Frame
Over Your Sentiment, Then Coated The Exposed Area Of The Sentiment With Diamond Sprinkles Just Stupendous
Sue, You Placed This Into The Centre Of Your Luxurious Card Using Mounting Foam.
You Then Created Your Exquisite Flowers Using The Sweet Williams Die Set, You Created Three Different Sizes Using
The Water Scrunched Technique You Added Black Flat Back Pearls In The Centre Of Your Flowers, It Also looks like
You've Added A Touch Of Distress Ink/Colour Cloud (I'm Not Sure) You Placed Your Largest Flower On A Thin
White Satin Ribbon Bow Which You Placed In Lower Corner, You Added White Flat Backed Pearls To The Corners Of
Your Indonesian Background.
Hey Presto!! We Have A Truly Tremendous Magnificent Masterpiece Thank You So Very Much For Sharing,
Thank You For The Daily Inspiration I For One Truly Appreciate Everything You Do.
I'm Thrilled To Say I Received My Beautiful Stamps From Phill Martin Yesterday That Match Your Tremendous
2017 Christmas Dies, They Work Extremely Well With Your Superb Cutting Dies, The Twinkle Star Frame,
The Noelle, The Stitched Snowflake Striplet.
Sue, Take Great Care
Wonderful Warm Fond Wishes To Colin Also Heather
Sue Lots Of Love Also Huge Hugs 🤗
Love From Sam xxx
Congratulations 👏 To Pam, Fluffycat, Patricia Youdel, For Being This Weeks Comment Winners Enjoy......
Lovely card. I do like the black/papyrus combination.
Teresa
Hi Sue, love the colour combination you have used today and also the flowers.
Lisbeth
What a beautiful die set, wasn't on my list but seeing this lovely card it has gone to the top of the list as I make a lot of square cards. Ideal for a mans card minus your beautiful flowers & ribbon. Thank you Sue!
Congratulations to the comment winners!
What a lovely card!
Good afternoon Sue and everyone
Well I do so like the card today that colour combination is gorgeous works so so well your crafty inspiration is never ending
Thank you June and everyone for your birthday wishes They are much appreciated June enjoy your workshop with the great man xx
I keep saying that I have stopped having them. Lol
Pam nice to see your name in the comments game winners. Enjoy your prize I bet you were surprised this morning
Well as I am going out in a bit I better get my backside in gear and get changed
Hugs to all that need one
Take care folks
Theresa G xx
Lovely card Sue. Thank you. Don't have those dies yet.... Happy Birthday Theresa. Have a lovely day. Congratulations to the comment winners especially Pam. You deserve it. Enjoy! Elaine hope the weather doesn't spoil the barbecue. I am going to a 50th birthday and it keeps raining here. Echoing Pam's comments.
Very pretty I love black/gold (papyrus) colour way
gorgeous and fantastic design Sue
Gr Karin
The Indonesian dies do an awesome job on this card. I love the scrunched flowers also. Beautiful as always.
Have a wonderful Sunday, all. We have a great morning here...cooler, low humidity and the air is fresh. Sorry for the weather report but it is unusual here for the end of July.
Stephanie K
SC/USA
An exceptional card design. I think the recessed look compared to the built-up design is my favorite.
Congratulations to this week's comment game winners!
Sue, you may say this is an easy card but it looks like it took hours to create! Absolutely breathtaking! TFS!
Hello Sue.
Lovely Card. The Indonesian background die is one of my favourites especially in black. Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes
Sorry I forgot.
Congratulations Pam in Hartlepool, Fluffy Cat and Patricia Youdell.
Hi Sue
The card is lovely. I think that it would look just as good. in
different colours as I dislike black.
Regards,
Evis M.
Sue this maybe easy but it is gorgeous.
I love the colour combo and those beautiful flowers are amazing.
And the end result, a very pretty card, you may think it is easy but still takes some doing....thank you Sue....luv Ursula xx
Hi Sue, I love today's design with the papyrus card, Indonesian background and lovely Sweet William flowers but you will already know that there is a bit too much black for me, so sorry.
Congratulations to Pam (lovely start to your holiday) and Patricia on being my fellow comment game winners, enjoy playing with your prizes. I cannot believe I have been selected again and feel extremely lucky and grateful, thank you all for your good wishes.
Theresa G - Happy Birthday, I hope you are having a lovely day.
Frances
Really lovely card. I love the colour combination. X
Another gorgeous card and can easily have the sentiment change making it so versatile... In these colours it is also quite masculine....beautiful...
Congrats the winners
Hi Sue, a great card for us today and one that we can use for our male friends which is always a bonus.
Wendyx
Hi Sue
Love today's card it's gorgeous you could easily change the sentiments &I use it for any ocation.
Love & Hug's Lynda Brock xx
Hi Sue,
Love the card but not too sure on the colours. The flowers are gorgeous though.
Congratulations to the lucky winners especially Pam - enjoy your prizes xx
Love and hugs to all, Alison xxx
Sorry I forgot to congratulate the winners enjoy your prize xx
Beautiful card!
Lovely colours :))
This is so gorgeous really lovely colours.xx
Love the colours on this card Great layout too. Thank you Sue/
.
Beautiful colour combination.
Congratulations to the winners
Luv
Karen xx
Congrats to the winners.
A lovely card today Sue.
Congrats to the winners.
A lovely card today Sue.
Hi Sue and everyone.
Gorgeous card and quite pretty colours together which sorry
to say have to grow on me a bit or it's probably my laptop.
Congrats to all the winners this week, Pam, Patricia and Frances.
You lucky ladies :-)
Sending hugs to all of you and especially to my friends,
my new 'real' friend Sharon Casey, it was lovely to meet you !
and to anyone poorly who need some extra, wish you better !
Maria x
Hello Sue,
Today's card ticks all the boxes! I love this one.
Congratulations to Pam, Frances and Patricia! Well done . Enjoy!
Muriel - you did sound excited- I hope you have a great time in the US. I'm sure you will.
Love to everyone,
Special thanks to you Sue!
Love Myra ( Friend of Maureen!) xx
Hi Sue,
Beautiful card, love the dies you have used and the colour is beautiful. The Sweet William flowers are lovely.
Cheers,
Di B. x
Tasmania.
Really lovely
Hi Sue Beautiful card the Indonesian background is lovely
Congratulations to Pam, Frances and Patricia enjoy your prizes
Sending good wishes to all
Beautiful card Sue. Love the Indonesian Background especially as its square. The sweet William flowers are amazing.
Congratulations to Pam, Patricia and Frances. Xx
Hi Sue,
Beautiful card.
It is so elegant a real statement card. I love it.
Hugs Brenda xxx
Very elegant card, just beauful! xx
This is gorgeous! The scrunched flowers are a perfectly beautiful addition.
Hello Sue and all
Lovely square card and the papyrus looks so good with the black and white.
Congratulations to our 3 winners this week, lovely to see such recognisable names there. Enjoy your prizes.
Hugs
Muriel x
Lovely design. I'm sure this would work well with other colour combinations as there is a bit too much black for me. The scrunched flowers are gorgeous.
Congratulations to Pam, Fluffycat and Patricia. Enjoy your prizes.
Theresa, hope you enjoyed your birthday.
Take care everyone.
Hi Sue
I came on to your blog and forgot to comment oops! It's a lovely card I love the scrunched flowers!
Congratulations to the winners!
Hugs x
Heather T
Another lovely card Sue. Congratulations to the comment winners.
Hard to believe that we are in the last day of July and that the Fall is just around the corner.
I don't have any of the dies that Sue has used today and have already had my annual outing to 'Inspirations' in Preston. I will be buying all my new dies on line now until next year.
Love to all.
Marie.
Love your color choice for this card, it makes it look so feminine.
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