Happy Birthday To A "Reel"y Cool Guy

Hi bloggers!  To start today's card, I cut a piece of brown card.  I used the Rope Net Stencil and taped it over the card and inked through it with Walnut Stain distress ink.  Next I cut the Fishing Vest die out of taupe card.  I cut it again out of tan card and nipped away the pockets and glued them to the taupe die cut. I also cut it a second time in tan to make the vest actually open on the card.  I cut the lures in white and coloured them with markers and put them in the pockets of the vest.  I cut the fishing hat in tan card and inked the edges with walnut stain.  I cut the Fishing Frame with a small piece of white card over the fishing net and a small piece of tan card over the fishing basket.  I trimmed them away from the frame and added them to the card.  I used a red marker on the handle of the fishing net.  I added some fish to the fishing basket that I coloured with markers/  I cut the Happy Birthday sentiment from the frame in black and glued it to a piece of taupe card that I cut with the Postage stamp dies.  I taped it to the card on an angle.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.   The finished dimensions are 

6 3/4"  x  7 3/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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You Are One Of My Favourite Peeps

Hello crafters!  I used one of the Shadowbox dies as the base for today's card.  I cut the Celebration Shadowbox out of white card and added mounting foam to the back.  I cut a piece of arctic blue card and attached the shadow box frame to it.  In the largest section, I cut the Chocolate Bunny die in white, added a purple bow and pink ears and tail.  I cut the basket from the Easter Essentials and filled it with eggs.  I added the basket next to the bunny and used some grass for them both to sit on.  I cut the chicks and bunny from the Easter Friends die set and stacked them in the section next door to the chocolate bunny.  I used one of the flowers from the Chunky Blossoms in the top corner and the You are one of my favourite peeps in the upper right corner.  I cut a purple frame using the Double Stitched Squares and added it around the shadowbox.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 8 1/4"  x  8 1/4"  in size.  All for now. Sue x
 

                                                                              

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More Trivia Fun

 Happy Sunday crafters!  Are you ready for more trivia questions today?  I hope so!  Here are the twenty questions for this Sunday!

1. What is the highest mountain in Africa called?

2. What country is the oldest continuous republic in the world?

3. What type of pasta means "little tongues" in Italian?

4. Which dog breed is considered to have the best sense of smell?

5. What famous actress died in a car accident in Monaco in 1982?

6. In which city is the largest art festival in the world held?

7. What was the best selling album by AC/DC called?

8. Which European capital stands on the island of Zealand?

9. In which modern day country was Nicola Tesla born?

10. What month is the Pulitzer Prize awarded each year?

11. What animal makes up the head of a minotaur?

12. In the movie Back To The Future, what speed did the DeLorean need to reach in order to travel in time?

13. How deep is a fathom in feet?

14. What type of fruit is Grenadine made from?

15. What is the common abbreviation for Trinitrotoluene?

16. What was Marilyn Monroe's originally hair colour?

17. What was the name of the container ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal in March 2021?

18. What are the group of men that elect the Pope called?

19. What is the deepest known point in the ocean?

20. Frankenstein is a novel by which author?

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Answers:

1. Mt. Kilimanjaro

2. San Marino

3. Linguine

4. Bloodhounds

5. Grace Kelly

6. Edinburgh

7. Back In Black

8. Copenhagen

9. Croatia

10. May

11. Bull

12. 88 MPH

13. 6 feet

14. Pomegranate

15. TNT

16. Red

17. The Ever Given

18. The College of Cardinals

19. Mariana Trench (more specifically the Challenger Deep)

20. Mary Shelley

How did we all do on this one today?  Any better?  Let me know your score in the comments.  I will return to posting cards tomorrow.  Thank you for indulging me again!  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

 Hello bloggers!  I am so glad that you have been enjoying the trivia.  Here are the questions for today's post!

1. What city was the Eiffel Tower supposed to be given to instead of the US?

2. Which artist released the song Uptown Funk with Bruno Mars?

3. How many miles from shore do international waters start?

4. What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet called?

5. The silkworm feeds on leaves from which type of tree?

6. What is the only x-rated movie to ever win an Academy Award for Best Picture?

7. What colour is the black box on airplanes?

8. What was the first ever vaccine developed for?

9. What is another name for Honey wine?

10. What was the former name of the country now known as Zimbabwe?

11. On which Mediterranean island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?

12. Who wrote the book "The Handmaid's Tale"?

13. The artist Paul Gaugin moved from France to which South Pacific island in 1891?

14. What musical instrument is nicknamed a "squeezebox"?

15.  What is a baby kangaroo called?

16. In 2010, Lady Gaga turned heads at the MTV Music Awards by wearing a dress made of what?

17. What is the name of the ship that Darwin took on his voyage?

18. Which French King was known as the Sun King?

19. Which well known painter is famous for the mural "Guernica"?

20. Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?

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Here are the answers:

1. Barcelona

2. Mark Ronson

3. 24 miles

4. Omega

5. The Mulberry tree

6. Midnight Cowboy

7. Orange

8. Smallpox

9. Meade

10. Rhodesia

11.Corsica

12. Margaret Atwood

13.Tahiti

14. the Accordion

15. A Joey

16. Meat

17. HMS Beagle

18. Louis XIV

19. Pablo Picasso

20. Ethiopia

Okay, how did everyone do this week?  Any better?  Let me know how you did this time around.  Put your scores into the comments and any trivia questions you may have for me too!  I will be back with more trivia tomorrow.  All for now, Sue x

Happy Easter

Hi there my crafty friends!  I started today's card by cutting the Noble Looped Squares in white to use as the base for my card.  I cut a smaller one and added it to the middle of the card with mounting foam.  I cut some grass using an older die and ran it along the bottom of the smaller Looped Squares.  I cut the Chocolate Bunny die in white and added a purple bow, and pink tail and ears.  I cut the basket from the Easter Essentials an filled it with eggs.  On the sides, I used the Chunky Blossoms and cut three for each side as accents.  I used the Happy Easter shadowed sentiment at the top of the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2"  x  7 1/2"  in size. 

The winner of the Easter/Spring die release launch is.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Barbara Gosden!!!

Congratulations!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your postal address and claim your winnings!  All for now, Sue x

 

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Will You Be My Valentine

Hello bloggers!  This card was created by using several of the leftover parts from other cards!  I used the Heart Background die and used all the fallaway pieces for other cards and I kept the backgrounds from them.  I used some ruby red, sherbet, lilac and amethyst card that were leftover and I slightly offset all the backgrounds to show a sliver of each colour.  I glued them all together like that, then added them to a piece of white card with a sticky adhesive sheet applied to it.  Once they were in place, I coated the remaining sticky areas with Diamond White glitter.  I cut a sentiment from the Love Wordie sheets and added it with mounting foam across the cars.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6"  x 7 1/2"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

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Happy Spring

Hello crafters!  I have a quick and easy card to share today!  I started with a piece of Silver sparkle alcohol ink card to use for the background.  I used several alcohol inks on it including raspberry, citrus, sailboat blue and sunset orange in diagonal lines across the card.  Next I cut the Stained Glass Rectangles in white and added a black backing piece.  I cut the Happy Spring die out of both gloss white card and black card.  I shadowed all the letters with the black card, then added them with mounting foam to the middle of the card.  The card was completed with white and black mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/4"  x  8 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

                                                                              

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Thinking Of You

Hello bloggers!  I still have more window cards to share so here is another one for today's offering.  I cut a piece of the purple striped paper from the Dots 'N Stripes Paper pad.  I taped it to a piece of white card to give it more thickness.  Next I cut the Window die with two pieces of white card.  The bottom piece of white card gave me an embossed impression of the window to use for my scene.  I cut the tree from the Swing Tree set and added several bunches of greenery to it.  I cut the tire and made a swing.  I added a nest with eggs to the tree and a squirrel at the base.  I cut the birdhouse from the Garden Accessories and a tuft of grass and added it next to the tree.  In the sky, I cut two clouds and a flying bird.  I added mounting foam to the back of the window die and added it over the top of my scene.  I cut the cat in grey and added him to the window sill.  I used the Thinking of You shadowed sentiment cut in black and added to a white shadow backing die.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4"  x  8 3/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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Easter Friends

Hello bloggers and welcome to the final post of this launch.  This post is dedicated to showcasing the Easter Friends die set.  This set has five dies in it with three chicks and two bunnies.  They are all really cute with a sort of whimsical style to them!  I showed a card earlier in the launch with the chicks, but here is one showing one of the bunnies from the set.  If this one is calling your name, don't forget to pop a comment on this post so you can be entered into the drawing.  I would love to know if you have a favourite set from the release too.  We have come to the end of the launch now and I hope that you have had as much fun as I have bringing it to you!  All for now, Sue x
 

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