Peace

Hello bloggers!  I have a clean and simple snowflake card to share with you today.  I started by making a couple of pieces of Enchanted Sprinkles card to use.  I used the Stormy Skies and the Tidal Teal together and sprinkled them rather heavily onto a piece of white card.  Once dry, I ended up liking the back of the card so I decided to cut my Timeless Winter Snowflake die from the back side of the card.  I glued the snowflakes randomly all over the card and then trimmed away the excess from those snowflakes that went off the edges of the card.  I cut the Peace sentiment out of both gloss white and black card.  I shadowed the white die cut with the black die cut, then added it to a white shadow backing piece.  I added it to the card with mounting foam.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2"  x  8 3/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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More Fun Trivia

 Hello crafters!  Welcome to weekend trivia.  I have twenty questions that are a mix of all kinds of general knowledge for you today.  Here are your questions:

1. What is the smallest sovereign state of the western hemisphere called?

2. What is the tiny, pointy tip at the bottom of a diamond called?

3. What is the name for a labourer who loads and unloads ships in a port?

4. Who was the lesser known brother of the renowned authors Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte?

5. Which two seas does the Suez Canal connect?

6. Which term refers to the eye sockets of the skull?

7. Which institution famously holds the copyright to J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan"?

8. Which King was on the English throne during the Gunpowder Plot?

9. Which 1969 western won a record nine BAFTAS?

10. Which ancient wonder stood at the island of Pharos?

11. Which scientist developed the theory of electromagnetic induction?

12. What was the only Hitchcock film to ever win the Oscar for Best Picture?

13. Where was the ancient city of Babylon located?

14. Between which two place does the shortest commercial flight operate?

15. What does the number four represent in Japanese culture?

16. What is the highest number on a roulette wheel?

17. Which year did Microsoft start?

18. Which video game company originally created the character Sonic the Hedgehog?

19. Which British liner transported thousands of child evacuees to Canada during WWII?

20. What does the Roman numeral "L" equate to?

1. St.Kitts/Nevis

2. Culet

3. Stevedore

4. Patrick Branwell Bronte (but he went by Branwell)

5. Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

6. Orbital

7. Great Ormond Street Hospital

8. James I

9. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

10. The Lighthouse at Alexandria

11. Michael Faraday

12. Rebecca 

13. Iraq

14. Westray and Papa Westray (In Scotland's Orkney Islands)

15. Bad luck

16. 36

17. 1975

18. Sega

19. RMS Queen Mary

20. 50

How did everyone do with today's trivia?  I know some of the questions were a bit more obscure, but there were some easier ones too.  Feel free to leave me any questions you might have, I love a good trivia question!  All for now. Sue x

Fun Trivia

Hello there my fellow crafters and trivia fans!  It's time for another episode of fun trivia!  I have some great questions for you this weekend too.  Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:

1. Somnambulism is a fancy medical word for which sleep disorder?

2. What one on one sport was illegal in the US before 1896?

3. Which type of crab is utilised for its blue blood to test medicine and treatments?

4. What is Cliff Richard's birth name?

5. Which sea creature has the longest gestational brooding period?

6. Which controversial early 90's video game led to the US government establishing game ratings?

7. Which city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games the most times?

8. In which country was the term "barista" popularized?

9. What was the first animated feature film to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars?

10. What is the button at the top of a baseball hat called?

11. What song by Stevie Wonder celebrates the birth of his daughter?

12. Carl Sagan hosted a thirteen part television series called what?

13. What is the only Disney title character that does not speak?

14. Which two South American countries share Iguazu Falls?

15. Which famous musician once worked as a baggage handler at Heathrow Airport?

16. Which Eric Idle musical is based on the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"?

17. What is the only island in the world that is shared by three different countries?

18. What type of tree loses all its leaves annually?

19. Cher's 1998 hit single "Believe" popularized what new type of audio technology?

20. What is rap superstar Jay-Z's birth name?

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1. Sleepwalking

2. Boxing (Specifically bare knuckle boxing)

3. Horseshoe Crab

4. Harry Rodger Webb

5. Deep Sea Octopus

6. Mortal Kombat

7. London

8. Italy

9. Beauty and the Beast

10. Squatchee

11. Isn't She Lovely

12. Cosmos

13. Dumbo

14. Argentina and Brazil

15. Freddie Mercury

16. Spamalot

17. Borneo

18. Deciduous trees

19. Auto-tune

20. Shawn Corey Carter

Should I say Congratulations for getting all of the questions correct?  I hope so!  If not, I hoped you learned some interesting things!  Don't forget you can always leave questions for me to try to answer too!  There is still tomorrow's trivia too, hope to see you back here then!  All for now, Sue x

Hope Your Day is Full of Sunshine

Hello bloggers!  I cut a piece of white card and embossed it with the Tidal Sands embossing folder.  Next, I inked a strip of white card with Sailboat Blue distress ink and lightly wiped the edge of a white pigment ink pad across it.  I glued it to the bottom of the card.  I hand cut a piece of milk card for the sand and glued it to the bottom of the blue strip.  I cut the umbrella and beach towel from the Beach Accessories die set out of white and red card.  I cut the segments on the umbrella and the towel out of the red card and glued it to the white die cuts.  I cut the Beach Bather with the polka dotted swimsuit out of milk card.  I coloured the swimsuit with markers and cut the hat from red card and added the centre of the hat with mounting foam to raise it.  I say her on the beach towel and cut the beach bag and coloured it to go next to her.  I added a sand castle too.  I cut the plane in red and the banner in white and glued them together.  I used a fine tipped black felt tipped pen to go over the debossed sentiment on the banner.  I added the plane to the sky with a couple of white clouds.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/4"  x  7 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

 

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Merry Christmas

Hello there my crafty friends!  I cut a piece of white card and embossed it with the Ice Crystals embossing folder.  Next, I cut the Holly Wreath Octagon die with all the pieces in white.  I added a red octagon behind the middle section.  I cut the wreath centre section two more times, once in green and once in red.  I used the fallaway piece to paper piece back into the die.  I cover a piece of white card with a sticky adhesive sheet and cut the outer shadow die.  I peeled the backing off and glittered it with Diamond White glitter, then added it behind the die and taped it to the embossed background.  I used the Merry Christmas die which I glittered in red and added a black shadow backing to it before gluing it under the wreath.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  9 1/4"  in size.  All for now. Sue x

 

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Peace

Hi bloggers!  This is a clean and simple card in that it only uses two dies and some Pixie Powders.  I actually made the background that I used for this card ages ago during one of my Pixie Powder making sessions.  I started with black card and used Teal Wash, Midnight Blue, Rich Gold and Purple Violet.  I cut the Vintage Crystal Snowflake out of both black gloss card and white card.  I used the white die cut as an offset shadow behind the black gloss die cut.  I cut it down the middle and glued one half to the lower right side and the other to the top left side of the card.  Next, I cut the Peace sentiment in black gloss card and then added it to a shadow backing which I cut in white.  I added the sentiment to the middle of the card with mounting foam.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x 8 3/4"  in size.  All for now,  Sue x
 

                                                                                  

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To A Dear Friend

Hello crafters!  I started this card by embossing a piece of white card with the Padded Quilt embossing folder.  Next I used Jamie's Postage Stamp Octagons and cut a larger black one and then a slightly smaller Periwinkle one.  I used mounting foam to put them together and then I added a white backing to them and glued them to the embossed background.  I cut the Daisy Cluster with a piece of black card on top of a piece of white card.  I used the bottom white piece to colour the embossed image with markers, then I glued the black die cut on top of it.  I added it to the bottom of the octagon frames with mounting foam.  I added black micro beads to the centres of the daisies in the cluster.   I cut the To A Dear Friend sentiment in black and glued it to the top inside of the frames.  I added small pearls to the embossed background.  The card was completed with white, black and periwinkle mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6" x  6"  in size.  All for now Sue x

 

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Merry Christmas

Hello crafters!  As promised, here is one of the samples I made for the new Christmas release.  I started by laying the Blast stencil down on a piece of card with a sticky adhesive sheet added to it.  I used Copper Teal Gilding flakes through the stencil using a rubit scrubit pad.  I removed the stencil and used Black Onyx glitter on the remaining sticky areas.  I cut the Christmas Angel 2026 out of milk card.  I cut it a second time out of black gloss card.  I cut away the dress portion on the black die cut and glued it to the one cut from milk coloured card.  I coloured the hair and skin with pencils, then glued the dress onto it.  I added some fluffy stuff and heated it to the bottom of her dress.  I cut the wings out of white card and glued them to the angel then added her with mounting foam to the middle of the card.  I cut the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Festive Wordie Sheets and added it with mounting foam to the card.  The card was completed with white and black card mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2"  x  7 1/2" in size.  All for now. Sue x

 

                                                                                   

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More Fun Trivia

Hello bloggers!  Welcome to the Sunday version of the trivia today.  I hope you will like today's questions.  Her are your twenty questions for today:

1. Who was the first American man to appear on the cover of "Vogue"?

2. What is the only organization to win the Nobel Peace Prize on three separate occasions?

3. What was the highest grossing video game in its first 24 hours?

4. Which Roman god has two faces and looks to the past an the future?

5. Which planet rotates on its side?

6. What is the largest species of shark?

7. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

8. Which famous ship disappeared in 1872 with no one aboard?

9. Which artist painted "The Night Watch"?

10. Which US state is known as "The Last Frontier"?

11. Which country is home to Mount Kilimanjaro?

12. What is the world's tallest species of grass?

13. What is the largest freshwater lake by surface area?

14. Which country is known as the "Land of Fire and Ice"?

15. Which explorer reached India by sea in 1498?

16. What is the world's largest species of deer?

17. Which composer wrote "The Four Seasons"?

18. Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?

19. Which sea creature has three hearts?

20. Which famous US monument is carved into the Black Hills?

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Answers:

1. Richard Gere

2. The International Committee of the Red Cross

3. Grand Theft Auto

4. Janus

5. Uranus

6. Whale Shark

7. Canada

8. The Mary Celeste

9. Rembrandt

10. Alaska

11. Tanzania

12. Bamboo

13. Lake Superior

14. Iceland

15.Vasco da Gama

16. Moose

17. Antonio Vivaldi

18. Lesotho

19. Octopus

20. Mount Rushmore

Are congratulations in order?   How did everyone do with today's questions?  Please drop me a comment and let me know how you scored today.  Back to posting cards tomorrow.  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

Hello crafters!  We are back to more trivia this weekend.  I have a nice mix of questions for you too.  I hope you like them and learn something too.  Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:  

1. The terms "recto" and "verso" are primarily used in which skillset?

2. Which book held the record for over two years for the longest time spent on the New York Times best Seller list in 2003?

3. Which word is used in the Phonetic alphabet for the letter "J"?

4. Which Czech author wrote a classic story about a man turning into a giant insect?

5. What does the term "YOLO" mean?

6. What is the fastest land snake in the world?

7. Eddie Redmayne portrayed which theoretical physicist in the film "The Theory of Everything"?

8. Which great ape is the Earth's largest tree-dwelling animal?

9. What were the names of the two sister ships of the Titanic?

10. Which car brand logo features a trident?

11. Which creature holds the record for the highest jump relative to its body size?

12. Who is Sasha Fierce the alter ego of?

13. Who was the original lead singer of Genesis before Phil Collins

14. What was the only horse to win the Grand National three times?

15. Where in the world is it illegal to step on currency?

16. Due to a lack of available tiles, which word can never be played in a game of Scrabble?

17. What is the collective noun for a group of alligators?

18. What date is considered Pi day?

19. What was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?

20. What is the largest island in Canada?

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Answers: 

1. Bookbinding

2. The Da Vinci Code

3. Juliette

4. Franz Kafka

5. You Only Live Once

6. Black Mamba

7. Stephen Hawking

8. Orangutan

9. Britannic and Olympic

10. Maserati

11. Flea

12. Beyonce

13. Peter Gabriel

14. Red Rum

15. Thailand

16. Pizzazz

17. Congregation

18. March 14

19. Lewis Carroll

20. Baffin Island

That wasn't too hard, right?  How did everyone do today, let me know in the comments.  If you have any questions for me, please feel free to leave them in the comments as well.  All for now. Sue x

Heartfelt Thanks

Hello there my crafty friends!  For today's card, I started by cutting a piece of amethyst card for the background.  I used an old Creative Expressions stamp that looks like cracked glass  and stamped it all over the background using a black ink pad.  Next, I cut the Elegant Floral die with two pieces of white card.  I used the bottom card (that just embossed the design into it) and coloured the design with markers.  Once coloured, I glued the other white die cut card on top.  I added it to the background with mounting foam.  I cut the Heartfelt Thanks sentiment in black and glued it to the top of the die cut.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/4"  x  8"  in size.  

As promised, the winner of the Christmas Die release is..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Sued99!!!

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

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