Always & Forever

Hello my crafty friends!   For today's card, I selected a piece of custard card to use for the background.  I embossed it with the Tidal Sands embossing folder.  Next, I cut a wide oval out of white card using Jamie's Fluted Ovals.  I added mounting foam to the back of it and added it to the middle of the background.  I cut the Rose Cluster with a piece of black card on top of a piece of white card.  I used the white card to colour the flowers yellow.  I covered the flowers with a piece of sticky adhesive sheet. I glued the black die cut on top.   I cut the die one more time out of green card then paper pieced the leaves in place.  Then I sprinkled Diamond White glitter over the flowers and hand cut any left over bits of the adhesive sheet.  I added the Rose Cluster to the bottom of the oval frame.  I cut the Always & Forever sentiment in black and glued it to the inside of the frame.  I cut the corner from the Elegant Lace Edger in black and glued them into the top two corners as accents.  The card was completed with white and black mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 8"  x  9"  in size.

Now for what we have been waiting patiently for!  The winner of the Floral Collection is ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Crafty Sunflower aka Liz Cavill!!!

Congratulations!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your postal address and claim your prize!

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More Trivia Fun

  Good morning bloggers! Are you ready for Sunday's trivia?  I hope so!  Here are your next set of twenty questions with the answers at the bottom of the post.  Best of luck!

1. What is the longest river in the world?

2. Which animal can never walk forward?

3. What is the largest type of tiger on Earth?

4. What year was the European Union established?

5. What is the medical term for gum inflammation called?

6. Which organ in the body produces insulin?

7. What was the name of the first computer programmer?

8. Which metal has the highest electrical conductivity?

9. What is the term for animals that can survive on both land and in water?

10. Which European city is divided by the Danube River?

11. Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?

12. What was the former name of the county of Thailand?

13. What is the name for a triangle where all the sides are different lengths?

14. Who was the first King of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible?

15. What is the vertical grooved area between your mouth and nose called?

16. Port wine comes from the Douro Valley in which county?

17. What were the names of the two rival gangs in West Side Story?

18. What mineral is known as Fool's Gold?

19. How many stripes on the US flag?

20. How many countries share a border with Germany?

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Here are the answer:

1.The Nile

2. Crabs (they can only walk sideways)

3. The Siberian Tiger

4. 1993

5. Gingivitis

6. Pancreas

7. Ada Lovelace

8. Silver

9. Amphibious

10. Budapest

11. Geoffrey Chaucer

12. Siam

13. Scalene Triangle

14. King Saul

15. Philtrum

16. Portugal

17. The Sharks and the Jets

18. Pyrite

19. Thirteen

20. Nine

Congratulations to those who endured the trivia this weekend!  Any better today?  Which ones did you get correct?  Leave me a comment and your total score for this trivia.  Feel free to add some of your own for me to try my hand at too!  We are back to sharing cards tomorrow!  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

 Hello there my crafty friends!  It's time for weekend trivia again!  You know the drill by now, twenty general knowledge questions with the answers at the bottom of the post.  Here are your questions for today"

1. Who wrote the "Divine Comedy"?

2. What element on the periodic table is represented by Pb?

3. Who was the Roman god equivalent to the Greek god Zeus?

4. What grain is used to make risotto?

5. Which Italian car brand has a prancing horse logo?

6. What is the only US state that grows coffee commercially?

7. What is the largest artery in the human body?

8. What is the largest species of shark?

9. What is the official flower of Mother's Day worldwide?

10. Which famous playwright died on the same day as his birthday?

11. The Gulf Stream is a current through which body of water?

12. What food is Garfield the cat obsessed with?

13. What is the oldest active volcano on Earth today?

14. What is the only single syllable word in the English language that does not rhyme with any other word?

15. Which planet is often called the "morning star"?

16. What was the original name of Myanmar?

17. What is the longest river that is entirely within Europe?

18. What is the only even Prime number?

19. What is the capital of Liechtenstein?

20. What is the collective noun term for a group of parrots?

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Here are the answer:

1. Dante

2. Lead

3. Jupiter

4. Arborio rice

5. Ferrari

6. Hawaii

7. Aorta

8. Whale Shark

9. Carnations

10. Shakespeare

11. Atlantic Ocean

12. Lasagna

13. Mt. Etna

14. Orange

15. Venus

16. Burma

17. The Volga River

18. 2

19. Vaduz

20. A Pandemonium

How did everyone do on today's trivia quiz?  I would love to know which questions you got correct or even which ones did you consider too difficult, if any?  Leave your answers in the comment section and if you have any trivia questions for me too!  All for now, Sue x

To A "Reel"y Cool Guy

Hello bloggers!  It's time for another fishing card.  I started this one by inking a piece of white card with some Fossilized Amber and Salty Ocean distress inks.  I cut the inked piece using a circle die, then matted it with a slightly larger circle.  I glued it to the middle of a piece of white card.  Next I cut the Fishing Vest in tan card and added darker pocket and the backing V area of the vest using brown card.  I cut the Fishing rod and fish out of white card then coloured them with markers.  I added them both to the edge of the circle with mounting foam.  I cut a couple of the Cattails and coloured them with markers and added them to the left side of the circle.  I cut the To A "Reely" Cool Guy! sentiment from the Fishing Frame die set in black and glued to the upper left corner.  The card was completed with white mat and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4" x 8 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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Love

Hello crafters!  I still have more cards to share from the earlier Romance collection so here is one more for you!  I started by embossing a piece of white card with the Heart to Heart embossing folder. Next I cut the outer part of the Lacy Stained Glass Heart die in white and added small pearls to each of the arms radiating outward.  I cut the middle heart die in red and backed it with a piece of white card that was glittered with Diamond White glitter, then attached it to the white backing die cut.  Next, I cut the Love die in red then I cut the outer backing die in white and paper pieced the red letters into it.  I added it below with mounting foam.  I cut a small flower from the Pierced Layered Flower die set, glittered it then added it to the top of the sentiment with some white foliage around it. The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  8"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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Happy Spring

Hello crafters!  I began today's card by embossing a piece of white card with the Padded Quilt embossing folder.  Next I cut the Layering Eggs die and made a white frame which I glittered with Diamond White glitter.   I added mounting foam to the back and attached a piece of white card to the back to which I had lightly inked some clouds.  I cut the Snowflake Edger in green to make grass for the bottom of the egg. then cut the Chocolate Bunny die out of blush card.  I added a yellow ribbon and used Fluffy Stuff on the tail.  The fine detail was added with a fine tipped marker.  I attached the egg to the middle of the card.  I cut the Happy Spring sentiment out of a variety of pastel card colours.  I used custard, aqua, lilac, sky blue, and wisteria card.  I arranged the sentiment around the top and bottom of the egg using mounting foam.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4"  x  8 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

                                                                                  

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Have A Magical Day

Hi bloggers!  I started this pretty floral card by embossing a piece of white card with the Tidal Sand embossing folder.  Next I cut two of the Butterfly Clusters out of white card. When I cut each of them, I used two pieces of white card as I ran them through the die cutting machine.  I used the bottom copy, which is basically just an embossed version of the die, to colour in all the flowers and butterflies.  I did both of them in the same colours then glued the die cut on top and attched them to the sides of the card.  I cut the Have A Magical Day sentiment cut in Amethyst card and glued it to the centre of the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  9"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

                                                                          

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Sending Lots Of Love

Hi bloggers!  This is another really quick and easy card to make.  I started by cutting the Heart Background out of both white and black card.  I used the black die cut as an offset shadow behind the white die cut.  Next I covered a piece of black card with a sticky adhesive sheet.  I peeled the backing paper off and proceeded to add small pinches of different coloured gilding flakes.  I used Wild Wisteria, Ocean Waves, Candy Pink, Vintage Chrome and Rose Gold Gilding Flakes.  I used a rubit scrubit pad to move the flakes all over the background and lightly refine and remove the excess flakes.  I glued the piece behind the background.  I cut a sentiment from the Love Wordie sheets and added it across the bottom of the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 5 3/4"  x  7 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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Rose Corners

Hello there my crafty friends!  We have reached the final post of the launch, but even though it is the smallest set, it is so useful for so many things!  Introducing the Rose Corners die set.  There are two corners in this set and they are so useful for adding some pretty floral elements to your cards.  As shown here, you can see that they can be used for so much more than just corners too. One last time, I will ask you to add your comment on to the bottom of the post.  Don't forget to check back on April 10th as I will announce the winner of the blog launch then.  I hope you have enjoyed the launch as much as I have!  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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Jayne

Hello bloggers!  Welcome to the penultimate post.  This post is dedicated to the other decorative shaped die, Jayne. This die set has six dies in it and it is a smaller die than Harper, but they can be layered up together very nicely if desired as shown here.  This die  looks amazing with any of the three cluster dies from yesterday as well.  If this set is calling your name, add a comment on this post for maximum entries.  The last post of the blog launch will be here at 6pm.  All for now, Sue x

 

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