Happy Easter

Hello crafters!  This cute little slimline card was started by cutting the Looped Slimline dies out of white card.  Next I cut the Decorative Heart Aperture Trio out of blush card.  I added mounting foam to the back then added a backing piece of blush card.  I cut the two bunnies and the chick from the Easter Essentials and coloured them and added them to the hearts with mounting foam.  I used the Happy Easter Shadowed sentiment and cut it in blush card and added it to a white backing piece, then attached it to the bottom of the card.  I used the tiny flowers from the Mini Cosmos set and made two layered flowers for the top corners.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 5 1/4"  x 9 3/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

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Just For You

Hello bloggers!  For today's card, I started with a piece of white card.  I cut an aperture in it using the heart die from the Lacy Stained Glass Heart.  I embossed the piece with the Quilted Heart embossing folder.  I added mounting foam to the back of the piece and attached it to another piece of card.  Next I cut the outer die from the Lacy Heart in black and cut the inside out of it.  I glued it around the aperture, then cut a pink heart and embossed it with the Heart To Heart folder. I recessed it back into the aperture.  I cut a couple of the Heart Flourish in white and added it diagonally around the heart.  I cut the Just for you sentiment out of pink and shadowed it with a black die cut.  I used the Postage Stamp  dies and made a small frame mat for the sentiment.  I glued it to a piece of white card then glued the frame around it.  I seated the sentiment below the heart.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  8 1/2"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

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More Fun Trivia

 Hi bloggers!  We have more weekend trivia for you today!  No cheating now, just try and do your best!  The answers are all the way at the bottom of the page.

1. What is the only continent to be situated in all four hemispheres?

2. What South American island was named after the day it was discovered?

3. Who is the oldest member of the Beatles?

4. In which capital city is the Van Gogh museum located?

5. What are cirrus, cumulus and stratus example of?

6. What do you call a word that is spelled the same way backwards and forward?

7. In which city can you stay in North America's only ice hotel?

8. What type of fruit is grenadine made from?

9. Which French city is nicknamed the "Capital of Christmas"?

10. In which country do people exchange books for Christmas?

11. What is the capital of Malta?

12. What is the largest species of rodent?

13. Who invented dynamite in 1867?

14. What is the only mammal that is covered with scales called?

15. What was Tokyo previously named?

16. Who invented scissors?

17. Which one of the Beatles was barefoot while crossing the road on the cover of the Abbey Road album?

18. Which country features a UNESCO World Heritage site on their flag?

19. What author wrote the Jurassic Park books?

20. What is the only Canadian province that is named after a woman?

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Answers:

1. Africa

2. Easter Island

3. Ringo Starr

4. Amsterdam

5.Clouds

6. Palindrome

7. Quebec

8. Pomegranate

9. Strasbourg

10. Iceland

11. Valetta

12. Capybara

13. Alfred Nobel

14. Pangolin

15. Edo

16. Leonardo di Vinci

17. Paul McCartney

18. Cambodia

19. Michael Crichton

20. Alberta

What was your score on today's trivia game.  Go ahead and leave your score in the comments and leave me a trivia question too if you like (seems only fair since I made you try to answer twenty questions! LOL)  We are back to showcasing cards tomorrow on the blog!  All for now. Sue x

Trivia Fun

 Hello there my crafty friends!  I have some fun trivia questions (well they are fun for me at least!) for you today!  

1. What do you call a baby platypus?

2. What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates the opposite way from all the other planets?

3. The Lord Of The Rings movies were filmed entirely within which country?

4. The extinct dodo bird is the national emblem of which island nation?

5. How long did the Hundred Years war last?

6. What island was formerly known as Formosa?

7. Who was Farrokh Bulsara better known as?

8. What is the only bird that is able to fly backwards?

9. Vexillology is the study of what?

10. What is the Spanish name for beer?

11. What was Margaret Thatcher's middle name?

12. What was the original name of Pepsi?

13. What disease is Hanson's Disease better known as?

14. Who was the first artist to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine?

15. Holden Caufield is the main character in which novel?

16. What is the collective noun for a group of owls?

17. What was the longest structure built by the Romans?

18. What was the original name of the rock group Queen?

19. An Apiculturist looks after which creatures?

20. What was the name of the hotel in The Shining?

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Answers:

1. A puggle

2. Venus

3. New Zealand

4. Mauritius

5. 116 years

6. Taiwan

7. Freddie Mercury

8. Hummingbirds

9. Flags

10, Cerveza

11. Hilda

12. Brad's drink

13. Leprosy

14. John Lennon

15. Catcher in the Rye 

16. A parliament

17. Hadrian's Wall

18. Smile

19. Bees

20. The Overlook Hotel

So, how did you do this time around?  Please let me know how many you got correct in the comments and feel free to leave any trivia questions for me too!  There will be more trivia tomorrow if you are interested, please stop back by the blog.   All for now, Sue x

Happy Spring

Hello bloggers!  I started today's card by cutting the Stained Glass Squares out of Heather card.  I cut a smaller piece of white card to fit right inside the decorative edge of the Heather card.  Using the Easter Eggs die, I cut three eggs using the large swirly designed egg.  One in Custard card, one in Mint card and one in Heather card.  I glued the pieces of the eggs together and added them with mounting foam to the top of the card.  I cut the Happy Spring out of white gloss card then added it to the shadow backing which I cut out of Custard card.  I glued the sentiment below the three eggs.  I cut a larger piece of white card and ran double sided tape all the way around the edges then glittered it with Diamond White Glitter.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 8"  x  8"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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Wishing You A Beautiful Day

Hi crafters!  I selected a piece of milk card to use for the background.  I taped the Ornate Tiles stencil over it and inked through it with Fossilized Amber Distress ink.  I cut a piece of white card for the bottom of the card and scored it vertically across.  I added a thin piece of card between the two parts cut from the postage stamp dies.  I cut two of the Window dies in milk card.  I glued them on top of each facing different directions so each end would look the same.  I added mounting foam to the back of it.  I cut a smaller piece of card to fit the window and added two trees from the Swing Tree dies set.  I added a tire swing to one of them and a birds nest to the other.  Several clouds were added from the You Are My Sunshine die set behind the trees as well as a few birds.  There were grass tufts added beneath the trees as well as a friendly squirrel.  I added the window horizontally to the top of the card.  I used the Wishing You A Beautiful Day sentiment cut from tan card and black card.  I shadowed the sentiment then added it to the shadow backing die.  The card was completed with milk mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2"  x  8 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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Happy Valentine's Day

Hello bloggers!  I cut a piece of white card for the background and embossed it with the Heart To Heart Embossing folder.  Next I cut three of the smaller heart in white and in black from the Geometric Heart die set.  I added some clear acetate to the backs of the three black die cut hearts.  I glittered them using Violet Sapphire, Larimar and Aquamarine glitters on each of them.  I set them aside to dry, then once dry, I cut the acetate around the hearts and added the white heart slightly offset on the black heart.  I cut three pieces of card to use as a mat for the hearts.  I layered ocean, lilac and pink heart behind a piece of white card and taped it down the middle of the card.  I used a Love Wordie sentiment at the bottom of the card.  The card was completed with white and black mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4"  x  9 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

 

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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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