Best Fishes

Hi bloggers!  I have my very last Fishing card to share with you today.  I started with a piece of milk card and taped the Rope Knots stencil over it.  I sponged Antique Linen distress ink through it.  Next I cut the Fishing Vest out of both brown and tan card.  I cut the pockets out of the tan die cut and glued them onto the brown die cut. I added it to the stencil background on an angle with mounting foam.  I cut the Fishing Rod in white and coloured it with a red marker and a pale blue marker and silver paint pen.  I added the fishing rod to the right of the vest.  I cut the Fishing hat from the Fishing Essentials out of tan card and added it to the to corner of the vest.  I cut a brown frame out of the Postage Stamp Rectangles and added it with mounting foam.  I cut the canoe out of tan card and the cattails out of white card.  I coloured the cattails with markers and added it to the bottom of the card and added the tan canoe at a diagonal across the corner of the frame.  I cut a couple of fishing lures and coloured them with markers and added them to the lower pockets of the vest.  I cut the Best Fishes sentiment in black and glued it to the upper left corner.  The card was completed with milk mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/4"  x  8" in size.  All for now, Sue x 
 

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For My Friend

Hello crafters!  I started today's card by cutting a wide red frame using the Stitched Rectangles.  I added a thinner black frame to the edge of it.  I added mounting foam to the back of it and attached a piece of white card that I embossed with the Diamond Art embossing folder.  I cut the Rose Cluster with a piece of  black card on top of a piece of white card.  I used the white piece to colour the design with markers, then added the black die cut on top.  I used a white pencil to add highlights to the image.  I added it to the bottom of the frame with mounting foam.  I cut the For My Friend sentiment in black and glued it inside the frame. I added the frame to a large piece of white card with mounting foam.  The card was completed with white, black and red 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 bloggers!  Here are the Sunday trivia questions or you.  I have made them a mix of all sorts of general knowledge, so hopefully there will be something for everyone.  Here are your questions for today:

1. Which river flows through both Vienna and Budapest?

2. In which country would you find the region of Catalonia?

3. What is the capital of Croatia?

4. What is the name of the French national holiday celebrated on July 14th?

5. Which spice is traditionally used to colour paella yellow?

6. What is the collective noun for a group of giraffes called?

7. Which singer performed the song "Rolling in the Deep"?

8. In mythology, who flew too close to the sun with wings made of feathers and wax?

9. Which country is home to the ancient city of Petra?

10. Which animal is the symbol for the World Wildlife Fund?

11. Which famous author created the character Atticus Finch?

12. Which country has the most time zones?

13. What is the only continent without an active volcano?

14. What is a baby swan called?

15. What is a group of hedgehogs called?

16. What is the world's oldest continuously inhabited city said to be?

17. Which country is home to Mt. Ararat?

18. Which philosopher tutored Alexander the Great?

19. As of 2026, what is the longest running musical in Broadway history?

20. Which country's currency is the Baht?

Scroll down for the answers:

 

1. Danube River

2. Spain

3. Zagreb

4. Bastille Day

5. Saffron

6. A Tower

7. Adele

8. Icarus

9. Jordan

10. Giant Panda

11. Harper Lee

12. France

13. Australia

14. Cygnet

15. A Prickle

16. Damascus

17. Turkey

18. Aristotle

19. Phantom of the Opera

20. Thailand

I tried to make these a bit easier than last week's questions, but I guess it just depends on what you know as to whether or not they are easier!  I hope so.  How did we do today, let me know in the comments.  Back to sharing cards tomorrow.  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

 Hello there my crafty friends!  Welcome back to a weekend of trivia.  Here are your twenty questions for today's trivia.

1. Which country does the island of Corsica belong to?

2. Which mountain range forms a natural border between Spain and France?

3. Which city hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023?

4. Which Scandinavian country is not a member of the European Union?

5. Which European country has the most active volcanoes?

6. What is the largest port in Europe?

7. Which country's parliament is called the Sejm?

8. Which European royal house ruled Russia until 1917?

9. What is the name of the narrow strait separating Europe and Asia at Istanbul?

10. Which African country has three official capital cities?

11. Which famous British codebreaking site operated during World War II?

12. What sea lies between Italy and the Balkans?

13. Which African country has the largest population?

14. Which desert covers much of Botswana and Namibia?

15. Which element has the chemical symbol Ag?

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

17. Which Southeast Asian country was formerly called Siam?

18. Which island nation in the Indian Ocean is famous for lemurs?

19. Which Australian rock formation is also known by its Aboriginal name Uluru?

20. Which river is the longest in Australia?

Scroll down for the answers:

 

1. France

2. The Pyrenees

3. Liverpool

4. Norway

5. Italy

6. Port of Rotterdam

7. Poland

8. The Romanov Dynasty

9. The Bosporus

10. South Africa

11. Bletchley Park

12. The Adriatic Sea

13. Nigeria

14. Kalahari Desert

15. Silver

16. A Smack

17. Thailand

18. Madagascar

19. Ayers Rock

20. Murray River

How did everyone do today?  Any better? Learning some new stuff?  I hope so.  We have one for trivia for you tomorrow, so I hope you will join us back here tomorrow morning.  All for now, Sue x

Make A Wish

Hello crafters!  Today's card showcases a different way to use the Rose Corners.  I cut a piece of white card and embossed it with the Tidal Sands embossing folder.  Next I cut a frame from the Octagons.  I added mounting foam to the back and added it to the middle of the embossed background.  Using the Coronet Lace die set, I cut four of the border out of custard card and glued two to the top and two to the bottom of the card.  I cut eight of the Rose Corner out of white, custard and green and assembled them together. I added one corner to each section of the frame with the green leaves facing outward.  I cut the Make A Wish sentiment out of custard card and glued it to the centre of the frame.  The card was completed with white and custard 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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Let The Adventure Begin

Hello bloggers!  I have another easy to make, clean and simple fishing themed card to share with you today.  I cut the Fishing Lures repeatedly out of white card.  I cut about ten of each design in the set.  I used markers to colour all the lures and a silver paint pen to colour the hooks on them.  I glued them randomly across the top of a piece of white card.  I cut a thin black strip and glued it across the area with the lures.  On the bottom of the card, I used a scoreboard and added some lines across the white card.  I cut the Let The Adventure Begin sentiment and glued it to the scored card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/2"  x  8"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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Best Wishes

Hello bloggers!  I started today's card by embossing a piece of black card with the Padded Quilt embossing folder.  Next I cut two of the Looped Oval dies in white and matted them together.  I added them to the middle of the embossed background with mounting foam.  I cut the Rose Cluster with a piece of antique gold card on top of a piece of white card.  I used the white copy to colour the design with markers.  I added the gold die cut on top and added it to the bottom area of the looped ovals.  I used the Best Wishes sentiment cut out of ocean card and gold card. I shadowed it with the gold card and glued it to the top of the Looped Ovals.  I added small flatback pearls to the embossed background.  Thee 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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Happy Spring

Hello crafters!  I selected a piece of yellow dotty paper from the Stripes 'N Dots Paper pad.  I added it to the top of a piece of white card and used a thin strip of white card across the join area.  I cut the Stained Glass Tulip Egg die in white with another piece of white card as I cut it.  I used the bottom piece of white card and coloured the image with markers.  I covered the image with  a sticky adhesive sheet then added the white die \cut on top.  I used Diamond White glitter on the exposed sticky areas.  I cut the outer die from the Tulip Egg in white and seated the egg die on top of it.  I added it to the top of the card with mounting foam.  I cut the Happy Spring sentiment out of the yellow dotty paper, then added it to the die cut in white with the outer die to create a shadow backing die.  I paper pieced the yellow letters into it then added it to the bottom of the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/2"  x  8 3/4"  in size.  All for now Sue x

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Fondest Wishes

Hello bloggers!  I selected a piece of raspberry card to use for the background to today's card.  Using the Snowflake Scalloped Border 

I cut four edge pieces out of black card.  I crisscrossed them to create a pretty side border and glued them down both sides of the card. For the focal element, I cut the outer die from the Harper die set in white.  Next I cut the Jayne die in black and matted it with raspberry card.  I cut the centre out to create a frame.  I added mounting foam to the back and attached it across the Harper die.  I cut the Butterfly Cluster with a piece of black card on top of a piece of white card.  I coloured the design on the white card with markers, then glued the black die cut on top.  I seated it at the bottom of the Jayne die.  I cut the Fondest Wishes sentiment in black then glued it to the inside of the Jayne frame.  The card was completed with white 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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