Ornate Pierced Frame Square

Hello bloggers!  The last post of the day is dedicated to the Ornate Pierced Frame Square.  You may have noticed the beautiful frames in the previous posts today but here is a closer look at them. This set has the largest frame and also includes a smaller square frame that I have used together in this sample card.   These frames really do give the museum feel to the cards and I love that they can be used with absolutely anything as well!  You won't want to forget to add your comment to this post to be entered into the drawing.  You have the chance to win this entire collection with a single comment that could be the one that I draw out as the winner!  We will begin day two right here at 6am tomorrow!  All for now,  Sue x

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Charcuterie

Hello crafters!  The next set we have to showcase is the Still Life Charcuterie die/stamp set.  There are sixteen stamps and sixteen matching dies in this set.  Besides having a charcuterie board, this set also has several wine bottles and glasses, the pitcher and glass shown here, three sentiments, cheese, bread, crackers and much more.  You will get to see more of these before the end of the day too.  If this set is calling your name, then add a comment to this post and don't forget to sign your name as it doesn't automatically add it!  We have one final post for today and it will be on the blog at 6pm.  All for now, Sue x

 

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Fruit Basket

Hello bloggers!  The next set on offer is the Still Life Fruit Basket die/stamp set.  This set includes eighteen dies and eighteen stamps, which include so many things for you to build your cards and projects.  Shown here are just two of the items from this set, but you will see many more as we move through the rest of the release.  If this set has you thinking about all the cool cards you can make, then don't forget to add your comment to this post so you can be entered into the drawing to win the entire collection!  The next set will be along at 3pm today, hope you can pop back by the blog then!  All for now, Sue x

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November Blog Launch: Still Life Collection/ Fruits

Hello crafters!  It's time for another new release and this time it is my Still Life Collection.  Just to give you a little insight into what I was thinking with this collection, I love museums and I wanted to do some stuff that might look like it could be seen on the walls at your favourite museum, but also make pretty cards!  I will also admit to having a rather odd obsession with fruit (I know it's a bit strange, but I love looking at fruit things, pictures, ceramic stuff, cookie jars, etc).  So I am hoping that it comes across in the samples!  We will be giving away one complete collection to a lucky winner based on a drawing from the comments left on the blog posts.  Please make sure to sign your comments in such a way that someone with the same first name can be distinguished from you.  Please leave a surname or initial or the city or town where you live or even a funny alias, anything that will distinguish you from another person with a similar name.  You can comment on each and every post, but please only one post per person on every blog post.  I will be doing the drawing and posting the winners name on November 16th so don't forget to check back then.

We are starting out with the Still Life Fruits collection.  This is a set of stamps and the matching dies.  There are twelve dies and twelve stamps in this set.  It is particularly nice that all the stamps have the shading added to them so it makes colouring them a breeze!  If you like the look of this set, then don't forget to add your comment to the bottom of the post.  The next set will be on the blog at 12 noon UK time.  All for now, Sue x

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Goodbye Tension, Hello Pension

Hello bloggers!  Here is a clean and simple card for you today.  I selected some decorative paper to use for the background from Sam Poole's A Gingham Christmas Paper Pad.  Next I stamped Murray with his golf club from the Murray, Ethel and Ralph Tee Off stamp/die set.   I coloured the image then used the matching die to cut it out.  I cut two consecutive sizes of the Double Stitched Rectangles in white and matted them together and added them to the middle of the background.  I stamped the tee flag in the upper corner and stamped the bag of golf clubs too, which I coloured and cut out.  I added Murray to the card with mounting foam and added the golf clubs next to him.  I stamped the sentiment and cut it out then matted it in green and added it below the focal element.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  8"  in size.  

Just a quick note to let you know that the Newest release will be starting here tomorrow morning at 6am UK time for you all to see.  I hope you can join me back here then!  All for now, Sue x

 

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Merry Christmas

Hi crafters!  I started today's card by cutting a piece of white card and embossing it with the Ice Crystals embossing folder.  Next I cut the Holly Wreath Octagon out of white card.  I added a red backing to the middle die and then paper pieced the wreath in green and red.  I cut the outer ring in white card that I glittered with Diamond White glitter and added everything on to it before adding it to the top of the card.  I cut the Noble Merry Christmas sentiment die in both black card and red card that I glittered with Lava Red glitter.  I used the black die cut as a shadow behind the red glittered die cut then glued it to the bottom of the card.  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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Best Wishes and Some Exciting news To Share!

Hello there my crafty friends!  For today's card, I started by embossing a piece of light grey card with the Leafy Forest embossing folder.  Once embossed, I lightly sponged over the trees with Weathered Wood Distress ink to highlight the trees a bit.  Next, I used the Stitched Hills and Clouds die and cut a small green green hill and taped it to the bottom of the card.  I cut a handful of mushrooms from the Autumn Harvest die set in shades of grey and red.  I assembled them and added them to the background.  I also cut some foliage using the Forest Floor Foliage die set and added it around the mushrooms.  I cut Bailey the Bunny in shades of grey and assembled her and added her to the middle of the card with mounting foam. I cut the Best Wishes sentiment in both red and black and shadowed it then added it to the top of the card.   The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  8 1/4"  in size. 

And now I have a little bit of exciting news to share with you!

After many months of researching, writing, checking facts, and asking myself countless questions, I've finally published my very first book of trivia!

It's called I Bet You Didn't Know That! A Thousand Questions, and it's now available on all the Amazon platforms!

If you know me at all, you know how much I love trivia. I've always enjoyed discovering those fascinating little facts that make you say, "Well, I never knew that!" So I decided to put a thousand of them together in a book that you can enjoy on your own, with friends, or at your next get-together.

I've attached a little picture so you can see what I've been up to!

If you enjoy trivia, or know someone who does, I'd be absolutely delighted if you'd take a look.  And if you decide to purchase a copy, an honest review on Amazon would mean the world to me. Reviews are especially helpful to new authors trying to get their books noticed.

Most of all, I just wanted to share this little adventure with you. It's been a lot of work, a lot of fun, and something I'm rather proud to have accomplished.

Thank you for letting me share my exciting news!

All for now,

Sue x

PS Here is a link to it on Amazon.uk

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bet-You-Didnt-Know-That/dp/B0HQ51G9TS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LEXV8QZVY5T7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jg8zXyCPtVzyCE8w4KBiwC72uccmj-y5z7JnWMRvfoI.do7iwvOY_S2lyP7H4JFPieppDZM4eeybckgBij7eDSw&dib_tag=se&keywords=i+bet+you+didn%27t+know+that+by+sue+wilson&qid=1793716394&sprefix=%2Caps%2C395&sr=8-1

Here are the card pics!

                                                                                       

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Let's Paint The Town

Hello bloggers! I started with the background and raided my off-cut box for some 3/4" strips to use (always nice to be able to use some of them!)  I taped them across a piece of card vertically.  Next I stamped Ralph painting from the Ethel & Ralph's Homelife die set, coloured him and cut him out with the matching die.  I cut several pieces of red fence from the Garden Accessories die set.  I glued the fence to a piece of white card , then added Ralph with his red paint brush in hand.  I stamped and cut a small potted flower and added it to the corner.  I stamped the Let's Paint the town and matted it in red then added it to the upper corner.  I matted the piece in red then added it to the background with mounting foam.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x 7 1/2"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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Tis The Season

Hello crafters!  When is a border, not a border? When you use it to make Christmas ornaments!  I started with a piece of gloss black card that I splattered with a white paint pen.  Next I cut two of the Holly Lattice Border die in white with a second piece of white card under it when cutting.  I used the second piece of white card (that was just embossed in the cutting) to colour the borders.  I used a gold paint pen for the lattice part and green and red paint pens for the holly.  I glued the white die cut on top of both of the borders, then carefully cut the sections apart, giving me six sections.  I glued them together with the lattice sections facing each other so they ended up looking like a bauble.  I used the Heirloom Flourish cut in white several times and added them across the top of the card.  I hung the baubles from it using the chain die from the Bauble Branches die set.  I cut the Tis The Season sentiment in antique gold and glued it to the bottom of the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2"  x  9"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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More Fun Trivia

 Good Sunday morning all!  I have another twenty questions ready for you today!  I hope you like them!  here they are:

1. In Bingo-lingo, what is "man alive"?  

2. Which actress starred alongside Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"?

3. Who invented the Printing Press in 1440?

4.  Whose assassination started WWI?

5. Who wrote "Pomp and Circumstance"?

6. In which movie did James Bond get married?

7. What is Gnocchi made from?

8. What is the chemical formula H2O2 for?

9. Since 2000, Spiderman has been played by Tobey Maguire, Tom Holland and which other actor?

10. When was Barbie first introduced to the European market?

11. Which African country has three official capital cities?

12. What was the original surname of the famous American magician Harry Houdini?

13. Which household invention was originally marketed under the name Baby Gays?

14. Which famous British prime minister was born in Blenheim Palace?

15. Which English king was the first to use the title King of Ireland?

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

17. In 1896, Britain fought the shortest widely recognised war in recorded history against which country?

18. Which European country had a king named Zog who survived over 50 assassination attempts?

19. Which famous French emperor was once attacked by a large group of rabbits during a hunting outing?

20. Which country is home to the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela?

1. Five

2. Jane Russell

3. Johannes Gutenberg

4. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

5. Sir Edward Elgar

6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

7. Potatoes

8. Hydrogen Peroxide

9. Andrew Garfield

10. 1961

11. South Africa

12. Erik Weisz

13. Q-tips

14. Winston Churchill

15. Henry VIII

16. A crash

17. Zanzibar (lasted about 38 minutes!)

18. Albania

19. Napoleon Bonaparte

20. Ethiopia

How did we do today?  Was your Sunday better than your score on Saturday?  Let me know in the comments!  I will be back to posting cards tomorrow!  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

 Hello there my crafty friends!  Are you ready for Saturday's trivia?  I hope so as I think these are some interesting questions.  Here are the twenty questions for today:

1. What is the only natural rock that floats?

2. What was the name of the movie about Facebook that was released in 2010?

3. What is the most consumed alcoholic drink in the world?

4. Which European country is famous for its traditional painted wooden "Dala" horses?

5. What is the name of the longest bone in the human body?

6. Which British city is nicknamed the "City of Dreaming Spires"?

7. Which famous artist painted "The Son of Man," depicting a man in a bowler hat with a green apple obscuring his face?

8. Which country produces the distinctive blue cheese known as Roquefort?

9. What was the first feature-length animated film produced by Walt Disney?

10. Which famous novelist wrote Rebecca, published in 1938?

11. Which animal is the only living member of the family Giraffidae besides the giraffe?

12. Which European country has a village called Hell, which freezes over during the winter?

13. Which country was the first to introduce polymer banknotes into general circulation, in 1988?

14. Which European capital city is known for its historic district called the Alfama?

15. Which famous British explorer was the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands in 1778?

16. Which gemstone was once believed to protect its wearer from drunkenness?

17. Which animal has the largest brain of any living creature?

18. Which English king was the first to be buried in Westminster Abbey?

19. Which famous artist designed the logo for the Chupa Chups lollipop brand?

20. What is the name of the world's oldest surviving vehicular suspension bridge, which opened in 1820 and spans the River Tweed between England and Scotland?

1. Pumice

2. The Social Network

3. Beer

4. Sweden

5. Femur

6. Oxford

7. Rene Magritte

8. France

9. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

10. Daphne du Maurier

11. Okapi

12. Norway

13. Australia

14. Lisbon, Portugal

15. Captain James Cook

16. Amethyst

17. The Sperm Whale

18. Edward the Confessor

19. Salvador Dali

20. The Union Chain Bridge

What did you think of today's questions?  Were they easier than usual or harder?  I would love you feedback on them?  There is always tomorrow though.  All for now, Sue x

Thank You

Hello bloggers!  I was going for a simple vintage sort of look for today's card.  I started with the background and used two piece of milk card and slowly ripped around all the edges.  I used some Antique Linen Distress ink around the edges lightly.  I matted the two pieces together.  Next I made a couple of pieces of card using the autumnal colours of the Enchanted Sprinkles.  I cut the Autumn Wreath twice out of the card and matted them together and then glued them to the centre of the background.  I cut several twigs out of brown card from the Forest Floor Foliage die set.  I added them to the bottom of the wreath as accents.  I cut the Thank You sentiment out of the Enchanted Sprinkles card and glued them to a backing of milk card, then added it to the centre of the wreath with mounting foam.  The card was completed with milk mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  7"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

                                                                               

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