Fun Trivia

 Hello there my fellow trivia and crafting friends!  I have a nice se of questions from all sorts of knowledge areas for you today.  I hope everyone learns some fun new things from it!  Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:

1. What is the largest living species of lizard in the world?

2. Which fruit holds the record for being the heaviest ever recorded?

3. Which country has the world's longest national anthem by number of verses?

4. What is the largest known species of jellyfish, measured by tentacle length?

5. Which species of whale is famous for making one of the longest annual migrations of any mammal?

6. What is the smallest species of owl in the world?

7. What food combination once set a Guinness record in London with a serving weighing more than 105 pounds?

8. Which is the world's largest landlocked country?

9. Which European country is home to the world's largest ice cave?

10. Which animal holds the record for the widest mouth gape of any mammal?

11. Which English county is traditionally associated with the dessert Bakewell pudding?

12. Connemara marble, famous for its distinctive green colouring, comes from which Irish county?

13. Which Welsh island is separated from mainland Wales by the Menai Strait?

14. Which Welsh national park was known as Snowdonia before officially adopting its Welsh name in 2022?

15. Which Welsh city was once the world's largest exporter of coal?

16. Which fruit is banned on some public transport systems and in hotels in parts of Southeast Asia because of its powerful smell?

17. Before finding fame as an actor, comedian and writer, which British television personality briefly taught at a preparatory school in North Yorkshire?

18. Which two African countries share Africa's shortest land border, measuring only about 80 metres?

19. Before becoming famous, which famous Hollywood actor once worked cleaning lion cages at a zoo?

20. In 1932, Australia famously declared a so-called “war” against which troublesome animals?

 

1. Komodo Dragon

2. Pumpkin (2,749 pounds!)

3. Greece (158 verses)

4. Lion's Mane Jellyfish

5. Grey Whale (13,988 miles round trip)

6. Elf Owl (less than 50 grams)

7. Fish and chips

8. Kazakhstan

9. Austria (Eisriesenwelt)

10. Hippopotamus

11. Derbyshire

12. County Galway

13. Anglesey

14. Eryri National Park

15. Cardiff

16. Durian

17. Stephen Fry

18. Botswana & Zambia

19. Sylvester Stallone

20. Emus

Did you learn a lot today?  Or did you already know most of these?  Leave me a comment with your scores and let me know.  Any trivia questions from you would be greatly appreciated as well!  All for now, Sue x

Leaves Are Falling, Autumn Is Calling

Hello crafters!  For this card, I made a piece of Enchanted Sprinkles card using all the autumnal colours.  Next, I cut into it with the large fern leaf from the Forest Floor Foliage die set.  I cut the die about ten times and then glued it around the edge of a piece of milk card.  I cut two squares using the Stained Glass Squares and backed both pieces with the same enchanted sprinkled card.  I matted them together then added it to the middle of the card with mounting foam.  I cut the Leaves Are Falling sentiment out of the same card and mounted it onto a shadow backing piece cut from milk card.  I added it to the matted squares in the middle of the card.  The card was completed with mill 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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Tis The Season

Hello crafters!  I had a real fun time making this card!  I started by cutting the Holly Lattice Border three times out of a piece of black card on top of a piece of white card. I paper pieced the holly leaves with antique gold card and used Red Berry Sparkle glue for the berries.  I glued the black die cut over the coloured borders.  I cut them into two pieces for each side of the square card.  Before arranging them, I cut the other areas of the borders first.  I cut the diagonal striped border in black and backed it in red four times.  Then I cut the oval strip in black and backed it in gold four times.  I glued the pieces around a square piece of white card.  Next I cut a thin red frame using the Double Stitched Squares.  I added mounting foam to the back of it then attached the edges of the two sections of the borders to each side.  I glued the border in place.  I cut the Tis the Season sentiment in red, glittered them with Lava Red glitter and added it to a white shadow backing piece, then attached it inside the frame with mounting foam.  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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Sending Warm Wishes

Hi bloggers!  I started with a piece of cobalt blue card for todays card.  I used a white pigment ink pad and swiped it from the upper right corner diagonally towards the lower left corner.  I embossed it with the Leafy Forest embossing folder.  I cut a white circle from gloss white card and added it to the upper corner so it looks like rays are coming from the moon.  I cut Daisy the Deer in shades of tan and brown and assembled her.  I added Sydney the Squirrel next to her, cut from similar colours.  I also cut the tree stump and added it next to Daisy.  I used the tufts of grass to add accents around both animals.  I added the Sending Warm Wishes sentiment, cut in white to the upper left corner.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  9 3/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

                                                                              

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I'm Behind You 100%

Hello there my crafty friends!  I have an easy, clean and simple card to share with you today.  I started by stamping and cutting out Ralph with the newspaper from the Ethel and Ralph's Homelife die/stamp set.  I did minimal colouring, mostly just the hearts on his boxers and socks and a bit on the mailbox.  I added it to a piece of white card that I cut with the Double Stitched Squares.  I added another slightly larger mat cut from the same set.  I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with the matching die and added it to the corner with mounting foam.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6"  x  6"  in size.

As promised, the winner of the Vintage Wisdom Collection is:

.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................June Smith!!!

Congratulations!  Please email me to confirm your postal address and claim your winning prize!   All for now, Sue x

 

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Let It Snow

Hello bloggers!  For today's card, I selected a piece of white card and cut an aperture in the middle with the outer octagon from the Twinkling Lights Octagon die set.  Next, I embossed it with the Nordic Tiles embossing folder.  I added mounting foam to the back of the embossed background and added a piece of white card to the back. I cut the outer two dies from the set with a piece of aqua card.  I added a black backing piece, then glued it to the outside of the aperture.  I cut the Let It Snow sentiment out of aqua and black card.  I used the black as an offset shadow behind the aqua die, then I added it to a white shadow backing piece and attached it to the inside of the aperture with mounting foam.  I cut three full flowers from the Pierced Poinsettias die set in white and assembled the pieces.  I added the flowers to the left side of the card,  I cut the Heirloom Flourish several times in white and added it around the flowers as accents.  The card was completed with white, aqua and black mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 8"  x  8"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

                                                                                   

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More Fun Trivia

 Good Sunday morning all!  I hope everyone is having a nice relaxing weekend!  I think today's questions may wake your brain up a bit! LOL  Here are your twenty questions for Sunday:

1. "Hello girls" was a nickname for women in which profession?

2. What gives tonic water its distinctive bitter flavour?

3.  Which pen name does J.K. Rowling use for her "Comoran Strike" novels?

4. Which country was called "East Pakistan" before its 1971 independence?

5. The old testament depicts two talking animals: a serpent and which other animal?

6. Which city in Florida is known as the "Manatee Capital of the World?

7. Which African country is home to most of the world's remaining mountain gorillas?

8. Which US First Lady was the first to wear trousers in her official portrait?

9. Which famous author once lived at 907 Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida?

10. What is a camel with two humps called?

11. What type of creature is a "Flying Fox"?

12. In the Big Bang Theory, Penny is a waitress at which restaurant?

13. "Mirrors on the ceiling, pink champagne on ice" is a lyric from which famous song?

14. Which European country has more bicycles than inhabitants?

15. Which familiar condiment takes its name from a French city?

16. Which American singer was born with the surname Sarkisian before becoming internationally famous under a one-word stage name?

17. Which Italian city is traditionally credited as the birthplace of pizza?

18. Which author served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma (now Myanmar) from 1922 to 1927?

19. Which country has an annual championship in which competitors carry their wives through an obstacle course?

20. Which famous French landmark grows several centimetres taller during hot weather because its iron expands?

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Answers:

1. Switchboard operators

2. Quinine

3. Robert Galbraith

4. Bangladesh

5. Donkey

6. Crystal River, FL.

7. Uganda

8. Hilary Clinton

9. Ernest Hemingway

10. Bactrian Camel

11. Bat species

12. The Cheesecake Factory

13. Hotel California by the Eagles

14. The Netherlands

15. Dijon mustard

16. Cher

17. Naples, Italy

18. George Orwell

19. Finland

20. The Eiffel Tower

That's it for the weekend, but hopefully you ended it well!  How many did everyone get correct this weekend?  Leave it in the comments, along with any questions for me too!  I will be back tomorrow with more crafty creations!  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

 Hello there my crafty friends and fellow trivia fans!  Today's questions have a lot of  UK based questions, not all of them, but quite a few.  I hope you like them.  Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:

1. Which ingredient is added to sugar to make brown sugar?

2. Which famous singer was nicknamed "ol' Blue Eyes"?

3. Which song did Tom Cruise dance to in his underwear in Risky Business"?

4. Which actress provided the voice of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

5. Which country produces the cheese traditionally known as halloumi?

6. What was the original name of the board game Cluedo when its inventor first devised it?

7. What is astraphobia the fear of?

8. Which vegetable was traditionally carved into lanterns in parts of Britain and Ireland before pumpkins became popular?

9. Which actress won an Oscar for playing Queen Anne in The Favourite?

10. Which famous children's character was originally called Edward Bear?

11. Which snake species holds the record as the heaviest in the world?

12. Which member of the Beatles was the first to have a solo UK No. 1 single?

13. Which US city introduced the world's first modern electric public traffic-light system?

14.  Which athlete was the first guest on the BBC television programme Record Breakers?

15. Which British adventurer became the first person to cross the Atlantic in a hot-air balloon, with Per Lindstrand?

16. Which European capital has more bridges than Venice?

17. Which European capital is home to the world's oldest continuously operating amusement park, opened in 1583?

18. What was the name of Queen Elizabeth II's first corgi, given to her for her 18th birthday?

19. Which British fashion house designed Catherine Middleton's 2011 wedding dress?

20. Which country is the smallest member of the European Union by both population and area?

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Answers:

1. Molasses

2. Frank Sinatra

3. Old Time Rock 'n Roll by Bob Seger

4. Kathleen Turner

5. Cyprus

6. Murder!

7. Thunder and Lightning

8. Turnips

9. Olivia Colman

10. Winnie the Pooh

11. Green Anaconda

12. George Harrison

13. Cleveland, Ohio

14. Sir Roger Bannister

15. Sir Richard Branson

16. Amsterdam

17. Copenhagen

18. Susan

19. Alexander McQueen

20. Malta

What did you think of today's selection of questions?  How well did you do, leave me a comment and let me know.  If you didn't do as well as you would have liked, there is always tomorrow's questions!  All for now, Sue x

So Thankful For You

Hello crafters!  For today's card, I selected a piece of milk card and used the Looped Arch to cut an aperture in the middle of it.  I added mounting foam to the back of it then attached a piece of card I made using the Enchanted Sprinkles.  I used the autumnal colours to create it.  I cut the stump from the Daisy the Deer die set in shades of brown.  I added two mushrooms from the Autumn Harvest die set which I cut in light grey and red. I cut the Flora the Fox die in white and light tan and dark tan card and assembled her, then rested her on top of the stump.  I cut some foliage from the Forest Floor Foliage die set and added it around the edges of the aperture.    I cut two thin strips of the Sprinkles card and glued them to the edges of the card.  I cut the So Thankful For You sentiment out of the Enchanted Sprinkles card and glued it to a shadow backing piece cut from milk card.  I added it with mounting foam below the aperture.  The card was completed with milk mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  8 3/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

PS.  I had a little issue after photographing the Woodland Collection cards and posting them to Jamie so he kindly took more pics for me to use on the blog, but unfortunately this card got a bit damaged on the top corner during its trip over. :(
 

 

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Gardeners Know All The Dirt

Hello crafters!  I thought I would share more of Ralph and Edna today.  I started with a piece of white card and sponged a blue sky using Tumbled Glass distress ink.  Next I washed in a grassy section to the bottom.  I cut the Lovin' Life Pierced Frame out of white card and added mounting foam to the back of it.  I attached the sponged background to it.  I stamped out Ralph and Edna in black ink and coloured them with markers.  I added both of them to the scene with mounting foam.  I cut the sunflowers from the Autumn Scene die set.  I cut three of them and added them to the middle of the card.  I stamped the Gardeners Know All The Dirt sentiment from the Murray and Ethel's Garden Party die/stamp set and matted it with aqua card and added it to the top of the scene.  I cut a larger piece of white card and embossed it with the Basketweave embossing folder.  I added the framed scene to it with mounting foam.  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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Looped Arch

Hello fellow crafters.  We have reached the end of the launch, but this die set is lovely and you may have actually noticed it during the previous launch!  Introducing the Looped Arch die set.  This set has eight dies in it, including two sizes of the arch frame, a looped base for the frames, a sentiment with two outer shadow dies and two matching corner dies.  The fact that I used it with the Woodland collection and the Vintage Wisdom collection attests to the versatility of this die set, don't you think?  I have a feeling you will be seeing a lot of this one in the days and months to come.  For the last time, I will ask you to leave a comment on the post to be entered into the drawing to win this collection.  As they say, you have to be in it, to win it!  Don't forget to check back on the 6th of October to see the winner's name too!  All for now, Sue x

 

 

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