Thinking Of You

Hello bloggers!  I started by cutting a piece of white card and taping the top half off with a piece of copy paper.  Using Stormy Sky Distress ink, I sponged it along the copy paper's edge and down towards the bottom of the card.  I used  a bit of Blueprint Sketch Distress ink towards the top line.  I used an old white ink pad and ran it across leaving lines throughout with the edge of the pad.  I cut some milk card and added it at the bottom of the card for sand.  I cut a large round piece of yellow card for a sun and added it into the corner.  I cut the palm tree in black and glued it across from the edge of the card.  From the Beach Accessories die set, I cut the beach towel in white and added yellow stripes.  The beach bag and tropical drink where both cut in white and coloured with markers.  I cut the Beach Bather die with the floral swimsuit and coloured her to match in yellow tones.  I cut the hat twice and hand cut around it, then cut just the centre of the hat and added it with mounting foam for a 3D look.  I added her to the towel, with the beacj bag and drink around her.  I cut the Thinking of You sentiment in black and glued it to the top of the scene.  Using the Fine Postage Stamp Rectangles, I made a frame in white and added it over the scene with mounting foam.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6"  x  8"  in size.  All for now. Sue x
 

 

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More Fun Trivia

Good Sunday morning everyone!  Another day of testing your general knowledge and seeing what you can pull out of your brain! LOL  Half the time, it is just that for me, you know the answer, but getting it out of the brain is the hard part! LOL  Here are your twenty questions for today:

1. Where is the Great Sandy Desert located?

2. The Titanic set sail from Southampton on April 10th, 1912, but where was it heading to?

3. Which author was born at a place that was ironically once used as an animal farm?

4. What colour is the cross on the flag of Denmark?

5. What bird species has the longest tongues relative to its size?

6. Which medieval ruler was known as "The Hammer of the Scots"?

7. Which drug was the first to be mass marketed and sold over the counter?

8. How many films in Oscar award history have received 14 nominations?

9. What did the English Luddites protest against?

10. On which fictional island is "Jurassic Park" set?

11. How many ribs does the average adult human have?

12. What country is known as the "Teardrop of India"?

13. Glass, Giant and Humboldt are types of which sea creature?

14. Which country invented the cardboard box?

15. The founders of Spotify are from which country?

16. The "Chocolate Hills" are a geological formation found in which country?

17. Switzerland is divided into how many cantons?

18. Linseed oil is an extract from which plant?

19. Apple released the iPod in which year?

20. Which serious bacterial disease is also known as "Lockjaw"?

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Answers:

1. Australia

2. New York City

3. George Orwell

4. White

5. Woodpeckers

6. Edward I

7. Aspirin

8. Three

9. Industrialization

10. Isla Nublar

11. Twenty four

12. Sri Lanka

13. Squid

14. England

15. Sweden

16. The Philippines

17. Twenty six

18. Flax

19. 2001

20. Tetanus

How did you do today compared to yesterday?  Better?  Learned something new perhaps? To me that is worth it.  Please feel free to leave any trivia questions for me too as I loooove that!  We will be back to sharing cards with you tomorrow!  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

 Hello there my fellow trivia enthusiasts!  Welcome back after a weekend off due to the die launch last weekend.  Here are you twenty questions for today's trivia:

1. Which Apollo 11 astronaut did not walk on the moon?

2. Which actress was the first woman to be pregnant on American tv?

3. Who commissioned the Tower of London to be built in 1078?

4. Which Caribbean island is famous for producing cigars?

5. Which vegetable was originally purple before selective breeding changed its colour?

6. What is the least dense naturally occurring metal on Earth?

7. Which country borders Mongolia to the north?

8. Macadamia trees are native to which country?

9. Which country's flag is the only one in the world to have a Bible on it?

10. Which type of pasta is made with potatoes?

11. Which religion is said to have the most Gods?

12. Which European football team is also known as "The Merengues"?

13. What is the only country in South America that has Dutch as its sole official language?

14. How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?

15. How many notes are in a musical octave?

16. Before becoming an A-list actor, Kevin Costner played a dead person in which movie?

17. What is the name of the sea in the Philippines that also shares its name with a Star trek character?

18. How many spaces are there on a Monopoly board?

19. Which capital city is built on the most islands?

20. How much is the letter X worth on a Scrabble game board?

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Answers:

1. Michael Collins

2. Lucille Ball

3. William the Conqueror

4. Cuba

5. Carrots

6. Lithium

7. Russia

8. Australia

9. Dominican Republic

10. Gnocchi

11. Hinduism

12. Real Madrid

13. Suriname

14. Two

15. Eight

16. The Big Chill

17. The Sulu Sea

18. 40

19. Stockholm

20. Eight

How do everyone do on today's trivia?  Any better this week?  Let me know in the comments which ones you got right.  We have another game for you tomorrow so another chance to learn something new too!  All for now, Sue x

Belated Birthday Wishes

Hello there my crafty friends!  I started by embossing a piece of white card with the Padded Quilt embossing folder.  I matted it with a piece of amethyst card, then white and then a slightly wider piece of black card.  Next I cut the Elegant Florals die with a piece of black card on top of a piece of white card.  I used the white card (which just embosses the design and cuts around the outside of the design) and coloured the flowers with markers, using a range of purples and pinks.  I glued the black die cut over it and added it to the background with mounting foam.  I cut the Belated Birthday Wishes sentiment in white and glued it to the top of the die cut.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4"  x  7 3/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

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Wish You Were Here

Hello crafters!  I decided to make a stairstep card using the Beach Bathers.  While they aren't the easiest to photograph, I am hoping it comes across fairly well.  I cut a piece of white card to 5" x 10 1/2" and scored it at 1 1/4", 2 1/2", 4 1/4" , 6" and 8 1/4".  I folded it with mountain and valley folds to give me the base for the card.  I cut and coloured the three Beach Bathers, sand a beach bag and tropical drink then added them to the second mountain fold.  I cut the signpost and the sentiment and added them to the first fold of the card.  For the third fold, I added a piece of clear acetate and glued the biplane to it.  from the Palm Beach die set and the Beach accessories die set, I cut two palm trees, the sand, the beach chair, a sand castle, flip flops. sand bucket and shovel and the larger sun and added them to the white card below the biplane.  The card folds flat for posting.  The finished dimensions are 5" across in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

                                                                                        

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Congratulations on Your New Home

Hello bloggers!  I started today's card by selecting some decorative paper to give the look of wallpaper around the window.  The paper came from the A Gingham Christmas Paper Pad by Sam Poole.  I cut some white card for the bottom of the background and scored it to look like a white wood base.  I cut a couple of thin strips of white card to use as a border between them.  Next I cut the Window die out of tan card and added mounting foam to the back of it.  I  cut a piece of white card the same size as the window to use for the background in the window.  I cut two clouds from the Twinkle Twinkle Clouds and Stars die set and added them in the upper right corner.  From the Swing Tree die set, I cut two trees out of tan card and added them to the left side of the window.  In front of the trees, I added a few sunflowers in the corner from the Autumn Scene die set and also a basket of apples.  I used some Tea Dye distress ink on the basket before filling it with apples.  I cut a small piece of red card to glue the apples to after I added some green leaves and stems to them then glued them to the back of the basket.  I added the window die over the top and added it to the top of the card.  I cut the Congratulations On Your new Home sentiment in tan and glued it to the shadow backing piece which I cut in white.  I added it below the window with mounting foam.  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

Hello crafters!  I selected a piece of black card and embossed it with the Padded Quilt embossing folder.  Next I cut two of the Looped Ovals in white and layered them, then attached them to the background.  I cut the Rose Cluster with a piece of antique gold card on top of a piece of white card.  I used the whit copy to colour the images with markers.  I glued the gold die cut on top and added it to the bottom of the two ovals with mounting foam.  I cut the Best Wishes sentiment out of Corn flower blue card and shadowed it with the antique gold card and glued it to the top open area of the Looped ovals.  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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Hope Your Day is Full of Sunshine

Hello bloggers!  I thought this collection would be perfect for a shadowbox style card.  I started by cutting the New Arrival Shadowbox in white and adding mounting foam to the back of it.  For the largest square, I cut the beach chair from the Beach Accessories in blue and white and added it.  I used the smaller sun in the corner from the Beach Bathers set.  For the four small squares above, I cut the flip flops, beach ball, tropical drink with umbrella and the beach pail and shovel and glued them into the squares.  For the remaining two rectangular squares, I cut the sand castle for one and the beach bag for the other one and situated them both to the right side of the openings.  I cut the Beach Bather with the polka dotted swimsuit on and added her across the left side of the space on top of the shadowbox frame. I double cut her hat and added it with mounting foam to add dimension.   I cut the biplane in red and used a fine tipped marker to trace the words and added it to the frame that I cut with the Double Stitched Rectangles.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  8 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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More Fun Trivia

 Hello there my crafty friends! Here's another twenty questions to test your trivia knowledge today.  Hope you like them!

1. What is the largest type of bear?

2. Which former prison island near San Francisco can tourists visit?

3. Which famous musician helped fund the USS Arizona Memorial?

4. Who is the only monarch in history to be crowned as the King of England and France?

5. What is the capital of Greenland?

6. Which metal has the chemical symbol Sn?

7. Which famous musician was known as the "Thin White Duke"?

8. Which two countries does the region of Patagonia span?

9. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

10. Which moon of Saturn is known for its methane lakes?

11. Which actor portrayed Vito Corleone in "The Godfather"?

12. Which language is the oldest still widely spoken in Europe?

13. Which strait separates Alaska from Russia?

14. Which country was formerly known as Ceylon?

15. What is the smallest bone in the human body?

16. Which novel features the character "Atticus Finch"?

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

18. Which novel begins with the line "Call me Ishmael"?

19. Which element has the highest melting point of all pure metals?

20. Which sea creature has three hearts?

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Answers:

1. Polar Bear

2. Alcatraz

3. Elvis Presley

4. Henry VI

5. Nuuk

6. Tin

7. David Bowie

8. Chile & Argentina

9. Canada

10. Titan

11. Marlon Brando

12. Basque

13. The Bering Strait

14. Sri Lanka

15. The Stapes (in the ear)

16. To Kill A Mockingbird

17. A Crash

18. Moby Dick

19. Tungsten

20. Octopus

Now that wasn't too hard today, was it?  I hope everyone did well and even maybe learned a few new things too.  We are back to sharing cards tomorrow.  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

 Hello there my crafty friends and fellow trivia lovers!  I am back with another weekend of trivia fun for you today!  Here are your twenty questions for the day:

1. What type of glove covers the hand but does not have separate finger openings?

2. What is the name of the toy cowboy in the animated movie "Toy Story"?

3. Which country is home to Machu Picchu?

4. What is the largest species of shark?

5. What is the capital of Argentina?

6. What is the largest species of penguin?

7. In which country is the highest waterfall in the world located?

8. What is the highest mountain in the UK?

9. What is the longest river in Germany?

10. What is the second event in a triathlon?

11. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, what herb is said to be "for remembrance"?

12. Who was the youngest King of England?

13. Which country became the first African nation to reach the World Cup finals in 2022?

14. What was the name of Blackbeard's famous flagship?

15. In which year was the United Nations founded?

16. Which country is hoe to the "Door of Hell," a burning natural gas crater?

17. Which wonder of the modern world was rediscovered in 1911 by explorer Hiram Bingham?

18. In the phonetic alphabet, which word is used for the letter H?

19. For nearly 75 years, beer was banned in which county until the prohibition was lifted in 1989?

20. Which country invaded the Falklands in 1982?

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Answers:

1. Mitten

2. Woody

3. Peru

4. Whale Shark

5. Buenos Aires

6. Emperor Penguin

7. Venezuela

8. Ben Nevis

9. The Rhine River

10. Cycling

11. Rosemary

12. Henry VI

13. Morocco

14. Queen Anne's Revenge

15. 1945

16. Turkmenistan

17. Machu Picchu

18. Hotel

19. Iceland

20. Argentina

That's it for today's trivia, how did we all do today?  Let me know in the comments which ones you got right or got wrong.  More to come tomorrow.  All for now. Sue x

Hope Your Day is Sunny & Bright

Hello crafters!  Here's a Beach Bathers card, but minus the Beach Bathers!  I started by using some Clear Texture Paste and mixing it with a little bit of Stormy Skies Enchanted Sparkles to get a consistency that looked like water.  I added it to a piece of white card and tried to make it look like waves with a thickness to it.  It needed to dry for a while so I left it overnight.  I used the Fine Postage Stamp dies and cut a white frame then added it with mounting foam.  I cut the beach chair and umbrella from the Beach Accessories die set and coloured them in yellow and white.  I added them to the in the corner of the frame.  I cut the large sun from the Palm Beach die set and to the side corner of the frame.  I used the Hope Your Day is Sunny & Bright sentiment cut in black and glued it to the inside middle of the frame.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/4"  x  8 1/4"  in size. 

And now, time to announce the winner of the Beach Bathers Collection is............................. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................Theresa in Berks!!!

Congratulations!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your postal address and claim your prize!  All for now, Sue x

 

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