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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Goodbye Tension, Hello Pension

Hi crafters!  I started today's card by stamping the Goodbye Tension, Hello Pension stamp all over a piece of white card in black ink.  I used one of the Double Stitched Rectangles and cut the centre out of the card.  I matted it with sky blue card and cut a piece of vellum the exact size as the cut out piece and attached it with a small dab of glue in the corners.  I added the rectangles back into the middle of the card with mounting foam (which covered up the hole in the middle of the card too).  Next I stamped Ethel and Murray in their exercise outfits from the Murray and Ethel Lovin Life die set onto white card with black ink.  I coloured both of them with markers, then used the matching dies to cut them out.  I added them to the raised rectangle with mounting foam.  I stamped the sentiment one more time and cut it out with matching rectangles and matted it with sky blue card.  I added it to the upper left corner with mounting foam.  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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Tis The Season

Hello there my crafty friends!  I selected a piece of antique gold card and embossed it with the Falling Snow embossing folder.  Next I cut the Holly Lattice Border twice out of a piece of black card on top of a piece of white card.  I used a silver and gold paint pen to colour the holly pieces on each border, leaving the lattice area white.  I glued the black border die cut over the white one with the coloured hollies on it.  Next I cut each section apart on the two borders, giving me six sections.  I cut a double white frame using the Double Pierced Circle dies.  I added the pieces together then added mounting foam to the back of the circle frame and attached a piece of white card to it.  I went around the circle adding each of the sections to the underneath edge of the circle.  Once complete, I added it to the middle of the embossed gold background.  I cut the Tis The Season sentiment out of both black and gold card.  I added them to the white shadow backing piece after I shadowed each of the words with the black die cut.  I attached it inside the circular frame with mounting foam.  The card was completed with black and white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 3/4"  x  7 3/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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So Thankful For You

Hello crafters!  For today's card, I started with a piece of milk card and embossed it with the Tidal Sands embossing folder.  Next I cut the Autumn Wreath die out of green card.  I cut an assortment of small flowers in shades of pink and added them all around the wreath. I cut Hazel the Hedgehog in shades of gray and assembled her and added her to the bottom of the wreath.  I cut the So Thankful For You sentiment out of soft lavender card and added it to a white backing piece.  I added the sentiment across the top of the wreath. Next I cut a double layered frame using the Double Stitched Squares.  I cut a thin layer of green card and added it to a wider milk card frame. I added mounting foam to it then added it over the focal element.  The card was completed with milk mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 3/4"  x  7 3/4"  in size.  All for now. Sue x 
 

                                                                                   

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Christmas Wishes

Hello bloggers!  I started today's card by embossing a piece of white card with the Falling Snow embossing folder.  I used some spray glue on it then glittered it with Diamond White glitter.  I cut the Vintage Crystal Snowflake out of silver card and glued it to the middle of the card.  Next I cut the Timeless Winter Snowflake in white and cut it into four pieces.  I used the Double Stitched Squares and made a thin white frame.  I glued each of the pieces of the snowflake into the corner from the underneath side of the frame.  I added mounting foam to the back of the frame and glued it over the glittered background.  I cut the Christmas Wishes sentiment from the Festive Wordie sheets and added it across the snowflake with mounting foam.  The card was completed with white 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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