Hope Your Day is Full of Sunshine

Hello bloggers!  Today's card is one of the last Beach gals cards and it is a really easy one too.  I started with a piece of arctic blue card and cut the sand twice from the Palm Beach die set.  I cut each of the Beach Bathers out of milk card and used markers to colour them.    I added straw hats to each of the girls with matching ribbons to their swimsuits and a small flower instead of a bow.  I cut the small sun out of yellow card and tipped the edges with spiced marmalade ink before gluing it in the upper corner.  I cut the plane out of blue and added the banner cut from milk card.  I used a fine tipped felt pen to trace the lettering on it, then glued it across the sky.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 5"  x  6 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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Merriest Christmas Wishes

Hi bloggers!  I started today's card by embossing a piece of white card with the Falling Snow embossing folder.  I like that it also looks a bit like stucco so it is good for an outside wall too.  I added a wide strip of dark grey card along the bottom of the card and scored it to look like wood.  I ran a piece of grey card across the two as a divider.  Next, I cut the Window die out of white card and added mounting foam to the back of it.  I created an indoor scene with a blue and white stripped paper to look like wallpaper.  I added the chimney with three stockings and a fire below in the fireplace.  I cut the tree from the Window Scene die and added silver garland and gold baubles. I used Fluffy Stuff on the tops of the hung stockings and heated it to puff them up.   I added a matching wreath above the fireplace, with a red bow.  I cut the Coronet Lace die in white and added it at the top inside of the window as a valance.  The window die was added to the scene and then to the background.  I cut the Merriest Christmas Wishes sentiment in white and shadowed it in black, then glued it under the window.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  9"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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Autumn Greetings

Hello there my crafty friends!   For today's card, I used an older die called the Birch Tree Forest.  I cut it with a piece of grey card and moved it across and cut it a second time for a longer panel. I glued it to a white backing piece.  I cut the two larger mushrooms from the Autumn Harvest die set out of taupe card for the base and dark grey and brown for the tops.  I cut the smaller one out of dark grey and brown.  I added them to the background forest and used some tufts of grass around them.  I also cut some fern fronds and leaves to add around them as well.  Using the Double Pierced Rectangles, I added a wider white frame with a thinner brown frame on top of it around the scene.  I cut the Autumn Greeting sentiment in brown, shadowed it in black and glued it above the mushrooms.   I cut and assembled Millie the Mouse and added her onto the corner of the frame.  The card was completed with brown and white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  8 3/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

                                                                                

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More Fun Trivia

 Good Sunday morning all!  Ready for another round of trivia today?  I sure hope so as I have twenty questions waiting for you to use your brains on!  Here they are for you:

1. Which animal is the only great ape native to Asia?

2. Which country is the only one in the world whose national flag features humans?

3. Which is the only species of penguin found naturally north of the equator?

4. Which musical became the first Broadway production to surpass 10,000 performances?

5. Which monarch was the first to be crowned in Westminster Abbey?

6. Which singer was the first woman inducted twice into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?

7. Which actor was the first to receive a posthumous Academy Award for acting?

8. Which animal produces the largest egg relative to its body size?

9. Which mammal has the densest fur of any animal, with up to around one million hairs per square inch?

10. Which country is the only one in the world named after Jesus Christ?

11. Which actress was the first woman to earn $1 million for a single film role?

12. How many actors have won an Academy Award for portraying a British monarchs?

13. Which children's nursery rhyme did Thomas Edison famously record on his early phonograph?

14. Which  UK Cathedral contains the world's oldest surviving working mechanical clock, dating from around 1386?

15. Which country became the first to introduce compulsory seat-belt wearing for front-seat passengers?

16. Which country was the first to adopt Christianity as its state religion?

17. Which actor was the first to play Doctor Who on television?

18. Which British woman was the first female recipient of the Order of Merit?

19. Which country was the first to use fingerprints as a method of criminal identification?

20. Which country became the first to ban plastic bags nationwide in 2002?

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Answers:

1. Orangutan

2. Belize

3. Galapagos Penguins

4. Phantom of the Opera

5. William the Conqueror

6. Stevie Nicks

7. Peter Finch

8. Kiwi

9. Sea Otter

10. El Salvador

11. Elizabeth Taylor

12. Six

13. Mary Had A Little Lamb

14. Salisbury Cathedral

15. Australia

16. Armenia

17. William Hartnell

18. Florence Nightingale

19. Argentina

20. Bangladesh

Well?  Did you find these easier or harder than the questions from Saturday's trivia?  Let me know in the comments and don't forget to add any questions for me too!  We are back to sharing cards with you tomorrow.  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

Hello there my crafty friends!  It's time for weekend trivia again!  I'm sure you know the drill by now.  Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:

1. Which singer was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou?

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

3. What is the largest bone in the human body?

4. Which Mediterranean island is traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the Greek goddess Aphrodite?

5. Which British king reportedly spoke little English when he first became king?

6. Which fruit contains the enzyme bromelain?

7. What is the anatomical name for the space between the eyebrows?

8. Which chocolate bar was sold in the UK as Marathon until 1990?

9. Which British band took its name from a character in the film Barbarella?

10. Which actress played both Queen Elizabeth I and Bob Dylan on film?

11. Which famous British television series was originally going to be called The Fighting Tigers?

12. Which soft drink began life under the name Brad's Drink?

13. Which actress's real name was Margarita Carmen Cansino?

14. Which company began as a playing-card manufacturer in 1889?

15. Which European capital was formerly known in English as Christiania?

16. Which ABBA song was originally titled “Boogaloo” while it was being developed?

17. Which company recently introduced a £420 toothbrush capable of showing live footage from inside your mouth?

18. Which character from the British animation studio Aardman has recently been added to the list of possible UK storm names?

19. Which English king was crowned on Christmas Day in 1066?

20. Which is the only country in the world that is located within all four hemispheres?

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Answers:

1. George Michael

2. Jordan

3. Femur

4. Cyprus

5. King George I

6. Pineapple

7. Glabella

8. Snickers

9. Duran Duran

10. Cate Blanchett

11. Dad's Army

12. Pepsi

13. Rita Hayworth

14. Nintendo

15. Oslo

16. Dancing Queen

17. Dyson

18. Shaun (the Sheep)

19. William the Conquerer

20. Kiribati

How did everyone do today?  I would love to know which questions you got correct or even the ones you found too difficult?  Leave your answers in the comments and any questions you might have for me too!  All for now, Sue x

Season's Greetings

Hi bloggers!  It's black, gold and white for today's card.  I started with a piece of black card and I matted it with white and gold mirror card.  I cut the middle die from the Holly Wreath Octagon out of gloss black card and glued it to the middle of the background.  Next I cut the centre die out of gold mirror card and backed it with black gloss card and added it to the middle of the card.  I cut four of the corners from the Christmas Embellishments out of black gloss card and glued them to each of the corners.  I cut the Season's Greetings sentiment from the Festive Wordie sheets and added it to the bottom centre of the card with mounting foam.  I added the entire card to a wider mat of black gloss card before finishing with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4"  x  7 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

                                                                                

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Hope Your Day is Full of Sunshine

Hello there my crafty friends!  For today's card I selected a piece of arctic blue card for the background,  I taped off the bottom section and sponged Salty Ocean distress ink along it.  I removed the tape and added some sand cut from milk card from the Beach Bather die set.  I cut an umbrella and coloured it purple and green and stuck it in the sand.  I cut the Beach Bather out of milk card and coloured her with markers.  I added a straw hat with a purple ribbon and a flower.  I sat her on the sand with a Pina Colada next to her.  I cut the small sun from the set in yellow and inked the edges with Spiced Marmalade and glued it into the top corner.  I cut the plane out of tan card and added the banner cut from milk card.  I traced the letter on the banner with a fine tipped black pen then glued it in the sky area.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are ???? in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

 

 

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From Me To You

Hello crafters!  I started today's card by embossing a piece of white card with the Quilted Heart embossing folder.  I cut the small scalloped piece from the Snowflake Scalloped Border die set out of raspberry car four times.    I interlocked two of the pieces for each end of the card and glued them in place.  I cut the middle die from the Pierced Square Frames in white and backed it with raspberry card.  I added mounting foam to the back of it and attached another piece of white card to the back.  I added it to the middle of the card in a diamond orientation with mounting foam.  Using the Rose Corner die set, I cut four corner in white, backed them with raspberry card and added green leaves to each of them, then glued them to each of the corners.  I cut the From me To You sentiment in both raspberry and black card.  I shadowed the sentiment with the black die cut and glued it into place in the centre of the frame.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  7 1/2"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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Peace On Earth

Hello crafters!  Here is a clean and simple card you can do if you are making a lot of Christmas cards this year.  I started with a piece of white card and embossed it with the Whispering Vines Circle embossing folder.  Next I cut the 
 Vintage Crystal Snowflake out of silver card and added it to the centre of the embossed background.  Next I cut the smaller snowflake twice from the Timeless Winter Snowflake die set out of white card, crisscrossed it and layered it on top.  I cut the Peace on Earth sentiment with the black background from the Festive Wordie sheets .  I added it across the middle of the snowflakes with mounting foam.  The card was completed with silver and white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are ???? in size.  All for now, Sue x

                                                                          

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