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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Thank You

Hello bloggers!  For today's card, I selected a piece of confetti card with a soft creamy background to it. I embossed it with the Basket Weave embossing folder.  I added a strip of the Tree Bark coloured Textured Linen paper which I matted with black card.  I cut two of the Looped Ovals out of taupe card and matted them together.  I cut the large mushroom from the Autumn Harvest die set out of milk and brown card.  I inked the stem with Gathered Twigs lightly before assembling the mushroom.  I cut Sydney the Squirrel out of taupe, tan and brown card and assembled her and added her under the mushroom.  Using some of the Enchanted Sprinkles card that I made using all the autumnal colours, I cut a couple of fern leaves and some other foliage and added it around the squirrel.  I cut the Thank You out of the same card and added it to a milk backing piece and added the outline cut from the same autumal card.  I added the sentiment with mounting foam to the top of the Looped Ovals.  The card was completed with milk card 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 hope you were able to enjoy a nice lie in this morning!  Get your brain ready for today's trivia as I have twenty questions ready for you.  Here they are:

1. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote in national elections?

2. Which material is traditionally used to make the strings of a violin bow?

3. What does the abbreviation GPS stand for?

4. Which food is made by fermenting cabbage, most famously in Korea?

5. Which colour of visible light has the shortest wavelength?

6. Which country has the greatest number of active volcanoes on mainland Europe?

7. What does the “QR” in QR code stand for?

8. Which country is primarily home to the Atacama Desert?

9. Which European country has an area known as the “Zone Rouge,” still restricted because of unexploded ammunition from World War I?

10. Which country contains the world's largest salt flat, Salar de Uyuni?

11. What was the first product ever scanned using a UPC barcode in a supermarket in the UK?

12. Which European country has a town officially called Batman?

13. Which two letters are worth the most points on a standard English-language Scrabble tile?

14. Which country contains the most southerly point of mainland Europe?

15. What was the first item ever monitored by a webcam?

16. Which islands take their name from the Latin word for dogs?

17. Which letter was added last to the modern English alphabet?

18. Which country contains the world's largest number of people living on islands?

19. Which substance makes up 95% of a pearl?

20. What was Lamborghini originally known for building before manufacturing cars?

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Answers:

1. New Zealand

2. Horse hair

3. Global Positioning System

4. Kimchi

5. Violet

6. Italy

7. Quick Response

8. Chile

9. France

10. Bolivia

11. A box of Melrose tea bags

12. Turkey

13.  Z and Q

14. Spain

15. A Coffee Pot

16. Canary Islands

17. The letter J

18. Indonesia

19. Calcium Carbonate

20. Agricultural Tractors

I hope everyone did really well on today's trivia, but also learned some new things too!  Let me know in the comments how you did and go ahead and add any trivia questions for me to answer too if you have the time.  We are back to cards tomorrow.  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

Hello there my crafty friends!  The weeks feel like they are flying by, don't you think?  I have your twenty questions for today ready and raring to go:

1. Which animal's name comes from an Afrikaans word meaning “earth pig”?

2. What is the largest species of penguin?

3. Which composer wrote The Four Seasons?

4. Which actress played Miss Marple in the long-running television series beginning in 1984?

5. Which element gives rubies their red colour?

6. Which country has more lakes than any other country in Europe

7. Which children's author created the character The Gruffalo?

8. Which actress played Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers?

9. Which famous fictional character has the middle name Hamish?

10. Which organ of the human body contains the islets of Langerhans?

11. What is the anatomical name for the shinbone?

12. Which famous children's book features a rat called Templeton?

14. Which Balkan country has coastlines on both the Adriatic and Ionian Seas?

14. Which author invented the word “nerd” in a children's book published in 1950?

15. What type of animal is a dik-dik?

16. Which English king was the father of Elizabeth I?

17. Which novel introduced the character of Long John Silver?

18. Which British actor provided the voice of Scar in the original 1994 film The Lion King?

19. What natural substance was traditionally used inside early golf balls before rubber became common?

20. Which creature can taste with its feet?

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Answers:

1. Aardvark

2. Emperor Penguin

3. Antoni Vivaldi

4. Joan Hickson

5. Chromium

6. Finland

7. Julia Donaldson

8. Prunella Scales

9. Dr. John Watson

10. Pancreas

11. Tibia

12. Charlotte's Web

13. Albania

14. Dr. Seuss

15. Dwarf Antelope

16. Henry VIII

17. Treasure Island

18. Jeremy Irons

19. Feathers

20. Butterflies

Should I say congratulations?  How did you do with today's questions, any better than last week?  Let me know in the comments.  All for now, Sue x

Peace

Hello crafters!  I have a clean and simple card to share with your today.  I cut the Peace sentiment out of white card eleven times.  I glued them two across a piece of white card is six rows.  Since the letters are not attached, I used a cut out card piece from the die to help line the letters up as I glued them in place.  I left one space open and I cut a red Peace and a black Peace.  I used the black die cut as an offset shadow behind the red one and glued it into the open spot.  I cut enough poinsettias to make a large and a medium sized flowers and glittered them using Diamond White glitter.  I assembled the flowers and added them to the lower left corner of the card.  I cut several white Evergreen Branches and used them as accents around the flowers.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/2"  x  8 1/2"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

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Especially For You

Hello bloggers!  I selected a piece of aqua card for the background.  I used a swirly stamp and inked it with a Clear Perfect Medium pad and stamped it all around the edges for a watermark look.  Next I cut the Harper die out of white card and backed it with ocean card. I added it to the background with some mounting foam.   I cut the Daisy Cluster with two pieces of white card using my double cut/emboss method technique.  I used the bottom embossed card to colour the design with markers.  Once coloured, I glued the white die cut over the top of it.  I added it to the bottom of the Harper die with mounting foam.  I cut the Especially For You sentiment in black and glued it across the Harper die.  I glued clear micro beads to the centres of the daisy as accents and allowed them to dry thoroughly.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  8"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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Hope Your Day is Sunny & Bright

Hi crafters!  For todays card, I selected a piece of Arctic Blue to use for the background.  I ran a piece of removeable tape across it and sponged the water using Cobalt Blue distress ink.  I hand cut the sand out of milk card and glued it to the bottom of the card.  I cut the Beach Bather die out of milk card and coloured the swimsuit with markers.  I cut the hat using lilac card and then added the small centre part with mounting foam and glued it to her.  I cut the beach blanket out of white card and added lilac strips to it.  I did the same with the beach chair and umbrella from the Beach Accessories die set.  I cut two palm trees from the Palm Beach die set using tan and green card.  I added the palms to the side of the card.  I cut a sun out of white gloss card and glued it to the corner of the card.  For the sentiment, I use the Hope Your Days Are Sunny & Bright, which was cut out of white and black card.  I shadowed the white die cut by gluing the black one behind it slightly offset.  I glued it to the sky.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  8" in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

                                                                                

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Season's Greetings

Hi crafters!  I started today's card by embossing a piece of white card with the Padded Quilt embossing folder.  Next I cut a wide red frame using the Double Stitched Squares.  I added mounting foam to the back of the frame then added it over the embossed background.  Next I cut the outer die from the Twinkling Lights Octagon out of white card. Next I cut the middle die in the set in white.  I backed both of them with red card and added them to the middle of the frame.  I cut the inner die with a piece of black card on top of a piece of white card.  I used the bottom white piece to colour the twinkling lights with markers.  I used some clear Cosmic Lacquer over all the lights then set it aside to dry.  Once dry, I trimmed the edge and added the black die cut to it, then taped it to the middle of the die cut in the frame.  I used the Season's Greetings sentiment from the Festive Wordie sheets and glued it to the bottom of the red frame.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 8"  x  8" in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

                                                                                

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Best Wishes

Hi bloggers!  I have another Woodland Collection card to share with you today.  I started today's card by cutting a piece of white card for the background.  Next I cut the Autumn Wreath from a page of Enchanted Sprinkles that I made to use with this collection.  It has all the autumn colours in it with greens, yellows, oranges and reds.  Using the mushrooms from the Autumn Harvest die set, I cut several of them out of tan card and added caps of dark brown to them for the large mushrooms.  I cut the smaller ones out of taupe and added tan caps to them.  I arranged the smaller mushrooms in the wreath and then added some pine cones from the Sydney the Squirrel die set to the wreath.  I added the larger mushrooms to the middle of the wreath with a few grass tufts.  I cut the Best Wishes sentiment out of tan card and added it to a white backing piece, then added it below the wreath with mounting foam.  I cut two more grass tufts and added them to the left of the sentiment.  I cut the stemmed floral from the Forest Floor Foliage die set and added it to the right of the sentiment.  The card was completed with white and tan mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/4"  x  8 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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