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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More Fun Trivia

  Good Sunday morning all!  It sure does comes around quickly, doesn't it??   I feel like I just gave you trivia questions a few days ago, hard to believe it has been a full week.  Anyways, here are your twenty questions for Sunday:

1. Which famous fashion designer began her working life as a cabaret singer and is believed to have acquired her nickname from a song she performed?

2. Which common fruit was once so expensive in Britain that wealthy people sometimes rented one to display at dinner parties?

3. What familiar punctuation mark was once called a “note of admiration”?

4. Before becoming famous as an actor, which British celebrity worked as a coffin polisher?

5. Which common game piece was originally made from the knucklebones of sheep?

6. What did Victorian-era “knocker-uppers” do for a living?

7. What unusual substance was sometimes used by the ancient Romans for washing clothes because its ammonia helped remove stains?

8. Which part of a horse is known as the frog?

9. What is the name of the traditional Irish potato pancake also known as bacstaí?

10. What name is given to the individual sections that make up an orange or other citrus fruit?

11. Which South American country has a national flag that is officially different on its front and back?

12. Which animal has three hearts, nine brains and blue blood?

13.Which European country has two official national flags, one for state use and another for civilian use?

14. Which British island is famous for a breed of sheep that can naturally have four or even six horns?

15. What is the only letter that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state?

16. Which country has an archaeological site called Newgrange that is older than both Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids?

17. Which famous British car manufacturer originally produced bicycles before making its first car in 1904?

18. Which European capital contains a hill called Monte Testaccio that was created almost entirely from millions of broken ancient Roman pottery vessels?

19. Which British city has an underground network of caves beneath its streets, including some once used as medieval tannery cellars?

20. What everyday food was once known in Britain as a “Chinese gooseberry”?

 

1. Coco Chanel

2. Pineapples

3. Exclamation point

4. Sean Connery

5. Jacks

6. Waking people up for work by knocking on their windows and doors

7. Urine (both animal and human)

8. The V-shaped part on the underside of the hoof

9. Boxty

10. Carpels

11. Paraguay

12. Octopus

13. Austria

14. Isle of Man

15. The letter Q

16. Ireland

17. Rover Company

18. Rome

19. Nottingham

20. Kiwifruit

Did we do better today than yesterday?  Leave me a comment with your score and if you have any questions for me, I would love that!  I will be back to posting cards tomorrow for you.  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

Hello to my fellow trivia players!  I have a nice mix of questions but they may be a bit challenging too, we shall see!  I hope you like them and learn some new stuff at least.  Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:

1. Which country celebrates Diwali?

2. Which European country was officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes before taking a much shorter name in 1929? 

3. Which part of the Statue of Liberty was damaged in 1916 and wasn't repaired until 1985?

4. Which British television programme began in 1963 under the working title The Troubleshooters before receiving its famous final title?

5. Before becoming the modern country of Zimbabwe in 1980, by what name was it widely known for much of the 20th century?

6. Which well-known search engine was originally called BackRub?

7. Which famous London landmark was originally intended to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere after the 1851 Great Exhibition?

8. Which fruit is used to make the spirit kirsch?

9. Ian Anderson is famous for playing which instrument in the rock band Jethro Tull?

10. Which British rock group took its name from a character in Charles Dickens's David Copperfield?

11. What is unusual about the pupils of a cuttlefish's eyes?

12. Which rock band took its name from a slang term used by British airmen for an unidentified flying object?

13. Which food takes its name from the Italian for “bone with a hole”?

14. Which British scientific tradition, founded by Michael Faraday, began in 1825 and continues to be broadcast during the festive season?

15. Scientists recently named a newly described snake after which Guns N' Roses guitarist?

16. Which English monarch was the first to be buried in Westminster Abbey?

17. Which  British prime minister escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp during the Boer War?

18. During the Great Fire of London in 1666, what valuable food did diarist Samuel Pepys bury in his garden to keep it safe?

19. Which creature, presumed dead and glued to a specimen card at the British Museum, surprised everyone four years later when it was discovered to still be alive?

20. Which famous scientist was once appointed Warden of the Royal Mint and personally pursued counterfeiters?

1. India

2. Yugoslavia

3. The Torch

4. Dr. Who

5. Rhodesia

6. Google

7. Crystal Palace

8. Cherries

9. Flute

10. Uriah Heep

11. They are W-shaped in bright light

12. Foo Fighters

13. Ossobuco

14. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

15. Slash 

16. Edward the Confessor

17. Winston Churchill

18. Parmesan Cheese

19. A Snail

20. Isaac Newton

I really thought these were interesting questions, I hope that you did too!  Drop me a comment and let me know how you did and what you thought of the questions too!  All for now, Sue x

Have A Happy Go Lucky and Zippity Do Dah Day!

Hello there my crafty friends!  I embossed a piece of white card with the Padded Quilt embossing folder for today's card.  Next I used the back of a piece of pixied card from my stash for the background. The piece was created using Candy Pink and Lava Red Pixie powders. I matted the piece with white and black card then added it to a Looped Rectangle cut in white.  I stamped and cut out Ethel holding a coffee cup from Ethel's and Ralph's Homelife die set.  I coloured the die cut with markers.  I added the cat next to Ethel and then stamped the sentiment and cut it out.  I added the sentiment to the upper corner. I added the focal element to the embossed 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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Jolly Holly Days

Hello bloggers!  For today's card, I cut the outer die from the Holly Wreath Octagon in white.  I backed it in red by cutting the outer most cutting die.  Next I cut the middle die in red and backed it in white and added it to the focal element with mounting foam.  I cut the centre wreath die with a piece of white under and piece of black card. I proceeded to cut the wreath out of green, red and red glittered card to use the fall away pieces to paper piece back into the die.  I glued it to the middle of the card once the paper piecing was complete.  I cut four of the corners from the Christmas Embellishment die set out of both red and black.  I shadowed each red one with the black die cut and glued them into the corners.  I used the Jolly Holly-Days sentiment from the Festive Wordie sheets and added it across thee bottom of the card with mounting foam.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  6 3/4" in size.  

I need to add a note here about my Facebook page.  Facebook is no longer allowing us to schedule posts for unbeknownst reason (which also applies to Instagram as they own it now).  I will do my best to get the card of the day posted every day, but it won't always be at 6am each morning so please be patient if that is your preferred method of seeing the daily cards.  All for now, Sue x
 

                                                                                       

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So Thankful For You

Hello crafters!  I started with a piece of milk card and embossed it with the Basketweave embossing folder.  Next I cut three of the smaller frame in the Looped Arch Frame die set.  I added mounting foam to the back of all three and added a piece of milk card to them.  I attached all three of the frames to the top portion of the embossed background.  I cut Sydney the Squirrel in shades of tans and browns and assembled her.  I added her to the middle frame with some greenery around.  For the left frame I use the Autumn Scenes from the Window Scene collection.  I cut the basket in tan and added the handle.  I filled the basket with a bunch of mushrooms that I cut in grey and inked lightly with Gathered Twigs distress ink.  I sat the basket in front of several tufts of grass.  For the frame on the right, I cut a bunch of acorns out of shades of tan and brown.  I sat that basket in front of tufts of grass too.  For the sentiment, I cut the So Thankful For You out of Enchanted Sprinkled card and glued it to the backing which was cut in milk card.  I added an outer ring of the enchanted sprinkled card too then attached it under the frames with mounting foam.  The card was completed with milk mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  9"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

                                                                                 

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Hope Your Days Are Sunny & Bright

Hi bloggers!  I selected a piece of sky blue card for the background.  I taped off the top of it with a piece of copy paper and sponged Salty Ocean Distress ink along the bottom quarter of it.  Next I cut two pieces of sand out of taupe card and glued them along the bottom of the card.  I used brown and green card to cut two palm trees from the Palm Beach die set and glued them to either side of the card.  I cut the Beach Bather out of milk card and coloured her swimsuit in yellows with multi coloured polka dots.  I glued a straw hat to her and added a small yellow ribbon bow with a flower in the middle.  I added her to the middle of the sand with mounting foam..  I cut a beach bad out of raspberry card and added flip flops and sunglasses coming from the top.  I cut the larger sun from the Palm Beach die set in bright yellow and glued it to the upper corner.  I used the Hope Your day is Sunny & Bright cut from both white and black card,  The black die cut was used as an offset shadow behind it before gluing to the top of the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/4"  x 8" in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

                                                                         

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Peace

Hello crafters!  I started today's card by embossing a piece of white card with the Falling Snow embossing folder.  Next I cut the outer die from the Nostalgic Bauble Octagon die set out of antique gold card,  I glued tiny flatback pearls to the ends.  I cut the Christmas Angel 2026 out of milk card and red card.  I used the one cut out of milk card as the base and coloured the angel's hair with pencils.  On the red die cut, I cut away the dress and glued it to the milk card base. I added some Snow Sprinkles to the bottom of the dress and allowed it to dry thoroughly.  I cut the angel wings in white  and glued them to the back of the angel.  Using the Peace sentiment, I cut it out of red card and added it to a white shadow backing piece.  The sentiment was added to the top of the card with mounting foam.  The card was completed with white and antique gold card mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7"  x  7 3/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x

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