To A Dear Friend

Hello crafters!  I started this card by embossing a piece of white card with the Padded Quilt embossing folder.  Next I used Jamie's Postage Stamp Octagons and cut a larger black one and then a slightly smaller Periwinkle one.  I used mounting foam to put them together and then I added a white backing to them and glued them to the embossed background.  I cut the Daisy Cluster with a piece of black card on top of a piece of white card.  I used the bottom white piece to colour the embossed image with markers, then I glued the black die cut on top of it.  I added it to the bottom of the octagon frames with mounting foam.  I added black micro beads to the centres of the daisies in the cluster.   I cut the To A Dear Friend sentiment in black and glued it to the top inside of the frames.  I added small pearls to the embossed background.  The card was completed with white, black and periwinkle mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6" x  6"  in size.  All for now Sue x

 

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Merry Christmas

Hello crafters!  As promised, here is one of the samples I made for the new Christmas release.  I started by laying the Blast stencil down on a piece of card with a sticky adhesive sheet added to it.  I used Copper Teal Gilding flakes through the stencil using a rubit scrubit pad.  I removed the stencil and used Black Onyx glitter on the remaining sticky areas.  I cut the Christmas Angel 2026 out of milk card.  I cut it a second time out of black gloss card.  I cut away the dress portion on the black die cut and glued it to the one cut from milk coloured card.  I coloured the hair and skin with pencils, then glued the dress onto it.  I added some fluffy stuff and heated it to the bottom of her dress.  I cut the wings out of white card and glued them to the angel then added her with mounting foam to the middle of the card.  I cut the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Festive Wordie Sheets and added it with mounting foam to the card.  The card was completed with white and black card 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

Hello bloggers!  Welcome to the Sunday version of the trivia today.  I hope you will like today's questions.  Her are your twenty questions for today:

1. Who was the first American man to appear on the cover of "Vogue"?

2. What is the only organization to win the Nobel Peace Prize on three separate occasions?

3. What was the highest grossing video game in its first 24 hours?

4. Which Roman god has two faces and looks to the past an the future?

5. Which planet rotates on its side?

6. What is the largest species of shark?

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

8. Which famous ship disappeared in 1872 with no one aboard?

9. Which artist painted "The Night Watch"?

10. Which US state is known as "The Last Frontier"?

11. Which country is home to Mount Kilimanjaro?

12. What is the world's tallest species of grass?

13. What is the largest freshwater lake by surface area?

14. Which country is known as the "Land of Fire and Ice"?

15. Which explorer reached India by sea in 1498?

16. What is the world's largest species of deer?

17. Which composer wrote "The Four Seasons"?

18. Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?

19. Which sea creature has three hearts?

20. Which famous US monument is carved into the Black Hills?

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Answers:

1. Richard Gere

2. The International Committee of the Red Cross

3. Grand Theft Auto

4. Janus

5. Uranus

6. Whale Shark

7. Canada

8. The Mary Celeste

9. Rembrandt

10. Alaska

11. Tanzania

12. Bamboo

13. Lake Superior

14. Iceland

15.Vasco da Gama

16. Moose

17. Antonio Vivaldi

18. Lesotho

19. Octopus

20. Mount Rushmore

Are congratulations in order?   How did everyone do with today's questions?  Please drop me a comment and let me know how you scored today.  Back to posting cards tomorrow.  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

Hello crafters!  We are back to more trivia this weekend.  I have a nice mix of questions for you too.  I hope you like them and learn something too.  Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:  

1. The terms "recto" and "verso" are primarily used in which skillset?

2. Which book held the record for over two years for the longest time spent on the New York Times best Seller list in 2003?

3. Which word is used in the Phonetic alphabet for the letter "J"?

4. Which Czech author wrote a classic story about a man turning into a giant insect?

5. What does the term "YOLO" mean?

6. What is the fastest land snake in the world?

7. Eddie Redmayne portrayed which theoretical physicist in the film "The Theory of Everything"?

8. Which great ape is the Earth's largest tree-dwelling animal?

9. What were the names of the two sister ships of the Titanic?

10. Which car brand logo features a trident?

11. Which creature holds the record for the highest jump relative to its body size?

12. Who is Sasha Fierce the alter ego of?

13. Who was the original lead singer of Genesis before Phil Collins

14. What was the only horse to win the Grand National three times?

15. Where in the world is it illegal to step on currency?

16. Due to a lack of available tiles, which word can never be played in a game of Scrabble?

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

18. What date is considered Pi day?

19. What was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?

20. What is the largest island in Canada?

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Answers: 

1. Bookbinding

2. The Da Vinci Code

3. Juliette

4. Franz Kafka

5. You Only Live Once

6. Black Mamba

7. Stephen Hawking

8. Orangutan

9. Britannic and Olympic

10. Maserati

11. Flea

12. Beyonce

13. Peter Gabriel

14. Red Rum

15. Thailand

16. Pizzazz

17. Congregation

18. March 14

19. Lewis Carroll

20. Baffin Island

That wasn't too hard, right?  How did everyone do today, let me know in the comments.  If you have any questions for me, please feel free to leave them in the comments as well.  All for now. Sue x

Heartfelt Thanks

Hello there my crafty friends!  For today's card, I started by cutting a piece of amethyst card for the background.  I used an old Creative Expressions stamp that looks like cracked glass  and stamped it all over the background using a black ink pad.  Next, I cut the Elegant Floral die with two pieces of white card.  I used the bottom card (that just embossed the design into it) and coloured the design with markers.  Once coloured, I glued the other white die cut card on top.  I added it to the background with mounting foam.  I cut the Heartfelt Thanks sentiment in black and glued it to the top of the die cut.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/4"  x  8"  in size.  

As promised, the winner of the Christmas Die release is..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Sued99!!!

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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Merry Christmas

Hello crafters!  I still have a lot of Christmas cards from last year to share with you, but I promise I will share some of this year's samples with you next week.  I started todays sample by cutting a piece of white card and I scored it across the card with my score board.  Next I used the Floating Bubbles stencil on a piece of blue card and used Periwinkle Sparkle Texture paste through the stencil.  Once dry, I cut it into two pieces and added the larger one at the bottom of the card and the other one at the top of the card.  I cut thin strips of silver mirror card and glued them across the join area.  Using Jamie's Christmas Kaleidoscope die, I cut three of them out of  periwinkle card and backed them with silver mirror card.  I added all three to the middle of the card with mounting foam.  I cut the Merry Christmas die out of white and silver mirror card, then shadowed it with the silver card and glued the words to the top and bottom of the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 8" x 8 1/2" in size.  All for now. Sue x
 

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Thinking of You

Hello bloggers!  To begin, I embossed  piece of white card with the Padded Quilt embossing folder.  Next I cut the Jayne die out of lilac card and the Harper die out of white card.  I cut the lilac die cut card in half and then glued the white Harper die cut to it, pushing the cut die outward from behind. I cut the Harper die again but just the inner lattice part with the middle part added to it, leaving the outer part of the die this time.  I cut the middle part a second time out of lilac card and glued it on top.  Next I cut the Daisy Cluster out of two pieces of white card.  I coloured one of the daisies with a lilac marker, then added the white die cut on top.  I hand cut a single daisy out of it and added it to the bottom of the die cut once assembled.  I used the Thinking of You sentiment cut out of both lilac and black card.  I shadowed it then glued it to the centre lattice part of the die cut.  The card was completed with white and lilac card mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  9 1/4"  in size.  All for now. Sue x 
 

 

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Peace

Hello crafters!  I started by cutting a piece of white card.  I used Distress inks to make the sky.  I sponged Sailboat Blue, Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide inks in a diagonal across the top of the card.  I cut two hills out of white card and glued them to the bottom of the card.  I used a white paint pen and tapped it all over the top of the card for the stars.  Using the Snow Covered Pine Trio and created three trees by cutting the base tree out of white card with a piece of gloss white card on top.  I used the pine base which when cut on the bottom left an embossed pattern of the pieces of the pine tree and I used the fall away pieces from the gloss white card to glue them onto the pine trees. I added all three trees with mounting foam to the card.  I cut the Peace sentiment out of both white and black card.  I shadowed the white Peace and glued them into the top corner of the card.  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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Pierced Poinsettia

Hello my crafty friends!  We are at the final post of the launch, but I just had to add this beautiful poinsettia set to the collection.  Introducing the Pierced Poinsettias.  There are six dies in this set, with three sizes of poinsettias to fit all your needs and leaves and centres too.  There is a beautiful pierced design on the petals of the flowers giving you an extra detail to your floral elements.  I think these really elevate your Christmas cards to another level.  For the last time this launch I will ask you to leave a comment so you can get the maximum number of post entries into the drawing.  Don't forget to check back on the 10th to see if your name was the one that was drawn out as the winner!  All for now. Sue x

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Holly Lattice Border

Hello bloggers and welcome to the final day of the Christmas die release blog launch.  we are showcasing the Holly Lattice die during this post.  You may have noticed this die on the last post yesterday, but I thought I would share this card as it shows different ways in which you can use this very versatile die.  There are five dies in this set that can be used all together or in separate sections, depending on your needs.  It can be easily nipped apart as I have done here and used in other ways too.  I think you are going to want to try to win this die so add your comment on this post if you do.  There is one final post today and it will be along at noon.  All for now, Sue x

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