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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More Fun Trivia

 Good Sunday morning all!  Have you recovered from yesterday's trivia yet?  I hope so as we have another twenty general knowledge questions for you again today!  Here they are:

1. What name is given to the process by which a caterpillar changes into a butterfly?

2. Which restaurant chain was the first to use online ordering in 1994? 

3. What is the name of the purely ornamental ball or knob found at the top of a flagpole?

4. What is the largest of the Canary Islands?

5. Which British author created the character Horatio Hornblower?

6. What is the name of the traditional Scottish dish made principally from oats, offal and suet?

7. Which woman became the first female Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom?

8. What is the capital of Estonia?

9. What is the name of the fleshy red growth hanging beneath a turkey’s beak?

10. What is the name of the traditional wooden Russian dolls that fit one inside another?

11. Which writer created the fictional detective Inspector Morse?

12. Which Italian city is traditionally regarded as the birthplace of pizza?

13. What was the name of the first woman to appear on a British banknote other than the monarch?

14. Which singer's real middle name is Pirate?

15. Which member of The Beatles narrated the first two series of the children's television programme Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends?

16. Which animal has unusual cube shaped waste droppings?

17. Which breakfast food gets its name from the German word meaning “stirrup”?

18. What is the name of the cardboard sleeve placed around a hot takeaway coffee cup?

19. Which common garden flower takes its name from the Latin for “little sword,” referring to the shape of its leaves?

20. What traditional wedding anniversary is celebrated after 20 years of marriage?

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Answers:

1. Metamorphosis

2. Pizza Hut

3. Finial

4. Tenerife

5. C.S. Forester

6. Haggis

7. Carol Ann Duffy

8. Tallinn

9. Wattle

10. Matryoshka Dolls

11. Colin Dexter

12. Naples

13. Florence Nightingale

14. Billie Ellish

15. Ringo Starr

16. Wombat

17. Bagel

18. Zarf

19. Gladiolas

20. China

Any better today?  About the same or did you have the best day yet?  Tell me all about it in the comments and don't forget, you can always leave me questions too!  I will return tomorrow morning with more cards to share.  All for now. Sue x

Fun Trivia

Hello bloggers and fellow trivia fans!  Here are another twenty questions for you to get your trivia fix from.  I hope you like them:

1. Which country produces Gouda cheese?

2. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

3. Which English city is traditionally associated with the legend of Lady Godiva?

4. Which European city is home to the Uffizi Gallery?

5. What is the official currency of Hungary?

6. Which English county is home to Chatsworth House?

7. Which British author wrote The Forsyte Saga?

8. Which sea separates Italy from Croatia?

9. Where is the region of Transylvania located?

10. Which Italian city is famous for its annual Palio horse race?

11. Which country has the world's oldest continuously used national flag?

12. What is the name of the waxy substance produced inside the human ear?

13. Which British city is home to the historic street known as The Shambles?

14. What was the original occupation of a “cordwainer”?

15. Which flower is named from the Greek words meaning “water vessel”?

16. What is the name of the groove between the nose and upper lip?

17. What is the traditional name for the person who makes or repairs barrels?

18. What name is given to the science of dating events by studying tree rings?

19. Which fruit takes its English name from the Moroccan port from which it was once exported?

20. What is the traditional name for a person who makes candles?

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Answers:

1. The Netherlands

2. Sicily

3. Coventry

4. Florence

5. The Forint

6. Derbyshire

7. John Galsworthy

8. The Adriatic Sea

9. Romania

10. Siena, Italy

11. Denmark

12. Cerumen

13. York

14. Shoemaker

15.Hydrangea

16. Philtrum

17. Cooper

18.Dendrochronology

19. Tangerine

20. Chandler

These were a bit challenging today I think, but what did you think of them more importantly?  How did everyone do today, let me know how many you got right in the comments.  All for now, Sue x

Hope Your Days Are Sunny & Bright

Hello crafters.  I selected a piece of striped paper from the Stripes 'N Dots Paper pad to use for the background. I added a wide strip of white card  to the bottom of the striped paper.  I cut the Window die out of white card and added mounting foam to the back of it.  I cut another piece of white card the same size as the window and sponged it with shades of blue and purple.  I cut the Beach Bather out of milk card and used markers to colour the swimsuit.  I added the hat cut out of purple card and glued it on to the beach bather.  I cut a matching beach chair from the Beach Accessories  die set and added it along side her.  I added two palm trees from the Palm Beach die set cut out of black card coming in from the right side of the window and a sun in the upper corner.  I added the window over the top of the scene, then attached it to the background with mounting foam.  I cut the cat in white and added it to the window ledge.  I added the Hope Your Day is Sunny & Bright sentiment cut in black to the bottom of the card.  Thee card was completed with white mats and layers.     The finished dimensions are 7"  x  8 3/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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Merry Christmas

Hello there my crafty friends!  I embossed a piece of white card with the Falling Snow embossing folder for background texture.  Next I cut the Pierced Poinsettia die and cut enough flowers to make one large, two medium and two small poinsettias. I cut all the poinsettias out of gloss white card to have a difference between the white background and the flowers.  Using the Noble Merry Christmas sentiment, I cut it out of both antique gold card and gold mirror card.  I used the mirror card as an offset shadow behind the antique gold die cut.  I glued it to the middle of the card.  I cut two of the Heirloom Flourish in white and added them to the corners of the sentiment.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4"  x 8 1/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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Hope Your Birthday is a Hoot

Hello bloggers!  I selected a piece of milk card and embossed it with the Leafy Forest embossing folder.  next I lightly highlighted the trees by sponging Pumice Stone distress ink onto the tree trunks.  I used a little Crushed Olive on the few leaves.  Next I cut the Olivia the Owl die using three different shades of tan and browns.  I assembled Olivia and gave her a tree trunk to sit on from the Daisy the Deer die set.  I cut several tufts of grass and added them around the tree trunk.  I cut the Hope Your Birthday is a Hoot sentiment from the Wise Old Owl die set.  I cut the sentiment out of both dark brown and black card.  I shadowed it with the black die cut then glued it to the top of the card.  The card was completed with milk and brown mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/2"  x  7" in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

                                                                                

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Best Wishes

Hi bloggers!  For today's card, I started with a piece of white card and used a crackle stamp to randomly stamp all over using Black Archival ink.  Next I cut the Harper die in black using all the sections of the die.  I backed it in white and added it to the middle of the card with mounting foam.  I cut the Daisy Cluster with a piece of black card on top of a piece of white card.  I used the bottom white card that was just embossed with the design to colour the flowers.  Once coloured I glued the black die cut on top.  I added black micro beads to the centres of the daisies.  I added it to the left side of the card with mounting foam.  I cut the Best Wishes die out of raspberry card and black card, shadowed it then glued it across the Harper die.  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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May Your Days Be Merry & Bright

Hello bloggers!  I embossed a white piece of card with the Falling Snow embossing folder to begin today's card.  Next I cut the Nostalgic Bauble Octagon outer die in black.  Next I cut the middle die from the set with two pieces of white card.  I used the bottom piece to colour the image with markers.  I cut the die a second time out of black card and I offset it behind the white die cut.  I added a piece of sticky adhesive sheet over the coloured section, then added it over the coloured card.  I used Diamond White glitter over the exposed sticky areas. I added the die to the middle of the card on to the black outer die.  I cut the bauble section of the die set with a piece of black card on top of a piece of white card.  I used the white copy to colour the baubles with a range of jewel tone markers.  I added the black die cut over the top of it then glued it to a white octagon backing piece.  I layered it up on to the die cut in the middle of the card.  I cut the May Your Days Be Merry & Bright sentiment in black and added it to a white shadow backing piece.  Using mounting foam, I added it below the focal element.  The card was completed with white and black mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2"  x  8 1/2"  in size.  All for now,  Sue x

 

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