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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More Fun Trivia

Good Sunday morning all!  Today's questions are a bit easy, a bit middle of the road and a bit more challenging if I am honest, but I know you can do it!!  Here are your twenty questions for Sunday:

1. Which nuts are traditionally used in a Waldorf salad?

2. Which Italian city is famous for a cathedral with a dome designed by Brunelleschi?

3. Which metal is traditionally given for a 10th wedding anniversary?

4. Which author wrote "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"?

5. Which British city is home to the historic ship SS Great Britain?

6. Which animal's milk is traditionally used to make Roquefort cheese?

7. Which animal is depicted on the flag of Sri Lanka?

8. Which country would you visit to see Lake Bled and its famous island church?

9. Which herb gives traditional béarnaise sauce its distinctive flavour?

10. Who was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia?

11. Which vegetable was the first to be grown in space?

12. What is the name of the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle?

13. Which ancient people are credited with developing the first known alphabet?

14. What is the name of the metal band that holds an eraser onto a pencil?

15. Which famous actress invented a radio-guidance technology during World War II that helped lead to modern wireless communications?

16. Which famous luxury car company began by manufacturing aircraft engines?

17. Which British monarch was on the throne during the Great Fire of London?

18. Which European country introduced the world's first nationwide bottle-deposit system?

19. How many US Presidents died on July 4th?

20. Under what name did Jane Austen first publish Sense and Sensibility in 1811?

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Answers:

1. Walnuts

2. Florence

3. Tin

4. Muriel Spark

5. Bristol

6. Sheep

7. Lion

8. Slovenia

9. Tarragon

10. Amy Johnson

11. Potato

12. Punt

13. The Phoenicians

14. A Ferrule

15. Hedy Lamarr

16. Rolls Royce

17. Charles II

18. Sweden

19. Three

20. By A Lady

 Okay, what did you think?  Easy, medium or hard?  Which question really had you stumped this week, let me know in the comments.  And, turn abut is fair play as they say so hit me with some hard questions too if you want!  All for now Sue x

Fun Trivia

Hello my fellow crafters and trivia aficionados!  I have dug deep to find some nice questions for the weekend trivia.  I hope you like it or at least learn something new!  Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:

1. Which author created the detective Lord Peter Wimsey?

2. Which bone in the human body is also known as the collarbone?

3. Which British monarch was the last of the House of Hanover?

4. Which gemstone is traditionally formed from hardened tree resin rather than minerals?

5. Which playwright created the character Lady Bracknell?

6. Which European capital stands on the River Vltava?

7. Which Italian city is famous for a bridge called the Bridge of Sighs?

8. What is the name of the protective flap that prevents food entering the windpipe when you swallow?

9. Which author created the character Paddington Bear?

10. Which European city is home to the famous Tivoli Gardens amusement park?

11. Which famous London museum once had its own Underground station?

12. Which fruit has varieties called Conference, Comice and Williams?

13. Which novelist wrote "Rebecca"?

14. Which British children's television programme featured the characters George, Zippy and Bungle?

15. Which edible nut grows inside a fruit called a drupe and is closely related to peaches and apricots?

16. Which ingredient gives traditional Worcestershire sauce much of its distinctive savoury flavour?

17. Which famous luxury fashion house began as a maker of travelling trunks in Paris in 1854?

18. Which country is home to the historic city of Timbuktu?

19. Which African country is completely surrounded by South Africa?

20. Which country is home to the ancient city of Ephesus?

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Answers:

1. Dorothy L. Sayers

2. Clavicle

3. Queen Victoria

4. Amber

5. Oscar Wilde

6. Prague

7. Venice

8. Epiglottis

9. Michael Bond

10. Copenhagen

11. The British Museum

12. Pears

13. Daphne du Maurier

14. Rainbow

15. Almonds

16. Anchovies

17. Louis Vuitton

18. Mali

19. Lesotho

20. Turkey

What's the verdict on today's trivia?  Easy peasy or are you shaking your head?  Did you ever say to yourself  "I didn't know that"? Let me know in the comments!  There is always tomorrow too!  All for now, Sue x

Tis The Season

Hello crafters!  I selected some milk card for the background and embossed it with the Padded Quilt embossing folder.  Next I cut the outer die and the middle die from the Holly Wreath Octagon and cut it together out of milk card.  I backed it with Old Rose card.  I added it to the centre of the card with mounting foam.  I cut the Tis The Season sentiment with a piece of Old Rose card on top of a piece of milk card.  I used the words from the Old Rose die cut and glued them on to the shadow backing piece which was cut from the bottom milk card.  I added it to the middle of the die cut with mounting foam.  Using the Pierced Poinsettias, I cut each size twice and assembled the flowers.  I added the largest and smallest flower to the lower left side and the medium sized flower to the opposite corner.  I cut several leaves out of milk card and accented each of the flowers with them.  The card was completed with milk and old rose mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 8" x  8"  in size.  All for now. Sue x
 

 

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Autumn Greetings

Hello bloggers!  I cut a piece of white card and lightly inked some clouds in the background using Tumbled Glass and Spun Sugar distress inks around a hand cut cloud stencil piece.  Next I cut the tufts of grass out of a couple different shades of green card.  I glued them along the bottom of the card.  I cut the tree trunk from the Daisy the Deer die set in shades of brown and glued in to the left side of the card.  I added a few small mushrooms from the Autumn Harvest set as well as a pine cone and a couple of leafy sprigs.  I cut Bailey the Bunny out of two shades of grey card and assembled her and sat her atop the tree trunk.  I cut the Autumn Greetings out of a piece of card that I used a variety of Enchanted Sprinkles on to give it an autumnal look.  I added the letters and outline to a white shadow backing piece then added it with mounting foam to the top of the card.  I cut two butterflies out of the same autumnal card and glued them in the sky.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6"  x  8 1/2"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

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Have Your Elf a Merry Christmas

Hello bloggers!  I made this card over a year ago, but it never was posted so I thought I would share it now.  I started with Jamie Rodger's set of stamps called Mrs. Christmas and Elves.  I stamped the Mrs. Santa Claus and the two elves in black and coloured them with markers.  I used the matching dies and cut them out.  To create the background, I used the Have your elf a Merry Christmas in black randomly all over a piece of white card.  I covered the card with a sticky adhesive sheet and then coated it in two white panels Diamond White glitter.  I cut the Postage Stamp Rectangles and layered them and added them to the stamped background.  I added the three characters that I had cut out previously with mounting foam.  I stamped the sentiment one more time onto white card and cut it out with the postage stamp rectangles.  I matted it with a red mat also cut with the postage stamp rectangles and added it above the elves on the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6"  x  8 1/2"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

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Wish You Were Here

Hello crafters!  For today's card, I started by cutting three small oval frames, using Jamie Rodgers Plain Oval dies.  I added mounting foam to the back of each of the ovals.  Next I cut a piece of white card to fit behind the ovals and inked the bottom sections on all three of them with Salty Ocean Distress ink.  I cut three pieces of the sand from the Beach Bathers die and glued it to the bottom of the cards for each of the ovals and then added the oval frames to them.  I cut the Beach Bathers out of milk card and coloured the swimsuits with markers.  I added each of them to the oval frames with mounting foam.  I glued the "straw" hats on to each of them and added a thin piece of matching ribbon and a tiny flower.  I cut two of the palm trees out of tan card and green card.  I used the fronds from the green card and glued them onto the tan palm trees from the Palm Beach die set.  I cut the beach bucket in blue and added a red shovel and glued all the pieces into the corner of a white backing piece.  I cut the Wish You Were Here sentiment in black and added it to a white shadow backing piece and added it to the top right corner of the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2"  x  9 1/2" in size.

 As promised, the winner of the Woodland Collection is................................................................................................................................................ ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Deb E from the Isle of Wight!!!

Congratulations!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your postal address and claim your winnings (The Woodland Collection).  All for now. Sue x

                                                                         

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Thank You

Hello crafters!  I thought I would share another card from the newest Woodland Collection.  I selected a piece of Linen Textured paper in the colour of Bark.  I added two strips of black card matted with a thin white mat in a cross manner.  I cut several of the mushrooms from the Autumn Harvest die set.  I cut the base out of light grey card and sponged some Gathered Twigs distress ink lightly around it.  I added caps cut from brown card to all of them.  I arranged the mushrooms on the vertical black strip with several tufts of grass in between.  I cut two fern fronds from the Forest Floor Foliage die set out of a piece of card that I used several Enchanted Sprinkles on, giving it a real fall foliage feel.  I added the fronds from the top of the mushrooms as accents.  I cut the Thank You sentiment from the Autumn Wreath die set in white and added it to the horizontal black strip.  The card was completed with black and white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6"  x  8" in size.

Don't forget to check back tomorrow for the winner of the blog launch to be announced!  All for now, Sue x
 

 

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More Fun Trivia

Good Sunday morning all!  Here is your next edition of the weekend trivia.  There is a nice mix of all sorts of questions.  Here are your twenty questions:

1. Which common garden flower gets its name from the French for “lion's tooth”?

2. Which British monarch was the first to have a Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in December 1800 for a children's party?

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

4. Which country is the world's largest producer of vanilla?

5. What household item was invented after engineer George de Mestral noticed burrs sticking to his clothes and his dog's fur?

6. Which European capital is sometimes called the “City of a Hundred Spires”?

7. What is the only bone in the human body that does not connect directly with another bone?

8. Which children's book character lives at Number 32 Windsor Gardens, London?

9. Which actress's real name was Frances Ethel Gumm?

10. Which author invented the fictional land of Narnia?

11. What was the first name of Mr Darcy in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

12. Which British prime minister was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953?

13. Which European country has Ljubljana as its capital?

14. Which well-known board game was originally called The Landlord's Game?

15. What is the name of the small indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle?

16. Which Shakespeare play contains the line “We are such stuff as dreams are made on”?

17. Which type of cloud takes its name from the Latin word meaning “heap” or “pile”?

18. Which everyday food was the first to be deliberately cooked using a microwave oven?

19. What name is given to the arrangement of leaves around a plant's stem?

20. Which author created the characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster?

 

1. Dandelion

2. Queen Charlotte

3. Philtrum

4. Madagascar

5. Velcro

6. Prague

7. Hyoid bone

8. Paddington Bear

9. Judy Garland

10. C.S. Lewis

11. Fitzwilliam

12. Winston Churchill

13. Slovenia

14. Monopoly

15. Punt

16. The Tempest

17. Cumulus Cloud

18. Popcorn

19. Phyllotaxy or Phyllotaxis

20. P. G. Wodehouse

Well, how did we do today?  Did you know them all or learn something new?  Both are perfectly acceptable too.  Send me some trivia if you have the time, I love that!  We are back to sharing cards tomorrow.  All for now, Sue x

Fun Trivia

Hello bloggers!  Are you ready for another round of general knowledge trivia?  I sure hope so because here are your twenty questions for Saturday's trivia:

1. Which common kitchen ingredient was once known as “white gold” because it was so valuable?

2. Which famous author introduced the word “chortle” into the English language?

3. What word describes the earthy smell produced when rain falls on dry ground?

4. What is the name for the dot above a lowercase letter “i” or “j”?

5. Which spice comes from the dried stigma of a flower?

6. What is the name for a group of flamingos?

7. Which author created the fictional detective Father Brown?

8. What is the largest organ inside the human body?

9. Which garden flower takes its name from the Greek word for “rainbow”?

10. Which tea takes its name from a British prime minister?

11. What is the technical name for the little plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace?

12. Which animal's name comes from an Aboriginal word often translated as “no water”?

13. What name is given to animals that are mainly active at dawn and dusk?

14. Which famous children's author also worked for British intelligence during the Second World War?

15. Which gas causes bread dough to rise when yeast ferments sugar?

16. Which English city gave its name to a type of fine porcelain first produced there in the 18th century?

17. Which British monarch was the first to live at Buckingham Palace?

18. Which English king was nicknamed “William Rufus”?

19. Which European city is home to the world's oldest continuously operating university since 1088?

20. Which everyday fastening device was originally marketed as the “Clasp Locker”?

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Answers:

1. Salt

2. Lewis Carroll

3. Petrichor

4. Tittle

5. Saffron

6. Flamboyance

7. G.K. Chesterton

8. Liver

9. Iris

10. Earl Grey

11. Aglet

12. Koala

13. Crepuscular

14. Roald Dahl

15. Carbon Dioxide

16. Worchester

17. Queen Victoria

18. William II

19. University of Bologna

20. Zipper

How did everyone do in today's trivia?  There were quite a ew UK questions so I am hoping that they were right up your alley so to speak!  Leave me a comment with your scores and, of course, any trivia questions for me too!   All for now. Sue x

Leaves Are Falling Autumn Is Calling

Hello and welcome back to the final post of the blog launch!  This is the last sentiment and the largest one too.  Introducing the Leaves Are Falling, Autumn Is Calling sentiment.  This sentiment, like the others has been done in separate words that can be used in any configuration you desire.  There are also two shadow backing dies so you can frame the sentiment when used in the original configuration as seen in this sample card.  For the last time, this launch, I ask you to add your comment to the post and your name will enter the drawing to win everything!  Don't forget to check back on the 25th to see if your name was drawn, although I would love it if you pop by everyday too!  I hope you have enjoyed the launch as much as I have!  All for now, Sue x

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Forest Floor Foliage

Hello bloggers!  Welcome to the final day of the blog launch.  We only have two more dies to share with you today, but first up this morning is the Forest Floor Foliage.  Shown here, you can see the lovely fern fronds that I have used to create a scalloped background with.  This set of nine dies also includes a larger stemmed flower, an acorn, an unfurled frond, a long twig, a stemmed plant with pods as well as the beautiful fern frond that you may have noticed in a lot of the sample cards.  This is what I would call a builder set as you can use so many of the dies to help create beautiful scenes for your focal elements.  Add your comment and join me back her at noon for the final die set.  All for now, Sue x

 

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