Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Cold and Frosty

The theme at Fezziwigs Festive Frolics is Cold and Frosty. Hazel has given us three weeks for the challenge instead of two this time but I'm still 'tail end Charlie' with my entry LOL! There's only 2 hours left to enter!

I've managed not one but three cards for this theme - three is the maximum number of entries allowed.

All my entries are made using Debbi Moore products. Match It Build a Scene 3D Santa Claus USB and Dies. They are very quick makes so no decoupage but I used Pinflair Glue Gel to raise the items up and shape them.

Hazel will be taking a well deserved break after this challenge ends. The next one will be in 6 weeks time on 18th August.

 

#63 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

As usual the theme at The CD Sunday Plus Challenge is Anything Goes - remember you must have used something printed from a CD, a USB or a digital download, you must state where the item used is from and you must make a physical item and not a digital one. 

If you pop over to the Challenge Blog you will see my Top Three from challenge number 61 on 23rd May.

Back in April Tonic Studios had a Spring Challenge for a week. One of the themes was Birds and Babies so I headed straight to my trusty Serif Craft Artist and designed this picture.

I just matted it onto co-ordinating cardstock and a 6 by 6 card blank. I’ve since sent this card to an online friend for her birthday. 

Items used: 

Serif Craft Artist - Playground, On The Beach, April Showers, Happy Families and Victoria Nelson Country Day Out digi kits. 

Tonic - Scalloped Square Layering Dies. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 3rd July 2021 at 1pm.

Don't forget that the CD Sunday Plus Challenge is now about making items using something printed from a craft CD Rom, USB or digital download. You can use other craft items on your card/project, such as a stamp or die, but you must include something printed from the new categories. You must also make a physical item and not a digital one. In your blog post/Facebook entry you must give the name of the printed item you've used.

We also have a Facebook page if you don't have a blog - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Red and Green entry #2

 I enjoyed making the previous card for the Fezziwigs FestiveFrolics Challenge so much that I made a second card. Same style, Crossover Pointy, using different papers from the same Dovecraft 12 by 12 ‘Tis The Season’ paper pack dated 2007.

The green card used to layer up was just in my stash. The sentiment is a Tonic Studios die – Leaping Deer Die Set. I added white pearls to the snowflakes and black ones for the snowmen’s buttons. I spend some time making sure the snowmen were placed where they could be seen rather than hidden behind the crossover triangles.

There's now been 11 challenges for this year - I haven't entered every one but a couple I've entered twice so I've made 7 Christmas cards and it's only June! 

This challenge theme ends on 8^th June.

#62 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

Thanks to everyone who entered the last challenge. I’ll be picking my Top Three and it will be announced on June 20^th.

As usual the theme at The CD Sunday Plus Challenge is Anything Goes - remember you must have used something printed from a CD, a USB or a digital download, you must state where the item used is from and you must make a physical item and not a digital one.

Recently it was my niece’s birthday – she’s my favourite niece. I know we’re not supposed to have favourites but I’m an aunty many times (I stopped counting after about 18!). This niece is the daughter of my sister that I’m closest too – I’m one of nine children.

Like me my niece loves cats so I used Carnation Crafts dies and vignettes to create a cosy lounge and placed a cat on the chair.

Items used:

Carnation Crafts – Comfort of Home dies and vignettes. ‘Wallpaper’ is a backing paper from the same collection.

Brown paper is from my stash, the texture makes it look like carpet.

 

The challenge will close on Saturday 19^th June 2021 at 1pm.

Don't forget that the CD Sunday Plus Challenge is now about making items using something printed from a craft CD Rom, USB or digital download. You can use other craft items on your card/project, such as a stamp or die, but you must include something printed from the new categories. You must also make a physical item and not a digital one. In your blog post/Facebook entry you must give the name of the printed item you've used.

We also have a Facebook page if you don't have a blog - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Red and Green entry #1

I’m trying hard to enter the Fezziwigs Festive Frolics challenges regularly so, this year, I have some Christmas cards made before December! The theme this time is Red and Green which is fairly easy to stick to for a Christmas card. 

I’ve seen a lot of the Crossover Pointy style cards recently so wanted to have a go at making one. They’re quite easy to make, you start with a square card blank - I imagine it would work with any size. Place the fold at the top and mark the middle of the width on the bottom edge. Then cut at an angle from your mark to both top corners. You now have a base card with a large triangle for the front of the card plus two smaller triangles. I’ve seen various versions with the two smaller triangles placed in different ways. 

I thought I’d decorate the card using a very old 12 by 12 paper pack. It’s by Dovecraft and is called 'Tis The Season' and the label on the back is dated 2007! The red card used to layer up was just in my stash. The sentiment is a Paper Boutique die called Merry and Bright and the white layer is a Spellbinders Sapphire Scalloped Labels 1 Plus set that was in a Create and Craft goody bag at the NEC Birmingham. 

The challenge is open until 8th June.