As usual the theme is Anything Goes at The CD Sunday Plus Challenge - 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.
My sister-in-law loves to cook so this is her
birthday card.
I made the bridge card by hand. I do have a set
of dies that will make one but it was far too small for what I had in mind. I
also designed the wallpaper and ‘tiles’ in Serif Craft Artist to closely match her
own kitchen (*more details below).
The addition of the dog was a last minute decision.
My sister-in-law does have a dog who is very much loved and part of their
family. He loves sausages and occasionally gets one as a treat. As the ‘food’
contained pigs in blankets I couldn’t resist adding Denver dog to the card.
Items used:
Carnation Crafts: Festive Feast dies and vignettes.
Paper Boutique: Walkies Time Beyond Borders die set.
Crafts -Too: Kitchen
Tools dies and stamps.
Serif Craft Artist: Seasonal Garden, Born 2 Shop Cherry Pie.
Dawn Chorus, A Country Christmas, Spring Tea Party, Eccentric Carousel digi
kits.
*Kitchen Design – I’m a perfectionist! Which can be a bit of a
bind at times as I sometimes spend days trying to get my makes perfect. And
this was the case with the ‘wallpaper’. Working from a photo I attempted to
make a backing paper in Serif Craft Artist that looked like the wallpaper in my
sister-in-law’s kitchen. Firstly I picked a material with a crackle effect that
was similar but it was the wrong colour so I had to change it using the Colour
Picker Tool. I then picked a frame and a butterfly, changed the colours and
dotted them around the paper. Next came the tricky bit! I wrote the saying and
picked a similar font but the text needed to be white to show up on the grey
background. But if I wrote it in white I couldn’t see it on the screen LOL! I
had to write it in black, add it to the background and then change the colour
to white using the colour picker. Finally I grouped everything together ready
to print and use.
Designing the wall tiles was much simpler! I just searched a
few online tile suppliers until I found a suitable design and brought the photo
into Craft Artist to resize and print.
The ‘cabinets’ are just simple die shapes and the ‘worktop’ is
from a digi kit and copies design of the real worktops.
It took at least a week to finish the base design. I then put
it to one side to make my Christmas cards. I then added all the tools, the
food, Denver dog and my sister-in-law and managed to get it in the post by the
Christmas post cut off date as her birthday is 23rd December.
The challenge will close on Saturday 15th February 2025 at 1pm.
Don't forget that the CD Sunday Plus Challenge is
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.
