#167 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

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.

I made this card for my late husband’s only surviving uncle. Uncle Jim is now in his 90s but when he was younger he loved to be in his garden. He still has a small garden but it doesn’t have any grass to cut and the borders are full of established plants. Much easier for him.

As card makers we usually struggle to make cards for the men in our lives. But because Uncle Jim loves his garden I try to make something garden related for him. This year it’s a greenhouse full of flowers and vegetables! I had planned on making a full 3D greenhouse but ‘life’ got in the way! I’d moved half of my stash into a spare room in order to set up another shelf unit but during the construction of the shelf unit I cut my wrist and had to pay a visit to A&E. The first time I’ve had to do that for my own health – not bad for someone in their late 60s!

It took me a few days to get over the shock of the injury and back to the construction and my desk was buried under loads of stash so I had to change my plans and make a flat greenhouse.

The sky background and paved path were created in Serif Craft Artist using digikits. The greenhouse dies and vignettes are from Carnation Crafts Botanical Bliss Collection – Botanical Sanctuary. Wheelbarrow and plants from Carnation Crafts Botanical Bliss Collection – Gardening Essentials and Flourishing Well. The vine inside the greenhouse is from Carnation Crafts Floral Heights Collection – Winding Flourish. I chopped into it to fill the area.

The challenge will close on Saturday 27^th September 2025 at 1pm.

#166 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

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.

A member of one of the forums I belong to goes by the name Pink Pig so every year I try and make her a birthday card that has pigs on it!

I’m not very good at using alcohol markers to colour images in but I just had to buy this set of stamps from AALL & Create (#345 designed by Janet Klein) which also included the sentiments. After I coloured the pigs I fussy cut them out (another skill I’m sadly lacking in!) and I added tiny pearls around the female pig's neck. The stamp had a necklace but I prefer the pearls. The background scene is the digital part and was put together in Serif Craft Artist using the following digikits - Home from Home/ Venetian Masquerade/ Girls Night in/Bloke Man Flu. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 13^th September 2025 at 1pm.

#165 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

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 make for this challenge is a bit of fun. My 16 year old niece recently had an end of term ball. She looked stunning in her red dress with very high heels. When she returned home that evening the red shoes were taken off, she slumped in a chair and said, ‘I’m never wearing heels again!' For her birthday card a few weeks later I couldn’t resist putting red shoes in the hand of the young woman and I also added red shoe brads.

I ran a black fine liner around the edges of the base card and also the central image. It created the impression that there is a layer of black card.

The whole front of the card was created in Serif Craft Artist using lots of digi kits:

Shop – Coffee and Catch up. Sky – VN Enchanted Ruin. Road – Classic Transport.

Top of girls body/ Trainers/ Jeans/ Blouse/Red Shoes in hand – Design Bundles.

The challenge will close on Saturday 30^th August 2025 at 1pm.

#164 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

The team at The CD Sunday Plus Challenge has some great news – Carol is back with us! YAY!!! Pop over to the challenge blog and read about everything she’s been through.

As usual the theme 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.

I have a 15 year old great nephew – as in my nephew’s son. Not that he isn’t great because he is – digging myself out of a hole here LOL! He’s quite a shy, very quiet boy. The school’s music department have created a ‘band’ of singers and musicians and my great nephew has taken to playing the electric guitar really well and now performs at concerts with the other pupils. This is the card I made for his 15^th birthday. 

The main background is a layout from Serif Craft Artist. I removed the images of a keyboard, car, jukebox, cassette and some words. I then die cut a keyboard, guitar (using Tonic Studio dies) and Happy Birthday. I cut them a couple of times to make them thicker and raised then up on 3D foam.

The challenge will close on Saturday 16^th August 2025 at 1pm.

#163 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge Blog

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.

I’m host for this challenge and I thought I’d share a recent make for a swap I’m in. Have you heard of Book Nooks? It seems they’ve been around for some time but I only recently heard of them when two craft companies that I buy from released sets of dies for a Book Nook. The finished item is intended to look like a book sitting on a shelf and when someone reaches for it they’re surprised to find a miniature scene inside. The scene can be anything such as a fairy grotto, the inside of a shop or a room in a house. I bought the set of dies from Carnation Crafts without seeing any demos. The online description is this:

 ‘Get lost in your own little world and create the mini craft space of your dreams’.

I beg to differ with that description! I know of no crafter whose craft area looks like the finished item. It’s an office with filing cabinets, files and a computer. I’m still delighted with the finished item and so was the person I sent it to. Now get yourself a cuppa because there’s a lot of photos and descriptions.

For anyone interested I've included pictures of each section and the items within and also any digital content.

So in the entrance there's a door and window. These are supposed to just show white card but I wanted them to look more 'real'. I printed off a sky from Serif Craft Artist, glued that and a piece of acetate (for the glass) behind the die cuts. The 'fabric' for the curtains were also designed in Craft Artist. On the file shelf unit is a photo of a grandmother with all her grandchildren - again from CA. The cup of coffee is filled with coffee coloured Nuvo drops! The file on the desk has pages in it. The next photo shows the cup of coffee, the computer and the file in more detail.

Close up of Grandma!

 

I used real cork for the notice board and the calendar was from CA also. Every post it note I scribbled on to look more realistic.

The curtains and ‘view’ outside.

 

Next section is the inside of what would be a book's spine. The window had the same treatment as the others. The picture (close up below) was created in CA.

This is the last section. The window and curtain details as before and the photos are all from CA.  I wanted a grey 'metal filing cabinet that you find in every office! So I cut two of the desk draws in grey card and glued them on top of each other to make a tall filing cabinet. Every single file has several 'pages' in that I cut by hand as there wasn't a die for them. In the photo below you can see a cup with the dregs of coffee in the bottom

The photos on the wall.

List of Serif Craft Artist digikits used:

Angie Hinksman’s This Christmas, Craftscapes Cottage Garden, Victoria Nelson’s Enchanted Ruin and Celebrations, Calendar Template and DF Editable Calendar, The Good Life’s Food and Drink. CS People’s Gorgeous Grandkids Manhattan Winter and Riverside Walk.

The challenge will close on Saturday 2^nd August 2025 at 1pm.