#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.

Neighbour's birthday card.

I made this card for my next door neighbour. I think most crafters struggle with making cards for men and I've made cards similar to this for other male friends and relatives.

I used various shades of blue card from my stash. I think most of it is Craft Perfect from Tonic Studios. The alphabet dies are also Tonic - Gaming Tiles Alphabet Die Set. The white layers and the letters were cut out using Presscut Nesting Dies - Plain Squares. The Happy Birthday die is from The Paper Boutique. I scattered tiny silver 'nail heads' to finish the card off.

#162 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.

Another Carnation Crafts card from me for this challenge. I think I should get commission LOL!

A 7 by 5 landscape card turned so the fold is at the top. I used the dies from the Elegant Arbour set to cut the shape and the Table For Two dies to create the scene. The tiny flowers are also from the Elegant Arbour set. The table is on foam pads to bring it forward to make the scene look more realistic.

The challenge will close on Saturday 19^th July 2025 at 1pm

#161 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’ve been adding more storage to my craft room so there’s boxes of stash all over the place! I also ended up in A&E after cutting my wrist while putting some new metal storage shelves together. My make for this challenge needed to be a quick, simple card and Carnation Crafts came to the rescue!

Items used:

Carnation Crafts: Dainty Daffodil die set and Elongated Frame 2 from the Taking Flight Collection.

DL card blank and gems from my stash. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 5^th July 2025 at 1pm