#130 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.

Every year I’ve made a mermaid themed birthday card for my next door neighbour’s youngest daughter. This time I asked her Mam if she was still into mermaids or was there anything else she liked. My neighbour told me that she still liked mermaids but also witches and butterflies so this is what I came up with:

 

The backing paper is from Victoria Nelson’s digi kit called Butterfly Meadow that I recoloured in Serif Craft Artist. The witch image was a free download by an amazing artist friend. He used to put his designs on his blog and you could download them for free but sadly he no longer blogs or draws. I also added a three butterflies that have been in my stash for many years. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 13^th April 2024 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 Face Book page if you want to enter but don’t have a blog - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.

#129 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

I needed to make a birthday card for a little girl who was going to be one year old. I’d seen that Tonic Studios had brought out a rocking horse die set so I bought it. As she’s only one I used the die cut flat on the card but in the future I’ll make her the 3D version of the rocking horse.

I designed the backing paper in Serif Craft Artist using a pink background and resizing the image of a rocking horse so it was quite small. I also altered the transparency so that the image didn’t stand out too much. The letters and number were cut from pink card in my stash - trying to get all the letters level was a challenge!

Items used:

Tonic Studios: Retro Rocking Horse and ABC Baby Blocks die sets.

Serif Craft Artist digi kits: Victoria Nelson’s Festive Feast Table, Kate Hadfield Under The Tree.

Claina Palmer Designs: Numbers die set. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 30th March 2024 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 Face Book page if you want to enter but don’t have a blog - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.

#128 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

During the Christmas break at the CD Sunday Plus Challenge I decided to have a play/experiment with some of my rarely used stash such as stencils, texture pastes, paints and wooden embellishments.

This is one of the cards I made: 

I sized the main image to fit in the middle of the larger card and used green texture paste through a stencil which I then sprinkled with glitter before the paste dried. While I was waiting for the paste to dry I painted the two wooden embellishments and filed them a little and also die cut the word PARIS. The central panel was inked around the edges with black so it would stand out and raised on 3d foam tape.

I printed the pale green paper and put it back through to print the text on top. I lightened the text so it didn’t overpower the green backing paper. The card was finished off with corner dies and tiny pearl gems in the flower centres and the wooden embellishment.

Items used:

Digital Craftorium Eclectic Mix USB: Main image and backing paper.

Crafts Too:  Texture paste – I forgot to make a note of the colour used! Simple Alphabet die set #381 and Delicate Corners JND 276.

From stash: MDF embellishments, black card and pearls.

Script/text downloaded free from internet.

The challenge will close on Saturday 16^th March 2024 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 Face Book page if you want to enter but don’t have a blog - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.