#154 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 decided I wanted to use the Rose Handbag die set from Carnation Crafts collection Perfect Accessories. When I looked through the matching vignettes there was one in various shades of grey that I really liked.

 I searched through my stash of coloured card and couldn’t find any shades of grey that were suitable so I turned to my craft USBs. I chose a Digital Portfolio Linen Paper Effects Volume II and printed off papers from folders 2, 3 and 5. I layered two of the papers onto an 8 by 6 landscape card blank from Creative Crafting World. I then used a third shade to cut out Carnation Crafts Elongated Frame #2. 

The handbag and rose die cuts were raised on foam tape. I then cut the sentiment from the final shade – Chloes Creative Cards Sentiments Die Set (free from Die Cutting Essentials Issue 100). Finished with glass dew drops in clear.

 

The challenge will close on Saturday 29th March 2025 at 1pm.

#153 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

As usual the theme is Anything Goes at The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.  

I used an 8 by 6 landscape card blank from Creative Crafting World that I turned so the fold was at the top. The backing paper I found in my stash but have no idea where it’s from.

The dies and vignettes are from Carnation Crafts. Magic Mirror from Fond Memories Collection and Totally Made Up from Oh So Chic Collection. I cut the centre of the mirror from silver mirror card using a die from the set. The card was finished with glass dew drops in very pale pink.

The challenge will close on Saturday 15^th March 2025 at 1pm.

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.

#147 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

I love making birthday cards for my next door neighbours’ eldest daughter. She’s into a Steampunk/Goth look so I get to use my vast Steampunk crafting collection. Not to everyone’s taste but it’s what she likes.

Items used:

Magik Graphics: Belleza Mortals Dos CD.

Creative Crafting World: Lynda Chapman’s World of Paper black card.

Limetree Crafts: Steel Blue mirror card.

Crafts-too: Burgundy Essentials Card.

From stash: 8 by 8 inch card base and finished with gems and ‘nail heads’ from stash.

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. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 7^th December 2024 at 1pm.

 

 

#145 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

I’m host for this challenge and my card is a Halloween themed one for a card swap I’m in.

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.

As I said in my previous blog post I love making Halloween themed things. I went all out for this one - it's huge! Imagine one and a half A4 cards laid on their side plus a bit more! It's meant to depict two houses with a graveyard in the middle.

I’ve added lots of photos showing some of the detail in the card. I was very brave and added some spiders! I’m terrified of the real ones but living on my own I have had to learn to cope with them.

Items used:

Carnation Crafts dies and vignettes: Haunted House (from Getting Together Collection), The Creaking House, A Little Spooked, Spooky Friends, Men’s Social and Better Halves (both from Getting Together Collection) and Dreamhouse Card Shape (from Peace and Quiet Collection – used for the graveyard gates).

Paper Boutique die sets: Woven With Love, Wickedly Wonderful Embellishments and Sentiments Volume IX.

Tonic Studios: Scalloped Circle Layering Die Set.

The challenge will close on Saturday 9th November 2024 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. 

 

#132 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

I succumbed to the current craze doing the rounds on Facebook and made a fractured card. It was a lot easier to make than it looks and you can use up some of your small left over pieces of patterned paper. I searched YouTube for a tutorial on how to make this.

I love Steampunk designs so chose papers from the Steampunk Romance Collection by Creative Crafting World.

Items used:

Creative Crafting World: The Paper Boutique The Paper Pantry Volume VI USB Steampunk Romance Collection. This was originally in paper form but then put onto USB. Dark brown adhesive pearls also from CCW.

Thin white peel offs from my stash.

The challenge will close on Saturday 11th May 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.

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#92 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.

Thanks to everyone who joined in with the last challenge. As I was host it’s down to me to pick the Top Three makes.

My last card was made from items I’d found lurking on my desk unused and so is this one!

The pale brown backing paper was printed from a Carnation Crafts Collection and has been over stamped using a Craftascope stamp. The dark brown strip is left over from a crafting session when I was trying to reproduce a bokeh effect using white ink and stamps.

At the time of making this card I’d just bought a new, to me, flower stamp and die set and just had to use it on this card! It’s stamped onto white vellum using Versamark ink and gold embossing powder. I then coloured the back of the vellum with brown ink so it would fit in with the colour scheme of the card. I added some gold and brown half pearls to finish off the card.

Items used:
Carnation Crafts downloadable vignette Into Spring.
Craftascope A5 Media Stamps Retro Vibes.
Lawn Fawn Let’s Bokeh stamps.
Chloe’s Creative Cards Grande Christmas Rose stamp and dies set and Luxury White Vellum.
Colourbox Chalk Ink in Chestnut Brown.
Heat It Up Enchanted Gold embossing powder.
Creative Crafting World gold and brown half pearls.
Tattered Lave vertical sentiment.
The challenge will close on Saturday 3^rd September 2022 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.
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#87 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. 

My make this time was for a forum swap with the theme of Spring Flowers. I knew I wanted to make a bunch of flowers and stand them in something like a vase. I was looking through my USBs that have SVG files on and found the flowers that I wanted and also a watering can. The watering can was a flat, one dimensional, die cut but I like a challenge so decided to have a go at making it 3D to hold the flowers.

After several many attempts I finally managed it! I attached the heads of the flowers to sticks that florists use and then I glued strips of card across the neck of the watering can in order to attach the flower stems.

I wanted the watering can to have a ‘folk art’ look to it and found the perfect flower wreath in one of my Craft Artist digi kits. I printed it onto clear adhesive backed film, on the finished item you can’t see the edges of the film so the wreath looks as if it’s part of the dark green card.

Items used:

Creative Crafting World: The Paper Pantry Special Edition Cutting Files Vol VII Spring Concept Cards

Serif Craft Artist: Victoria Nelson Spring Tea party (wreath).

The challenge will close on Saturday 25^th June 2022 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.

#69 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. 

I’d finished making a card for a future CD Sunday Plus challenge and had some scraps of paper left on my desk. They were heading for the recycling when I changed my mind and made a wedding anniversary card for my next door neighbours with them.

  

 The card blank is a 5 by 7 inch landscape card but I’ve turned it so the fold is at the top (a tent fold). I covered the card blank with backing paper that was a free download from Papercraft Essentials issue 200. You don’t need to buy the magazine to access the downloads – they’re on the Craft World website. I think you need to join the site to access them. 

I had a new set of dies on my desk and they fitted the card blank - result! There are 5 dies in the set but I’ve only used the largest and smallest – for the mat behind the flower. 

 

I made the flower using more of the printed paper and a cut and emboss folder. I like these folders so much they now sit permanently on my desk. Only thing is most of my cards now have flowers on them LOL! 

I finished the card with a sentiment and backing layer cut using the same card and paper. I also added some large half pearls in pink and white. 

Items used: 

Creative Crafting World: 5 by 7 landscape card blank and Happy Anniversary die.

Crafts Too John Next Door: Oundle die set.

Tonic Studios: Craft Perfect card in Ballet Pink.

Chloe’s Creative Cards: Cut and Emboss Folder Mystical Flower.

The challenge will close on Saturday 25^th September 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.

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#68 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.

For my Design Team make this time I’ve chosen a card I made for my next door neighbour. He’s very hands on with DIY and he works as a caretaker/handyman at a local school. I knew I had a CD rom with the perfect image and background scene.

I covered a card blank with silver mirror card and then glued the ‘shed’ image onto it. The man was from a decoupage sheet on the CD and holds a pint of beer in his left hand. I didn’t want this in the final image so I searched my Craft Artist digikits and found a mug that was suitable which fitted perfectly in his hand hiding the pint glass! I don’t enjoy fussy cutting as I’m not very good at it but managed to cut out three layers of decoupage and they don’t look too bad.

I die cut lots of nuts, bolts and tools from mirror card and placed them around the shed. The centres of the nuts are little circles and would normally be waste but I used them to hang up some of the tools and I think they worked!

  

 Items used: 

Creative Crafting World: landscape base card 5 x 7. 

Just Inklined The Big One CD: Framin’ Cards Set 2 – DIY Tool Shed #1 for the background. Flippin’ Men Flippin’ DIY decoupage sheet for the guy.

Tools were all cut using a set of dies free with Die Cutting Essentials Issue 51.

The challenge will close on Saturday 11^th September 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.

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#66 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

 It’s my turn to host the challenge at The CD Sunday Plus Blog for the next two weeks. I’ll be picking the Top Three and they’ll be posted on the Challenge Blog on 29^th August (challenge number 68).

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.

Regular visitors to my blog will know that I belong to a birthday card swap on a crafting forum and this card was made for one of my fellow swappees! 

It’s not clear from the photo but this ‘cup’ was glued on using Pinflair Glue Gel to bring it forward on the card. I’ve snipped a few extra items and added them to make it look fuller – just like the containers on crafters’ desks!

    

Items used: 

Carnation Crafts - dies and vignettes from the Crafty Little Things Collection, Tools Of The Trade, Quick Note, Reels of Ribbon and Not Messy……. Creative sentiment. The backing paper is also from the same collection. 

Creative Crafting World – 5 by 7 landscape card blank. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 14^th August 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.

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Fezziwig's Festive Frolics - entry No.2

 This is my second card for the Fezziwig’s Festive Frolics blog challenge which ends tomorrow (Tuesday 27^th). Each challenge runs for two weeks and this time the theme is ‘Deer’ – it has to be a Christmas card that has a deer on it somewhere.

Another Carnation Crafts card! This time I’ve used the Season’s Greetings Quick Card die set. Using the base card die in this set you can make a small quick card. I haven’t used the base card die, instead I’ve layered it onto a green snowflake paper that was downloaded from Carnation Crafts web site. 

I’ve used a 5x7 inch base card from Creative Crafting World. It’s meant to be a landscape card blank but I’ve turned it to be portrait with the spine at the top. The green card used for the mats is from my stash and I’ve used Tonic Nuvo Drops in Woodland Green in the centres of the snowflakes.

That’s four Christmas cards I’ve made now – thanks Hazel!

#59 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

The theme, as usual, is Anything Goes at the CD Sunday Plus Challenge. 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. 

On one of the craft forums I belong to we have a card swap every other month. The theme for February was Friendship and I knew I had a Jayne Nestorenko stamp that would be perfect. I don’t stamp very often other than for sentiments as I’m not particularly good at colouring. I used watercolour pencils and colours that would fit in with the flowers I wanted to use.

I covered the card blank with pink backing paper downloaded from Carnation Crafts and positioned the stamped image where it would fit in the gap in the flowers. 

I die cut 2 of the card shape downloadable vignettes, turning one around so it made a frame around the stamped image. I then die cut other flowers to fill in any gaps, using Pinflair Glue Gel to add height. I finished the card with 3 pink gems in the corners of the die cut card shape.

 

Items used: 

Creative Crafting World 8x8 inch card blank.

Jayne Nestorenko ‘Apple of My Eye’ stamp set (free with a craft magazine). 

Carnation Crafts Floral Card Shape Die Set, Decoupage Flower Die Set and downloadable vignettes and backing paper. 

Pink pearls from my stash.

The challenge will close on Saturday 8^th May 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

Golden Wedding Bookatrix

One of my brothers and his wife recently had their Golden Wedding anniversary. I decided to make a Bookatrix card – do you remember these when the Glitter Girls were on TV? I still have the Bookatrix board but didn’t want to cut it out by hand. I found an SVG file online and used it to cut my 3 layers on the Scan N Cut.

I used kraft card for 2 of the layers and gold mirror card for the middle layer. I edged all the layers with peel offs that I’ve had for many years! I was emailed a black and white wedding photo and wanted to use it on the card. I die cut it using a set of dies from The Works and also cut a bigger layer from the same gold mirror card. I fixed this to one side of the card and to the other I added another mat. I then cut the number 50 and the Happy Anniversary from plain card. I inked them with Versamark and used embossing powder to add colour and a metallic finish to them. The Happy Anniversary is by The Paper Boutique from one of their early releases and the numbers are Carnival Numbers by Docrafts/XCut.

                                    

I then made the flowers using vellum, Stamps by Chloe (from Issue 3 of her box magazine) and Royal Gold Satin Pearl embossing powder – the same that was used on the numbers and sentiment. Actually it’s called Thermographic Powder which is the same as embossing powder. It was part of a prize from Alan and Barry when they had a forum. The forum is still going strong although it’s not called Alan and Barry anymore and it’s a closed forum so doesn’t take any more new members.

I added some flourishes cut from vellum using a Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die.

It’s not in the photo but I also cut a stand for the card using a Card Making Magic Christina Griffiths Easel Card Stand.

My sister-in-law phoned me to say it had arrived safely and how much they both liked it. She sometimes makes cards so knows the work that goes into making one.

#40 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus

The theme for the CD Sunday Plus Challenge is Anything Goes. You must have used something printed from a CD, a USB or a digital download and you must state where the item used is from.

I follow the blog of a someone who used to be on the design team for CD Sunday – Jane Willis (click here for blog). She made a card with lots of cats on it and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to make one for my cat loving niece. Jane used cat silhouette stamps but I don’t have any so I bought downloads and designed the card digitally in Serif Craft Artist before printing it out and then cutting the shapes.

  

The card blank was covered with a piece of white card that I’d embossed with a pawprint design. The placement of each hexagon had been worked out in Craft Artist I just needed to make sure when I die cut them that each cat was in the right position. On the central hexagon I cut away the bottom edge so the cat’s tail hung down on the hexagon below so it looked as if the lower cat was trying to take a swipe at it!

Items used:

8 x 8 card blank from Creative Crafting World.

Pawprint Lattice embossing folder by Creative Expressions.

Nesting Dies – Stitch Dot Hexagons by Presscut.

Craft Artist digi kits – Nativity, Birthday, Winter Hamlet, Cosy Up Christmas, April Showers and Victoria Nelson Day Trip

Cat Silhouette downloads – RetroWallDeco on Etsy.

The challenge will close on Saturday 01^st August 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. 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.

#39 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus

The theme for the CD Sunday Plus Challenge is Anything Goes. You must have used something printed from a CD, a USB or a digital download and you must state where the item used is from.

I belong to a birthday card swap group on a forum and this card was made for the next birthday on the list.

I started with an 8 by 8 card blank and cut it into a hexagon shape using a die. I then cut the backing paper with a smaller hexagon die.  

The middle hexagon has a cream backing plate behind it. I finished the card with burgundy pearls but the camera makes them look like beads with holes in – and they say the camera never lies!

Items used:

8 x 8 card blank from Creative Crafting World as is the sentiment on the inside.

Backing paper is from a Tattered Lace USB Ultimate Magazine Collection Issues 1 – 40 (paper is from issue 12).

Tonic Studios Craft Perfect card in Crimson Silk.

Tonic Studios Peony Hexagon Layering Die Set – also used to make card blank.

Card Making Magic Fancy Hexagons Die Set.

The challenge will close on Saturday 18th July 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. In your blog post/Facebook entry you must give the name of the printed item you've used.

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#38 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus

The theme for the CD Sunday Plus Challenge is Anything Goes. You must have used something printed from a CD, a USB or a digital download and you must state where the item used is from.

In my previous blog post I mentioned a street party that was held for the VE Day celebrations. We had a great time and laughed a lot! I don’t drink alcohol but my neighbours do and as the evening progressed the stories became funnier and funnier. My card depicts a very funny story that one of my neighbours told us – I won’t repeat the story as you ‘had to be there’ to appreciate how funny it was. The scene was created in Serif Craft Artist.

  

Items used:

Creative Crafting World 5 by 7 landscape card blank.

Digi kits used – Craft Scapes Landscapes, Craft Scapes Italian Escapes, Craft Scapes Stately Home and Pirates.

The challenge will close on Saturday 4^th July 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. 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.