#185 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

My next door neighbour loves dogs as much as I love cats so I thought it was time I made her a card with a dog on. Carnation Crafts have a collection called Everyone’s Best Friend which has loads of different breeds and with fur in several colours. I picked the one I thought was nearest to ‘Nancy’. My neighbour was delighted with the card and said it was a perfect match to Nancy!

Items used:

The Paper Boutique – The Paper Pantry Volume VI USB It’s a Dog’s Life collection (this was also available in a paper pack).

Carnation Crafts – vignettes and dies from Everyone’s Best Friend and What A View from Comfort of Home collection.

Crafts Too – John Next Door Vertical Birthday JND596.

Card Making Magic by Christina Griffiths – Happy Birthday DIOB0534.

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.

The challenge will close on Friday 19th June 2026 at 9pm.

 

#178 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

It's St David's Day today in Wales and the daffodils have bloomed right on time!

It’s my turn to be the host for the current  CD Sunday Plus Challenge . 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.

My card this time is a birthday card for an Aunt who is 92 years old and sadly has dementia. I like to add lots of detail to her card and she likes to keep it on display long after all her other cards are taken down. I loaded this one up with lots and lots of flowers!

I cut two of the white card bases and joined them together at the top. Everything is from Carnation Crafts except the sentiment.

Items used:

Carnation Crafts - Bountiful Frames-Plump Peaches Frame and Fruits of Labour Collection - A Small Token and Home Grown.

The Paper Boutique Sentiments Vol II – Just for You.

Card Making Magic by Christina Griffiths - Happy Birthday Die Set (inside).

The challenge will close on Friday 13^th March 2026 at 9pm.

#109 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.

The theme for a card swap I’m in was Lavender and Lace and this is the card I made:

 I covered an 8 by 8 card blank with backing paper from a Paper Boutique USB – it was originally in paper kit form but they’ve put a lot of their designs on USBs now. The background die is just a 2 inch wide strip Tonic die which I cut three times and glued to green card stock, also from Paper Boutique. The sprigs of lavender are dies and vignette from Carnation Crafts and the sentiment from Tonic.

I finished the card by adding some Nuvo Crystal drops but smudged one and thought I’d ruined the card. I managed to remove the ‘smudged’ drop but it stained the card purple. I thought I had nothing to lose and covered the stain with white ink from a Pen-Touch pen – I think I got away with it as it’s barely noticeable!

I dug out the paper kit and used some toppers to decorate the inside of the card.

 

Items used:

Creative Crafting World: 8by8 card blank, Paper Boutique Lavender Fields both the paper kit and USB - The Paper Pantry Vol VI. Green card is from the matching card collection.

Tonic Studios: Constance Lace Die 1741e, Enjoy Sentiment strip die 2584e and Nuvo Crystal Drops in Violet Galaxy.

Carnation Crafts: Dried Flower die and vignette from the Fond Memories Collection

The challenge will close on Saturday 13^th May 2023 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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#105 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 for this fortnight is a birthday card for an aunt who was 89 in January. She loves the colours lilac and purple so I always try and use it somewhere in my card. Carnation Crafts design dies and vignettes that always make a statement card. I used the Begonia Blooms dies and vignettes in this card. 

The green backing paper is also from Carnation Crafts – Misty Morning Collection. I printed a second sheet of paper to decorate inside as I had a couple of begonia die cuts left over that I didn’t layer up on the front.

Items used:

Carnation Crafts: Summer Radiance Collection Begonia Blooms Die set and vignettes. Backing Paper from Misty Morning Collection.

Paper Boutique: Sentiments Vol II and 6X6 card blank.

From stash: purple gems.

The challenge will close on Saturday 18^th March 2023 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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#103 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 is one that a friend asked me to make for her friend. Her only request was that there were roses on the card. I knew Carnation Crafts had some lovely rose vignettes for their dies so looked through my dies until I came across the Fine Splendour Collection and the set of dies called Vintage Blooms.

I cut into the die cuts so they would fit onto my card base and layered up a few of the roses.

Items used:
Carnation Crafts: Vintage Blooms die set from the Fine Splendour Collection and the matching vignettes.
The Paper Boutique: Sentiments dies Volume XV.
From my stash: Acetate and gold mirror card.
The challenge will close on Saturday 18^th February 2023 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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#101 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Callenge

 Happy New Year!!!

I hope everyone is OK and eager to join in the challenges after our usual Christmas break. 

It’s my turn to host the challenge for the next two weeks and pick a Top Three so get those entries in!

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 is for someone who likes goth/punk things.

The sugar skull image was taken into Serif to resize it so it would fit perfectly in the central square of this set of dies. I printed it onto white card before die cutting the square. The colours of the other layers were chosen to fit in with the colours of the skull. Not everyone would like a card in this design but the young lady it was for loved it.

Items used:

The Paper Boutique: Make Time For You Doily Dies.

Limetree Crafts: Raspberry Kiss and Lemon card stock.

Sugar Skull: Free image from Pixabay.

The challenge will close on Saturday 21^st January 2023 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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#99 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.

A very quick, simple card from me this time. I’ve spent so long helping a friend with her new flat that I’ve not had time for crafting!

This card is for my youngest brother who likes to play guitar.

I designed the backing paper in Serif Craft Artist using music notes from a Kate Hadfield digi kit called Big School. The notes were originally black and I tried to recolour them using the Colour Picker but because they were such a dark colour you couldn’t see the new colour. So I tried the Styles tab/Instant Effects scrolled down to Plastic and it worked a treat!

Items used:

Serif Craft Artist/ Kate Hadfield digi kit called Big School, Cuttlebug embossing folder - Allegro, Tonic Studios Electric Guitar die and a sentiment die from Paper Boutique.

The challenge will close on Saturday 10^th December 2022 at 1pm.

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#94 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

The UK is currently mourning the loss of our beloved Queen Elizabeth II. It's been such a sad time for us. Tomorrow is the state funeral and many more tears will be shed. She's now reunited with her husband. Rest in Peace your Majesty.

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 11 year old great nephew has, in the last year, taken up learning the electric guitar. There was only one theme that I needed to use for his card!

I made the pop-up box from scratch. I do have a die that was free in a magazine but I wanted a bigger box. The paper is one I designed in Craft Artist. I picked out music notes from various digi kits, recoloured them as they were black, grouped them and then copy and pasted them to fill the page. 

The guitar die cut was glued to the back with the rest glued to acetate strips ad spaced out across the top of the box.The keyboards, which I used three times, were all meticulously paper pieced!  

Items used:

Serif Craft Artist digikits: Name That Tune, Nutcracker Christmas, Sweet Melody (music notes that have been recoloured).

Tonic Studio: several sets of music related dies from a few years ago.

Paper Boutique Sentiments Dies Vol XX

The challenge will close on Saturday 1^st October 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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#91 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’m hosting the challenge this fortnight and this card came about after a tidy up of my desk LOL! I’d printed off a couple of designs from a USB but hadn’t used them all. This one is far too pretty to be left lurking on my desk! It had been printed onto Pro Print paper which really makes the colours stand out. 

I then printed out two pink papers from another USB to cut the ringlet dies out off. I thought the two shades of pink were the perfect match for the pinks in the background paper. From what was left I made the three flowers using a cut and emboss folder and the sentiment.

The card is finished off with Tonic Nuvo Drops which was almost a disaster! The colour I first used was translucent and too orange, so I went over the top with another colour and held my breath until they were dry – thankfully they turned out OK!

Items used:

Imagination Crafts Mixed Media Rice Papers Vol 3 USB.

Create and Craft Linen Card USB.

Anna Marie Designs Dottie Ringlets and Dottie Sprigs.

Chloe Creative Cards Summer Flower Cut and Emboss Folder.

Paper Boutique Sentiments Vol XX.

Nuvo Drops - Jewel Drops in Rosewater, Crystal Drops in Carnation Pink covered in Jewel Drops in Pink Aura.

The challenge will close on Saturday 20^th August 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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#89 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.

One of my nieces adores cats as much as I do so I have a very enjoyable time making her birthday card every year. Her cat is called Tabby and he looks very much like the tabby in this design.

This style of card is known by several names – Diamond Point, Crossover Pointy, Triple Point, Triple Point Crossover and I’m sure there’s a few more! I like it because you can use the central area to display the main focus of the card. In this case it’s the sweet cat which is just like the look on Tabby cat’s face at times!

I’m sure it didn’t register with my niece but my fellow crafters will have noticed that the design on the two triangle pieces perfectly match the background design. I had to use three 8 by 8 pieces of patterned paper to achieve this. If it had been a paper kit it would have used up nearly all of this design but with it being a USB it means we can print off as many pieces as we need.

Items used:

Creative Crafting World: The Paper Pantry USB Vol VI using the ‘It’s A Cat’s Life’ collection. Originally this came out as a paper pack now is now on a USB. The plain navy blue papers are from the coloured card collection that came out with the paper pack. The Happy Birthday inside the card is from The Paper Boutique Sentiments Vol II dies.

Presscut: Stitched Dot Circle dies.

The challenge will close on Saturday 23^rd July 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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#86 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

Thanks to everyone who joined in with the last challenge where I was host. I’ll be picking my Top Three from all the incredible entries. Carol is back hosting for this challenge. And fittingly my make for this challenge is the card I sent to Carol for her birthday earlier this year. I love making cards for Carol. We’ve been friends for many years (I think it’s since 2006) and she’s always so kind about my makes.

Carol says she always makes square cards so I try to send her anything but a square card LOL!

This card started as a square but I cut the front in half diagonally. The card base was covered in a paper downloaded from Carnation Crafts the Moments in Time Collection. I then cut out the Stand Out Daisy Frame square using pink and purple card from a Carnation Cards Perfect Papers pack – it’s actually card weight not paper. This was glued so it hung over the edge of the card front. I then printed out loads of the flower vignettes for the Moments In Time collection and die cut them.

I spent ages arranging the flowers until I was happy but it was worth the effort and I enjoyed it. I finished the card off with some purple half pearls and yellow Nuvo drops. I’m not sur I like the drops on the pink Daisy Frame die cut. 

Items used:

Carnation Crafts: Backing paper and flower vignettes downloaded from Carnation Crafts website. Moments In Time dies used – Stand Out Daisy Frame, Lily, Granny’s Bonnet and Drumstick Alliums.

Creative Crafting World: The Paper Boutique Sentiments Vol II.

Tonic Studios: Nuvo Crystal Drops in Dandelion Yellow.

The challenge will close on Saturday 11^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.

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#85 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

The host for this fortnight’s challenge was supposed to be Carol but as she’s due to have some medical treatment I’ve swapped with her and she will be host for the challenge following this one. I’m sure we all send Carol our good wishes and fingers crossed she’ll soon be free from pain.

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 is a card for the forum birthday swap that I’m in. I fancied making a pointed crossover card so made the base card using an 8 by 8 inch card blank. I covered the inside with a dark green paper. The three front sections I cover with a very pretty floral paper from a Paper Boutique kit – A Garden In Provence. Having made the base card I then needed something to put in the centre and decided to use a butterfly die by Paula Pascual. She’s released a range of journal dies called Miss P Loves Boundless Journal dies and one set is a huge butterfly.

I printed out a paper from a Digital Portfolio USB which I then die cut the butterfly from. That was then backed by a paper from my stash. I don’t have any details of what it’s called but it has almost a fabric feel to it and looks a different colour depending on how the light falls on it.

Inside the card I used more of the Garden in Provence paper and used a butterfly border die down the edges and backed it with white. I then added a Happy Birthday sentiment cut out of scraps left from the papers already used.

                         

Items used:

Creative Crafting World: 8 by 8 inch card blank, pink flowery paper from The Paper Boutique A Garden in Provence 8 by 8 paper pad, green card from one of their card packs, square die from The Paper Boutique Happy Birthday die set and Happy Birthday die from their sentiments Vol. II.
Miss P Loves: Boundless Journal Butterfly Page MPL011.
Create and Craft: Digital Portfolio Metallic Paper Effects Vol.14.
Crafter’s Companion: Scattered Butterflies border die
 
The challenge will close on Saturday 28^th May 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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#74 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 don’t know if you’ve heard of Becca Feeken but she’s a Spellbinders designer and I’ve followed her blog, Amazing Paper Grace, for many, many years. She designs the most beautiful dies and her cards are always stunning. So when Create and Craft had some of her new range recently I just had to buy a couple of sets. For this card I used Birthday Wishes Vignette S5-455. 

I covered the card blank with paper from a Paper Pantry USB. This is a stunning range of papers and was originally a paper pack but Creative Crafting World are now bringing out their paper pack designs on USBs. Which is great news as I’ve used up most of my favourite papers from this set.

I cut the base layer die from peach card from the Paper Pantry collection (paper pack this time) then I cut the next layer from white card and the final pink layer is also from the Paper Pantry collection. I then cut the Birthday Wishes layer three times - once in the same pink card, then a layer of silver mirror card and the top layer from white card. They were layered up so they were very slightly off set - you can just see a little of each layer. This top layer was attached to the card with 3d foam to give a little height.

 

The flowers were handmade using the same peach and pink card. They were cut using a cut and emboss folder, I only used two layers for the flowers as the third layer was too big for the space on the card. I love these folders and can’t stop making flowers with them! I used a glue pen along the embossed veins and sprinkled DecoArt Glamour Dust over them and then glued a silver gem in the middle of each flower. I love how they sparkle and it seems to make the silver layer of the Birthday Wishes stand out more. The foliage is cut using Anna Marie Designs Dottie Sprigs dies which I’ve chopped up to fit around the flowers. And a few half silver pearls.

 

 

Items used: 

Creative Crafting World: 6 by 6 inch card blank, The Paper Pantry Vol IV USB – Blossoms in the Breeze Collection, matching plain card from the paper pack and silver pearls. 

Spellbinders: Becca Feeken Birthday Wishes Vignette dies S5-455. 

Chloe’s Creative Cards - Cut and Emboss folder, Posy Flower. 

Anna Marie Designs: Dottie Sprigs dies 

DecoArt Glamour Dust.

The challenge will close on Saturday 4^th December 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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#73 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus DT.

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’ve mentioned before that I buy lots of craft magazines – well not so many these days as several of them have been discontinued. I like to flick through them when they first arrive then when I’ve more time I read them properly. But when I flicked through issue 200 of Papercraft Essentials I stopped at pages 12 and 13 as the cards really caught my attention. The designer was Debbie Simpson who I admit to never having heard of before. Members of the magazine designer teams tend to be in several craft magazines so you get used to their names. Debbie’s cards were made using the free paper downloads from the magazine. So I hot footed it over to the website and downloaded them.

The card I liked the most was a style called curtain or drapery fold and I particularly liked the papers used for it.

 

My card isn’t exactly the same as the one in the magazine as I’ve used different paper on the lower half and made a rosette instead of using one of the downloadable images of a young women. I also finished the card with LOADS of sticky backed gems!

Items used: 

Creative Crafting World: 7 by 5 inches landscape card blank but turned so it’s a tent fold. Black card for the mats and sentiment dies. 

Papercraft Essentials: issue 200 downloads from https://craftworld.com/home but you have to sign into the website in order to see them.

The challenge will close on Saturday 20^th November 2021 at 1pm.

I emailed Papercraft Essentials magazine and since writing this blog post I've heard from them. They've not only posted a photo of my card in issue 204 but I've won the Star Letter prize!!!!

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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#71 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

  

It’s my turn to host the CD Sunday Plus Challenge for the next two weeks. I’ll be visiting the blogs of everyone entering to pick my Top Three choice which will be announced on Sunday 7^th November.

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’ve seen a lot of ‘wreath’ style cards recently and decided to have a go at making one. They’re usually made with circle dies but I used stitched hexagon ones as I liked the shape. This card was for my late husband’s only surviving aunty and her husband. It was their 67^th wedding anniversary and she loves the colour purple.

  

The base is covered with a paper from a collection called Lavender Fields. We always say that it doesn’t matter how small the ‘digital’ item is it still qualifies to enter the challenge - and this proves the point!
Using two different sized dies I made a frame and cut two of them. Acetate is glued to the front of the card with one frame covering the join. The second frame is attached to the back to hide the adhesive on the acetate.
I’m obsessed with using Cut and Fold Flower Folders at the moment and they’re kept permanently on my desk. I used purple parchment to cut out the flowers which has turned white from the embossing. I then highlighted parts of it with a glitter marker in Purple Passion. I finished the card off with die cut foliage and white half pearls.

 

 The cards are usually open at the bottom like a top fold card but they then don’t stand up very well and tend to slide open when on display so I made a solid base and put the finished card in a box to post.

Items used:
The Paper Pantry USB Vol VI – collection used is Lavender Fields.
Presscut Nesting Dies – Stitch Dot Hexagons.
Chloe’s Creative cards - Meadow Flower Cut and Emboss Folder.
Tonic Studios - Changing Seasons Wreath Die Set for the foliage.
The Paper Boutique - Sentiments dies Volume XX.

The challenge will close on Saturday 23^rd October 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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#70 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.

On one of the craft forums I belong to we have a birthday card swap. Originally it was set up so we only had one person in each month to make a card for. Sadly the numbers have dropped and we now only have nine people. Three of them are in September and with several family members also having September birthdays I try to get ahead with the cards in August.

This is one of the cards I made for the September birthday swap.

 

The backing paper is from a Paper Pantry USB with several collection on it. This one is called The Walled Garden. It was originally a paper pack but with it now on a USB I don’t have to think about running out of any of the designs.

The dies are by Becca Feeken for Spellbinders, she also has a blog called Amazing Paper Grace which I’ve followed for many years. She designs the most beautiful dies and her cards are always stunning. So when Create and Craft had some of her new range recently I just had to buy a couple. It’s very rare for the UK craft channels to have any of Becca’s dies. 

 

 The flowers are handmade using a very old set of dies by Creative Expressions from 2014. They’re still very useable even though they’re quite old. The dies are in 4 different sizes and I was able to use two sizes that were just the right fit for the card. I placed tiny grey half pearls in the centres of the flowers and large grey pearls on two of the edges of the card.

  

Items used:
Creative Crafting World: 7 by 5 landscape card blank, The Paper Pantry Vol I USB – The Walled Garden Collection, and grey and maroon card.
Spellbinders: Becca Feeken Birthday Wishes Vignette S5-455
Creative Expression: Sue Wilson’s Finishing Touches Camellia Complete Petals dies.

The challenge will close on Saturday 9^th October 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.