#184 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.

This card is for my youngest sister. I’d bought some new dies and wanted to try them out so made this eclipse card. I’ve only done the eclipse effect in the four corners it was too much to do it to the central figure as well.

Items used:

Serif Craft Artist: Art Deco Cruise digikits.

Jamie Rodgers Crafts: The Diamond Collection dies JRCD0217

Presscut: Plain Diamond Nesting dies PCD214 (to cut inner diamond shape),

John Next Door: Strawberry Fields Panels dies JND566.

Blue glitter card, silver peel offs and gems from my stash.

                                The challenge will close on Friday 5th June 2026 at 9pm.

#182 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 like Steampunk designs as does my lovely teamie Carol. As her birthday is in April I decided to make her a Steampunk card instead of the usual pretty floral ones I send her. She will have opened her card by now so this isn’t spoiling the surprise for her.

This second photo is with the stand I made to display the card.

Loads of things used to make this card:

Carnation Crafts – for the base card I used Wedding Volume from Fairy Tale Day Collection.

Serif Craft Artist – for the background paper I used Daisy Trail Steam Punk Inventor.

Debbi Moore Designs – the two characters are from Match It Steam Punk 2 USB and die sets DMMI112 and DMMI114. As well as cogs and keys.

John Next Door – large clock and corner dies from a set free with Box Magazine #11. And Happy Birthday die set JND596 Vertical Birthday – my new favourite sentiment die set!

More cogs, sentiment and card stand from die sets by Couture Creations (Clockwork CO725843) and Card Making Magic by Christina Griffiths (Happy Birthday DIOB0534 and Easel Card Stand DIOB0546).

The challenge will close on Friday 8^th May 2026 at 9pm. 

#179 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

It was lovely to see a couple of new people entering the Challenge last time. Hopefully they’ll join in again sometime soon.

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.

This card is for an elderly gentleman who lives in the same assisted living home as one of my friends. He’s quite a character and likes to find solutions to things. The background in this card is from a digi kit called ‘Inventor’ – I thought it was appropriate for him!

Lots of steps to the making of this card. Backing paper printed and glued to the card base. Light bulb stamped and then coloured with an alcohol marker. A couple of items printed from a USB and various die-cut items.

Items used:

Serif Craft Artist digikits – Daisy Trail Steam Punk Inventor.

Simply Card and Papercraft magazine – Stamps designed by Sheena Douglass.

Tonic Studios – yellow alcohol marker.

Debbi Moore Designs – images from the Steam Punk 2 USB and die cut with the Match it Dies.

John Next Door – Vertical Birthday dies set JND596.

Love Card Making magazine – cog die set.

The challenge will close on Friday 27^th March 2026 at 9pm.

#149 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

Welcome back to  The CD Sunday Plus Challenge and Happy New Year! The team are looking forward to seeing your entries in 2025.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 decided to share my make for a Secret Santa Swap on one of the craft forums I belong to. Sadly only three of us took part so it wasn’t very ‘secret’.

I made some Finnish Stars which I’ve made before but I’d forgotten how to make them so had to look the tutorial up again. You can find it here.          

I chose a ‘material’ in Serif Craft Artist called Retro Christmas and printed it on both sides of Pro Print Paper from Carnation Crafts. I put peel offs along every edge, which was very time consuming and quite fiddly. I decorated the centres on both sides using sentiment dies by The Paper Boutique and the snowflakes are from Crafts-Too called Sam’s Baubles JND410. Finally I added some ribbon so they could be hung up.

The challenge will close on Saturday 18^th January 2025 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 you must give the name of the printed item you've used.

#131 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

This is the second card I made in January when I had some spare time and had a play/experiment with some of my rarely used stash such as stencils, texture pastes, paints and wooden embellishments.

I made this for someone who likes to sew and alters clothes to fit herself, her daughter and her two granddaughters.

I sized the main image to fit in the middle of the larger card and used green texture paste through a stencil. The central panel was layered onto white card leaving a small border so it would stand out and then raised on 3d foam tape. I printed the pale pink paper and put it back through to print the text on top. I lightened the text so it didn’t overpower the backing paper. The central panel was finished off with a dress form die cut, lace effect paper ribbon and pink pearls.

I edged the base card with a button themed border die cut from pink card and layered onto white card. 

 Items used:

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

Crafts Too:  Texture paste – I forgot to make a note of the two colours used!

Couture Creations: Bodice die.

Tonic Studios: Button and Star Strip Die Set.

From stash: Paper lace effect border and pearls.

Script/text downloaded free from internet. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 27th 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.

#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.

#111 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

 I’m hosting the challenge this time and I’ll be picking the Top Three entries.

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 very special lady and dear friend had her 80^th birthday recently – Carol who writes the CD Sunday Challenge posts and makes sure the DT members stay on track!

Sadly I had Covid so had to wait to make and send her card. She received it a few days after her birthday. Carnation Crafts recently released a new collection of dies and vignettes and I just had to use them to make Carol’s card.

It took quite a bit of measuring and head scratching to get the hearts the right size and in the right place but I got there in the end. The flowers were hand made using a new set of Crafts Too/John Next Door flower dies. I loved how they turned out and finished them off with light pink dew drops in the centres.

Items used:

Carnation Crafts - Made With Flowers Numbers Set and free vignette.

Crafts Too – Blousy Peony flower dies and dew drops.

Tattered Lace - Hearts layering dies.

Tonic Studio - Craft Perfect card in Aubergine Purple and Blossom Pink. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 10th June 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. 

We also have a FaceBook page if you want to enter and don't have a blog - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.

#108 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 Create and Craft recently they were selling off USBs from the Digital Portfolio range. These used to be on the original Create and Craft and I guess they’re old stock that the current Create and Craft are trying to get rid of. I saw them when they were first aired on the channel and liked the look of them but they were a really silly price for all 15 USBs. There’s only 30 papers on each USB so not worth the price they were asking. I’m glad I waited as I’ve slowly been able to get all 15 USBs at a much cheaper price (around £5 ish each USB).

For this card I used the Watercolour Paper Effects USB.

 I really like the designs that John Lockwood (John Next Door) brings out and have used sets from his latest releases and his gold mirror card. There’s nothing technical to this card - I’ve just layered up the die cuts.

I also decorated the inside as I had some backing paper left over. 

 

 

Items used:

Crafts Too: John Next Door – 6’’ Layering die set JND351, Pretty Chic range –Chic Square CTPCoo3 and Chic Circle CTPC002 (the wreath has been cut away and just the flowers used) and Mirror card in Vintage Gold.

Card Making Magic by Christina Griffiths – Lacey Ribbon 7’’ die set.

Creative Craft Products: Ultimate Ribbon Sentiments Everyday Die Set.

Tonic Studios: Happy Birthday die set.

The challenge will close on Saturday 29^th April 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.

We also have a FaceBook page if you don't have a blog - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge. 

#75 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

The CD Sunday Plus Challenge will be taking it’s usual Christmas break. The next challenge after this one will be on Sunday 9^th January 2022 and I will be the host.

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.

As I’m still making my Christmas cards I decided to make my design team entry a Christmas card.
I turned to my trusty Serif Craft Artist to find a backing paper. I also printed off two plain papers, one green and one red, to cut dies from. They’re all from the Christmas Florist digi by Victoria Nelson.

The central dies are Spellbinders Birthday Wishes Vignette S5-455 and Joy Crescent Card Builder S5-466. These were designed by Becca Feeken from the Amazing Paper Grace blog. 

The corner dies are Snowflake Corners JND244 by Crafts Too John Next Door. I like snowflake images and I can see these corner dies becoming a favourite! 

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.

We also have a Facebook page if you don't have a blog - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.

#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.