#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.

#142 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.

My nephew and his teenage son like going to Monster Jam at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Monster Jam is where the really huge jeeps etc go over obstacle courses. They really are ‘monster’ trucks! This year there’s a Monster Jam World Tour so they bought the t-shirts to wear to their night in Cardiff. As it was my great nephew’s birthday a couple of weeks afterwards I decided to design his birthday card around the Monster Jam logo. I asked my nephew to take a photo of the t-shirt so I could use it on the card and this is what I came up with.

I edited the photo so I just had the Monster Jam World Tour image and printed it onto a transparent self-adhesive sheet. I printed a jumper from a My Craft Studio USB, stuck the image onto it and then used the matching die to cut it out. It took four attempts to get the sizing and placement right but I persevered. I then added a couple of mats and foam pads to raise the ‘jumper’ up a little.

Items used:

My Craft Studio: Craft Master A Jumper For All Seasons USB.

Splash Crafts: Easy Peely Transparent Self – Adhesive Sticker Sheets.

Tonic Studios: Classic Card in Pewter Grey.

Green card from my stash.

The challenge will close on Saturday 28^th September 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.

#141 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’m having great fun making ATCs at the moment. One of the swaps I’m in we’re working our way through the letters in the alphabet.

These ATCs are for F and H. The items I’ve used are at the very end of this post. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 14^th September 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.

 Items used:

Fireman: Carnation Crafts – All In A Day’s Work Collection - Dressed For Success Set2.

Fishing Rod: Carnation Crafts - All In A Day’s Work Collection - Dressed For Success Set 2 and Serif Craft Artist Craft Scape People, Bloke at Leisure and Craft Scape Landscapes.

Frog: Serif Craft Artist The Good Life Friends Forever and Majestic Castle.

Hen: Carnation Crafts Rural Charm Collection – Queenie dieset.

Highland Cow: Carnation Crafts - Gift of Giving Collection – Ewan dieset.

Holiday Suitcase: Tattered Lace magazine issue 80 – charisma download and die.

Hedgehogs: Tattered Lace subscription dies 2019-20 – Creatures charisma download and die. 

#138 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.

This challenge was due to be hosted by Aimes but Hurricane Beryl has caused a lot of damage and many people are still without power. We've had a quick message from Aimes and she and her hubby are both OK but the power situation makes it impossible for her to get on line so Carol has stepped in to host this one.

I started making cards back in 2005 – doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun LOL! A year later a made a Welsh themed birthday card for one of my brothers. The family moved to England after dad died and my brother Mark has always missed living in Wales. My Welsh card cheered him up so much that I kept up the trend of making Welsh themed cards for his birthday. I even managed it for the 3 years when my husband was ill and then passed away.

This card is now the nineteenth I’ve made:

The sweater is from a USB by Craft Master using My Craft Studio called A Jumper For All Seasons. It was originally a dull beige colour with areas of grey ‘slub’ effect. I changed the colour to a shade of green that was as near as I could get it to the Welsh flag. I also added an image of the Welsh dragon that I found on the internet. The sweater was then cut using the matching dies – Craft Master Nested Jumper. The USB and dies are meant to be Christmas designs but as soon as I saw them on Create and Craft it sparked this idea!

I die cut the green and red layers using nesting dies from Presscut that have a ‘stitch’ effect on the edges so that they would tie in with the main image of a sweater. I added a few Welsh dragon peel offs to the corners but I’m not sure they add anything to the finished card.

The challenge will close on Saturday 03^rd August 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.

#123 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.
My team mate Carol (who writes the blog posts) likes to make cards with stitching on. Her stitching is far better than mine so don’t look too closely Carol LOL!
I saw this stitch pattern on a Facebook post and liked it so much I bought it from Add Some Sparkle. 

 

I didn’t like the decoupage sheets that came with the stitch pattern so I used a topper printed from a CD. The three angels have been printed twice and one layer used for decoupage. I don’t enjoy fussy cutting so it’s rare to see me cut anything out!

So far this is my one and only Christmas card made for this Christmas. I think I’d better get a wriggle on LOL!

Items used:

Stitch pattern: Stitch & Do Kit 137 Big Guys Christmas.

CD image: My Craft Studio The Best of MCS Christmas (bought in 2012!).

Tonic Studios: Craft Perfect card stock in red and green.

Crafts Too: Coconut White Essentials Card.

The challenge will close on Saturday 25^th November 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 but don’t have a blog - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.