#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.

#134 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.

A very simple card from me this time. Just a background printed from a USB and a die cut layered on top.

Items used:

Digital Portfolio Watercolour Paper effects Vol 15 USB.

Tonic Studios Classic Card in French Blue.

Presscut Background Collection – Bubbles die set.

Happy Birthday is Tattered lace. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 8^th June 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.

#117 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

Thanks to everyone who entered the last challenge which I was hosting – I’ll be picking the Top Three from all your lovely 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.

My make for this challenge is a wedding anniversary card for a very dear Aunt and Uncle of my late husband’s. They’ve been married 69 years – looking forward to celebrating the big one next year!

I turned to Carnation Crafts for this card. I have a lot of their dies and I can usually find something to fit an occasion.

I always seem to make my life difficult when making a card and trying to get the size right for the circles nearly drove me crazy LOL!

I'm currently into making flower arrangements using Forever Flowerz. This is the one I gave to them for their anniversary.

Items used:

Carnation Crafts: dies used - Summer Radiance Collection (Time Tested and To You Both) and Water’s Edge Collection (The Lake and The Angler). Perfect Papers cardstock (300 gsm) from Comfort of Home and Equinox Blooms Collections. The background scene is from the vignettes download.

Presscut Nesting Dies – Plain Circles.

The challenge will close on Saturday 2^nd September 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.

#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.

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

 

#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.

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

#67 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

Thanks to everyone who entered the CD Sunday Plus Challenge over the last two weeks. I was host and I now need to pick my Top Three choices – not an easy task with so many gorgeous makes to choose from!

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. Please also remember we only allow three entries per person, per challenge.

I’ve previously mentioned that Tonic had a Spring card making challenge back in April.  I made a card for each of the eight daily themes and this card was for Picnic Time. 

I was sure I’d find something suitable in my Craft Artist digi kits and I was right! There was a predesigned scene and I added a few things like the blue sky, sun, clouds, deckchairs and picnic basket.

I just matted it onto card in coordinating colours and layered it all up.

Items used: 

Serif Craft Artist – Beside The Sea, Playground, Pirates, Pin up Cheesecake, Stroll in the Park, Victoria Nelson’s Country Day Out and Craft Scapes Riverside Walk, English Town, Summer Seaside. 

Presscut – Nesting Dies Stitch Dot Squares. Presscut Nesting Dies – Plain Squares and Stitched Squares.

The challenge will close on Saturday 28^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. 

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.