#124 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.

When someone I know has a big birthday I like to make what I call my showstopper card! I’ve made several in the past for 60^th, 70^th and 80^th birthdays. An Aunt will be 90 in January so I’ll be making one for her after Christmas.

 

The design is a downloaded SVG file and cut on my Scan N Cut. I’ve had my machine for years and I’m getting more into using it.

Items used:

Sandra’s Scrapshop (closed): - Bow card SVG file.

Crafter’s Companion: Flowery paper from Garden Gnomes 12 x 12 paper pad. Gemini Stitch Edge Oval dies.

Plain pink 12 x 12 card, lace, numbers and gems from my stash.

The challenge will close on Saturday 9^th December 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.

66th Wedding Anniversary

An aunt and uncle of my late husband’s celebrated 66 years together and I wanted to make a really special card for them as they couldn’t hold a proper celebration with the lockdown and they were both shielding due to age and health issues. I’ve previously made a bow card for a friend’s big birthday and wanted to make another one for the 66^th anniversary as they’re quite a ‘show stopper’ card. The first time I cut it out by hand which I don’t enjoy doing so for this one I used the SVG cutting file and cut it out on my Brother Scan N Cut.

The papers, both the flowery and the plain, are from The Paper Boutique range by Creative Crafting World. The collection is called Blossoms In The Breeze. I die cut the hexagonal card base using Presscut Plain Hexagons dies from Crafts-too.

There are two layers to the bow part of the card and once glued together they leave quite a large dip in the middle so I filled it with lace. I slip stitched around the edge of the lace then gathered it up and joined the ends. 

The plain pink plaque in the middle is cut using a Spellbinders Sapphire Pierced Tag die that I had in a Create and Craft goody bag at the NEC and the Happy Anniversary is a Paper Boutique Doily Die.

I finished the card off with pearl number  won in a Hochands tombola at the NEC. And the 3 strips of pearls were cut from a long strip of pearls.

The inside was also decorated using the same paper pack.

On the same day as their wedding anniversary it was also Uncle Jim’s 86^th birthday. He has a great sense of humour so I made him this card which he loved.