#168 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 is quite a simple make for my late husband’s only remaining Aunt and Uncle. Auntie was a sister to my late father-in-law so we’re not close relatives but they treat me more like a daughter than the wife of their nephew. They’re now in their 90s and both have health issues but they’re such a caring, thoughtful couple.

I’ve always liked DL cards but not the skinny DL. I make my own wider DL card and buy envelopes.

The background purple card is from my stash. It has a wavy pattern on it which is just visible in the photo. The rest of the card is cut using Carnation Crafts Hanging Archway Card Shape. The sentiment is Carnation Crafts To You Both Sentiments die set which is from the Summer Radiance Collection and the geese vignettes and dies are from CC Botanical Bliss Collection – Neighbour Hood Watch set.

The challenge will close on Saturday 11^th October 2025 at 1pm.

#146 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 lovely next door neighbours recently celebrated 25 years of married life. They’re such lovely people and brilliant neighbours so I wanted to make a special card for them. There’s only one craft company to turn to in order to make a very special card and that’s Carnation Crafts!

The base card is cut from silver mirror card using Carnation’s Into Spring Card Shape. I then cut the included filigree dies from silver glitter card. The bride and groom are dies and vignettes from the Happy Couple dies. I added a 25 and Happy Anniversary die cut to finish off the card. 

Items used:

Carnation Crafts: Happy Couple die set from the Perfect Day Collection and Into Spring Card Shape die from the Into Spring Collection.

The Paper Boutique: Happy Anniversary die from Sentiments Volume IV.

Claina Palma: 25 dies from the Numbers set.

Crafts Too: Silver Glitter Card – non shed.

Silver mirror card from my stash. 

The challenge will close on Saturday 23^rd November 2024 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/Facebook entry you must give the name of the printed item you've used.

#136 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 was recently invited to a family celebration – a combined 90^th birthday and 70^th wedding anniversary.

This is the card I made for the happy couple using Carnation Crafts Standing Tall Card Shapes die set, Golden Age die collection and vignettes.

I used a gold shimmer pen on the hat band, fan and edging around the hem of the dress.

The challenge will close on Saturday 6^th July 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.

#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.

#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.

#51 Anything Goes - CD Sunday Plus Challenge

The Top Three for the challenge I hosted, 22nd November to 5^th December, has been announced over on the CD Sunday Challenge Blog. Thanks to everyone who entered, it was great seeing so many entries and some from new people too.

The theme for the current challenge is Anything Goes. 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 a physical item must be made not a digital one.

After watching a Facebook live from Carnation Crafts I decided to have a go at making a triple easel card. I’m loving using the Carnation Crafts flower dies and downloadable vignettes – they make the card look amazing.

For the central easel I used the Carnation Crafts A Little Bit Fancy Card Shape. I cut the back layer from green card by The Paper Boutique’s It’s A Dog’s Life. The detailed layer was cut from the downloadable vignette. The two side panels are cut using a Tonic Studios die from the Swirling Frame Layering Die Set.

I then decorated the card using Carnation Crafts flower dies and downloadable vignettes. From left to right they are – Balloon Flower, Night-scented Stock, Peony, Agapanthus and finishing on the right sided easel - Balloon Flower. Some of the die cuts were snipped into and pieces slipped in to fill gaps.

  

The heart shaped stoppers are cut using Tattered Lace Heart dies. The green card as before and the purple is Paper Boutique again but this time from The Walled Garden set. Finally the sentiment and backing layer were cut using The Paper Boutique Happy Anniversary Doily Die set.

I made the card for my next door neighbours. They sent me a text saying ‘Wow!! You have out done yourself on this one. It’s amazing, we love it and are touched that you remembered our wedding anniversary’. They’ve been a great support to me, and my late husband during his illness, and since he’s passed away.

The challenge will close on Saturday 16^th January 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. 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.

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.