CD Sunday - Fab 'n' Feminine

This time at CD Sunday it's the turn of Wynn to chose a theme and she's gone with Fab 'N' Feminine. Members of the design team are given the themes weeks before they are published on the blog. Well thank goodness we do get them early! I spent 2 weeks trying to make a design in my head into a card but eventually gave up and thought of something else to do. All went well until I decided to add Tonic Nuvo drops to the card as a finishing touch. I left the card to dry for a while then pulled it towards me to check if the Nuvo Drops had dried. What I didn't realise was there was a pair of scissors with the blades hanging over the card and as I pulled it towards me the scissors smeared the drops all the way up the card - aaaarrrggghhh! As the backing paper was printed onto photo paper there was no way I could rescue it. I tried to carefully take the layers off but they tore and all I was left with was the diecut lady. So I had to start again - thankfully all went well this time and I submitted it a few days before the deadline.

The backing paper and one of the layers are from a Sharon Duncan cd - Embossibilities Curls and Swirls printed onto photo paper. The other layer is cut from mirri card. The dies are a Tonic set called Art Nouveau Layering Die Set. The flowers are cut using a set of X Cut dies that were free in a craft magazine (Crafts Beautiful I think), I used scraps of card left over from making the 2 layers. The lady is cut from a Tattered Lace die free with their magazine, number 26. From the waist up she's paper pieced from various card. The skirt is a piece of material wrapped around the die. I finished the card with a sentiment and those pesky Nuvo Drops!

The challenge runs until 13:00 on Saturday 6th August and Wynn will send a prize to the person whose card she chooses as her favourite.

Sadly one of the design team, Sue B, has decided to leave us as she has a busy time ahead and will have to pack her craft stash away for sometime. Hopefully she will want to return when she has time. Meanwhile I wish her all the best and hope she doesn't get to many withdrawal symptoms from not being able to craft. 

EDITED TO ADD: Ggggrrrr! Mr Blogger hasn't published this scheduled blog so I've had to do it myself.

CD Sunday - Summer Vacation

I love beach huts so when I heard that Meg had chosen 'Summer Vacation' as the theme at CD Sunday  I just had to include them on my card.

I decided to make a side stepper card so that I could use the image of the long line of beach huts. The scene was created in Serif Craft Artist and then printed onto 3 separate sheets of card before cutting out and sticking to the base card. 

I used 10 different digikits in Craft Artist which I've listed below in case anyone is interested in buying them. The line of ice creams and shells were created by grouping 5 together and then using the 'stamp' button to make a line of them.It took my quite sometime to get everything the right size and in the right place.

The challenge will run for the next 2 weeks and ends on 23rd July at 13:00. Don't forget you must use something from a CD on your card to in with a chance of winning a price. Good Luck!

Digikits I've used:

CS Summer Seaside - beach sign/star fish/some of the shells.

Beside the seaside - single beach hut/deck chair/wind break/spade/some shells/donkey(isn't he cute?).

On The Beach - sun umbrella/bag/2 sand buckets/some ice lollies/tri coloured cornet/sand castle

50s fever -pink cornet.

Summer At The Seaside- dog/girl/boy.

TGL By The Sea - line of beach huts.

Zoo Friends - clouds.

Cs Country Garden - sun.

Playground - blue sky.

Pirates - sand background.



CD Sunday - Once Upon A Time

This time at CD Sunday it's Carol's turn to pick a theme and she's chosen 'Once Upon A Time'. I rarely make cards for children/young people as I don't have children and therefore no grandchildren. So my stash contains very little suitable for children. But I knew I'd find something in Serif Craft Artist and the Daisy Trail digikit called Snow Queen fitted the theme.

I used a backing paper from the Digi kit that was a pale shimmery blue colour but I then used a snowflake brush to 'draw' the sprinkling of snowflakes. I then added the frame and the image of the Snow Queen. Once I'd printed it out I covered the frame and the image with a piece of paper and sprayed the backing paper with silver Spray and Sparkle by Crafter's Companion. The dark blue backing paper is from one of my 'go to' CD roms from Creative Crafting World called Perfect Papercrafting Companions.I finished the card off by using Tonic Nuvo Crystal drops in the centres of the snowflakes and adding blue gems to the frame over the printed ones on the original frame.

This challenge runs until Saturday 9th July at 13:00 and the winning card receives a prize from Carol. Good Luck everyone!



CD Sunday - No images or photos

This is the first challenge for me as a member of the CD Sunday Design Team and the theme is 'No images or photos'. At first it seems a difficult theme but with some thought it is possible to make a card without an image or a photo.

I found an example of a handmade envelope in the Papercraft Inspirations magazine and I turned it into a card.

 

 

 

 

The backing paper is from the Times Gone by CD by Crafter's Companion. The top section (that would have been a flap if it was an envelope) was cut using 2 dies from the decorative Rectangles nesting set by Tattered Lace. I went around the edges with a black fine liner pen to make them stand out. I tried inking the edges but because of the curves and points it didn't come out even. The corner die cuts  are a free die with issue 12 of the Tattered Lace magazine called Collecting Corners. The flowers are from my stash and I've added tiny drops of Nuvo Crystal drops by Tonic to the centres of the flowers in the die cuts.

The theme runs for two weeks so you have until Saturday 25th June at 13:00 to enter and there is always a prize for the card which wins the challenge. Don't forget to use something printed from a craft CD or an application such as Serif Craft Artist, My Craft Studio, DoCrafts Digital designer etc. You also have to mention in your blog post which CD you have used to be eligible to win the prize. Good Luck everyone!

 

Edited to add: I scheduled my post for 8:00 am and good old Mr Blogger let me down!

 

CD Sunday - Let's Go Lilac Theme

As I said in my previous post this will be the last challenge I can enter at CD Sunday as from 2 weeks time I'll be on the design team. The 4 new members of the DT are allowed to enter this challenge but won't be able to win the prize.
The theme is Jocelyn's choice and it's good timing for me as I have a wedding anniversary card to make and the wife's favourite colour is lilac.

I chose 3 papers from a CD by Creative Crafting World called Perfect Floral Companions. I cut the papers into 9 squares and inked the edges. I usually get in a terrible mess inking edges but this time it went ok. The squares where arranged onto white card and then a lilac mat made from Bazzil card stock. I also printed off a sentiment and this was placed on the bottom right square. The card blank is an 8 by 8 also from the Creative Crafting World web site.

The challenge runs until 11th June so plenty of time to get your entries in. And there's a prize for the person who's card is chosen as the winner by Jocelyn.