Happy Birthday CD Sunday Challenge

My favourite challenge is celebrating its' 6th Birthday.

To join in the celebrations, we've been asked to choose over favourite card or project that we've ever entered in the challenge.  I haven't been participating in the challenge for the whole 6 years, but I did have a lot of entries to look through!  I now have quite a selection of cd-roms, and this challenge has without a doubt encouraged me to use my cd's more.

The entry I have chosen is this one

and the original post can be found here.

I chose this card because it used lots of different techniques, it used toppers and papers printed from Crafters Companions Christmas in Mulberry Wood cd, it followed a sketch, included embossing, ribbons, and hand-made beads.  I was really pleased with how it worked out.

I hope you'll join in the celebrations.  You don't have to have entered previously to join in.  If you are new to the challenge, you can still enter a card you have made using a cd, as long as you credit the cd in your post.

You can link up your card here.

A big thank you to the ladies at CD Sunday for the fab challenges they continue to set for us.  Happy Birthday!

Jo x

I Spot Some Puppies

This is the birthday card I made for a little girl who is 2, she loves dogs!  I followed the current challenge theme over at Kraftyhands Challenge Blog which this month is Red, White, Blue and Shields.

This adorable image is from Kraftyhands Cute Puppies and Kittens cd-rom.  I printed it onto glossy photo paper.  The backing paper, bow and sentiment are all from the cd-rom.  I used Tonic dies to cut the mats that the image is sat on.  I used the same dark blue card and a die from Joanna Sheen to cut the decorative border, and hand cut the shield.  I used a Cheery Lynn number die, which I cut from red glitter card.

I would also like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Anything Goes

Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog - Raining Cats and Dogs


Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Get Well Wishes

The current challenge over at The CD Sunday Challenge Blog is Get Well Wishes.  This is my card for the challenge:

I used an 8 x 8 fancy edge card blank for my base card.  I chose an image from Halcyon Days cd-rom from Crafters Companion which I printed 4 times onto glossy photo paper.  I then cut the images to create a decoupage.  This was then matted onto dark blue cardstock from Papermill and a silver border peel off added.

I chose a pretty backing paper from the same cd-rom and printed this onto smooth printer paper.  I then embossed some blue cardstock, again from Papermill using a kites embossing folder from Crafters Companion and cut out two equal squares.  I chose some sand coloured Coredinations card from Crafters Companion and embossed this using a beach huts embossing folder, again from Crafters Companion.  I then cut this into a further two equal squares.  Some pretty lace was added across the centre of the card.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment using a Lili Of The Valley stamp and heat embossed using fine detail silver embossing powder.  This was then fussy cut and added to the card.

I love the images on this cd-rom, they are all so cheery and I feel sure to give anyone feeling under the weather a bit of a boost.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Birthday Drinks

This is the birthday card I made for my nephew following the current sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches:

Made using backing paper and decoupage elements from Crafters Companion Camden Town cd-rom, card from Papermill, bakers twine from my stash.