CD Sunday Plus Challenge - Hosted by Jocelyn

 Good morning 

A very Happy New Year to you all.  I hope you've enjoyed the festive season.

Today see's the start of our first challenge of 2025 over at CD Sunday Plus and is hosted by the lovely Jocelyn.

Here is my card:

The aquilegia dies and charisma are from Tattered Lace, the flowers are decoupaged.  The layered dies are Sue Wilson's Noble dies.  I used Kraft card and a toning green card from Creative Crafting World.  The stamp is by Phill Martin.

Please do join in with our challenge, we always love to see your wonderful creations.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 95 - Hosted by Carol

 Good morning and welcome

The shorter days are drawing in and I'm already starting to feel the effects.  All this rain isn't much good for me either!  Fortunately, I'm up early in the morning so get to enjoy as much daylight as possible.  I'm keeping busy with my crafting.  I've recently discovered the Groovi system and am enjoy loosing myself in this craft.  I've got a lot to learn but will enjoy the journey.

Bailey is keeping me smiling and is always on hand to give a wonderful doggy cuddle whenever I need it.  He really is pure joy! 

Emma has gone back to Uni for her 4th and final year.  I make no secret of how incredibly proud I am of her.  We are all missing her but she is hoping to get home more regularly this year (especially when Manchester City are playing at home!).

Already it's time to start a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and we are all looking forward to seeing your creations.  Here is my card for this challenge:

The rose is from Tattered Lace, die cut with the matching dies then decoupaged.  The card is Hunkydory Adorable Scorable and the papers are Vintage Rose Garden from Creative Crafting World.  Finished with a pretty butterfly.

Please do pop across to the blog to see my teamies fabulous makes.

Take care everyone.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #46 - Hosted by Margaret

Good Morning

Welcome to my blog today

Today sees the start of our next challenge and this time Margaret is our hostess. Our theme is Anything Goes - as well as following the theme of the challenge, a CD, USB or Digital images, or any combination thereof, must have been used somewhere in the making of the card or project. It doesn’t have to be the whole card but it can be. It can be as small as perhaps a sentiment or a piece of backing paper- but there has to be some CD, USB or Digital source content somewhere together with everything else you have used. THE SOURCE MUST BE NAMED AND CREDITED.

Here is my card:

I have used Downloads from Tattered Lace Magazine for images and backing papers.  Sports figures are die cut with First Edition dies.  Kraft card and card used for card base is from Creative Crafting World.

If you don’t have a blog you may still enter by sending your entry via email using the address shown in the right-hand sidebar on the chalenge blog, or by posting a photo of your entry to the new Facebook page - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.
Please add your photo as a reply to today’s current challenge announcement otherwise not all of the Design Team may be able to see it and… pretty please… remember to tell us which CD, USB or Digital source that you have used - and please remember that our Privacy Policy Statement is now in the Sidebar on the challenge blog page.

Please leave a comment so I know you've visited (they really do make my day!) and I'm sure my teamies would appreciate a visit too - there details can be found in the right-hand sidebar.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Jo x

CD Plus Sunday Challenge # 45 - Hosted by Wynn

Good Morning

Welcome to my blog today

Today sees the start of our next challenge and this time Wynn is our hostess. Our theme is Anything Goes - as well as following the theme of the challenge, a CD, USB or Digital images, or any combination thereof, must have been used somewhere in the making of the card or project. It doesn’t have to be the whole card but it can be. It can be as small as perhaps a sentiment or a piece of backing paper- but there has to be some CD, USB or Digital source content somewhere together with everything else you have used. THE SOURCE MUST BE NAMED AND CREDITED.

Here is my card:

 I used Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia collection cd-rom for the images and backing paper.  The roses are die cut decoupage from Tattered Lace.  The die across the top of the image is from Crafters' Companion.  The sentiment die is from Paper Boutique (Creative Crafting World).

If you don’t have a blog you may still enter by sending your entry via email using the address shown in the right-hand sidebar on the chalenge blog, or by posting a photo of your entry to the new Facebook page - The CD Sunday Plus Challenge.
Please add your photo as a reply to today’s current challenge announcement otherwise not all of the Design Team may be able to see it and… pretty please… remember to tell us which CD, USB or Digital source that you have used - and please remember that our Privacy Policy Statement is now in the Sidebar on the challenge blog page.

Please leave a comment so I know you've visited (they really do make my day!) and I'm sure my teamies would appreciate a visit too - there details can be found in the right-hand sidebar.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Jo x

Happy birthday

 Hello

This is the card I've made for my sister-in-laws birthday using dies and papers from Tattered Lace magazine  and a die from Paper Boutique:

The card is Woodstock from Creative crafting world and the sentiment die is by Sue Wilson.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenge:

Allsorts Challenge - My Lovely Garden 

Thanks for visiting 

Jo x

Happy Birthday Captain Tom

Hello

I saw a request early in April asking if cardmakers would send a birthday card to Captain Tom. This is the card I sent him:

The decoupaged image and backing paper were downloaded from Tattered Lace. The die used to cut the decoupage came free with April's Tattered Lace magazine.

The Happy Birthday edge was cut using a Crafters Companion die.  The numbers were cut using a die from The Works and his name using Memory Box alphabet die.

I would like to enter my card into the cuurent challenge at CD Sunday Plus which is anything goes.

Thanks for visiting!

Jo x

Miss You

Hello

I've been making cards to send to friends and family just to say hello during this difficult period. This is a card I send to my sister using decoupage and downloads from Tattered Lace:

I'm really pleased with how this came out, and even remembered to make a stand which I sent with the card.

I'd like to enter this in the current  challenge at CD Sunday Plus which is anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

Happy Anniversary

Hello

Welcome to my blog today.  I am delighted with my new printer, not least because it means I can join in the challenges at CD Sunday plus again.

This week I used dies and images from Tattered Lace Autumn Allure Collection - Fabulous Fall. Here is my card:

The silver mirror card and gingham card are from Create and Craft.  The decorative die is also from Tattered Lace and the sentiment is a Sue Wilson die.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

CD Sunday Challenge - When Autumn Leaves Start To Fall

I wasn't sure if I'd get my card finished for the current challenge over at CD Sunday, but another sleepless night gave me the chance to get it done!

The beaded butterfly was created using a pattern from stitchingcards.com.  I used centura pearl card and added gems to the corners.

All mats were created using Lynda's Kraft card from Creative Crafting World.  The beautiful die cuts are Spellbinders dies.  I used a combination of Crafters Companion and Tattered Lace dies to create the sentiment.

The cd element is the backing paper which was printed from the cd that came with Crafters Inspiration Issue 11 from Crafters Companion.  The addition of the gems completed my card.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

Crafty Calendar Challenge January - Something New

Hello Crafters

A very Happy New Year to you all.

It is time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and this month our theme is What's New?  This gives you so many options - new stash, new job, new baby to name but a few.

Our sponsor for this challenge is High Hopes Rubber Stamps and they are offering the winner the fabulous prize of 2 unmounted rubber stamps of their choice.

I have made a calendar for our challenge this month, which is also a Thank You for Christmas gifts.

I used a 6" x 6" card blank onto which I matted some deep pink Core dinations card stock.  I matted onto this some patterned paper from Creative Crafting World.

I used the beautiful Nautical Wheeler Doily Die from Cheery Lynn Designs, which I cut from pale blue glitter card.  I cut the small centre die into four equal sections which I added to each of the corners and then added a blue crystal gem to each corner.

 I added the main doily die to the centre and then added a die-cut butterly to the centre of the doily.  The butterly was cut from the same core dinations card and I then handcut a plain butterfly from the glitter card for extra detail.  Blue crystal gems were then added to the butterfly.

The Happy New Year sentiment was cut using Tattered Lace dies, and then matted onto a decorative mat cut using Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8.

For the base of the calendar, I cut a larger decorative label from the same set to which I attached the calendar tab.  I made a cover for the calendar again die cut from the same label die.  The sentiment was again cut using Tattered Lace dies.  This was attached to the card using foam pads to form a stopper for the upper part of the calendar.

I then cut the border from the glittered card using the stunning 

Butterflies Among The Vines Mesh Border die from Cheery Lynn designs.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.  I do hope you'll join in with our challenge.  Please do visit my teammates blogs to see their wonderful creations too.

I would like to enter my calendar in the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 165 - Thank You.

CD Sunday Challenge - Quilted Fun

This is my entry into the current challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge which this time has a theme of Quilted Fun:

I used the fab Bo Bunni cd-rom from Crafters Companion to make my card.  I used pink card from PaperMill and die cut the decorative edge using a Spellbinders Borderabilities die.  I embossed some silver card to create a mat to sit the main design on.  Bo Bunni is decoupaged and I cut the wording using my Tattered Lace sentiment dies and then added them to the card.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Happy Birthday Lynne

Today is Lynne's birthday from Handmade With Love ....By Lynne and our team leader at Crafty Calendar Challenge.  Happy Birthday Lynne, I hope you have a great day, whatever you may have planned.

This is the card I made for Lynne (which hopefully has arrived by now so I'm not spoiling the surprise!!):

I followed the sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  The image and backing papers are printed from the beautiful Flowers In Bloom cd-rom from Card Creations Plus.  The circle the image is sat on was cut using a Spellbinders die.  The leaves and flowers are Cheery Lynn dies and the sentiment is Tattered Lace dies.  The pearls are from my stash.

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

Sunflowerfield Designs Monthly Challenge - Easter or Spring

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Wings

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards- Spring

Craftitude - Spring/Easter