CD Sunday Plus Challenge #193 - Hosted by Jocelyn

Hello and welcome to a new challenge at CD Sunday Plus.

I'm not very good at making 'Clean & Simple' cards, I always want to throw the kitchen sink at it.  The flowers and butterflies on this card are decoupaged, so I'm not sure if it's strictly 'Clean & Simple', but it is in my world!

I used Carnation Crafts Butterfly Corner & Meadow Thistle dies & Vignettes to make my card and then stamped a sentiment that was free with a magazine ages ago!

All the details of how to enter our challenge can be found over on the challenge blog.  I hope you'll be able to join us.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 176 - Hosted by Me

Hello and welcome.

Today is my birthday.  My daughter's are coming round today for Sunday dinner, and I'm hoping after dinner we'll get to play some games!

Today is also the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and this is the birthday card I made for my fellow teamie, Jocelyn.

 

I am determined this year to use items from my stash that I've not used or hardly used.  The Carnation Crafts Dies and Vignettes I used on my card I haven't used before, I used Tonic dies for all the mats and layers, which I haven't used before and my favourite Creative Expressions embossing folder.  A pearl was added to each corner to complete the card.

I hope you'll be able to join us, full details of how to enter can be found on the Challenge Blog.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #173 - Hosted by Jocelyn

 Good morning

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and this is the last challenge for this year.  It is also the last challenge for Margaret, who is stepping down from the Design Team.  Margaret has been a part of the design team for as long as I can remember, and I think it's always sad when someone has to leave.  I will still be following her blog and will keep in touch, but will miss her being part of the team.

Here is my card for this challenge:

For my card I used artwork and dies from Carnation Crafts.  The sentiment is stamped onto a spellbinders die and the edge is also a spellbinders die.  A few pearls were then added to complete the design.

I hope you'll join us for our challenge, and look forward to seeing your creations.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you in January for another year of crafting.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 122 - Hosted by Me

 Good Morning

Where did that fortnight go?  The weeks are certainly rolling quickly by, and today it's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus Challenge and I've loved being back seeing all your wonderful creations again.

A dear friend of our celebrated her 80th birthday just recently and I wanted to make her a special card.  I had a 'rummage' through my many craft supplies and decided on this beautiful Carnation Crafts design.

I printed the decoupage, which is a free download from Carnation Crafts, cut it with the accompanying die, and then layered it using 3d.  Normally, I would have used 3d glue for an intricate design, but I'm finding the fumes from any glue are affecting my breathing quite a lot, so I'm sticking with foam pads for now (it's a bit too chilly to have the window open!).  Sorry, I digressed!  I cut out mats and layers from co-ordinating card using more of the dies in the set.  The base card was embossed with my favourite embossing folder and I die cut Viv's name using an alphabet set, also from carnation.  A few ombre pearls were added to complete the design.

I've had a few little hiccups with my health this last couple of weeks, but am pleased to say that our lovely Bailey has been close by my side 'looking after' me!  As you can see from the following photo, I'm keeping occupied, even when not up to sitting in my craft room!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I hope to see your creations over on the challenge blog.

Jo x

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #107 - Hosted by Me

 Good morning

I hope the weather is improving for you and you are keeping well.  Thanks for visiting my blog.

Since my last post I have been fighting off a chest infection.  I'm still not over it yet but it is finally starting to improve!

My eldest daughter, Sarah, thoroughly spoilt me on Mother's Day with the most amazing afternoon tea.  I am very blessed.

Emma is now home for the Easter Break and working flat out towards her final exams next month.  It is lovely to have her home.

Today, Bailey is 2!  I can't believe it, the time has passed so quickly.  We've got him lots of new toys for him to destroy!  He is the gentlest, most loving dog when it comes to people, but when it comes to his toys he is savage!  They should test these 'so called' indestructable toys on Bailey!!

Here he is yesterday, having just woken up, with rather static hair!! (I know that feeling well!!)

Today is the start of our new challenge at CD Sunday Plus and we are all looking forward to seeing your cards.  It's my turn to host this time.  Here is my inspiration for this challenge.

I used dies and downloaded vignettes from Carnation Crafts to create the beautiful 3d flowers.  The insert paper is also a download and I used some of the same paper to die cut my sentiment.  I then die cut the trellis in the corner to complete the card.

I am trying to do some less-fussy cards and it's proving a challenge!!  I have so much 'stuff' in my craft room that I want to use, it's so tempting to throw everything but the kitchen sink at it!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I hope you have a lovely Easter.  Please leave a comment so I know you've been.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 85 - Hosted by Carol

Good morning

It's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus and as always our theme is 'Anything Goes' as long as a digital element has been used.

For this challenge I have made a birthday card using dies and vignettes from Carnation Crafts.

 I embossed the background using my favourite embossing folder.  The stamp is from JustRite and I inked round the edges to tone in with the decoupage.

Bailey is now 13 months old and still bringing us so much joy,  Here is a recent photo for those of you who like to see him.  He's never far from my side!

I hope you'll be able to join our challenge.

Jo ss

CD Sunday Plus Challenge # 83 - Hosted by Margaret

 Hello and a very warm welcome,

Today a new challenge starts over on CD Sunday Plus and we love to see all your cards.

Today I am sharing a birthday card I made for a friend.  She doesn't like fussy cards and I must admit, keeping it simple proved quite a challenge!

I used a 7 x 5 card blank from Creative Crafting World onto which I matted some pale green pearlescent card.  I die cut the pretty trellis into some Centura Pearl Card and added pearls.  The agapanthus is from Carnation Crafts, as is the matching artwork.  You can't really tell from the picture, but the flower is decoupaged.

Please do pay the Challenge blog a visit to see full details of how to enter our challenge, and also to see my teamies fabulous makes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jo x

CD Sunday P;us Challenge #75 - Hosted by Carol

 Good morning and a very warm welcome to my blog.

Christmas is fast approaching now and I hope your plans are coming together nicely.

It's been a very busy couple of week's in my household, with my youngest daughter turning 21 and we're busy getting ready for Christmas.

I'm really looking forward to Christmas this year.  We're having family and close friends visiting which is good for me as I don't have to travel, which is painful for me.

Today see's the start of our last challenge of 2021 over at CD Sunday Plus Challenge.  As always our challenge is anything goes as long as our rules are followed.  Our rules can be found over on the challenge page.  Our next challenge will start on January 9th.

I'm thoroughly enjoying being part of the CD Sunday Plus DT, and love to visit everyone's blogs and see your creations.

Here is my card for this challenge:

I used a set of dies for this card which have been in my 'collection' for a long time but have had very little use.  I have a lot of dies which this statement applies to and plan to rectify that in the coming months.

The iris is a vignette from Carnation Crafts, cut with the accompanying dies, and decoupaged.  I used silver mirri and co'redinations card for the mats and layers.  It took a long time to put together but I am pleased with the result.  I added a few gems and die-cut a sentiment using Hunkydory dies to complete the card.

Bailey is now 8 months old and has made the BIGGEST difference to my mental health.  He makes us laugh and smile constantly.  As I type this, he's emptying my waste paper box!

Thank you to everyone who has supported our challenge this year, and for the lovely comments you leave both here and on the challenge blog.  They really do mean a lot.

Both Bailey and I wish you the happiest of Christmases.

Jo xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #54 - Hosted by Carol

Good Morning

Welcome to my blog today

Today sees the start of our next challenge and this time Carol 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 Carnation Crafts Vignettes, backing papers and dies. Sentiment die from Crafters Companion.

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 Sunday Plus Challenge #47 - Hosted by Jocelyn

Good Morning

Welcome to my blog today

Today sees the start of our next challenge and this time Jocelyn 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 dies and downloads from Carnation Crafts to make my card. The card base was created using one of the dies in the set and I used their 'elevate foam' behind the letters, numbers and decoupage layers.

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

At The Bottom Of The Garden

 Hello and welcome

My card for today is made using one of the brilliant ranges from Carnation crafts and is for a friends birthday:

I used one of the dies in the set to create my card blank. I printed out a variety of the free vignettes that Carnation crafts generously provide,  then die cut and decoupaged the images before arranging them on my card.

I die cut the sentiment and it's mat using dies from Paper Boutique.

I would like to enter my card into the current challenge at Allsorts challenge  - my lovely garden.

Jo x

Say it with flowers

Hello and thank you for visiting my blog.  My card today uses dies and a digital download from Carnation Crafts.  I love their dies and am building up quite a collection!

I used one of the dies in the set to create my csrd blank. The flowers are decoupaged as is the sentiment.  I die-cut the smaller lettering using dies from Hunkydory.

I'm really pleased with how this has turned out. It took quite a while to make, but I think it was worth it.

I'd like to enter my card into the current challenge over at CD Sunday Plus which is Anything Goes.

Jo x