CD Sunday Plus Challenge #43 - AGC - hosted by me.

I hope all are well and still happily crafting.  It has come round again with my turn to host the Challenge.   I am looking forward to visiting all the blogs of those who enter our challenge and choosing my Top 3.

Now here is my design team card:

A download stitch card from Stitching cards.  This could be for my granddaughter who will be 17 in November.  I find this fact very difficult to take in and/or believe.

These sort of stitch cards are quite hard to do as the hole pricking has to be so accurate because if it isn't the lines of the vehicle will be crooked.   From past experience, I can tell you that that looks awful.

I may yet change my mind and do something else for Ellie.  I have taken delivery of more Tattered Lace and I am so tempted.

Keep safe everyone.  Please join in our challenges and visit my fellow teamies. Just click on their names on our blog.

Hugs
Carol
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UKSN Facebook

Another weekly challenge.  This time #20,  and  the brief was :

Theme: Bathtub/things in the bathroom

Colour: Lime Green

Letter: B

 

I did some thinking outside the box - or rather outside the bathroom-  and here is my card:

I have moved the bathtub and I have wine for 'things in the bathroom'.  Why not!

I enjoyed making this one and looking forward to finding out to whom I have to send it.

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Flutterbies

I was making a future project as a design team card for CD Sunday Plus and I got sidetracked.  Easily done  - and with all this time on our hands, it isn't a problem.

I was using some crafting favourites - Carol Ann's Studio CDs and Shabby dies by Carnation Crafts.

This is what I created for no reason other than I enjoyed the making and it will go in my box ready to send to someone - and hope they like it.

Carol Ann's Studio CDs are full of delicious papers, graphics and ideas.  I have had them for some time and go back to them time and time again.  The striped paper and the ATC size topper are from her Midi CD-4. Flutterby Purple.
My set of Shabby oval dies was used for the aperture and matts.  The butterflies were die-cut from dies I have had for some time and gems are old favourites.

Now off to finish the project that started all this but you won't see that for some time.  That is the only downside of being on a design team.  When you have made something you naturally want to show it off and talk about it - a natural human reaction - but it has to be a secret until the planned challenge day.  In this case about 3 months.
 
I will see you before then.
Hugs
Carol
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UKSN Facebook

Here is my card for the latest UKSN weekly challenge. This time the theme was Purple, Dragonflies and the letter D.

Here is the one I made:

The background card and the two topper squares come from a Carol Ann's Studio CD. The letters are die-cut using purple Mirri card.  The dragonflies were printed in parchment using 'Wings and Flowers' CD by Little Big Tree.  The dragonfly eyes are some gems I have that are the perfect colour.

Wednesday - The weekly draw has been done and my dragonflies will be winging their way to the winner along with all the others.

These challenges are fun and are keeping the members of the UKSN  busy and connected.
We also are continuing with our Cards for Kindness and here are the two for August that I made and sent.

These were both made using Tattered Lace collections.

Keep safe and busy.
xx

Lots of Love

I have been playing again with a new to me die.  This time a Wisteria die from Tattered Lace.  I love Wisteria.   A house I once lived in had a huge Wisteria vine all over the front of the house and it always had two flowerings.

Here is my Wisteria:

The Wisteria die, the coloured card and the Wisteria charisma all came from Tattered Lace.  The two teeny weeny bees are die-cuts from Hunkydory.  The die-cut bows and sentiment are from my stock of dies - but I cannot remember from whom I bought them.   The white oval die-cut behind the Wisteria is from a set of dies by Carnation Crafts called Shabby.

When I look at the photograph and look at the two bows it seems that they should have been done in a contrast colour but in life, they do look right.

Hugs
Carol.

CD Sunday Plus - Challenge #42 - Anything goes - hosted by Jocelyn

I am writing this in the cool of Friday evening.  I was worried that the cool would never come.  I know that many enjoy the heat and sunshine but I am afraid I am not one of them.
So I must apologise to any of our challengers whose entries I didn't comment on properly.   My computer/workroom is in my conservatory and at times the temp in here was in the upper upper 90's F.

I have another parchment for this challenge.  A new to me pattern for Christmas.

Here it is:

This 2011 pattern -   by Sue McGuirk - was a download from Craftsuprint.com and is called 'Shimmering Snowflake'. 

I have added some glitter to the embossing to create the shimmer and also added red gems to the snowflake and the corner motifs.

I look forward to some more blog visiting and as long as it isn't boiling hot again I promise to stay longer and comment properly.

Take care.
Carol
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UKSN - Facebook

We have quite a few challenges on the go all the time in our UKSN group on Facebook.  A great bunch of members and such crafting enthusiasm.  Lots of things have been started during the lockdown and have proved to be popular so will continue on afterwards - we hope - when normality is resumed.  We hope for that as well.

Here are two cards for a weekly challenge run by our leader Mickey.  A subject is chosen and a certain colour and letter have to be included.  There is then a draw and the winner receives all the cards.

The theme for this card was Rock and Roll.  Colour - black and white and the letter R.  This was for last week  - I don't always enter everyone.

This is the current week's challenge.  Theme Dog/Puppy.  Colour Red and letter W.

Here is my entry:

 I used a Card Hut CD  ( Pets in a Mess) and my graphics programme.

Keep safe everyone.
Carol
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P.s. The draw has now been done and the bottom card will be off today to one of our members who is now living in Australia.

p.s.  23/9/20   I heard today that the card has finally reached Australia and raised a few smiles. It has taken almost an exact month to get there.

Illuminating by Tattered Lace

Finally, it is cool enough to finish the card I started a few days ago.  The heat here in Surrey has been unbearable - at least for me.  103F on Wednesday in the sun on my patio.  Too much for me.

Anyway here is the card.  Made with the new set of dies and charismas purchased from Tattered Lace.   It all comes from the set - called Illuminating - except for the peel-off stars and the basic white cardstock.

Here it is:

Part of the charisma downloads is a collection of 50 sayings in various sizes and all with the first letter missing.  This is so you can use the letter die-cuts - with or without backing - to complete the saying.   As I have done here with the letter 'R'.

I feel that I am really going to enjoy using this set.  This is quite a simple card and I am looking forward to feeling more like making something more complicated.

The gold backing paper on the card is stunning.  I printed it on 210 gsm photo paper and it looks like real liquid gold.  I think you can tell that from the photo.

I am looking forward to getting back to some serious crafting.
Take care.
Carol
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CD Sunday Plus #41 - Anything goes - hosted by Margaret

I have actually made a parchment card for this challenge:

This is a Judith Maslen Parchment download pattern.  I coloured on the front using Staedtler triplus fineliners.  They were beautiful to use on the parchment as they are smooth and with such a fine tip.  I have used this card as one of my UKSN 'Cards for Kindness' as the recipient's name is Margaret.
I am pleased to say  - modestly of course - that Margaret was thrilled with it.

If I am being super critical - which I think we are about our own work- I think the 'M' could have been straighter. Just a tad.

I enjoyed using the pattern and I will certainly make more of these initial cards (not all M's of course!!) using different colouring.  I recently bought a super-duper set of the fineliners and now I have oodles of colours.
Please join in with our challenges, remembering, of course, to follow our rules - here - and I look forward to visiting your blogs.

Keep staying safe. It's not perfect out there yet.

Carol
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