CD Sunday Plus Challenge #53 - hosted by Jocelyn

Good Morning.  I hope all are well and haven't been affected too badly by the awful weather that we have been having.  Our snow has gone.  It was brief but quite deep and now we are back to rain again.

My card for this challenge was/is for my very new next door neighbour.  Sadly the lady (June) that lived there when I moved in 20 years ago died suddenly in 2019. The house went for Auction and I am very pleased to say that it has been bought by a delightful family and they are in the process of doing things to the house before they fully move in.

I have met half of the family - husband and his delightful 6 year old daughter - Emily.  We have only met at a distance - obviously - but have been corresponding by phone and email. Emily and I have bonded already and when things are back to normal she is going to visit and do colouring with me. It will be great to have a young one so close.  I miss when my own Granddaughter was that age.

This is the card I made:

I made this using The Craft Hut USB - Linda Ravenscroft Fairyland.  I chose this with Emily in mind as she loves all things about Fairyland. I scanned the completed image into my computer so that I could use my graphics programme to add the sentiment in exactly the right place.

Emily's father sent me a photo of Emily holding up the card for me to see.

I am looking forward visiting many blogs to see many wonderful creations and I hope you have enjoyed your visit with me.

Carol

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UKSN CCC Challenge cards

I haven't been keeping up to date with my entries into the challenges - so I will now .  The last one I posted was CCC #37 which I was delighted to say I won. So not only did I get to keep my own creation,  I received a few others.  When we are making these cards we mostly make them without any printed words and without our own handmade stickers so that that recipient/winner may put them in their own go-to box - if they wish.

The next challenge I entered was  CCC#38.

Theme:  New Years 2021
Colour: Yellow
Letter: H
 

Then CCC#40

Theme: Trees

Colour: Brown 

Letter: B

and the latest is CCC#41

Theme: Hugs

Colour: Pink

Letter: S

I have just read that I have been lucky again in the draw and will receive the entries for CCC#40

Carol

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CD Sunday Plus Challenge - #52 - hosted by Margaret

 As always the challenge is an Anything Goes Challenge (AGC)  as long as 'Rule 3' is followed ....  

a  CD, USB or Digital images, or any combination thereof, must have been used somewhere in the making of the physical card or project.

For the last challenge I made, and showed you, a card for the younger of my two Great Nephews- Arlo.  Today I am showing you the one I made for his older brother - Ellis -  whose birthday is in February.

Now Ellis will be 6 and I am told that he loves walks in the woods and learning about animals so I thought, thought, thought (I think that is what Winnie the Pooh used to do) and came up with the following card.

I have a large selection of The Card Hut CDs and I used various of the CDs to make the scene.  I then used my graphics programme to add the sentiment and the border.

I decided to make it into a little quiz and this is what I put inside the card.

I hope he enjoys his card as much as I enjoyed making it.

Stay safe.

Hugs

Carol

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Kaleidoscope background

Here is another stitched card for which I have made a kaleidoscope background.  I scanned the finished stitching and then used the CD programme to make a kaleidoscope backing.  

Here is the card I made:

 

I made several backgrounds - 5 in fact - and then chose one to use.  The others will keep for another day.

Hugs

Carol

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More for the go-to box

The stitching pattern is from here.

I used two of my Carnation Craft (Shabby) dies for the white and blue mats.  The background I made using an image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow and my Kaleidoscope CD. The toning flowers in the corners were made using one of my Marianne dies. For the eyes and mouth of the doll I used some appropriate peel offs.

Another stitched pattern from the same site.  I have used this pattern before but last time I used pink for the Kimono.  Again I used the Shabby dies for the mats.  The backing paper I found on the net and used my graphics programme to add a border. The sentiment is made using a die from Tattered Lace.

This was made using my Kaleidoscope CD and an image from the net.  It is difficult to see in the photo but I have printed the images on mat photo paper and then added some 150 micron acetate to give it more 'shine'.

I love using my Kaleidoscope CD and it would be so easy to use it for all my cards. You could spend hours making and choosing a pattern as one little tweak of the pattern makes a completely different kaleidoscope.

Here is the background sheet that I made for the first card to show how it is done.

 The Kaleidoscope programme makes the image in a square format. I just used my printer to change the shape to fit the card I wanted to make.

I hope all are well and staying safe.

Hugs

Carol

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CD Sunday Plus Challenge - #51 - Anything goes - hosted by Wynn.

 (Please see Challenge Blog side-bar for the rules)

I hope everyone had the best Christmas and New Year that was possible. For those of us plunged into Tier 4 it was a bit of a shock but if I am honest, not totally unexpected.

I hope, though, that all are well and eager to join in with our challenges.

My first card for this year is for Arlo - one of my Great Nephews.  He will be 4 this month and growing fast. His brother, Ellis, will be 6 in February so another card to make.   Ellis likes wildlife and 'stuff' so my new Tattered Lace dies and charismas will come into play for his card.  I have managed to see a recent short video of both the boys and they are growing so fast.

So here is my card for Arlo, who likes rockets and things:

It is all from the La Pashe stable.  I love using all the CDs by La Pashe  that I have and I wish they were still around making more.  

The image came from Big One - Vol 2 - Kids and Teens decoupage. The Background was from the Big One backgrounds.  I used my  Carnation Crafts Shabby dies for the white and dark blue mats.

I used my Marianne letters die set for his name and a sentiment die (name forgotten) for the Happy Birthday.  The number 4 is from a sheet of peel offs. 

I am looking forward to another year of crafting, visiting your Blogs and welcoming you to mine.

Hugs

Carol

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