Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Challenge 4, week 1 - Anything Goes - Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge - Digi Choosday

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...

As it's Digi Choosday that means you also get this amazing HUGE discount offer on selected crafty printable downloads in the Polkadoodles store until midnight!

Today's discount code is DC45

& will give you a HUGE 45% Off

SELECTED* DIGI STAMPS INCLUDING COLLECTIONS/BUNDLES

(*not valid in conjunction with any other offer, applies to certain products only, if your discount does not show in the cart it is not valid for that product.)
THE WINNERS OF OUR LAST CHALLENGE ARE AT THE END OF THIS POST


This challenge is 4 weekly - giving you 4 weeks to enter with $70 in prizes per month. You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 
We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 4 weeks. 

PRIZES:
• 2 x Random Prizes (we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win) : $25 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store, on anything you wish including physical products.
• 2 x $10 prizes : we will select our Top 3 favourite Top 3 entries from across the 4 weeks.
  The winners will be announced the week after the challenge closes, at the start of the next challenge
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So let's see what the Design Team have been making this week... 


Leah - Spring is coming, can you feel it yet? It is not quite here yet, but I am wishing Spring here with this fun card using the Cup of Kindness metal die set, along with the Awesome Greetings Sentiments stamp and the Pretty Colourful paper...all from Polkadoodles!

Megan - Easter and glitter go together! For my project today I am sharing a card that features the Cute easter egg basket filled with flowers and eggs. The basket is paper pieced using Paper set 3 Spring into Easter, the brightness of the orange spoke to me and I am glad it did, it worked out so well. I used another piece of this fun pattern paper for my card base layer and to back the Easter Sentiment from Spring into Easter messages. If you start your Easter cards now you will be ready in time.
Copic colors used:
Eggs: RV66, V05, V09, YR15, YR16. YR14, YR07, YR68, YR04, Y38, R30, R43, R22, R32
Grass: G17, G14, G03, YG07
Sky: B01, B02, B000
Flowers: Y35, Y19, Y18, Y13, Y15, E37, E59, E99

Kim S - Hop Into Easter with these two adorable cards I created using the digis called Happy Easter Banner Gnome from the Gnome for Easter download set and Bunny Rabbit with Bunch of Flowers from the Springtime Smiles set I used lots of spring colours yellows, purples and pinks in creating my cards. My paper choices come from Boo Halloween and Gnome Trick or Treat paper packs. Some glitter glue for that added touch of sparkle to finish off my cards.

Betsy - Spring is nearly here and the flowers are going to be blooming everywhere! For my card project I've used the Alcea Hollyhock Digital Stamp Set. I love this flower and decided to paper piece it. I printed out my design on white card stock, a piece of copy paper and 2 different shades of pink. I colored the leaves with markers and then fussy cut the flowers from the patterned paper. I adhered the flowers to the panel right over where they were printed. I die cut my panel and put it on a card base that was covered in green cardstock. I added shading to the flowers from the centers out to give them a bit of dimension. Then colored the stamen with a gold metallic pen. I computer journaled my sentiment and die cut it into a strip and trimmed off the ends. I popped that up on a foam strip. I added tiny gemstones to the background and that finished my card!
Supplies used:
Alcea Hollyhock Digital Stamp
White A2 size card base
White and green card stock
Fancy rectangle die
Gold metallic pen
Thin foam tape strip
Tiny Gemstones
Copic colors: R81, R83, R85,
YG11, YG23, YG63, YG67, RV34
IG: @betsybirgeart

Jennifer Driesch - Bring a touch of cheeky charm to your Easter creations with the Polkadoodles Cheeky Chick. This adorable digi stamp pairs perfectly with the digi Pretty Spring Paper Collection, where delicate flowers and vibrant eggs come together beautifully through paper piecing. Top it off with a heartfelt touch using the digi Easter Greetings Sentiment Set, perfect for adding warmth and joy to your holiday projects.
I used Copic Markers: Y15, Y13, YR21, YG13, YG25, YR04
I'd love for you to follow me on Facebook and Instagram as Crafting With Jenny

Candace - For today's challenge project, the theme is Easter and add paper piecing. I made this Easter carrot box and added the image Winnie Easter Bunny to the front. I paper pieced the big flower, bow and tag and then pop dotted them up. The pattern paper is from Work & Play.

Jane – My Easter card is cut from arch shaped dies and features this fabulous gnome called FLOWER BUNCHES. I have added paper-piecing to him using a sheet from the CELEBRATIONS PAPER PAD and the sentiment is from EASTER GREETINGS.



Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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Remember, this challenge is Challenge 4, Week 1
opened: April 9th 2025, 8:00 am
closes: May 7th 2025, 12:00 noon UK
Winners from this Challenge will be announced on 9th April. 
You can enter 4 times.

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WINNERS - CHALLENGE 3, ended 7 April

PRIZES: 
2 x Random winners of a $25 voucher 

The winners are:

 Congratulations! You won a $25 credit to spend in the Polkadoodles store, on anything you wish including physical products.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Claim HERE quoting DCW4001 to claim your prize before 21 Apr 2025...(If you do not already have an account registered at www.polkadoodles.com please register so we can issue a credit to your account - if you pre-register it will save time arranging your credit). 
Allow 28 days for a response to your claim, please do not keep emailing, your claim will be dealt with as soon as possible.




Congratulations! You won a $10 credit to spend in the Polkadoodles store, on anything you wish including physical products.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Claim HERE quoting DCW4012 to claim your prize before 21 Apr 2025...(If you do not already have an account registered at www.polkadoodles.com please register so we can issue a credit to your account - if you pre-register it will save time arranging your credit). 
Allow 28 days for a response to your claim, please do not keep emailing, your claim will be dealt with as soon as possible.

Thanks for entering - we'll be back on 14th April with more inspiration for this challenge - good luck!

Wednesday, 2 April 2025

Challenge 3, week 4 - Anything Goes - Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge - Digi Choosday

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...

As it's Digi Choosday that means you also get this amazing HUGE discount offer on selected crafty printable downloads in the Polkadoodles store until midnight!

Today's discount code is DC45

& will give you a HUGE 45% Off

SELECTED* DIGI STAMPS INCLUDING COLLECTIONS/BUNDLES

(*not valid in conjunction with any other offer, applies to certain products only, if your discount does not show in the cart it is not valid for that product.)
THE WINNERS OF OUR LAST CHALLENGE ARE AT THE END OF THIS POST


This challenge is 4 weekly - giving you 4 weeks to enter with $70 in prizes per month. You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 
We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 4 weeks. 

PRIZES:
• 2 x Random Prizes (we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win) : $25 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store, on anything you wish including physical products.
• 2 x $10 prizes : we will select our Top 3 favourite Top 3 entries from across the 4 weeks.
  The winners will be announced the week after the challenge closes, at the start of the next challenge
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So let's see what the Design Team have been making this week... they were asked us use leaves and bear on their projects...

Wendy L - Hi there! We were asked to make something with leaves and a digi of a bear so I created and coloured this scene using Noodle Panda with Watermelons and this great 'Park'  colouring scene in the store...


Wendy J - Hello everyone I hope you are having a great week - It's time for some more inspiration for our current 4 week Digi Choosday Challenge and this week the team was asked to create something with a Panda or a Bear and include leaves.
I couldn't resist using my favourite Noodle Panda - who can resist him.... he's such a cutie. I decided to use the Noodle Hanging on a tree branch image, coloured with my Promarkers and fussy cut out and create him an aperture to hang in amongst lots of leaves. Its a simple pop-up frame card layered with papers from Noodle Panda paper set 3 and behind the aperture there is a leafy paper from the Freddy Fox Collection. The two sentiments are from the Noodle Sentiment bundle and I have foiled these in gold honeycomb foil. Finishing touches were lots of leave die cut from green card stock. There are more details over on my blog - have a lovely week xx


Kerri - I've made this sweet card using the Love Heart Die here and the Hey Lovely stamp set




Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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Remember, this challenge is Challenge 3, Week 4
opened: March 12th 2025, 8:00 am
closes: April 7th 2025, 12:00 noon UK
Winners from this Challenge will be announced on 9th April. 
You can enter 4 times.

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PRIZES: 

Thanks for entering - we'll be back on Wed 2 April with winners and a new challenge - good luck!

Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Challenge 3, week 3 - Anything Goes - Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge - Digi Choosday

Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...

As it's Digi Choosday that means you also get this amazing HUGE discount offer on selected crafty printable downloads in the Polkadoodles store until midnight!

Today's discount code is DC45

& will give you a HUGE 45% Off

SELECTED* DIGI STAMPS INCLUDING COLLECTIONS/BUNDLES

(*not valid in conjunction with any other offer, applies to certain products only, if your discount does not show in the cart it is not valid for that product.)
THE WINNERS OF OUR LAST CHALLENGE ARE AT THE END OF THIS POST


This challenge is 4 weekly - giving you 4 weeks to enter with $70 in prizes per month. You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 
We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 4 weeks. 

PRIZES:
• 2 x Random Prizes (we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win) : $25 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store, on anything you wish including physical products.
• 2 x $10 prizes : we will select our Top 3 favourite Top 3 entries from across the 4 weeks.
  The winners will be announced the week after the challenge closes, at the start of the next challenge
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So let's see what the Design Team have been making this week... 

Candace - For today's challenge project, the theme is use unicorns and anything but a card. I made this tag gift card holder using the image Camera Shy 2. The pattern paper is from Spring Gnomes and the sentiment is from Everyday Greetings and Quotes.
Jane – This sweet little unicorn, CAMERA SHY 2, is standing on a flower from the EVERY WISH IN THE WORLD stamp set. The butterfly is also from this set (it is out of stock in the store right now but you can get it from HobbyMaker HERE) and I coloured them all with Copics.

Megan - Today's project is a Birthday countdown calendar for my little one, the child loves unicorns. I added Special Time - Sparkle Unicorn digi stamp as the focal point to mark her Birthday. I added images from Accessories Digital Stamps to make the calendar page festive, I used 9 of the 40 images in this Digi set to make that happen. I wanted to have the calendar page matted and used a piece of Eden - Paper Heaven Plain Jane 5 for the first layer and added a black layer behind that to help the calendar stand out. After I was finished with the calendar, my little one asked if I could print another so she could color it. I will know for next year. Just create the design and give it to her to color. I think this is a fun idea, and you can make any theme using Polkadoodles images.

Kim S - Beginning to look a lot like spring....nah just joking....Stlll winter here 😉 For my Design Team Challenge project this week with the theme Unicorns and Not a card I chose to create artwork for the wall. Sparkle the Unicorn was coloured with Copic markers and i added touches of Glitter glue to give her lots to sparkle about. I chose Sparkle Special Time and Sparkle Hooray .Finally some sweet pastel flowers to decorate the frames with and add a bit of whimsy to finish them off.

Betsy - Hello everyone! Betsy here bringing you this sweet but sick unicorn. I decided to make the image go on an envelope instead of a card. I printed out my image and die cut it with a square die. I colored my image in a rainbow style. Once I was done, I edged that panel with holographic peel-offs. I also cut a pink panel of paper and a piece of holographic paper and layered all on my envelope. I made a panel to go inside with a message using more of the holographic paper, a pink patterned paper and postage stamp dies. I added sparkly flowers to this card and on the front of the envelope I used some clear pink hearts. And this project was finished!
Copic colors used: B000, Y00, Y02, YG11, YG03, YG01, B32, B23, V01, V04,
YG 63, YR00, Yr02, R81, R83, R85, RV10, B05, V05, Y15, C1
Til next time...Betsy
Martine Bruinings - I used the Sparkle Unicorn bundle to decorate this gift bag, hope you like it!

Jenny - I'm stopping by today to share this adorable gift bag I made using the Special Time-Sparkle Unicorn digital colored stamp and Rainbow Paper from Polkadoodles. I love having digital stamps and papers so you can resize your image to the perfect size for your project. I'd love for you to follow me on Facebook and Instagram as Crafting with Jenny.

 
Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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Remember, this challenge is Challenge 3, Week 3
opened: March 12th 2025, 8:00 am
closes: April 7th 2025, 12:00 noon UK
Winners from this Challenge will be announced on 9th April. 
You can enter 4 times.

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PRIZES: 

Thanks for entering - we'll be back on Wed 2 April with more inspiration for this challenge - good luck!

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Challenge 3, week 2 - Anything Goes - Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge - Digi Choosday

  Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...

As it's Digi Choosday that means you also get this amazing HUGE discount offer on selected crafty printable downloads in the Polkadoodles store until midnight!

Today's discount code is DC45

& will give you a HUGE 45% Off

SELECTED* DIGI STAMPS INCLUDING COLLECTIONS/BUNDLES

(*not valid in conjunction with any other offer, applies to certain products only, if your discount does not show in the cart it is not valid for that product.)
THE WINNERS OF OUR LAST CHALLENGE ARE AT THE END OF THIS POST


This challenge is 4 weekly - giving you 4 weeks to enter with $70 in prizes per month. You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 
We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 4 weeks. 

PRIZES:
• 2 x Random Prizes (we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win) : $25 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store, on anything you wish including physical products.
• 2 x $10 prizes : we will select our Top 3 favourite Top 3 entries from across the 4 weeks.
  The winners will be announced the week after the challenge closes, at the start of the next challenge
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So let's see what the Design Team have been making this week... 

Leah - Hello everyone, it's Digi Choosday again so grab those bargain downloads! Today I'm sharing this card I created using the Sweet Moments collection, I love this dog with his bone phone!

Wendy - Hello everyone I hope the week is going well - time for a little inspiration for the current challenge on the Digi Choosday blog. I have to say I love making Slider cards so when Nikky asked us to make an Easter slider I was so happy and I hope you like it and will give it a go too. They are so easy to create! I have used the Eggcited chick image from the Spring into Easter collection, coloured with promarkers and fussy cut out. The card base was decorated with a couple of papers from the collection and I die cut the word Easter for the inside of the slider mechanism. The extra little sentiment is from the Springtime Smiles collection as I thought it was perfect for the image. I hope you have a fantastic week .... love and hugs x

Christin- Hello, today I made this slider card using this cute spring image from the Gnome for Easter collection...

Kerri - I've been busy coloring this cute puppy stamp this week. I added this lovely border from the Scallop frames dies, and a gorgeous paper from the Devine paper pack. You can get the stamps and dies here...see you next time!

Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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Remember, this challenge is Challenge 3, Week 1
opened: March 12th 2025, 8:00 am
closes: April 7th 2025, 12:00 noon UK
Winners from this Challenge will be announced on 9th April. 
You can enter 4 times.

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PRIZES: 

Thanks for entering - we'll be back on Weds 26th March with more inspiration for this challenge - good luck!