Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Challenge 8, 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 35DC

& will give you a HUGE 35% 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.)

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:
• 1 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 2 favourite 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...


Wendy - I made this card using this lovely stamp set called Hearts & Flowers. I used printable backing paper from the Flower Meadow download bundle inside and out and then stenciled over it with the Wildflower Meadow stencil which is just gorgeous. I then just stamped and coloured these lush butterflies and popped them on the pop up!

Jane – When I’m in a hurry and need a card quickly pre-coloured digis are my go-to. This lovely image is one of the super value DIGI DEALS called BUTTERFLY FLOWERPOTS. I used the image twice, arranging them top to toe in Word, then reversing and making the bottom image more transparent to create a reflection.

Ana - Here’s a sweet little card I made using one of my favorite Polkadoodles characters — Winnie! I colored her with alcohol markers and added touches of glitter using glitter pens for some extra sparkle. Then I layered everything on soft pink cardstock with floral paper from the Winnie’s Let’s Hangout Paper Bundle. I also created a soft vellum window, added some die-cut butterflies (in both cardstock and vellum!), flowers, and pearl stick-ons for that dainty, dreamy feel. If you love pretty layers and sweet digi stamps, you can read more about this card on my blog! Follow my crafty adventures over on Instagram and Facebook — I’d love to see you there!

KM - Today, I'm sharing a cheerful card I made using the Butterfly Flowerpots digital image— perfect for brightening someone's day! I colored the image with a mix of water-based and acrylic markers, then added texture to the background using a stencil and some textured paste to complete the garden scene. To finish it off, I included a sweet sentiment from the Winnie Daisy Fairy Everyday Greeting and Quotes collection. Isn't it just wonderful to be loved by friends?

Ana - Hi everyone! I’m Ana from My Cat and Crafts and I’m so excited to be sharing one of the poppiest-uppiest pop-up cards I’ve ever made! You can find more of my crafty makes on Instagram @my.cat.and.crafts, on Facebook at My Cat and Crafts, and over on my blog.This project might look complicated, but once all the scoring and cutting is done — it actually comes together pretty easily! The result is a super duper dimensional card that’s full of fluttering butterflies and sweet good vibes!For this pop-up card, I used the Winnie Sunshine Delights Embellishment Bundle of Digi Scraps. I love that this bundle includes both pre-colored and black & white elements — perfect if you enjoy coloring your own pieces. Since this card needs lots of butterflies, I went with the colored ones to save time and still get that vibrant layered look.For the card cover, I used pattern papers from Winnie’s Let’s Hangout, the Grateful sentiment (which is currently FREE on the Polkadoodles site!), more elements from the Winnie Sunshine Delights Embellishment Bundle, and finished it all off with some enamel dots.If you want to try making this fun pop-up style yourself, I’ve shared a step-by-step tutorial here — give it a go! Happy crafting and see you soon!

Kerri - This is a card I made using the set Hello Pretty. I stamped the images onto card stock colored them with Prisma Pencils. The background was done with a stencil and glitter paste. The die cut Hello was used I cut it twice to make it thicker..


Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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Remember, this challenge is Challenge 8, Week 2
opened: July 30th 2025, 8:00 am
closes: August 25th 2025, 12:00 noon UK
Winners from this Challenge will be announced on Aug 27th. 
You can enter 4 times. 

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Thanks for entering - we'll be back on 13th August with more inspiration for this challenge - good luck!

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HERE....

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Challenge 8, 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 35DC

& will give you a HUGE 35% 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.)

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:
• 1 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 2 favourite 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...

Kim S - Today I'm excited to share the three tags I created using the brand new the Buzzy Bee Gnomes Big Kahuna digital download set. I chose 3 of the pre-coloured images which makes creating and crafting so much easier. All the hard work is done for you and is absolutely adorable and so much fun to work with. For these tags, I really leaned into the charming bee and floral elements, combining them with some sweet sentiments. I love how versatile this digital set is, allowing for so many creative possibilities. Especially when using the pre-coloured images. 

Kaye - For this challenge, how about an interactive scrapbook layout? Using the Bee Buzzy Flower Digital Stamp and the Flower Rebel Girl both colored with Ohuhu Markers. Cutting out a mason jar and adding a tag for that extra flair. For the water, we just made an upcycled crinkle paper out of tissue paper from a local store and either you insert your photo inside the mason jar or outside, I'm sure this will be a guaranteed hit! My Instagram: @kayeskraftivitee_

Ana - Layers of love in every pocket! I designed this pretty tag pocket card with my Cricut and filled it with Polkadoodles Happy Cactus Succulent printable papers, floral embellies, pearl sticks, and soft ribbons. The star of the show? A pretty hand-colored digi stamp, Natures Beauty Girl brought to life with markers - popping perfectly against the subtle background. Sweet, soft, and totally handmade with heart! Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts Facebook: My Cat and Crafts



Ana - Made this sweet Mini Album with Tags using Polkadoodles Happy Succulent Cactus Printable Papers and a sentiment from the Honeypie Greetings pack. I designed the cut file in Cricut Design Space, added solid cardstock for the base and tags, and finished it off with a polkadot ribbon. Quick, cute, and perfect for photos or a fun card! Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts Facebook: My Cat and Crafts


Terri - I adore colouring this type of theme and decided to make a fun fold card and have the Swimming Coral Mermaid(and a turtle) “floating” on acetate strips. For this you need thick acetate or product packaging. It’s easy to create this style of card base and create it to whatever dimensions you like. Mine is 6x4 1/2 and I started with a 7 "pre-bought card base and then I cut a piece of thick white card stock to 6x4 1/2”. I scored and folded the piece of card every 1 1/2”, so that I had 2 “mountains" to adhere my floating elements too. With the 7” card base I turned it so it was top folding and trimmed it with my guillotine so it was 7x4 1/4, then trimmed the back to 6” tall and left the extra 1” on the front to be scored and folded to be a glue tab to attach my accordion folded card piece on to.
Before printing my mermaid and the background scene, I measured the size of the mermaid so it would fit nicely into the scene, flipped it vertically in Open Office (free version of Word) and copied and pasted so I had 3 mermaids on my horizontal paper sheet. With the ocean background I kept the page in vertical orientation and resized it it 4 1/2 inches wide. I then added a copy underneath but again flipped it horizontally, so that the two scenes, when adhered to the mountain folds of the card base, would look different and create a nice little pocket of ocean for Coral to float in. I also coloured more sand on the scene nearest the back so it would appear slightly taller too.
I used an ocean themed sheet of paper from Coral Mermaid the paper set to mimic water in the background. As the colours in this sheet were a lovely ocean blue and a very pale blue pattern, I made gentle flicks alternating two Copics BG11 and BG32, to make it more cohesive with the scene as I had used those colour when colouring up my scene.
I used a very versatile sentiment from the Coral Mermaid Quotes pack making this card suitable for everything from Birthday's to Graduations to New Jobs!
There are waay too many Copic colours used to list, but I will list those used on the mermaid: skin- E53, E51, E00, R02 & R11 (would usually be E50 for my lightest skin tone but my marker needed refilling); Top & flowers - RV63, V04 & V17; Tail - BG000, BG11, BG32, BG13, BG49, BG09, BV00, V04.
A top tip for you when colouring a scene is to ensure that you use a colour several times, as it helps the scene look more cohesive. This is why I added the two BG colours used in her tail onto the blue paper background.
Thanks for reading my essay (I will have a blog soon and can direct you there for all of the details and process photos lol) and I hope you like my fancy fold Mermaid card. Crafty hugs and I will see you again soon for more crafty inspiration, Terri xx


Nina - I created two floral tags in a romantic shabby chic style. The delicate designs feature two different kinds of poppies from the  Blooms 6 Poppy Flower Bundle digistamp set  colored in soft rose and warm greige tones. The  sentiments °•May your Day Blossom with Happiness •° and °•blooming Beautiful •° are from the °•Spring Flower Mothers Day Friends Greetings Sentiments•° set.


Martine- Let's make a card with flowers....but with a tag to. So, my card is in tag- shape and have a gorgeous digi on it : Poppy Flowers Autumn Fall Fox. I know you have many colored poppy flowers but i wanted mine in that gorgeous red color. I put some red { old } Dutch stamps on it and i had some fake red poppy flowers to put on.

Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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Remember, this challenge is Challenge 8, Week 1
opened: July 30th 2025, 8:00 am
closes: August 25th 2025, 12:00 noon UK
Winners from this Challenge will be announced on Aug 27th. 
You can enter 4 times. 

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WINNERS - CHALLENGE 7

PRIZES: 
1 x Random winner of a $25 voucher 


The winner is:

 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 DCW8001 to claim your prize before 13 August 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.

Top 2 DT Favourite winners
2 x Winners of a $10 voucher

The winners are"

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 DCW8012 to claim your prize before 13 August 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.
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Thanks for entering - we'll be back on 6th August with more inspiration for this challenge - good luck!

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HERE....


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Challenge 7, 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 35DC

& will give you a HUGE 35% 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.)

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:
• 1 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 2 favourite 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...


Kerri - Hello, happy Digi Choosday! Today I'm sharing a slimline card I made using the new Graduation release, I thought I'd work a bit ahead so I have this card in my stash ready for th ebig day next year. This release is SO cute! I combined the girl digi with a balloon, the pencils and books in Canva to make my own image and then printed it onto Kraft card and colored in. I LOVE all the extra ephemera and bits and pieces you get in this kit, it adds all the perfect finishing touches - and the papers are also yummy too! Make sure you check it out, it's a great bundle you'll be able to use for loads of different celebrations.

Wendy - Hello everyone happy Digi Choosday! Do you like sports ? I have to be honest it's not my thing really but Nikky challenged us to create a Sports themed project so as it's been Wimbledon in the UK I decided to go with a tennis theme. I've used the very cute Love All digital image from the Love Always collection. As its been so hot here lately I decided to try a bit of water colouring with distress inks for a change as my alcohol markers definitely don't like the heat and its good to challenge ourselves from time to time. It was definitely a challenge but I'm pleased with the end result. The papers are from the Lets Hang Out collection.
Have a fabulous week. Love and crafty hugs Wendy J x


Jane – This adventurous little lady is from the WINNIE DAISY FAIRY 2 collection and I have used the very sporty VINTAGE CAR.

KM- Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing this 'medal' I made for a little gymnast! I used this super cute image from the Work & Play 11 collection and attached a pretty ribbon I knew she'd like.

Kerri - Here's a 2nd card I made using the new Graduation release - I can't stop using this, the images are so adorable! Again I combined the ruler digi with the pencils and placed them behind the Boy (I also added glasses to him!) and then also added some of the precoloured ephemera as well. I love making a composition which is a bit different, I hope you like it. To finish off I also made my own background paper using the books digi too and added some of the great Strip sentiments included.


Ana - Platform Pop-Up Card: Girl Power Edition!For this week’s Digi Choosday, I created a platform pop-up card that’s all about celebrating strength, determination, and girl power!The star of the show is a cute but fierce female runner digi stamp from Polkadoodles, which I colored with markers. I built the platform pop-up base using cutting dies and added a fun polkadot background using one of the printable pattern papers from Winnie’s Let’s Hangout bundle. The finish arch was cut using my Cricut, and I used puffy stickers to spell out “FINISH.”To show our runner crossing the line, I added a ribbon as the finish tape and carefully snipped it in the center—just like that victorious moment at the end of a race! The sentiment “It’s your time to shine” from Wanda Messages and Quotes felt perfect for this little win. I scattered a few sequins for a touch of sparkle and a mini confetti celebration!Want to recreate this card? I’ve put together a step-by-step post here with all the details!Can’t wait to see what you’ll make for this week’s Digi Choosday challenge—let’s create and cheer each other on!
Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts Facebook: My Cat and Crafts



Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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Remember, this challenge is Challenge 7, Week 4
opened: July 2nd 2025, 8:00 am
closes: July 27th 2025, 12:00 noon UK
Winners from this Challenge will be announced on July 30th. 
You can enter 4 times. 

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You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter