Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Challenge 4, week 1 - Anything Goes card making, craft, paper craft, scrapbook challenge

 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 DC50 & will give you
50% 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.)

Shop downloads now

This challenge is 4 weekly - giving you 4 weeks to enter with $45 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 Prize (we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win) : 
$20 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... 


We have to make an apology this week: 
We keep having continuous issues with Blogger - it deletes posts, corrupts our text and removes photos and doesn't like our links...it is a real nightmare the past year! We are now therefore removing most of the hyperlinks - which we hate - but it seems to be the only thing we can do to get the post to be ok. 
So I apologise for the long, messy posts with loads of messy long URL links - it seems to be the only way! 
We've tried AI to help us but randomly it just seems to lose an entire post or part of the post disappears or corrupts...if any of you know what causes this and are experiencing it too, please let me know because it's driving me crazy and I'm spending a ridiculous amount of time trying to put the posts together each week, it's been going on for a year now and I can't get to the bottom of it even with ChatGPT. It's so bad I am seriously thinking of finding a new platform or just closing the challenge blogs down because it's such a hassle - which I don't want to do.  So any of you that are code experts - please reach out! I'm sure it must be happening to someone else too - so maybe we can resolve it for all of us! Just on Saturday, after scheduling and checking the PD challenge blog, I go on there today and the entire thing has completely vanished! So I apologise for the long messy blogposts you are seeing, I'll continue to try and find a fix! 

Anyway, on with the DT inspiration!....


Wendy - Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful 1st April.

This week we have a new mini release just in time for Easter so I've been having fun creating with these new digistamps...DOWNLOAD them here

It's time for a new Digi Choosday challenge so I hope you will join in with the fun. Today the team was asked to create a Spring Animal themed project and I was inspired by all the flowers and the the sounds of the birds for my simple one layer card today. I love all of the cute and quirky images in the Lucy Monkman collection as they are super easy to colour. You can create a no fuss card in minutes. I printed out the Bunny and Birds image onto marker friendly cardstock and also onto paper so I could create some little paper masks, with a little easy fussy cutting. Next I coloured in the simple images with Promarkers before adhering the little paper masks with repositionable glue. I gently blended distress inks to create my background and then carefully removed the masks before finishing the card with white gel pen highlights. Have a fantastic week. Love and crafty hugs x.

Products I used:

www.polkadoodles.co.uk/bunny-and-birds-lucy-monkman-printable-clipart-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/

www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-gnome-fun-puns-quotes-and-sentiments-printable-stamps-for-cardmaking/

I would love it if you could follow me on social:

olivefarmcrafts.blogspot.com/2026/04/digi-choosday-spring-animals-lucy.html

www.facebook.com/LaGranjaOrgiva

www.instagram.com/olive_farm_crafts/

Jane - Hi everyone! I also have been having fun creating with these new digistamps...DOWNLOAD them here

So, spring has sprung and my last card today features a gorgeous bunny couple out in some seasonal sunshine. This is FIRST DATE and I have coloured this image with Copics and added some die-cuts to give the impression that they are out together in a park. I didn’t use any paper this time, I simply inked the background and added some ‘falling blossom’ with a gel pen and included a sentiment from the LOVE ALWAYS SENTIMENT BUNDLE.

Products used:

Love Always Bunny Rabbits Collection: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/love-always-bunny-rabbits/

First Date: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/first-date-love-always-printable-craft-digital-stamp-download-with-free-svg-dxf-files/

Love Always Sentiment Bundle: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/love-always-printable-sentiments-big-bundle-craft-digital-stamp-downloads/

Judy - Like Jane and Wendy I have also had my hands on the new digital release this week and here's what I made...check them out here: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/march-april-2026-releases/

In addition, my inspiration card for this week features Bunches of Love - Udderly Cute cow. I colored this adorable little highland cow with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut. The background is comprised of ephemera pieces. The sentiment was printed onto the background.

Products used:

Bunches of Love Udderly Cute - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/bunches-of-love-udderly-cute-cow-valentine-s-romance-love-friendship-digital-stamp-printable-for-card-making-scrapbooking-junk-journal-svg-craft-stickers-planners/

Printable Ephemera Udderly Cute - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/printable-ephemera-udderly-cute-love-digital-papers-for-card-making-scrapbooking-junk-journal-svg-craft-stickers-planners/

Spring into Easter Messages - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-into-easter-messages-cute-spring-easter-printable-cardmaking-digital-stamp-craft-download/

Kathie - Good morning and welcome to all my crafty friends and welcome to another Digi Choosday. I can’t believe it’s the first day of April already. This week we are celebrating Spring and Spring animals. Spring to me mean warmer weather, beautiful Spring flowers out in the garden and summer is just around the corner. For me here is New Zealand, we have the reverse its Autumn. These are my two favourite seasons, it’s not too hot and not too cold. I’ve been working with this image this week https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/bunny-rabbit-with-bunch-of-flowers-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/?searchid=0&search_query=easter+bunny+blower+bunch.

This imagecomes black & white for you to colour and is also available in a pre-coloured image. The design paper used was https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-into-easter-printable-cardmaking-digital-craft-paper-patterns-set-3/. I made an Easel card and the image was coloured with the following Copic Ciao markers: C1, C2, C3, RV02, RV10, RV13, YR20, YR61, YG00, YG03, YG63 and a black & white gel pen and a Green Prismacolor pencil. The sentiment was from https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/alcea-hollyhock-flowers-printable-craft-digital-stamp-download-svg-papers-greeting/. I look forward to commenting on whatever you make. Happy crafting everyone. You can find my complete instructions on my blog https://kathiezkardz.blogspot.com/

Ana https://mycatandcrafts.blogspot.com/2026/04/polkadoodles-digi-choosday-project.html - Hi crafty friends! I’m back for another Digi Choosday project and this week’s Design Team theme is Spring Animals. I couldn’t choose between these two adorable digis, so I made two mini notebooks instead!

Digis I used for this project are Chicks in a Basket https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/chicks-in-a-basket-printable-clipart-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/, Bunny Rabbit with Roses https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/bunny-rabbit-with-roses-flowers-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/, and Paper Patterns 4 – Winnie Daisy Fairy https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/paper-patterns-4-winnie-daisy-fairy-printable-digital-stamps-clipart-card-making-crafts-scrapbooking-sticker-with-svg-print-and-cut-outline/.

I colored the digi stamps with alcohol markers. For the notebooks, I made small 3x4 covers using recycled cardboard and wrapped them with patterned paper from the Winnie Daisy Fairy paper pack. I added 3x4 pages inside, punched holes using my Mini Cinch and bound everything together.

To decorate the covers, I layered some gauze and string for texture, then popped the colored digi images on top and finished them with a few sparkly gemstones.

These cute little notebooks are perfect for notes, gifts, or even adding to an Easter basket!

Don’t forget to join use here at Polkadoodles Digi Choosday! You can also follow my crafty adventures here: Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts www.instagram.com/my.cat.and.crafts

Facebook: My Cat and Crafts https://www.facebook.com/my.cat.and.crafts

Zel - I prepared my background by making a pastel purple A4 card base. Then I used a nesting rectangle die to cut Set 2 - Wanda printable digital paper patterns to create a layer. Then I cut a piece of pastel green cardstock using a nesting oval die to create an egg impression. I adhere these pieces together.

For My focal point I scan n cut the birds from Winnie's fruit punch embellies and using a foam tape to create dimension and adhere it to the card. the sentiment I used is from Simon Says stamp

Products used:

SET 2 Wanda Printable - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/set-2-wanda-printable-digital-paper-patterns-for-card-making-crafts-digiscrap/

Winnie Fruit Punch Embellies Bundle - https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-fruit-punch-embellies-bundle-printable-crafting-digital-stamp-craft-scrapbooking-download/

Follow me on social media:

https://www.instagram.com/sprinklewithcards/

https://www.facebook.com/springklewithcards

Eve https://thepurplepaperpuncher.blogspot.com/2026/04/polkadoodles-gil-bunny-rabbit-growing.html

For today's card I created a little scene using Gil Bunny Rabbit growing Sunflowers which I cut out using my scan and cut machine. Along with some sunflowers from Autumn fall bundle and added some glitter to the centres. The cloud background paper is from Pretty Spring papers, and the gingham paper is from Perfect Peony, which I used to die cut a grass border. My greeting is from Christmas everyday sentiments. To finish off my card I used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges and added Glossy Accents to the watering can and brads in the corners.

For today’s card I used:

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/gil-bunny-rabbit-growing-sunflowers-precoloured-digi-stamp-with-svg-dxf-cutting-file/

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/autumn-fall-bundle-of-colour-clipart-printables-for-crafts-card-making-scrapbooking-stickers/

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/pretty-spring-papers-printable-clipart-digital-stamp-digistamp-for-cards-cardmaking-crafting-and-stickers/

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/perfect-peony-printable-craft-digital-stamp-download-svg-papers-greeting/

https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/christmas-everyday-sentiment-strip-pack-300gsm-1225-printed-greetings-messages-for-card-making-scrapbooking/


Thanks so much to the team for all their amazing makes this week!

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WINNERS - CHALLENGE 3

PRIZES: 
1 x Random winner of a $20 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:
Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage quoting DCW4001 to claim your prize before 21 April 2026...(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:

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage quoting DCW4012 to claim your prize before 21 April 2026...(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 next week 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
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Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Challenge 3, week 4 - Anything Goes card making, craft, paper craft, scrapbook challenge

 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 DC50 & will give you
50% 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.)

Shop downloads now

This challenge is 4 weekly - giving you 4 weeks to enter with $45 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 Prize (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... 


Mary - I decided to make a quick inspirational tag booklet. You can record things, journal, or do whatever pleases you on the back of the tags. I had some tag dies in my stash so I cut out some large ones and smaller ones. I used papers from Spring into Easter, Pretty Printable Papers 1, Pretty Printable Papers 3, and Pretty Printable Papers 4 for the tags. I used the Vintage Ephemera stamp set to add to the tags. I then took Pretty Flowerpots dies from my stash to decorate the front tag. I also put some handmade lined paper on the back of the larger tags for journaling, ideas, or whatever you like. I tied them with ribbons from my stash, and voila! Pretty tag journal.

Nina - This challenge is all about spring and birthdays. I absolutely love floral designs, so I decided to create a soft and delicate floral card. For this project, I used the digi paper and the beautiful purple phlox flowers from the set Lilac Haze watercoloured flowers. First, I die-cut a card panel from the floral digi paper and another one from white cardstock. Then I printed the pre-colored flowers, fussy cut them, and got everything ready to assemble. After that, I layered the panels and placed the gorgeous flower on top as the main focal point. To finish it off, I added the sentiment Blooming Beautiful from the set Spring Flower Mothers Day Friends greetings sentiments. And just like that, you’ve created a beautiful, soft, and elegant floral card. I hope you like it! Love, Nina

Ana - Hello crafty friends! For this week’s Digi Choosday challenge, I decided to bring back one of my absolute favorite florals from Polkadoodles, the Lilac Haze Watercoloured Flowers. If you’ve been following my Digi Choosday projects for a while, you might have noticed that this digi appears quite often in my creations. I just love how soft and elegant these watercolor florals are, making them perfect for so many occasions and projects. For today’s project, I created a birthday card using a mix of die cutting, embossing, and of course, gorgeous Polkadoodles digis. For this project, I used Lilac Haze Watercoloured Flowers and Winnie Daisy Greetings, Quotes and Sentiments. I started with a white cardstock card base and added a die cut mirror cardstock background for texture. I then embossed a smaller piece of mirror cardstock and popped it up in the center with foam tape. The Happy Birthday sentiment from the Winnie Daisy sentiment set was placed in the middle, and I finished the card by arranging the Lilac Haze Watercoloured Flowers digis around it and adding a few gemstones for sparkle. Now it’s your turn to get crafty! Join the Anything Goes challenge over at Digi Choosday and share your creations with us, we’d love to see what you make. You can also find more of my crafty projects here:

@kayeskraftivitee_ For this weeks challenge - we are to reimagine anything, and with the creative slump I am at today I just whipped up all the stash and kinda went with it. Here I made another interactive card (too bad it would better if it were moving so I can show you, I have stuck Too Cute bear https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/too-cute-bear-digital-papercrafting-download/ is on a tiny card string so if you give him a tug he would move. I hope you have fun making in a much as I had fun making this card. My Instagram - @kayeskraftivitee_ https://www.instagram.com/kayeskraftivitee_/#

Kim S - For this week's challenge, I couldn't resist using the adorable Winnie Easter bunny ears https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-easter-bunny-ears-onesie-digital-stamp-for-card-making-craft-printables/ digital stamp. There is something so whimsical about Winnie in her bunny ears that just screams Spring! I layered Winnie on to egg die cuts I did using my Silhouette. I just love how I can cut things out in any size or colour I want. I coloured Winnie up using my Copic markers in a colour palette of BV000,BV00,BV01,BV02 plus a smidgen of RV000,RV00,RV02 in her ears, her bow and the flower in her hair. I paired her with papers from the Noodle Panda Plains collection https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/noodle-panda-plains-printable-digital-paper-patterns-for-card-making-crafts-digiscrap/ as well as Winnie Celebrations 3 collection 2 to give the card a fresh, sunny feel, https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-celebrations-3-papers-2-digital-download/
There’s something about Easter projects that just makes everything feel a little brighter. I used a touch of glitter in her ears and flower basket to really make her pop. And finally some tiny purple die cut flowers for that perfect finishing detail.
Do you use an electronic cutting machine like Cricut or Silhouette Cameo in your paper-crafting?

Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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Thanks for entering - we'll be back next week 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
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Wednesday, 18 March 2026

Challenge 3, week 3 - Anything Goes card making, craft, paper craft, scrapbook challenge

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
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.)

Shop downloads now

This challenge is 4 weekly - giving you 4 weeks to enter with $45 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 Prize (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... 

Ana - Hi crafty friends! Today I’m sharing a sweet and springy Easter Egg Mini Album featuring Polkadoodles digital goodies.For this project, I created an egg-shaped mini album base using my cutting machine and layered it with patterned papers from the Winnie Celebrations 3 Set. I cut multiple egg pages, adhered smaller patterned egg layers on top, and left the backs blank for journaling and photos that is just so perfect for Easter memories! For the focal point of the album cover, I used the beautiful (and versatile!) Love Bird Letter Valentine - Wings of Love digi stamp and colored it with alcohol markers for a spring look. I paired it with sentiments from the Spring into Easter Messages collection, using a print-then-cut feature to create tags and other embellishments. I finished the album off with trims and ribbons on the binding rings for extra flair.This mini album is such a fun way to document Easter celebrations, spring photos, or even gift to someone special And if you’d like to see more of my projects, you can follow me: Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts, Facebook: My Cat and Crafts

 

 

 


Kim D - Hello Kim here today sharing this adorable party time bear. He is ready to celebrate Mom's special day! With his little gift and had how do you not love him. I colored him up with copics and added some balloons to make him even more festive. My background paper is from the digital Birthday Celebration paper. Isn't every mom a star?

JANE - Jane Hi everyone! The DT had a gorgeous colour palette to work with this week, and it is definitely one I will be using again. My floral card features this super cute gnome from the GNOME FOR EASTER COLLECTION called HAPPY EASTER BANNER. I teamed him with pretty papers from the WINNIE DAISY 2 BIG KAHUNA BUNDLE, printing him directly onto the paper so I could cut him out using a die and then colour him with pencils. I added lots of flowers including the sweet tulips from the CUP OF KINDNESS die set.

Wendy - Hello everyone and happy Digi Choosday - today our thoughts are turning to Spring! I'm definitely ready for it after the cold Winter. One of my crafty goals this year is to learn how to use my ScanNCut machine and there are some perfect kits available in the shop so I decided to create a 3D pop up card for today using the Spring is Here Print & Cut file.  It took me a few attempts as I wanted to recolour the image to match the colour palette Nikky asked us to use but I'm really pleased how its turned. So why not take the plunge and have a play with one of the fabulous downloads - you'll be hooked in no time! Once all the elements has been cut out and the card shape too I assembled the pieces together adding a little distress ink shading here and there. The papers I used for the card base are from the new Udderly Cute collection and the Flower Meadow bundle.  Love and crafty hugs Wendy x

Kathie - Good morning crafty friends from far and wide. Welcome to another Digi Choosday. This fortnight our team were challenged by Nikki for a Spring or Easter creation. I was like a child in a sweet shop when I saw our colour palette to use, they were my colours, I like to use. Mauve, Apple Green, Purple, Teal and Yellow. When I saw this wonderful Polkadoodles image I knew it was one for this challenge. Image DLPD 9204 Butterfly Chick Spring Into Easter. I used the Black & White image which I coloured, but it’s also available as a pre-coloured image especially if you’re in a hurry. The design paper used was DLPD9948 Bee Buzzy Flowers & Plains. This cute image was coloured with the following Copic Chio markers: C1, YG00, YG03, YG06, YG23, W0, W1, W2, W3, Y00, Y02, Y38, YR07, BV000, BV00, BV04, B05, B12, and a black & white gel pen. I look forward to commenting on your entries this month. Happy crafting everyone. You can find my complete instructions for this card on my blog here. 

Zel - It is time for a memorydex card for Digi choosday spring theme. Here's the quick step how I made this project. Background: I trimmed my mixed media paper to 4x4 and used Heidi Swapp MemoryDex Hole Punch to punch the holes. I then sprayed Salvaged patina distress spray, sugar spun, and twisted citron to have spring feels. I also randomly added light green acrylic paint to add texture. then used tarnished brass as my splatters for my Focal point. I printed out Winnie Fruit Punch Embellies and layer the honey jars and the cute bees and adhere Sweet talker sentiment from Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Sentiment. Products used: Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Sentiment
https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-sugar-sprinkles-sentiment-quotes-bundle-printable-crafting-digital-stamp-craft-scrapbooking-download/
Winnie Fruit Punch Embellies Bundle
https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-fruit-punch-embellies-bundle-printable-crafting-digital-stamp-craft-scrapbooking-download/
Follow me on social media:  https://www.instagram.com/sprinklewithcards/, https://www.facebook.com/springklewithcards

EVE - Hello everyone! Today I used Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime DESIGN SHEET 1 and fussy cut lots of different elements. I mounted the main image onto a white scalloped circle. The heart background paper is from Pretty Spring papers. Lastly, I added gems to the centre of my flowers and used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges of my card.

Judy - I've created a twisted easel card in spring colors for this week's inspiration project. One of my favorite Polkadoodles digis is Primrose from the Darling Buds collection so I just had to use her. She is colored with pencils and fussy cut. I adhered her to some paper doilies with foam tape onto the card front. Silk flowers from my stash and a bow were added.  Pearls were added to the flowers on Primrose.The sentiment acts as the stopper for the easel. It is stamped and die cut. I also added a beaded border.

Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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Thanks for entering - we'll be back next week 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
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