Wednesday, 15 April 2026

Challenge 4, 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 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... 

Ana - Hi crafty friends! For this week’s Digi Choosday challenge, the Design Team was given a prompt to create something for Mother’s Day or Mom’s Birthday. I created mixed media Artist Trading Cards featuring Polkadoodles’ adorable Rebel Girl. I used the digi stamps Birthday Cake Rebel Girl , Flower Rebel Girl and Shopping Rebel Girl and colored them with alcohol markers before layering them onto textured, colorful mixed media backgrounds. Mixed media is such a fun and freeing process… just splash color, add texture, and go with what feels right! I finished my ATCs with bold sentiments to celebrate all kinds of mom energy. I’d love for you to join Polkadoodles’ Digi Choosday challenge and share your creations with us!
And if you’d like to see more of my crafty projects, you can find me here:
Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts http://www.instagram.com/my.cat.and.crafts
Facebook: My Cat and Crafts https://www.facebook.com/my.cat.and.crafts

 


Wendy - Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful week. Today the team was asked to create a card suitable for Mothers Day or a birthday so I decided to have another play with the Spring is Here Print and Cut File. I'm a little bit addicted to these now I've worked out how to use my ScanNCut properly. I wanted to create a 3D card that looked like shelves with flower pots on using bright yellow card to create the base and a colourful spotty card for the background. I printed out the SVG file a couple of times and then used distress inks to add a little dimension to all of the elements before assembling them with a little wet glue. Its loads of fun creating the little flower pots and butterfly - a bit easier than gardening LOL. If you are interested in how to create the card base then have a look at my blog for the card measurements. I decided to add an extra sentiment to the bottom of the card and finished it off with some sparkly gems. I hope you like my card and will join in the fun in the blog challenge this week. Have a fantastic week. Love and crafty hugs x.
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Kathie - Good morning crafty friends from far and wide. Welcome to another Digi Choosday. Although Mother’s Day has been and gone in the UK it’s still due to happen on 10th May here in New Zealand, Australia and the USA. I do wish it was on the same day worldwide. Today I used another wonderful Polkadoodles image Lilac Haze. This is a wonderful set as it has the pre- coloured image for those quick cards you need to make in a hurry or you’re just not into colouring. Also, a Black & White image which I coloured with the following Copic Chio markers: C1, YG00, YG03, YG63, Y35, BV000, BV00, BV02, BV04. It also includes design papers and sentiments. I’ve used the Thinking of You, sentiment from this set. I didn’t use the design paper from the pack that was my error, due to colouring my image at night so I used Water Colour Flower Stem . This is also my first Fan Fold card, I think next time I’ll make some changes. 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 https://kathiezkardz.blogspot.com/

Eve - Hello everyone! When I make cards for my mum she very often frames them so that gave me the idea for today’s card. I decided to frame the beautiful Butterfly Flowerpots image using a wood effect paper from the Udderly Cute love digital papers and attached a piece of Acetate to represent the glass of the picture frame. The sentiment is from the Spring flower Mother's Day Friends Greetings set, and I finished off my card with some gems and a tiny sprinkling of glitter.

Jane - Hi everyone! It was Mother’s Day here in the UK on 15th March and this was the card I made for my mum. Now like me she has a real fondness for cuteness, and the NOODLE PANDA COLLECTION must be one of the cutest digi sets around. This is FLOWER BOUQUET and I have added some pretty paper from the NOODLE PANDA SET 1 and a sentiment from the NOODLE PANDA THEMED MESSAGES. To ramp up the cuteness I cut my layers with circle dies and added to a scalloped circle card.

Judy - My inspiration project this week is a birthday card created with Winnie Daisy Butterfly Fairy. She was colored with Prismacolor Pencils, fussy cut and popped onto a die cut circle. The background is a combination of inking and stripes made up of solid cardstock and a pattern paper.
Products used:
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Stunning makes from the team, thank you everyone!

We hope we've inspired you to enter the challenge - we'll be back next week with more inspiration for this one - good luck!

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Wednesday, 8 April 2026

Challenge 4, week 2 - 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... 


This week we have a new teamie to introduce to you, so please say a big welcome hello to Nat - we're thrilled to have her with us sharing all her lovely makes!....please give her (and the rest of the teamies) a follow for more inspo!)


Nat - Hi everyone! I'm so happy to be on the team! I have made a little clean and simple..ish card using Horace from the shop. I used the Silhouette Cameo to resize and position Horace. I staggered the sizes and flipped one to help make it feel like it isn't the same image.
I using the detachment tool in the program I removed the Happy Birthday from Helga Hippo Quotes and Sentiments bundle. I coloured the images with Copics and applied Glossy Accents to their noses. As the ground in the image is curved I made some extra lumps in the grass.
Copics Used:
Ground - G07, YG17, YG03 and YG01
Large Dog - E47, E44, E43 and E41
Collar - B99, B97 and B95
Medium Dog - E44, E43, E42, E41 and W1
Collar - V28, V25, V22 and Glazed with BV25
Small Dog - E37, E35, E34 and E31
Collar - Y08 and Y06
Noses - 110, C9, C7 and C5
White Gel Pen
Black Glaze Pen
Glossy Accents
Products:
Nina - For my card I chose the beautiful wood look digital paper from the set. It creates a warm and natural base and fits perfectly with a lovingly designed birthday theme. I combined it with matching flowers from another set. As a special highlight the cute dog and the adorable cat with a balloon and present jumped onto my card. They instantly bring joy and make the design lively and cheerful.
I coloured the images to match the digital paper
Cat: W4 W3 W2 W1
Balloon 1 and bow: R81 RV34
Balloon envelope and present: BG10 BG13 G00
Dog: C4 C3 C2 C1
To finish the card I added the sentiment Happy Birthday which completes the design beautifully.
Products used:
I hope you like my birthday card and that it inspires you to create your own How do you design your birthday cards. Make sure to stop by my Instagram and get inspired. https://www.instagram.com/kreativzauber_by_nilu . Love, Nina


Kaye - for this challenge, I made a Happy Birthday Card featuring my favorite Cat and Dog tandem (AKA Horace and Boo). Here I printed the Surpise Cake Horace and Boo on Spring into Easter printable cardmaking digital craft paper patterns - set 3 and colored them using our trusty Ohuhu Markers, enjoy!
Instagram: @kayeskraftivitee_

KIM - For my design team project this week I went CAS. I chose Boo from the Horace and Boo Big Kahuna download set. https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/horace-boo-big-kahuna-download-printable-craft-bundle/ . I coloured this sweet girl up with my Copic markers as a fluffy grey tabby cat.
My Copic colour palettes that I used to colour Boo up with C00,C0,C01,C03,C05 I added pink to her nose and ears using RV000,RV00 and finally the candles were coloured using B000,B000,B01 plus YG01,YG03,YG23 and lastly the candle flames i used Y08,Y15,Y38
I paired her with soft muted papers from the Summer breeze digi scrap download set https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/summer-breeze-digi-scrap-craft-download/ and from Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles pak 3 https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-starfish-sandcastles-papers-3-download/
For that extra Rosa's Heart touch of sparkle i added some clear Stickles to the candles flames https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/birthday-candles-digital-stamps-printable-clipart-for-cardmaking-craft-scrapbooking-stickers/
My Copic colour palettes that I used to colour Boo up with C00,C0,C01,C03,C05 I added pink to her nose and ears using RV000,RV00 and finally the candles were coloured using B000,B000,B01 plus YG01,YG03,YG23
Do you like going all in with your cards or are you more CAS?


Ana  - Hi everyone! For this week’s Digi Choosday, I created a fun fold card featuring the adorable Horace and Boo Surprise Cake https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/surprise-cake-horace-boo-download-printable-bundle/ digi stamp.
I wanted something a little more interactive than a regular card, so I made a pinwheel reveal design using double-sided patterned paper from the Gnome Men Football USA collection https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/gnome-men-football-usa-printable-paper-patterns-for-cards-cardmaking-paper-crafting-and-stickers/ . The folds create a fun opening element that reveals the colored image inside - such a fun surprise for any birthday!
I colored the digi using Ohuhu Colored Pencils and paired it with sentiments from Spring Tons of Love https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-tons-of-love-greetings-sentiments-quotes-printable-craft-card-making-digital-downloads/ .
It’s a simple make with a big impact, a nice fun fold add on for an extra special touch to your handmade cards! Don’t forget to join the Anything Goes challenge at Digi Choosday, and be sure to check out all the amazing Polkadoodles products! Also, for more crafty projects and a bit of cute cat photos, follow my socials! Instagram - @my.cat.and.crafts http://www.instagram.com/my.cat.and.crafts | Facebook - My Cat and Crafts https://www.facebook.com/my.cat.and.crafts



Stunning makes from the team, thank you everyone!

We hope we've inspired you to enter the challenge - we'll be back next week with more inspiration for this one - good luck!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

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/

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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

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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/

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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