Wk 39....Vintage - Digi Choosday crafting challenge

Happy Digi Choosday everyone!

Before we get onto this weeks challenge we wanted to let you know that we have some fab new images in the store!! You have to pop over to the store to see all the new things we have in stock.  So go take a look HERE...this gorgeous image is just one of our lovely new digis available this week, introducing the stunning new Octavia range of digis....

As a special introductory Octavia offer you can get 10% off the Octavia range this week only 

by using code PDBDQ10 at the checkout - but this code is only valid until Sunday at midnight GMT so don't miss it! Go go go!

Also remember we have 2 Facebook pages where you can share your makes and get inspiration from the other members and the DT, as well as get to see the latest offers and releases. Here are both the links:

 Digi Choosday group or the Polkadoodle Dandies group

Now onto the challenge. This week for the DT and you the theme we have set is

Vintage.

Love it or hate it - it's a fab challenge and really tested the DT this week! Of course there is the fantastic 'Rose Budd Collection' which is all about the beauty of that era and really came in handy for some of the team.  Remember this collection is available on CD or as digi download!!

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between.

You have until 14^th October to enter and the winner will be announced on 21st October, so lots of time to get your entry in. All we ask is that you follow the theme and the simple rules that can be found in the side bar.

The winner will receive a free digi image from the (Digi Store)

The winners from week 36 Monochromatic can be found at the bottom of this post.

Now let’s see what the team have made for us for this weeks challenge!

Scatty Jan For my vintage card this week I used the lovely Rose Budd collection, the image papers, postcard, feather and violin are all from the collection - Miss Millicent is also available as a clear stamp ....

Crafting Vicky I don't do a lot of Vintage... so for my card I decided to do a duo of things that I don't do a lot of... which is manly cards and vintage/retro.  I decided to use the fabulous Work and play collection 2 with the office colored and the papers that go with it!  I mean isn't it obvious that we would all like a day off?!? So to me this little guy looked perfect for the 50s and wanting to have a little holiday so his little paper could be saying that it's a day off :)  How fabulous would that be?!?

Julie - I always struggle with this theme but thankfully I was able to use the gorgeous Rose Budd Full Download which is available in the Polkadoodles store HERE. The image is called Miss Charlotte and the beautiful papers are also from the download. I added Antique Linen distress ink around the edges before matting onto gold pearlescent card.  The parasol,  bow and ticket are all available on the the Rose Budd download,  I edged the ticket with Antique Linen distress ink before matting onto some gold card and then onto the main card

Wendy - For this weeks vintage challenge, I didn't want to go all lacy and pretty, I wanted to embrace the idea of the old fashioned seaside and the Swimmer from Work & Play 4 fitted perfectly. It can now also as purchased an individual digi here. The backing paper is from the Rose Budd Collection.

Yvonne - Hello there! Well I decided to do a mans card for 'Vintage' and I chose to use 'Jeremiah' from the beautiful 'Rose Budd' Collection, which is available as a CDRom or Digi Download. The image, embellies and ephemera and papers are all from the same collection.  I edged the papers with Distress Inks and used them on the frame also. I coloured Jeremiah with my Graph'It Markers.  All I added was the burlap and the paper clay frame corners.

Patty  I don't do a lot of Vintage... so this card was a really challenge for me. I decided to use the lovely Cherryblossom Lane Collection the cute rabbit friends and the flowery papers all from the collection.  my card base is white and added a layer of aqua distressed the edges of all the papers and die cuts, use a piece of lovely and delicte white trim for the vintage look added the white ribbon and the purple drew drops to accent it.  What do you think?

And now for the winner from week 36 - chosen at random is:

#18  Carol Gill 

please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk 
quoting DCwk39001wk36 
to claim your prize of a free digi.

And the top 3 chosen by the design team are:

#11 Julie P 

#16 Helen 

# 12  Annie

Well done everyone! go grab your badges from the side bar. Thanks for joining us - can't wait to see what you come up with! See you next week! xx

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wk 38 - Buttons...Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge

Happy Choosday everyone!

Before we get onto this weeks challenge we wanted to let you know that we have some fab new images in the store, including some new Halloween images! How exciting that Halloween is going to be here next month! So go grab yours HERE

 

Also don’t forget to go join our 2 Facebook pages where you can share your makes and get inspiration from the other members and the DT, as well as get to see the latest offers and releases. Here are both the links:

 Digi Choosday group or the Polkadoodle Dandies group

Also - make sure you pop over to the Polkadoodles blog today and see what the Digi Queens are up to - we hear there's a little freebie up for grabs!

Now onto the challenge. This week for the DT and you the theme we have set is

Buttons.

Who doesn’t adore buttons? I know we all do whether they are real life buttons or the fabulous faux buttons than can be found on many of the Polkadoodles CD’s

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between.

You have until 7^th October to enter and the winner will be announced on 14^th October, so lots of time to get your entry in. All we ask is that you follow the theme and the simple rules that can be found in the side bar.

The winner will receive a free digi image from the (Digi Store)

The winners from week 35 Travel/Holidays can be found at the bottom of this post.

Now let’s see what the team have made for us for this weeks challenge!

Anjie - I love buttons, I have jars and jars of them, I must have thousands of them! The cute image on my card is from the digi store and is called Piper Playing. She is coloured with my Graph'It Markers. I have used paper and a sentiment from the Bonbon Belles CD, both of which fit perfectly with this theme. I have changed the colour in the MCS Elite program. I have then used a button embossing folder and finally added some real buttons. If you look closely you can see I have used a tiny button on  Pipers braces!

Scatty Jan I love buttons, one of my favourite embellishments. I have used 3 on my project the 2 little dotty ones on the shelf and the pink bee button under the shelf, how cute is that! I have used the lovely digi image Camille Mum to be coloured with Graph'It markers. The papers are from the Pretty Sweet collection, and the little birdy at the window and the bears are from the Winston collection.

Crafting Vicky Like Scatty Jan, I just think buttons are just the greatest embellishment ever!  So when I saw that this was the challenge I was really really happy :)  I decided to go with humor for this challenge and used a great image called Cleaning Lady as well as the paper from the great Work and Play collection 6.  Adn I'm saying it's humorous because, well don't know about you but I really really HATE doing the housework...   So hope you enjoy my card... it's rare to find vacuum paper :)  So that's a really special set!!!

Wendy - I raided my button box for this weeks challenge, was really happy when I found the butterfly button and just HAD to use it. I've used Amelia Contemplating, she's available on her own digitally or as part of the Pretty Sweet CD. The papers are from the same collection  and mounted onto black card. 

Julie  - For my card I have used the wonderful Baby Boom Bundle, its only £2.99 and is available in the Digi Store HERE. The baby images are so cute and there are buttons on the baby's outfit so it was ideal for me to use for this challenge as I didn't have any spare buttons in my craft room 

Yvonne - Hi guys! Really enjoyed this weeks challenge, I used 'Maddie Twirling Curls' she is coloured with my Graph'It Markers, you can see the range here.  The papers I used are from the 'Nikky Digi Bundle'. The buttons are from the new 'Winston' collection. 

Patty I just think buttons are just the cute embellishment ever!  I decided to make a cute Birthday card for my kid friend and I just found this image boy from  Work and Play collection 3.  all papers are from the same collection the sentiment is from Stamp Doodles Set  and red button with white and black twine. what do you think?  Isn't cute or not??

And now for the winner from week 35 - chosen at random is:

#4 Bettina 

please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCwk38001wk35 to claim your prize of a free digi.

And the top 3 chosen by the design team are:

#1 Caz (Bunny) 

# 6 Margaret A 

# 8 Jessie T 

Well done everyone go grab your badges from the side bar. Thanks for joining us - can't wait to see what you come up with! See you next week! xx

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wk 37 - Christmas in Blues and Purples...Digi Choosday craft challenge

Happy Choosday everyone!

Have you joined our two Facebook pages for sneaky peeks of new products, inspiration from the DT and a place where our fabulous customers share their very own makes with us? 
Here are the links to the two pages....
The first page is our very own Digi Choosday page, you can search for Digi Choosday Crafting or use this link:    https://www.facebook.com/groups/DigiChoosday/

The second page is called Polka Doodle Dandies and this is the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/polkadoodles/

Make sure you sign up on BOTH groups because there are often great freebies and discount codes which don't appear here on the blog! 
And today - and today only
we have a super duper special offer for you

SAVE 25% on all Digi Stamps in the store HERE
Simply enter code DC179 at the checkout to get your discount! 

It ends at midnight today so don't miss it whoop whoop! 
We have a ton of new digis added to the store this week so make sure you take a look and grab some bargains!

Now onto the challenge. This week for the DT and you the theme we have set is

Christmas in Blues and Purples

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between and you don't need to use our products to enter.

You have until 30^th September to enter and the winner will be announced on 7^th October, so lots of time to get your entry in. All we ask is that you follow the theme and the simple rules that can be found in the side bar.

The winner will receive a free digi image from the (Digi Store)

The winners from week 34 Blooms can be found at the bottom of this post.

Now let’s see what the team have made for us for this weeks challenge!

Crafting Vicky - For this card I used the fabulous set Christmas Joy bundle that I arranged in a word document to be in purples and blues as I wanted for this challenge!  I totally adore digis as they are so versatile!!!!

Scatty Jan What a beautiful colour combination for Christmas. I decided to make a Christmas snowflake lantern. The purple paper is from Work and Play Festive Hollybobs collection aong with Hollybobs Mistletoe digistamp (also available on the cd) and also available as a clear stamp - Coloured with Graph'It Markers - I added some white liquid pearls - some vellum behind the snowflakes, and a tiny battery flicking candle xx

Julie  - Its nice to take a break from the traditional red and green colour scheme for xmas  so a great challenge to use these two colours -I have used the following Polkadoodles items for my cracker card -Both Papers from Angelberry Christmas CD,Image from  Angelberry Christmas CD,Paper bows from Work and Play Festive Hollibobs Collection Download which has now been added to the digi store for immediate download, they are also available on the Work and Play Festive Hollibobs CD

 

Yvonne - For this weeks challenge I used the fantabulous 'Work & Play; Festive Hollybobs Collection' which you can get as a CDRom or download the digi collection.  This weeks theme is Christmas in blues & purples - and there are sooooo many papers in this collection, you can do this challenge no problems at all. I used 'Skating Fun' and she is in the collection or you can get her as a polymer stamp, click here to shop! She is coloured in with my Graph'It Markers, which never fail me.  I cut her out with 'Westminster' Tattered Lace die and edged round it with 'Ultramarine Tint' Pan Pastel. I cut some Tattered Lace snowflakes and also one of the new Tattered Lace greetings as it reminded me of the marks left by skating on the ice. Markers used are listed on my blog. 

Wendy - I've stepped slightly out of the box this week (no pun intended), I've made 4 christmas tree baubles and a presentation box. All the papers for the baubles and the box lid are from Festive Holibobs and have resized and recoloured in CAP2. The image is also from Festive Holibobs, printed out 5 times and decoupaged, she is also available as a stamp here.

Sharon - Christmas in blues and purples this is from the Xmas joy bundle I have recoloured the papers, sentiment and elements using a graphics program. Fussy cut the trees and mounted them with foam tape. I have then added glitter to the trees and background to give them a frosty look.

Patty - For this weeks challenge I used papers and image from the Magical Winter I collection.  This weeks theme is Christmas in blues & purples  there so many papers to choose from this collection...for the image I choose the tall snowman I have found him so cute and I colored him using my copics... I add some rick rack border to the front and the sentiment i used memento black ink and accent it using some purple doddle dewdrops.

Anjie - I decided to make some table place cards, but instead of the usual I decided to do it as a cracker and put a personal treat inside each one that I know they will love! I have printed papers and embellies from the Angelberry Christmas CD onto card stock and used a die to cut the crackers out. I took the baubles into MS Word and added the names onto them. I finished them off by tying them closed with coordinating bakers twine.

 Now for the winners from week 34

The winner chosen at random is:

#9 Julie O 

please email us at HERE  quoting DCwk37001wk34 to claim your prize of 3 free digis.

And the top 3 chosen by the design team are:

#13 Sparkling Pink 

# 7 Carol Dunham 

# 19 Lillian A http://lilliansleisure.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/catching-butterflies.html

Well done everyone go grab your badges from the side bar.  Thanks for joining us - we look forward to seeing your entries!! 
xxx

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wk 36... Monochromatic - Digi Choosday challenge

Happy Choosday everyone!

Did you manage to catch the Polkadoodles show on Sunday on Create and Craft with the fabulous new Winston CD? 

If not you can catch the show HERE and the CD is HERE. 

If you want to see more samples come and join us in our

 group on Facebook, we are called Polka Doodle Dandies and this is the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/polkadoodles/

Also, don't forget it's the Digi Queens Day over at the Polkadoodles blog so if you want a heap more inspiration than you can poke a stick at head over there after you join in the challenge! The link is at the bottom of this post! 

  

Now onto the challenge. This week for the DT and you, the theme we have set is

Monochromatic

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between.  If you're confused about what Monochromatic means - it can be both black and white or it can be tones of a single colour, it's up to you. Remember you can use any products to enter, it doesn't have to be a Polkadoodles make!

You have until 23^rd September to enter and the winner will be announced on 30^th September, so lots of time to get your entry in. All we ask is that you follow the theme and the simple rules that can be found in the side bar.

The winner will receive a free digi image from the Digi Store

You can see last time's winners at the end of this post! 

Now let’s see what the team have made for us for this weeks challenge!

Julie -I decided my monochromatic colour was going to be pink and I have made an 8 x 8 scalloped edge card using the wonderful Girls Hoot Digi Download for the supercute image, sentiment and both patterned papers

Some of the images and papers were recoloured in PSE which I am still getting used to
( I had never recoloured anything before so it was good practice for me)

Crafting Vicky - For my monochromatic look I went with a back to school feel :)  I figured I would be feeling kind of pensive if I was returning back to school... that's what my daughter looks like lol So this all being said I used the great image from Pretty Sweet Collection the paper is also from that set.  

Wendy - For my card this week, I chose the theme it in sepia tones and felt the Rose Budd Collection was perfect for this. I chose Charlotte for my image from the collection and all the papers are from it too. It's finished with a little distressing, and a few die cut embellies, made using papers from the collection too, 

Sharon - For this challenge I decided to do something completely different. On the Candy Doodles Collectors edition there is a fab template for a sweet little bird house so I printed this out onto card I chose some of the gorgeous papers from the cd which come in an array of colours (as this is a monochromatic I decided to stick with black and white) and printed these onto back of the templates. One of the papers was recolored with a graphics program but there are some lovely black and white ones on the cd. I followed the easy instructions and made up the bird house, I have left one side if the roof open as I have stuffed it with candy! A few black and white flowers from my stash and hearts cut from black card just finished it off.

Scatty Jan I used the lovely digi stamp Bee Happy, how cute is the little scene - I printed it twice to fussy cut out some extra petals. Coloured in with a memento dual marker, I had lots of fun 

Yvonne - Hi there! So this week is monochromatic week and I decided to use Nikky's papers to be the focus of the card. I used papers from the beautiful Rose Budd Collection, the butterfly is from the Flowers & Leaves Collection. The sentiment is from Dollie Goes East Collection.  All bundles are available from the Digiworld Downloadables section of the store. 

Patty - Hi there! this week is monochromatic and I decided to use Work & Play 3 collection papers to use on the background of the card. I used Teacher image as the main focus also from the collection. The sentiment is from and unknown that i had on my desk then added the black med button and accent with some white twine.

Anjie - The image I have used is Maddie Give Us A Twirl, and she is coloured with my Graph'It Markers. The paper I have used is from the Love and Cherish CD and the flowers from the new Winston CD

Here are the winners from week 33 Pearls and Bling...

The winner chosen at random is:

#3 Jackie C 

please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCwk36001wk33 to claim your prize of a 3 free digis.

And the top 3 chosen by the design team are: 

#2 Jana K 

# 3 Jackie C 

# 14 Susan Kennedy 

Well done everyone go grab your badges from the side bar.

Thanks for joining us again this week - and don't forget to head over and see what the Digi Queens have for you today too HERE

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