W 8 - The Colour Green and/or Nature...Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday

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Happy Choosday everyone!

Firstly, don't forget to tune into Create and Craft TV today to see Nikky live on TV at 1pm launching a brand new unseen collection! Don't miss it, you will love it! 

WATCH IT ONLINE HERE

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OK, so it’s Digi Choosday and you know what that means, yes it’s DISCOUNT DAY!!!!

Your discount code for this week is:

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which will save you 
25% off all individual downloads**
when you spend over £2.25 for today only
*EXPIRES MIDNIGHT GMT 23/02/2016

Just enter the code in the shop HERE

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Each week our fab DT have been treating you to a pictorial tutorial so now you can view them all under one tab at any time you chose.

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Now onto the new challenge....

Green/Nature

There is inspiration all around us in nature, whether it be flowers or trees or the wildlife we see in our daily life so we want your makes this week to show your love of nature or in fact the colour green (as in leaves, grass, fields etc).  You can make anything you like, maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home décor. You can use any products you like to enter as long as it follows the theme for this week. We don’t have many rules but check them out in the side bar if you need to.

CLOSING DATE IS 8^th March 2016, winners will be announced on 15^th March 2016

PRIZES: Random winner (chosen by Random.org) will receive £5 worth of downloads of your choice from the digi store!  The winner and top 3 for Week 5 can be found at the bottom of this post.

So let’s see what the design team have made for us.
We're kicking off the week with a fab tutorial from Fiona...

Fiona - This week I have been asked to do a tutorial for the challenge I have used for my make a pre-coloured design sheet from the Stick and bones Collection design Sheet 2  and have made a box card.

First of all I made a box from a template.

 

I then filled the box with some shredded green paper. I then printed off a few copies of the design sheets. Add backing paper to the front and side added the toppers and then started adding the bones embellishments and sentiments. More details of the tutorial can be found on my blog. Here is the finished make.

Anjie - Once again I've used the fab Sticks and Bones collection for my make. I've coloured the image with my pens and fussy cut some embellies and used 2 papers from the collection on this card. I printed one of the papers onto card as I wanted to use some of the elements on it for embellies so they tiny torties are from the paper as are the tiny word arts. I just LOVE the trees on this collection, I would love to sit under one reading a good book.

Julie - I am having a great time using the new Polkadoodles Sticks & Bones Collection, so I used it again today to make a card for my BFF.  My 'Green' themed card uses Walk the Dinosaur (colored with Copic markers), papers, and a pre-colored sentiment from the Sticks & Bones Collection.  It's available in CD or Digital Download.

Jane – Hello!  My green card features the gorgeous ROSE BUDD COLLECTION where you will find all the elements I have used (well apart from the ribbon).  The very elegant young lady, MISS CHARLOTTE, is also available separately as a clear stamp if you wish. This gorgeous, Regency inspired bundle is currently on offer in the Create and Craft Magazine as a CD-Rom so all of you C&C members go check it out!!  Have a happy crafty day! xxx

Monica- In my country, I have green and nature surrounded me 12 months a year, so I´m very familiar with it. For my make I used one of my favorites Polkadoodles collection "Cherryblossom Lane".

Audrey chose to alter a book binder for her coloring combo pages.   I used Adult Coloring Pages Bundle Alphabet 1.  I used GIMP to make my cover page title and then colored n all the letters and nature elements with my Copics.  I added bows from Work and Play 9 Love and Kisses Download Collection  and air brushed butterfly wooden embellies with my Copics and then added to the bows.

Lynda: I just love the new Sticks & Bones Collection so that's what I chose to use this week. Other than the white card I used to make the card base everything you see is included when you but this massive bundle, from the pretty papers to the embellishments. The digi stamp I used is called smile-photograph-dinosaur. Have Fun xx 

Aunty Sue - Hi for this Green/Nature challenge I have have gone with the colour and our Work and Play Country Life collection available not only as a Cd but as a download so you can play straight away. You can find it in the shop  CD here &  Download here the sentiment is from  Feel the Music Collection available Here

Gail - . I really love using beautiful fonts & quotes, I found the perfect quote and image on the Picknix In The Garden bundle. The Picknix In The Garden bundles is available as a digital download here, however, for the best value and more awesome images there's the Picknix 1 Bundle available, which has 3 yummy collections in one bundle including In The Garden as a digital download here or on CD-Rom here. I was in an inky and messy mood when I started the challenge card, so I got the acrylic ink sprays out to create the background  but the fabulous quote and florals are from the Picknix In The Garden bundle.

Helen - I've used a digi, sentiment and one of the papers from The Serenity Collection together with a paper from the Lily Bug Love Collection.  I've combined the colour green and also the nature theme and have made a circular card for a change

Tanya  So for this week's challenge I've used one of the Colour Therapy Club pages to make a very large A3 sized card.  I've coloured the page with my Lyra Aqua pens and added touches of Wink of Stella Silver Glitter and a little bit of striped zentangle on the word LOVE and some white spots with a White Shake Graph It pen.  There's more detailed photos on my blog

Great makes from the DT I’m sure you will agree - Add your entry using the linky tool below.

Now for the winner and top three from Week 5 Not A Card Challenge

The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:

# 7 Larissa

Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW005001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store!

And in no particular order the top three chosen by the design team are:

# 1 Norma

# 11 Jana K

# 14 Leslie Turner

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Thank you all so much for your entries, it means so much to us that you join us each week.

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Week 7 -Animals & Insects - Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday

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Happy Choosday everyone!

It’s Digi Choosday and you know what that means, yes it’s DISCOUNT DAY!!!! 

Your discount code for this week is:

Hello40
which will save you 
40% - yes, a massive 40%!!!
off all single digi downloads (not collections)
when you spend over £2.25 for today only
*EXPIRES MIDNIGHT GMT 16/02/2016

Just enter the code in the shop HERE

Have you tried our raaawwwr fun collection called Sticks & Bones available HERE....

And watch out for us on Create and Craft TV on Tuesday 23rd February to showcase you some lovely brand new goodies to die for!...

 Now onto the new challenge

 Animals & Insects

This is your chance to make something featuring maybe your favourite animal or insect, be it a cat, dog, bird, rabbit or butterfly.  
We want to see your makes featuring the cute to the not so cute and maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home décor so long as it features an animal or an insect.  You can use any products you like to enter as long as it follows the theme for this week. We don’t have many rules but check them out in the top bar if you need to. We give you two weeks to enter so that means the

CLOSING DATE is the 1^st March 2016 and the winners will be announced on the 8^th March 2016. PRIZES: The random winner (chosen by Random.org) will receive £5 worth of downloads of your choice from the digi store!

The winner and top 3 for week 4 can be found at the bottom of this post.

So let’s see what the design team have made for us...

Out of the box technique tutorial by Lynda....

You will need:  Digi Image, Pencil, Scissors, Die cutting Shape

Die cutting Machine, such as a Bigshot or Grand Calibur....

1) Choose an image (I used the beautiful Lily from the Lily Lady bug collection. You can find her  here.  2) Place your metal die shape over the image. 3) Using a pencil mark inside the die  (I used a circle) above and below the area(s) you want to leave outside of the die shape. It should look like this.....

 TIP!! If you also mark right the way round the outside of the die shape you can use this as a guideline when your replacing the die to put through the machine later. 

4)Take a pair of scissors and from the edge of your paper or card cut  just over the line you drew 

5) Put the die
shape back over the image, leaving the bit your don't want cutting over the die.  

6) Run through a die cutting machine. 

Hope you enjoyed my first ever tutorial. Don't forget this collection is available on a CD or as a instant download.

Anjie - Everything on my make is from the Sticks and Stones collection. I have coloured them image with my pens and simply matted and layered some of the papers and added faux stitching around the edges. I then added a few embellies and thought it looked good as it was so I decided to leave it at that. Quite CAS for me for a change lately.

Julie -- Animals & Insects!  This sounds like the perfect time for the new Lily Bug Love collection! I colored Lily Bug Love Heart Balloon with Copic markers.  The sentiment and backing papers are all part of the Lily Bug Love full collection, available in CD or digital download.   I love this new collection!

Monica-For this week make, I chose a lovely dinosaur couple from Sticks & Bones collection. Using the colorful volcano, I made a volcano shaped gift box. The volcano, the palm trees, the heart shaped rock, the sentiment and, of course, the lovely dinos, all are included in this adorable collection.

Fiona - For this weeks make I have used different collections for my  mdf bird house.  I have used a image called I have used Lil Bug Love Heart Balloon digi stamp The birds are from  Candy Doodles Collection Edition  the backing sheet is from Sugar Plum Daisy

Jane – Hello! I just adore Nikky’s new STICKS AND BONES COLLECTION there are so many gorgeous goodies in it, and this has to be one of my favourite images called FEROCIOUS FRIENDS. Isn’t that sabretooth tiger just AWESOME!!! I coloured with pencils and gave the card a whole ‘ripped up’ look!! Well just check out those claws!! J  Have a happy crafty day! xxx

Aunty Sue - Hi well with all Nikkys fabulous new releases which to use for this challenge. Sorry I just love our Lily Bug and just had to go there again this week. I have used a Digi image printed twice available here , along with some of the fabulous paper available Here. I printed the lady bug out twice so I could lay one on top with the wings lifted off the page. There are always so many gems hidden in Nikkys collections. The Valentine and Hi is also in this collection part of the element available here. You purchase the whole collection either as a download or a cd here in the shop.

Gail - Animals & Insects, it had to be Lily Bug!! Loving this new collection from Nikky, cute but not too sickly sweet, does that make sense?? The Lily Bug Love collection is available on CD-Rom or for the less patience crafter the instant download is also available. 

Audrey chose to use Hats Off Twiggy and Toots image, which you can find in the Twiggy and Toots Owl Download Collection.  I also used one of the tunnel card templates from Twiggy and Toots Owl Download Collection - it comes with all the panels, papers and embellies needed to make this card.  I colored the image, cut out with scissors and put it on the front of the card.  Sentiment can be found in Twiggy and Toots Owl Download Collection as well.  Sure hope you like it!

Front of card

 inside

Helen - I've used elements from the new 'Lily Bug' collection and have tried combining some of them digitally for a change.  I've merged a pre-coloured digi with one of the frames, added a sentiment and also two of the flowers.  Then I've added two of the papers and some black paper and gems to finish my card.  The collection is available here as a CD and here as a download.

Tanya For this week's challenge I've used the sabre tooth tiger from the Sticks and Bones collection which you can get in the full collection available on CD and download or on its own in the black and white version to colour yourself.  Using Graph It Markers to colour it and then using the sentiments and flowers and frame and papers from the collection too.  Finished off with some satin wire edged animal print ribbon.

Now for the winner and top three from week 4 In Bloom

The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:

#7 Kym

Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW004001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store!

And in no particular order the top three chosen by the design team:

# 8 Laine

# 17 Norma

# 29 Mandy Stacey

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Thank you all so much for your entries, it means so much to us that you join us each week.

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Wk 6 - All You Need is Love...Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday -

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Happy Choosday everyone.

It’s Digi Choosday and you know what that means, yes it’s DISCOUNT DAY!!!!

Your discount code for this week is:

CHOOSDAY
which will save you 
33% off all downloads 
when you spend over £2.25 for today only *EXPIRES MIDNIGHT GMT 09/02/2016

Just enter the code in the shop HERE

Have you caught the bug yet?  Lily Bug Love is an ever so pretty girl and the collection is pretty and fresh and includes toppers and embellishments for you to just colour, print and cut. But it’s not all about the characters, it’s about the florals and the springtime pretties too.  Over 200 printables found on the mini collection which features four gorgeous Lily bug Love character stamps in colour and black and white ready for you to colour, and some little itty bitty collections for all price pockets....Go check it out 
HERE

And don’t forget about the raaawwwr fun collection called Sticks & Bones available 
HERE

Now onto the new challenge from us here at Digi Choosday.

This week the challenge we have set is...

All You Need Is Love

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching what better occasion than to hand make something to give to your loved one, or perhaps just an extra special card oozing love and romance.  Of course us crafters don’t need Valentine’s Day to spread the crafting love, so we would like to see your makes that just depict the theme of love, a card, a bookmark, a scrapbook page or even home décor, so anything so long as it is handmade.  You can use any products you like to enter as long as it follows the theme for this week. We don’t have many rules but check them out in the side bar if you need to.

We give you two weeks to enter so that means the

CLOSING DATE IS 23^rd February 2016

and the winners will be announced on 1^st March 2016

PRIZES:

The random winner (chosen by Random.org) will receive £5 worth of downloads of your choice from the digi store!

The winner and top 3 for Week 3 can be found at the bottom of this post.

So let’s see what the design team have made for us.

Julie - Today, I'm showcasing the new Sticks & Bones collection, (CD) , Digital Download) and showing how I use dies to make a card base.  Gather supplies, choose papers, dies, sentiment, card base:

Fold card base in 2 (fold is on the left in the picture below) overlap folded edge slightly with die, and run everything through a die cutting machine.  Assemble the layers, embellish as desired.  There are more pictures and instructions on my blog. 

Tanya  Hello there.  What a great week to make something love related especially with the release of the Lily Bug Love Collection last week.  I've gone for something different for me this week and made a digi scrapbook page.  I've been wanting to get back into scrapbooking for a while now, but whereas years ago when I used to cut things up and use original photos and put them in a book, this whole digi way of scrapbooking is new to me.  I've used a photo of my mum and dad which I've changed to black and white and embellished with papers, leaves and flowers and a sentiment all from the full Lily Bug Love collection available here on download or here on CD. More details can be found on my blog.

Anjie - I have used the fabulous Sticks and Stones download collection to make this, which you can find HERE. Or in the CD format HERE. And of course you can buy all the images and other stuff separately. The cute image is HERE. I have printed one of the backing papers straight onto my card stock to make the stepper card. I then coloured the image in with my pens and fussy cut her out. I used lots and lots of pre-coloured animals and embellies and sat and fussy cut them as well. And finally I cut around some of the sentiments. I added them all onto the card with 3D foam to make them stand out more.

Fiona - I have used the fantastic Work and play 9 Love and Kisses cd for my All you need is love make, Its a fantastic cd great for all those wedding and valentine makes.  The image is called True Love the papers I used and the digital stamp are available on the cd. The flowers were created using a punch I have from the papers on the cd.

Jane – Hello! I just can’t get enough of the gorgeous new LILY BUG LOVE collection so that is what I have used to make my card again this week!  The image is the super cute LILY BUG LOVE SENDING LOVE (and she is!) who comes part of the collection but you can also purchase individually if you wish! Have a happy crafty day! xxx

Helen -  I've used elements from the new Lily Bug Love collection too - you can find it as a CD here and a download here.  I've used a pre-coloured digi, papers and a sentiment layered with black card.

Gail - I decided to use the very elegant Eden Collection available on CD Rom here or as a digital download here.  All the elements on this card from the Eden collection, including the sentiment, except for a little faux stitching with a fine liner pen. 

Monica- I`m enjoying going back to my favorite craft stuff and for this challenge I made a 3d hot air balloon, of course using papers, embellisments, sentiment and an adorable digi from Lily Bug Love.

Aunty Sue - Well with a Love in the challenge it just had to be our Little Love BUG - LILY BUG didnt it. I have used Lily Love Big Heart digital image available here. A sentiment from the download added to the heart and the papers are from Set 3 available here. Added a frame which you can get here. But you know if your getting them you will have to have the full CD/ Download available here. 

Audrey, who loves to color images with scenery chose Eden Window this time.  She can also be found in the Eden Collection Big Kahuna Download Bundle.  All the papers, embellies and bows I used are from Work and Play 9 Love and Kisses Download Collection.  I love all the Polkadoodles download collections because each time I explore them, I find something new!  This time I found the design sheets in the Work and Play 9 Love and Kisses Download Collection - they are sheets with all the elements needed to complete a card.  I used the border from one of the design sheets as well as the cut out hearts for my card.  I additionally used one of the ribbons, which I put a wooden heart on top - wooden heart colored with my air brush using Copic marker.  Finally, I cut one of the hearts and one for the flowers out of the design papers from Work and Play 9 Love and Kisses Download Collection for additional embellies and added Stickles to the flower.

Great makes from the DT again this week, wowee!

Now for the winner and top three from Week 3 Stitching Challenge....

The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:

# 17 Lynda

Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW03001 to claim your prize of £5 of downloads from the store. 

And in no particular order the top three chosen by the design team are:

# 23 Mirella DK #2

# 17 Lynda

#21 Mags

Well done everyone, we loved all the entries this week! Grab your blinkies from the top bar!  Thank you all so much for your entries, it means so much to us that you join us each week.

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