Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: March 2016

Tuesday, 29 March 2016

wk 13 - Spring Colours- Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday

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Happy Choosday everyone.

It’s Digi Choosday and you know what that means

Your discount code for this week is:

HOPPIT
which will save you 25% off selected digi stamp downloads
when you spend over £2.25 for today only *EXPIRES MIDNIGHT GMT 29/03/2016
Just enter the code in the shop HERE

Have you visited the website yet to buy your brand new Stamp Soup Collections called Lavender Tea and Lemonade Fizz and the co-ordinating CD’s as well as the wonderful uber cute Winnie Sugar Sprinkles.

The Stamp Soup and CD collections are now on pre-order on the website so hurry and bag yours now before they all go whoosh again!! You can also buy the CD’s on their own for each collection and there are also downloadable versions available too.

All the details are HERE

JUST BEFORE WE GET TO THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE SOME OTHER NEWS...
We decided to make things a little more interesting around here so we are now introducing an extra Winners slot for our challenges every week, called
FEATHER IN MY CAP
Basically we will be awarding Special Feathers to our favourite Top 3 entries that use a Polkadoodles image and you will be entered onto the Feathery League Board - this is so fun, so check out the RULES on the tab at the top of the page HERE - you even get a Feathery badge if you're awarded a feather!

Now onto the new challenge

Spring Colours

Maybe you could make a thank you card for an Easter present you’ve received with a lovely bunch of yellow daffodils on or maybe another flower or maybe you could make a scrapbook layout featuring a lovely spring photograph or even a piece of 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 top bar if you need to.

CLOSING DATE IS 12^th April 2016,winners will be announced on 19^th April 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 10 can be found at the bottom of this post.

So let’s see what the design team have made for us and we're beginning with a tutorial from Audrey....

Audrey chose all her elements for her project this week from the Lemonade Fizz Download Collection - the template for the watering can, papers, digis and sentiment can all be found in the Lemonade Fizz Download Collection. Additionally, I used my Copics as watercolors when coloring these flower and butterfly images and wanted to share a quick tutorial on how you can also achieve this effect. You will need your markers, colorless blender ink and a water pen. Fill the water pen with colorless blender, then begin coloring by saturating each small area you are about to color with the colorless blender ink and apply your Copics over it. Continue to go over the image with the water pen while you add other colors and blend out your coloring until you achieve your desired results. Below is the finished product, you can see more angles on the watering can as well as photos of my tutorial by visiting my blog. Hugs:)

Lynda: I'm a big fan of Spring color's so really enjoyed making this card :-) I used the beautiful Winnie sugar sprinkles collection this week, which is a must have for all your spring projects. The sentiment, banner and flowers are all included along side so much more. If you wanted to buy the flowers bundle separately , you can here

Tanya - For this week's challenge I've used one of the older images from the Octavia Frosted Winter Collection called the Arctic Unicorn available HERE as a single black and white digi which I've coloured in pastel coloured pencils and combined her with papers and the sentiment DREAM from the Octavia Moonfly Collection available HERE on download.

More details on my blog.

Jane – Hello! So for a Spring Colour challenge what better collection to use than the ridiculously gorgeous WINNIE SUGAR SPRINKLES SPRINGTIME BUNDLE! My brother and his wife moved house last week so I made them a new home card using lots (and lots) of the amazing pre-coloured elements. Have a lovely crafty day! xxx

Fiona - For this weeks make I have used the new work and play 12 collection the image is called lollipop lady school crossing and used some of digital elements and paper from lollipop and lady school crossing design sheets The flowers used are from Lavender Tea the kit is so fantastic for all your birthdays etc.

Anjie - I have used the colours Blue and Green and an image from the fab Lavender Tea download collection and printed it out a few times to decoupage it. I have coloured it with Kuretake Gansai Tanbi watercolours paints. More details and photos on my blog.

Helen - I've used the 'Opera Singer Girl' digi download which is available here on its own or as part of the 'Work and Play 8 Feel the Music' download here. The digi download has been coloured with Promakers and I've also used papers from the download collection.

Monica-Of course, for this challenge I had to used "Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Collection". I made an interactive card with a butterfly fluttering around the adorable Winnie. I also used the lovely nested flowers included in the collection.

Gail - I've used the Lemonade Fizz digi collection to create my card for this weeks challenge. The collection is available as download here or you can get the best value for money by purchasing the CD-Rom and stamp collection together here. The background was made using blending inks and fluid acrylic ink sprays, more details over on my blog.

Great makes from the DT I’m sure you will agree.

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Now for the winner and top three from week 10 Easter/Flowers Challenge....

The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is: # 20 Lena K

Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW010001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store! Here is your new Winners Badge to display on your blog:

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

# 28 Lucy Patrick

# 30 Bettina

#13 Vannessa

Grab your brand spanking new badge below

So, here are this week's Feather in Your Cap winners:

These are our fave entries that used a Polkadoodles image for this challenge

#35 Carole J

#28 Lucy Patrick

Well done Feathery friends! You have all been added to the league board with our first Feathers - so now you can put a Feather in Your Cap and use our Feather badge on your blogs!

Each week the league board will be updated so we can all keep track and at the end of the season our Winning Featherist will receive a special Polkadoodles prize!

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

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Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Week 12 Flower Frenzy - Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday

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Your discount code for this week is:

CHOOSDAY
which will save you 33% off digistamp downloads
when you spend over £2.25 for today only *EXPIRES MIDNIGHT GMT 22/3/2016

Just enter the code in the shop HERE

Oh my word!!...20 minute sellouts! Gosh!

Did you see our very own Nikky Hall on Create & Craft TV on Friday?
Watch the 9am show HERE:
and you can watch the 1pm show HERE
but be quick because the shows will disappear off the schedule in the next few days!
Action packed with brand new Stamp Soup Collections called Lavender Tea and Lemonade Fizz and the co-ordinating CD’s as well as the wonderful uber cute Winnie Sugar Sprinkles.

All the details are HERE

JUST BEFORE WE GET TO THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE SOME OTHER NEWS...

We decided to make things a little more interesting around here so we are now introducing an extra Winners slot for our challenges every week, called
FEATHER IN MY CAP
Basically we will be awarding Special Feathers to our favourite Top 3 entries that use a Polkadoodles image and you will be entered onto the Feathery League Board - this is so fun, so check out the RULES on the tab at the top of the page HERE - you even get a Feathery badge if you're awarded a feather!

This week the challenge is
Flower Frenzy

So we want to see your makes that include flowers….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 5^th April 2016

and the winners will be announced on 12^th April 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 9 can be found at the bottom of this post.

So let’s see what the design team have made for us, and we’re starting off with a tutorial from Jane…

Jane – Hello! It’s my turn to share a little tutorial with you today. I have used the gorgeous WINNIE SUGAR SPRINKLES SPRINGTIME BUNDLE featuring the super cute EASTER BUNNY to make my diorama/shadow box/theatre card thingy (not its real name)! So if you want to see how this…..

…became this…..

….pop over to my blog to find out! Have a lovely crafty day! xxx

Tanya - For this week's Flower Frenzy Challenge I've made my first ever pop up box card featuring flower embellies and a sentiment and paper from the Lily Bug Love Collection that you can get on download or CD versions and little itty bitty collections too and black and white digis for you to colour yourself. Full details on my blog.

Fiona - Hi everyone this week I have used the new collection Stamp soup Lemonade Fizz
a great cd with loads of flowers. I used the wheelbarrow template to create my make. As well as all the abundance of flowers available on the cd.

Audrey chose New Bonnet image from Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime Download Collection which I added to one of the cut and create templates from Paper Boutique CD Collection Volume 1, which is this lovely flower pot card. I also added extra flowers from Work and Play Volume 12 Big Kahuna Download Collection. Hope you like it, hugs:)

Monica- For this week make, I`m working with a beautiful birdhouse template included on Twiggy & Toots collection. To add the flower frenzy look, I used one of it`s beautiful flower pattern paper and then I 3d the flowers. The bird, nest, butterfly and of course the lovely digi are all included in this collection.

Gail - I just had to use the brand new release Lavender Tea, I just lurvee this new collection and the co-ordinating stamp collection is fabulous. There's a brilliant pre-order deal available for the CD-Rom and stamp set for both the Lavender Tea and Lemonade Fizz collections, available here and is a great value for money.

Helen - I've used elements from the 'Lily Love Bug' collection (available here as a CD and here as a download) to create my card. I enlarged one of the flower embellishments to make a layer for my card and then added more smaller flowers and a sentiment to the topper.

Lynda: This week I used the beautiful Winnie sugar sprinkles springtime collection. The image is one of the many toppers you get on the cd, it's so cute!!! The papers, flowers and sentiments I used are also included in this collection. Lynda xx

Now for the winners from week 9 Ladies Ladies Ladies.....

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

# 37 Leann http://paperdollscreations.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/blue-spring.html

Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW09001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store! Here is your new Winners Badge to display on your blog:

And in no particular order the

TOP THREE FAVOURITES

chosen by the design team are:

#8 Lucy Patrick
#33 Heather M
#36 Andrea Norris

Grab your brand spanking new badges below:

So, here are our first

TOP 3 FAVOURITE FEATHER

CHOICES

these are our Top 3 fave entries that used a Polkadoodles image

#33 Heather
#20 Lucy
#10 Paper Whims

Well done Feathery friends! You have all been added to the league board with our first Feathers - so now you can put a Feather in Your Cap and use our Feather badge on your blogs!

Each week the league board will be updated so we can all keep track and at the end of the season our Winning Featherist will receive a special Polkadoodles prize!

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

1.	Kym - UK	4.	Marjeta	7.	Twila
2.	Billie A	5.	Jen L	8.	You're next!
3.	saskia pullen	6.	Paper Whims

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Week 11 - Thinking Of You - 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

Your discount code for this week is:

THIRTY
which will save you
30% off selected single digital stamps
when you spend over £2.25 for today only
*EXPIRES MIDNIGHT GMT 15/03/2016

Just enter the code in the shop HERE

Tune into Create & Craft
Friday 18th March at 9am and 1pm
(Yes, that's right, Nikky's on twice in the day. Whooooop!!!)
and she'll have
4 NEW RELEASE PRODUCTS
to share with you, that you will not want to miss (really you won't want to!)

Get your Sky Plus boxes or whatever set to record or if you miss the live shows you can catch them on Create & Craft Catch Up for seven days afterwards by clicking on this link HERE
AND don't forget about all the fabulous releases we've already got waiting for you in the store...
The fabulous lovely Lily Bug Love ....

and the fabulous Work & Play 12 Collection and the uber cute Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Collection

Now onto the new challenge....

Thinking Of You....

Maybe somebody in your family or a close friend has been ill, or going through a difficult time, have moved away or just needs somebody to let them know they’re being thought of. What better way to show somebody they’re being thought of than making a card or a handmade item, a scrapbook layout or even a piece of 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.

We give you two weeks to enter so that means the

CLOSING DATE IS 29^th March 2016, winners will be announced on 5^th April 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 8 can be found at the bottom of this post.

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

and we're starting the week off with another tutorial by Lynda:

Lynda: This week I decided to make a get well soon card using the gorgeous Work & Play-12 Big Kahuna Bundle. There's a little tutorial on my blog which shows you how I made my card, so pop on over to learn how to make a Double Dutch card base.

Monica-For this week's make I´m using an adorable CD collection that is on sale All Around & Everywhere. This collection is full of beautiful papers and colourful elements and I found a lovely dachshund that reminds me my beloved pet Coco that passed 2.5 years ago.

Fiona - For this week's make Thinking of You I have used a wonderful paper from the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles collection as well as some of the gorgeous embellishments. More details found on my blog.

Tanya - For this week's make I have used one of the Colour Therapy Pages from the Inspiring Foliage Collection and the sentiment from the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Collection and the ladybirds from the Lily Bug Love collection. You can find more details of what I used to colour it with on my blog

Jane – Hello! So I took the ‘Thinking of You’ theme very literally and made a shaker card using the fabby WORK AND PLAY 12 featuring the female scientist thinking of her geeky boyfriend. Awwww! It must be chemistry!! J Have a lovely crafty day! xxx

Helen - my 'Thinking of You' card is very simple using pastel colours and a little bit of sparkle. I've used one of the digis from the 'Serenity Fairy Wishes Collection' coloured with Promarkers and with some sparkle on her wings. You can buy the collection as a download or a CD The green paper is from the same collection and the sentiment is from the new 'Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Collection' available here as a download or here as a CD.

Gail - I choose a sentiment that just makes me smile every time I read it! The sentiment and the very graceful fairy are from the delightful Polkadoodles Serenity collection, the collection is available on CD-Rom here or as an instant download here. I also used the Distressed Wood printable papers from Polkadoodles, available as an instant download here.

Audrey continues her obsession with Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime Download Bundle, using elements from it to make a card this time around. I chose this cute image already in its frame and colored it with Copics. All the other papers and flowers I used are from different design sheets found in Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime Download Bundle. My sentiment is also from the collection.

Anjie - I have used the ever so cute Lily Bug Love collection which is available on download as a whole kit HERE. Or as separates HERE. I have coloured her with my Graph'It Markers and backed all the papers onto black card to make everything pop.