Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Challenge 7, week 1 - Anything Goes - Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge - Digi Choosday

 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 a HUGE 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.)

This challenge is 4 weekly - giving you 4 weeks to enter with $70 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 Prizes (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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Have you seen all our new releases? 
If you love decorating and making mixed media projects with ephemera and chipboard etc you have to check out all our latest MDF kits - they're GORGE - AND we have a beautiful new gardening collection full of amazing stamps, dies, papers - AND 2 new digital releases too!

Phew! It's a BUSY BUSY month here!



Check out our latest digital printables - full of gorgeous bees and gnomes perfect for any occasion...



So let's see what the Design Team have been making this week...they were asked to make an unusual shaped card...


Betsy - Hello everyone! Hope you are doing well and enjoying the summer! Today I'm sharing an adorable card using: Winnie Sunbathing, Coast Beach Sea Scene and Winnie Starfish Quotes. This came together quickly and turned out so cute! I sized everything in the computer and printed it out onto white cardstock. I used a fancy rectangle die to die cut a card base and a card panel after I had printed the design out. I ink blended the background some so there wouldn't be so much to color. I colored up Winnie in my favorite pink and orange combo after adding coloring to the background and blending out the inking that I did. I die cut the sentiment and colored it orange, edging it with copper ink. After the coloring of Winnie was done, it was time to embellish. I used tiny shell sequins, white Nuvo Drops on the waves and a shimmer pen through-out! And my project was finished! Copic Colors used: W0, W1, W3, W5, C0, C1, C2, R05, R37, R39, R59, YG11, G94, G82, Y02, Y21, Y38, YR12,
YR00, YR02, YR04, RV14, RV29, RV04, RV10,RV06, BV0000, B32, B39, B29, B00, 100,E00,
E02, E08, E31, E35, E40, E43

Kim S - This weeks theme was an unusual shape water/ocean themed(no mermaids) and I immediately went for my favourite girl Winnie. I chose Winnie sitting at the docks edge in a coloured version which i took from one of the many design sheets available in the Starfish and Sandcastles set. So easy and so much fun to design my unusual shaped card around. My digital design papers come from this paper set. I placed a few palm trees which i coloured with my Copic markers and added glitter to for that extra sparkle as my final touch.

Ana - This starfish-shaped mixed media piece is a celebration of sea and sky! I started with plain white cardstock and layered on Distress Oxides in Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, and Uncharted Mariner. I added texture with gesso and stenciled bubbles, then built it up with fussy cut elements from the Coral Mermaid printable papers, added ribbons and flowers for depth. Sequins, liquid pearls, and a beautiful sentiment from the same collection—Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, and drink the wild air—tie it all together. Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts Facebook: My Cat and Crafts

Kaye - There's nothing more unusual than the random shapes of pools - well the non competition/ olympic type of pool anyway. For this week, I decided to make a card shaped like a pool and used the Winnie Starfish/Sandcastles - Flipflops/sandals printable stamp as accents and the "You're Stuck With Me" sentiment which is part of the Honeypie Greetings to compliment a summer lovin' themed card. Using a cutting machine, I cut the card into a "Pool" shape and cut the same shape for the gutters.Then using Ohuhu Markers, I simulated the water pool texture and topped it with a gel pen in white and some parts with Ranger's Glossy Medium to make it appear like the pool is ready to be splashed in. I hope you enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed making it.

Martine - Hello, here is my next card for you. We had to use a unusal shape for this one. I used some digi's for this card...the first is called Winnie Starfish/sandcastles bikini/swimming .The second one is Flip Flops Sandals . And the last one is Suncream . Then i used background papers... Winnie Starfish /Sandcastles paper 2 . And again that text...some are really hilarious... Rebel with attitude snips. Hope you like it!

Ana - Dive into creativity and memory keeping with this ocean-inspired mini album! Each shell-shaped page is cut with my Cricut and lined with a different Coral Mermaid printable pattern paper, bringing under-the-sea vibes to life. It’s ring-bound with my miniCinch and topped off with a glittery cover for that perfect summer and beach sparkle! Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts Facebook: My Cat and Crafts



Nina - Hello everyone! This week I used one of the scene digis from the store called River and Reeds - these are great if you want to practice colouring backgrounds or adding extra details to a digistamp. I merged it with this cute Beach Inflatable Flamingo Noodle Panda bear



Thanks so much to the team for their GORGEOUS inspiration this week!
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Remember, this challenge is Challenge 7, Week 1
opened: July 2nd 2025, 8:00 am
closes: July 27th 2025, 12:00 noon UK
Winners from this Challenge will be announced on July 30th. 
You can enter 4 times. 

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WINNERS - CHALLENGE 6

PRIZES: 
1 x Random winner of a $25 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:
Claim HERE quoting DCW7001 to claim your prize before 17 July 2025...(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"

Congratulations! You won a $10 credit to spend in the Polkadoodles store, on anything you wish including physical products.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Claim HERE quoting DCW7012 to claim your prize before 17 July  2025...(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 on 9th July with more inspiration for this challenge - good luck!

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