Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 10, Week 4 – Digi Choosday Card Making & Papercraft Challenge

 ANYTHING GOES – ANY CRAFT BRAND – EVERY CRAFTER WELCOME - WORLDWIDE

Cards • Papercraft • Scrapbooking • Mixed Media • Digital or Physical Crafting

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...this challenge is open to any crafter, anywhere in the world. You do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter - all entries are welcome!

••• ••• •••

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!

DON'T MISS IT - shop here!

Today's discount code is DC40 & will give you

40% 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 $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.

• (If you are outside the UK you will still need to pay any shipping/customs fees if you use your voucher on physical products)

•  The winners will be announced the week after the challenge closes, at the start of the next challenge

Check out our latest releases!

 

Let's see the beautiful projects from the DT this week!

Ana - Hey crafty friends! 65 days until Christmas! The countdown is on, and I'm sharing another festive project for this week's Digi Choosday using the beautiful Christmas at the Cottage collection from Polkadoodles. For these cards, I used a selection of the Christmas at the Cottage clipart and ephemera and some embossing folders. The pre-colored elements make it easy to mix and match, so holiday crafting will be a breeze and at the same time, fulfilling after seeing your pretty cards and crafts!
To make these cards, I simply printed the digital elements, fussy cut the pieces, and layered everything onto card bases using foam adhesive for extra depth. This need was a fun and relaxing way to create multiple Christmas cards at once. If you'd like to see how I created these cards, you can find my step-by-step tutorial HERE -  I hope these cards inspire you to start your own Christmas crafting!
You can also follow me for more crafty inspiration, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes projects:
Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts www.instagram.com/my.cat.and.crafts
Facebook: My Cat and Crafts https://www.facebook.com/my.cat.and.crafts
Blog: mycatandcrafts.blogspot.com
Happy crafting!

 

 

 

Nat - Hello! For my card today I used the adorable Jolly Santa digi stamp(uncoloured) and Polychromo Pencils to bring him to life. I just love the image but the little penguin trying to climb onto the top of the sack just makes my heart giggle!. The papers I used were from the Work & Play collection- Girl Fitness, don't tell the male who receives it that I used female papers ;) With the brown cardstock the papers blended in well. I embellished with some stickles and "girly" lol ( I can just here the men in my life say) staying away from Pearls and bling.
Polychromo Pencils:
Skin - Van Dyck 176, Light Ultramarine 140, Coral 131, Cinnamon 189 and Beige Red 132
Red - Walnut Brown 177, Dark Red 225, Deep Scarlet Red 219 and Coral 131
Green - Olive Green Yellowish 173, Earth green yellowish 165 and Leaf Green 112
Blue - Cold Grey V 234, Helloblue reddish 151, Phthalo Blue 110 and Sky Blue 146
White - Cold Grey III 232, Cold grey II 231 and White 101
Black - Black 199, Cold Grey V 234 and Cold Grey III 232
Gold - Black 199, Burnt Ochre 187, Dark Naples Ochre 184 and Light Yellow Glaze 104
Snow - Sky Blue 146 and White 101
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/natalieperrywalsh/
Facebook business https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100026671784259
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM4USie0u1w5sAiOWOsKYcw

Vicky - G’Day Crafty Friends!  I’m sharing a very cute card created especially for the males in your lives. Santa in this cup is ever so cute but also cheeky at the same time. As I love chopping up my patterned paper, I selected two pieces from the Christmas paper patterns 2 - printable craft card making digital downloads that I thought would work well together, randomly chopped them, then arranged and adhered the pieces to coloured cardstock. The pre-coloured Santa image from Santa Cup Christmas Gingerbread Cookie Digi Stamp has been printed twice onto white cardstock before fussy cutting one of the images & popping it up over the first. The sentiment from the JOLLY SANTA Christmas greetings, sentiment printable stamp was printed, trimmed down and layered onto the same coloured cardstock, then popped up and added to the card. And don’t be scared to add a little embellishment to male cards - sometimes they need a little something extra too!
My Blog – www.vicky-wright.com
FB - https://www.facebook.com/vickywrightdesignsaustralia
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/vickywrightdesigns
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@vickywrightdesigns
Have a crafty day!

Kim - Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing my latest Design Team card featuring the super cute Santa Penguin Gifts digital stamp from the Jolly Santa collection called Santa penguin gifts. I colored with Copics and layered with festive Christmas papers from Jolly Santa paper pack2 and Theo Penguin paper pak 2. I added glittered die-cut snowflakes, and topped off with that cheeky sentiment circle: Christmas Calories Don't Count! Total festive fun! With crafty love ❤️

Wow, so many great Halloween ideas this week - we hope you will all try some of these, we'd love you to share on Socials with us and stop by our blogs to say hello so we can follow you back too...

Thanks so much to the Design Team for their amazing creations!

Join our international card making challenge – everyone welcome!
🇳🇱 Kaarten maken challenge / kaarten challenge
🇩🇪 Karten basteln Challenge / Kartenchallenge
🇫🇷 Challenge carterie / création de cartes
🇮🇹 Challenge cardmaking / creazione di biglietti
🇪🇸 Reto de tarjetería / tarjetas hechas a mano
🇸🇪 Kortmakeri challenge / kortutmaning
🇳🇴 Kortlaging challenge / kortutfordring
🇩🇰 Kortlavning challenge / kortudfordring
🇫🇮 Korttiaskartelu challenge / korttihaaste

We hope we've inspired you to enter the challenge - we'll be back next week with more inspiration for this one - ENTER BELOW:

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Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 10, Week 3 – Digi Choosday Card Making & Papercraft Challenge

ANYTHING GOES – ANY CRAFT BRAND – EVERY CRAFTER WELCOME - WORLDWIDE

Cards • Papercraft • Scrapbooking • Mixed Media • Digital or Physical Crafting

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...this challenge is open to any crafter, anywhere in the world. You do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter - all entries are welcome!

••• ••• •••

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!

DON'T MISS IT - shop here!

Today's discount code is DC35 & will give you

35% 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 $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.

• (If you are outside the UK you will still need to pay any shipping/customs fees if you use your voucher on physical products)

•  The winners will be announced the week after the challenge closes, at the start of the next challenge

Check out our latest releases!

 

Let's see the beautiful projects from the DT this week!

How to make cute Halloween/Autumn cupcake toppers using digital stamps - handmade by Eve...

Hi there, crafty friends! It’s time for another Digi Chooday Challenge, and today’s theme is Halloween Party. For my project, I decided to make some fun Halloween cake toppers. I chose to use the Fox Ghost digi stamp,  Bear Dracula, Cute Ghost and Hedgehog Pumpkin, all of which are pre-coloured images, so they were really quick and easy to use. I also added some of the lovely sentiments from the Halloween Trick or Treat Greetings printables too. After printing and cutting out the images, I used various circle dies to cut them into neat circles. I then attached each one to a cocktail stick and finished them off with a little ribbon. They would be perfect for adding a fun Halloween touch to cupcakes or a party table! I hope you like my Halloween cake toppers, and good luck to everyone who enters the challenge!
Happy crafting! Eve x

How to create a fun Halloween party banner - handmade by Paula...

I love to make Halloween decorations for our Halloween party. I just prefer to have unique décor that you cannot find in all the popular stores. I made a haunted house themed banner to hang at the fireplace. Each panel has mica sprays on the background with each one with a different house and moon. Each house is printed and then cut from this collection – no coloring! I am really thrilled with how festive and beautiful it came out.  To finish it off I used Distress Mica Stains in Fortune Teller, Harvest Moon, Jack o’Lantern, Burning Ember, Phantom Mist, Specimen Distress Oxide Inks in: Iced Spruce, Walnut Stain, Black Soot, Fossilized Amber. Hope you like it! See you next time - I’d love to follow you on Socials, here’s mine if you’d like to give me a follow too!
https://www.facebook.com/paulasstudiomi
https://www.instagram.com/paulasstudiomi/

How to make Handmade Halloween decorations using digital stamps - handmade by Kathie....

Good morning and welcome to all my crafty friends and another Digi Choosday! This fortnight our design team’s theme is Halloween Party. I really had to get me head around this, as Halloween when I grew up here in New Zealand wasn’t celebrated. Something that happened overseas which you saw on TV. When my boys were about 6 and 8 they did go off Trick & Treating with a friend's daughter who was about 14-15 at the time. I was worried sick while they were out, but I couldn’t get over the loot they brought home in their bags with them! The funny part about it was my two didn’t really like sweets, they enjoyed the small packets of crisps. They are now 27-25 and neither of them are big sweet eaters. I think my eldest son's wife makes up for both of them as she has a very sweet tooth. What do you make for a Halloween party, usually there are drinks so I made Halloween straws. The image I used was this CREEPY CREATURES BAT and I use a pre-coloured image, I don’t know why, as I added to the images and I fussy cut them out. This image also comes as a black & white image to colour yourself. I used GNOME TRICK OR TREAT HALLOWEEN PAPER - printable of course - and used the striped paper for the straws, which I rolled over a knitting needle, and used the chevron multi coloured paper for the badges. The wording I made up myself and printed it. The image was coloured with the following Copic Chio marker Black 100 and a white gel pen. I look forward to visiting your blogs soon. Happy crafting and Halloween everyone. You can find my complete instructions on my blog here.Kathie’z Kardz https://kathiezkardz.blogspot.com/

How to make beautifully cute and fun handmade Halloween cake toppers - handmade by Wendy...

Hello everyone, it's nearly Halloween and if you are planning on hosting a party then why not make some halloween cake toppers! It's a really quick and easy project. I have used the Hocus Pocus Collection for my scary cake toppers today - printing out several of the pre-coloured images such as these gorgeous Witches and fussy cutting them out. Next I used a fancy edged circular die to cut out 6 discs of black card and 6 smaller discs of purple and orange card, to create 6 topper bases. I then adhered the scary coloured images to the topper bases using foam tape. I added a little distress ink onto the sentiment style toppers to co-ordinate with the design. To create each cake topper I used hot glue to adhere pinchos sticks (Spanish Tapas sticks), onto the back of each topper. Finishing touches were metallic gelly roll pen and white gelly roll pen highlights and lots of lovely sparkly gems. The spooky cakes are actually shop bought Magdalena's, ( shh no one will ever know ) simply wrapped with a couple of pieces of lime green and orange metallic tissue paper, secured in place with yellow elastic bands. It doesn't have to be complicated to create a plate full of fun that would be perfect for any Halloween party. My biggest problem will be stopping my hubby eating them LOL I hope you like my Halloween project and will join in the fun in the blog challenge this week. Have a fantastic week. Love and crafty hugs x. I would love it if you could follow me on social: https://olivefarmcrafts.blogspot.com/

Create a super cute Halloween Panda card using printable digital stamps - hand created by Jane...

Hello everyone. Halloween is fast approaching and I have used this gorgeous digi, BEAR DRACULA, for my project today. He is from the adorable HELLO AUTUMN collection, and I decided to use my Copics to colour him as a panda, those big black rings around his eyes seemed to suit the theme. I used some edging dies to cut around one of the backing papers from PRETTY PAPERS SET 1, and the black mat behind it, then fussy cut my image and placed him to stand on the pumpkin on the paper. I used a die from the SPOOKY PUMPKINS set (grab it, it’s on sale!) to cut out a sentiment from the HELLO AUTUMN GREETING BUNDLE and added a few tiny bat die-cuts to finish.

Handmade by Ana..
Hi everyone! For this week's challenge, I created a sweet and whimsical Artist Trading Card (ATC) featuring Witch with Cat digi stamp from Polkadoodles. Instead of the traditional Halloween colors, I reached for soft pinks and pastels to give this project a fun "Halloween... but not quite" feel! To add a little personality, I paired it with the "Please cancel my subscription to your issues" sentiment from the Wanda Messages and Quotes collection. I have to admit, I'm really loving this sentiment collection! The snarky quotes always make me laugh, and I think I might just start building my own little ATC collection featuring Wanda's hilarious sentiments. They seem perfect for these tiny pieces of art!
I finished the background with patterned paper from the Winnie Sunshine Delights collection, subtle script stamping, stenciling, and a few embellishments for extra texture and dimension.
Want to recreate this ATC? You can find my full step-by-step tutorial HERE.
I hope this little ATC inspires you to try a non-traditional color palette for your Halloween makes!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to follow me on my social media for more cardmaking, journaling, and paper crafting inspiration, and don't forget to join us in this week's Digi Choosday challenge.
Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts www.instagram.com/my.cat.and.crafts
Facebook: My Cat and Crafts https://www.facebook.com/my.cat.and.crafts
Blog: mycatandcrafts.blogspot.com
Happy crafting!

Wow, so many great Halloween ideas this week - we hope you will all try some of these, we'd love you to share on Socials with us and stop by our blogs to say hello so we can follow you back too...

Thanks so much to the Design Team for their amazing creations!

Join our international card making challenge – everyone welcome!
🇳🇱 Kaarten maken challenge / kaarten challenge
🇩🇪 Karten basteln Challenge / Kartenchallenge
🇫🇷 Challenge carterie / création de cartes
🇮🇹 Challenge cardmaking / creazione di biglietti
🇪🇸 Reto de tarjetería / tarjetas hechas a mano
🇸🇪 Kortmakeri challenge / kortutmaning
🇳🇴 Kortlaging challenge / kortutfordring
🇩🇰 Kortlavning challenge / kortudfordring
🇫🇮 Korttiaskartelu challenge / korttihaaste

We hope we've inspired you to enter the challenge - we'll be back next week with more inspiration for this one - ENTER BELOW:

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Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 10, Week 2 – Digi Choosday Card Making & Papercraft Challenge

 ANYTHING GOES – ANY CRAFT BRAND – EVERY CRAFTER WELCOME - WORLDWIDE

Cards • Papercraft • Scrapbooking • Mixed Media • Digital or Physical Crafting

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...this challenge is open to any crafter, anywhere in the world. You do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter - all entries are welcome!

••• ••• •••

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!

DON'T MISS IT - shop here!

Today's discount code is DC35 & will give you

35% 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 $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.

• (If you are outside the UK you will still need to pay any shipping/customs fees if you use your voucher on physical products)

•  The winners will be announced the week after the challenge closes, at the start of the next challenge

Check out our latest releases!

Let's see the beautiful projects from the DT this week!

Ana - Hello, crafty friends! For this week's Digi Choosday Challenge, I created a clean and simple birthday card with a little twist, I used a Christmas digi for a birthday card! It’s good to always remember that sometimes, all it takes is a different color palette and sentiment to give a seasonal image a whole new purpose. For this card, I used Mabel Christmas digi stamp and paired it with the Age is Just a Number sentiment from the Wanda Messages & Quotes collection. I also chose soft shades of purple. I hope this project inspires you to look at your digital stamps in a different way and stretch your stash even further. You might be surprised by how versatile they really are!
If you want to learn more about how I made this card, you can read about it HERE...
If you enjoyed this project, I'd love for you to follow along on my crafty adventures. You can find me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, and my blog by searching My Cat and Crafts. I share cardmaking tutorials, paper crafting inspiration, and lots more creative fun.
Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts www.instagram.com/my.cat.and.crafts
Facebook: My Cat and Crafts https://www.facebook.com/my.cat.and.crafts

Maria - Birthdays are such a big part of our family’s autumn celebrations — and really, gold and shimmer feel perfect for any special occasion, don’t they? For this birthday card, I die-cut leaves from the Sweet Poinsettia flower Dies and used them as stencils to build my background. I blended yellow, orange and red ink across the panel, then added delicate gold speckles and traced over some leaf veins with a gold brush pen. Using the Nested Heart Dies, I cut out all sorts of pretty details from shiny copper cardstock and soft tinted white, then arranged them gently. To finish, I added the Celebrate sentiment die - sending the warmest wishes to whoever receives this one. Here's my socialmedia:
www.instagram.com/mariele.makes/
https://www.facebook.com/share/16DYyAdSg1/
https://youtube.com/@mariele_makes?si=RoCeqNpH_xbuJ7QD
https://www.tiktok.com/@marielemakes?_r=1&_t=ZG-99cHwsEO2iG

Vicky - G’Day Crafty Friends, I’ve created a fun Pop-Up Easel card for today mixing blues & browns. Perfect for celebrating that special occasion. The Flower Birthday Celebration Cake with Candles Digital Stamp comes coloured & non-coloured which means you have 2 choices. I went with the already coloured one & printed it out twice so that I could pop a couple of flowers with Foam Tape. It’s been teamed it with the lovely Bee Buzzy Stripes & Gingham Printable Paper Patterns. I think a perfect match! I love that you can mix & match the digi products. The sentiment is from the Birthday Sentiments & Greetings Digi Stamp which is full of lovely sentiments for birthdays. This fun fold is a great way to add that little wow factor to handmade cards. The dimensional design stands beautifully for display, while still folding down for posting & gifting. Enjoy your day. Vicky

Nat - Hello Everyone!! My card is using the Scorpio Digital stamp, I thought she was sooo gorgeous. I fell in love with her gorgeous hair, I'm not sure I could handle the brushing if it was my hair but I love her. I coloured with Copics, repeating the colour combination for unity. I used the Everyday Sentiment pack which has sooo many sentiments. One side is Christmas base and the other is Everyday sentiments and there is soo soo many in the pack.
Copics Used
Skin - E13, E00 and E50
Hair - E57, E47 and E41
Teal - BG18, BG13 and BG11
Grey - C5, C3 and C1
Shoes - 110, C9, C7 and C5
Lavender - BV04, BV02 and BV00
Wood - E47, E57 and E43
My Social Media: 
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/natalieperrywalsh/
Facebook businesshttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100026671784259
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM4USie0u1w5sAiOWOsKYcw

Kim - For my latest Design Team project, I wanted to lean into those cozy, crisp feelings of the new season using the gorgeous new Hello Autumn digital collection from Polkadoodles. This time around, I decided to work with one of their adorable pre-coloured cliparts, and I am just in love with how it turned out! I created an interactive easel card structure using soft pastel cardstock and patterned papers that perfectly complement the autumn theme. To make the centerpiece really pop, I printed an 2 extra copies of the gorgeous sunflower bouquet, did some careful fussy cutting, and layered portions of the flowers using dimensional foam.
The Star of the Show is this precious little hedgehog digistamp hugging such a massive, cheerful bouquet of sunflowers just melts my heart. I finished the focal panel with a delicate scalloped edge and some subtle sparkle.  The sentiment panel Nuts about you, also comes from the new Hello Autumn digital set and there’s so many fun ones to choose from. paired with matching pastel florals and delicate pearl accents to tie the whole pastel-and-autumn palette together.  My digital paper choices too come from the same set. Easel cards are so much fun to make because they fold flat for mailing but stand up so proudly for display on a desk or mantel. Happy crafting, everyone!

Ana - Hello, crafty friends! Today I’m sharing another cozy autumn card featuring Hello Autumn character digi, Bear and Mouse Scarf. I paired this cute digi with the coordinating Hello Autumn Pattern Papers Set A and a matching sentiment to create a warm card sending warm hugs that’s perfect for the season. I had a relaxing and fun time creating this design using a card sketch as my starting point. If you’d like to see the sketch I used and read more about how I adapted it for this project, be sure to visit my blog for all the details! You can read about this card HERE.  Don’t forget to check out the beautiful Hello Autumn Collection on the Polkadoodles website and join the latest Digi Choosday Challenge, we’d love to see what you create!
For more crafty inspiration, you can also follow me:
Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts www.instagram.com/my.cat.and.crafts
Facebook: My Cat and Crafts https://www.facebook.com/my.cat.and.crafts
Blog: mycatandcrafts.blogspot.com
Happy crafting!

Thanks so much to the Design Team for their amazing creations!

Join our international card making challenge – everyone welcome!
🇳🇱 Kaarten maken challenge / kaarten challenge
🇩🇪 Karten basteln Challenge / Kartenchallenge
🇫🇷 Challenge carterie / création de cartes
🇮🇹 Challenge cardmaking / creazione di biglietti
🇪🇸 Reto de tarjetería / tarjetas hechas a mano
🇸🇪 Kortmakeri challenge / kortutmaning
🇳🇴 Kortlaging challenge / kortutfordring
🇩🇰 Kortlavning challenge / kortudfordring
🇫🇮 Korttiaskartelu challenge / korttihaaste

We hope we've inspired you to enter the challenge - we'll be back next week with more inspiration for this one - ENTER BELOW:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter