Wk 51 Digi Choosday - Anything Goes Crafting Challenge

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As always, this week's challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

Make anything you like, You can use any products you like to enter.
We don’t have many rules but check them out in the top bar if you need to.
CLOSING DATE : 2nd January 2018
PRIZE: The random winner (chosen by Random.org) will receive a voucher for 3 digi downloads of your choice from the digi store!

The team are taking a little break, so this is our last challenge of the year, but we'll be back with a new one again on 2nd January to welcome you all back after the holidays...

So lets see what our Design Team have made this week....

Yvonne - Hello! This is the final week of Digi Choosday for this year and I guess it is fitting that the Design Team where asked to think of the theme 'Thanks'. So thank you to everyone who comes past each week and takes part in our challenge. For my card this week I used the wonderful 'Winnie Fruit Punch' which you can browse following this link here. I opted to use 'Make a List' - which you can get the single B&W digi stamp here.  I made a 7x7 card using papers from Winnie Sugar Sprinkles - which is available as Paper Heaven 1.  The word art 'Thanks' and the flowers are also from Sugar Sprinkles and are here and here respectively.  Winnie is coloured with Copic Markers, full details on my blog.

Anjie - I have used the Winne White Christmas collection to make this, actually the alphabet from the collection. I printed all the letters out onto glossy paper and fussy cut them all out. I used some simple matting and layering on this to keep it simple and be all about the thank you. I've also used the Polkadoodles Flower Flourish die, and the Polkadoodles Flower 2 die. I've actually made two of these, one for my cuzzie for having us for Christmas, and one for our friends for having us over for New Year.

Julie Reed - For my Thank You make I have folded a 12 x 12 double sided paper to make a frame and used a pre-coloured image and sentiment from the so sweet Winnie Sugar Sprinkles.

Katrina ~ My thank you is for my Father in Law.  The focal point and musical symbols are all from Work & Play 8 Feel the Music.   The background stripes are from Winnie White Christmas.  The sentiment is from Winnie Fruit Punch. 

Julia I have based my Thank you card on the gorgeous January - See the Signs I have coloured her up using my Copic Markers. I stamped up the Sentiment using Elegant Alphabet I then teamed it up with some papers from the Stampin Unicorn, I used Wonerland & Fourni and I added some flowers from the gorgeous Pretty Paper Flowers I also added a few extra details with the Birdhouse Doublet Dies and Elegant Lamplight & Gate and finally I stamped round the edges using Doodle Stitched Borders...

Željka-Hello!!! For this week I used adorable Cutiepie from Lil Miss Sugarpops 1 Download Kit

and made CAS card.

Hester - Thanks everyone. For this week I made this Thanks card from several sheet and paper from the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles kit.

Jane S - So this is my 'thank you' card for all our loyal followers that have supported the challenge and the team throughout 2017; we really do appreciate it. I have used the stunning January - Nature Lover and some wonderful Polkadoodles dies...Toadstool Border, Elegant Nests and Elegant Lamplight & Gate. Have a wonderful Christmas everyone and a happy & healthy 2018! xxx

Jane P- This week I used the Lil Sugarpops #2 collection for my "Thank You" card.  Thank you to all my wonderful Team Mates and for you Nikky.  

Great work from the team as always! 

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

WINNERS and TOP 3 from week 48.....

Claims must be received by 29/12/17, please refer to Challenge rules at top of blog.
The WINNER chosen at random by www.random.org is:
16 Lovely Linda
Please email us HERE quoting DCW500001 to claim your prize of 3 digi images from the digi store!
And in no particular order the top 3 picked by the design team....
20, Tiziana B
32, Ines
12, Chris

Thanks again for everyone who joined us this week and we can't wait to see what you make for us this week...

Merry Christmas - we hope you all have a wonderful time with your loved ones and we'll see you back here on 2nd January for the next challenge!

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Wk 30 - Anything Goes - Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday for Polkadoodles

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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:

CHOOSE30

to save 30% on individual digital stamp downloads (not collections)

*EXPIRES MIDNIGHT EST 26/07/2016

Just enter the code in the shop HERE

We hope you’ve been splashing around and having watery fun with our brand new
Meribelle Mermaid
collection of 30 digis and also the little collections of three available as well.  They co-ordinate perfectly with the Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles collection.  You can get your collections right HERE and HERE.

This week's challenge is...
ANYTHING GOES

You can use any products you like to enter as long as it follows the themes for this week. We don’t have many rules but check them out in the top bar if you need to.

CLOSING DATE is 9th August 2016, winners will be announced on 16^th August 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 27 Clean & Simple Challenge can be found at the bottom of this post.

So let’s see what the design team have made for us - the team had to all use some kind of punch/die-cut on their makes….

Jane S – Hello! Oooh the new mermaids that Nikky had created are totally GORGEOUS and I have used MERIBELLE SWISHY TAIL for my card today, putting her inside the DRINK ME BOTTLE  from the WINNIE IN WONDERLAND COLLECTION . The other elements I’ve used can be found on the WINNIE STARFISH AND SANDCASTLES VIP BUNDLE that matches so perfectly with these stunning fishy ladies!!  Have a lovely crafty day! xxx

Tanya - So like Jane, I have used the Meribelle collection and the digi called Meribelle Friends which can be bought as a 3 for 2 package right HERE and the Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles collection to make my shaker card. The die cut I have used is the little seagull on top of the sentiment and the lighthouse. Hope you like it.  Full details on my blog together with another little surprise too. 

Anjie - On this card I have used a flower from the Tropical Paradise Flamingo clear stamp set. I have stamped them out 3 times, coloured them with my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour paints. I cut some fancy edge circle mats and layers using an essential Tattered Lace die set. I then layered the flowers up using 3D foam pads to give them some dimension. More details and photos on my blog.

Fiki- for this week challenge I use image Winnie from Starfish/Sandcastles collection.

I use ink tool to make blue background. I fussy cut this cute crab and put him on the card.

Jacki I had so much fun making this card I used papers and image from the Winnie Fruit Punch collection available HERE.  I used for you Winnie and coloured her with Prisma and Derwent colour soft pencils Then made the flowers using various dies and punches on watercolour paper which I coloured with distress inks, to finish off I added a large fussy bow

Nancy: For my card I used the wonderful Winnie Fruit Punch collection. I coloured the sweet Winnie digi called Dandelion Day with Spectrum Noir Markers. The lovely striped paper, and the sentiment, are also from the kit! I added some decorative die-cuts, and punched a border along the side of the mat behind the image.

Monica.-I´m in my Christmas in July mood (I love Christmas and any excuse is good enough to start Christmas crafting).  For my card I used Nativity, angels and snowflake doily cutting files from Picknix 2.-Gingerbread Twist (did you know that 35 beautiful cutting files are included in that collection). Papers and sentiment are also from Gingerbread Twist; flourishes cutting files are from Eden Collection (this collection includes 15 cutting files).

Julie - I am currently in Sunny Zante, before we left I made this little wall hanging for my Son using Rocco swimming with Sharks, hopefully he won't encounter one of these in the Sea.  My image is coloured with Copics.

Jane P.- For this week I used a Sizziz die I have been wanting to use for my shaped card.  I used Winnie in Wonderland CD collection design sheet to decorate.

Lori - boy, did I have a ton of fun creating this card using the Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles design sheets, embellies and papers from the complete digital downloadable collection....it's so awesome that everything you need to make a beautiful card is all one one sheet - at your fingertips! xoxoxo

Romina, Hi There! I'm so excited to be here again! I used the Enjoy Life Digi, you can find here:

So, I've make a tag using a die. I've colored with alcohol markers and added some detail to make my tag more adorable!!!

Gail - For this weeks challenge I've made an art journal page using the light bulb from the Science bundle kit. Or if you want the full collection you'll find it in the Work and Play 12 collection, available on CD-ROM or instant download.

Great makes from the DT and I’m sure you will agree that we have some great ideas for you this week!

Winner Week 27 Clean & SimpleThe winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:

#14 Tinz
Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW027001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store!   Grab your Badge from the top of the page to display on your blog.

Top 3 Design Team Favourites:

# 34  Lucy Woods

# 31 Alison B
# 27 Monika R

TOP THREE FAVOURITE FEATHER CHOICES

These are our Top Three entries that used a Polkadoodles image   

#25 Margaret A (Granmargaret)
#31 Alison B
#28 Paper Whims (Wendy Lynn)

Well done Feathery friends! You have all been added to the Feathery league board - 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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Week 29 - Flowers - Craft Challenge at Digi Choosday for Polkadoodles

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It’s Digi Choosday and you know what that means...

Your discount code for this week is:

CHOOSE33

to save 33% on individual digi stamps (not bundles)

when you spend over     for today only
*EXPIRES MIDNIGHT 19/07/2016 EST

Just enter the code in the shop HERE

So with the summer holidays upon us we're all awash with new watery themed stash this week with the brand Meribelle Mermaid collection and the brand new Oceania clear stamps... for the first time get a 3 for 2 bundle which includes the black and white and coloured versions too, check them out HERE 

 

Make sure you also check out all the new co-ordinating Oceana Polymer stamps in the store HERE 

Now onto the new challenge:

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 top bar if you need to.

CLOSING DATE is 2^nd August 2016, winners will be announced 9^th August 2016

PRIZES: The random winner (chosen by Random.org) will receive £6.75 worth of downloads of your choice from the digi store!

The winner and top 3 for week 26 Bling, Glitter or Gems Challenge can be found at the bottom of this post.

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

Lori - My card this week includes Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime image and design sheets from the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles download collection - what a fun collection for our theme this week! I cut out the main image, butterfly, sentiment and flowers then popped some up with dimensional foam dots for depth and added pearls to the corners and flower centers.

Jacki - For my card I have used papers from the Winston collection and even made a paper by using flowers from the embellishment section over one of the existing papers. The Image is Winnie walking the dog from the new Starfish and Sandcastle download   which I have coloured with polychromo and derwent coloursoft pencil. The sentiment is also from the Winston collection, flowers & ribbon from my stash.

Jane S – Hello! “Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your green hair”! Not too sure that’s quite right but anyway this gorgeous RAPUNZEL image from Nikky is one of four stunning Fairytale princesses that you can find HERE. I have them all obviously! J Have a lovely crafty day! xxx

Anjie - I'm in a CAS mood still so my card today is very simple and I've used the ever so pretty Lemonade Fizz Collection. I printed the heart shaped petals and the leaves out a few times and used some distress inks to colour them. I then used some left over bits of paper from the same collection to make some pendents and mounted them onto a pearlescent card stock. I used one of the little stamps from the Lemonade Fizz stamp set to add a few little highlights on the white background and added some faux stitching and some twine. Finally I arranged things as I wanted them and glued everything  in place. And here is my make.

Jane P.- Summer is in full swing here in PA. and the flowers are taking a real beating in the heat, so it was refreshing being able to create a card using the Summertime Stamp Me Clear & CD Rom

Julie - At last some Sunshine, it's lovely seeing all my Garden in Bloom,  todays card is very simple and created using the fab Daisy Days Stamps and some spray inks in Turquoise and Green, creating my paper 'Garden in Bloom'.

Monica-For this challenge I made a tropical garden: lush, full of green leaves and strong colours flowers. Everything in my card is from Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles.

Tanya -  So I've been continuing with my holiday scrapbook pages and so this week's challenge of Flowers gave me a great opportunity to use some of the photos I took of the church in Monaco and the surrounding gardens.  I've used the lovely flowers and papers from the Magic Garden CD which you can get here.  More pictures and details on my blog. 

Fiki - For this week's make I have used the digi called Etty Shy from Winston Collection
I don't have cuttng machine so I have cut all the embellishments with scissors.  More details can be found on my blog.

Nancy - I decorated my pre-made box using the wonderful Winnie Fruit Punch Collection.

I fussy cut all the flowers from two of the full flower pages found in the florals file.

I also used four of the papers to decorate the inside and outside of the box. 

Gail - For this weeks challenge, I've made a little decorative hanging with a chipboard heart. I used one of the gorgeous papers from the Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles collection, available on CD-ROM or as an instant download, together with the brand new stamp Tropical Flowers 1.

Romina - For my card I have used "Dandelion Days" which you can find HERE  
I used a stencil to create some petals in the corner with distress ink. For my coloring I used alcohol markers, I don't know why but I want to used green on her hair... I love the result!

Great makes from the DT, I’m sure you will agree, we have some great ideas for you this week!

Winner Week 26 Bling, Glitter or Gems

The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:
#5 Pearl

Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW026001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store!  

Grab your Badge from the top of the page to display on your blog.

Top 3 Design Team Favourites:

#1 Cicci Vid Pennan

#21 Donna Ellis

#29 Elena F

So, here are our

TOP TWO FAVOURITE FEATHER CHOICES

These are our Top Two entries that used a Polkadoodles image   
#36 Wendy Lynn
#31 Sue H

Well done Feathery friends! You have all been added to the Feathery league board - 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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Week 28 - For the Girls - Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday with Polkadoodles

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Your discount code for this week is:

CHOOSDAY

 to save a HUGE 
30% off digital stamps 
(individual stamps, not collections) *EXPIRES MIDNIGHT GMT 12/07/2016

Just enter the code in the shop HERE

The Winnie & Rocco Starfish and Sandcastles is still available from the website and you can get your collection right HERE….

This is an incredible Nautical, Beach themed collection perfect for the Summer - make truly uplifting projects for all year round with some great themes and sentiments.

Now onto the new challenge:

For The Girls

 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 26th July 2016

Winners will be announced on 2^nd August 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 25 Add Ribbon Or Twine Challenge can be found at the bottom of this post.

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

Anjie - This week I have made a tag from the left over bits of one of the design sheets from the fab Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles collection. It is from design sheet 1. There are so many bits on those design sheets, I still had left over bits after making the card and the tag! All I added extra was the sentiment. More info and photos of the card I made on my blog.

Julie - So I finally got some time to play with the Fab new Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles collection,  I have hand coloured the image with Copics & Graph It markers and created the sky with inks and ink dusters, hopefully this will be me it two weeks time as I head off to the sunny Greek island of Zante.

Jane S - Hello! I have also used the wonderful WINNIE STARFISH AND SANDCASTLES collection and it is sooooo yummy!! I merged two of the digis to place Winnie and her donkey into the Lifebuoy and used a snow globe die to make a porthole. J Have a lovely crafty day! xxx

Gail - Morning all, I've made a bookmark, I've been using receipts and scraps of paper so it was time to make myself a decent bookmark! The bookmark was made using pre-coloured elements from the lush Winnie In Wonderland collection, available on CD-ROM or as an instant download.  

 Monica- As you can see, we are in love with the new Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles!!! I used different items from its designs sheets to make a fun fold squares card.

If you want to know what girls want, take a look into my blog.

Tanya - So for this week's make I have used the Lily Bug Love Collection to make a large 8x8 card.  Every element is from the collection and I have coloured the digi using my Graph It Pens.  Full details over on my blog.

Fikreta - For my make this week I have chosen to use one of the design sheets from Winnie Fruit Punch Collection which you can get here and the design sheet can be bought here on its own.

Lori - What an awesome theme this week, "For The Girls." I used the design sheet #2, kraft paper #17 and sentiment from the Winston Bear Collection. I inked all the edges of the buttons, sentiment and heart and used dimensionals to pop them up. You can find the downloadable collection here: 

Jacki -  For this card I have used images papers and images and elements from the Winnie in Wonderland Big Kahuna Download Collection available HERE .  The papers have been distressed then inked with distress inks. The images have been merged together layering them together over one of the tags then printed out and coloured with polychromos and luminance pencils. The sentiment is also from this collection together with the drink me that I added to a small tag and then added to a bottle. The stalk is from the embellishment section and has been fussy cut out and added to the card everything else is from my stash.

Romina - For my card I have used this Winnie Fruit Punch digi called One For You
I created my backround with distress ink and put on my cups glossy accent. It' was so easy and fun!
Full details on my blog.

Jane P - This week I tried something different with the design sheets on the Winnie Fruit Punch collection CD. I used the background paper and cut it out making it a frame for the image!  You can get the collection here on Download and here on CD.

More details on my blog.

Nancy - This card was inspired by the patterned paper from the Winnie Fruit Punch Collection that I used in my background. The image is called Make a List. I coloured it with my Spectrum Noir Markers.  You'll find the collection here:

Winner Week 25 Add Ribbon Or Twine:

The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is: #5 Michelle

Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW025001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store!  

Grab your Badge from the top of the page to display on your blog.

Top 3 Design Team Favourites:

#4 Norma

#17 Lucy Patrick

#11 Elena F

TOP TWO FAVOURITE FEATHER IN A CAP CHOICES

These are our Top Two entries that used a Polkadoodles image   
#17 Lucy Patrick

#15 Mrs T (Elaine Traverso)

Well done Feathery friends! You have all been added to the Feathery league board - 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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