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Tuesday, 17 March 2015

wk 11... Make Anything But a Square Card - Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge

Happy Choosday everyone.

That means it’s time for another challenge here at Digi Choosday.

Over the past few years square cards seem to be the most popular shape of card to make whether it be 5x5 or 8x8. So this week we thought we would rebel against the “norm” and show you that fantastic creations don’t have to be square. 
So we would like to see 
anything but a square card!

You can make anything you like maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home décor. 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 - you don't have to use our products to enter so you can use anything you wish!

We give you two weeks to enter so that means you have until 31st March 2015 to enter and the winners will be announced on 7th April 2015.

The random winner (chosen by Random.org) will receive a 
£10.00 / $15 (USD) voucher for the digi store 
and our Top 3 Favourites will all win a FREE digi of your choice.

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

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

Scatty Jan For my shaped card I have used the wonderful Rose Budd collection CD also available as a full download here.  All the papers, sentiments flowers and emblies are all from the collection. The letters to spell Mum are from the Octavia Moonfly Collection.. I just added a little bling, a few pearls and a few cut butterflies. I love making up these sorts of cards, and the collections over at Polkadoodles are so good for them.

Nikki - I do not make many cards that are not square shaped, but I do like doing it every so often.... I used the Grand Caliber Labels 1 for the background shape, it is hard to see but I swear it is there...... The image I used.... (my first Dollie Daydream!) She is gorgeous! I loved inking her up with my Copics..... She can be bought as a single digital or you can get her with the Dollie Daydream Goes East collection. Oddly enough, I used paper from the Christmas Joy collection..... It was that certain green I was looking for.........


Caz  For my shaped card i have used the fab digi Keyboards Boy.  Coloured with Graph its. You can also get this digi along with all the papers,  embellies and words on the fab Work n Play 8 as a Download or if prefer a CD.

Lynda: I love making different shaped cards so this challenge was so much fun for me. . I used the papers, embellishments and a colored digi stamp from the beautiful Baby Boom collection, you can find this as a download collection here. The baby brother sentiment comes from the New baby sentiment collection which you can find here. Have fun xx 

Dawn I decided to make a gift card, rather than a card for a change & this fits in with the theme of this challenge & used the gorgeous papers that are on the fabulous Love & Kisses collection, which can be found here. There are some fabulous papers, which can of course be used for so many different themes. I also used & decoupaged a rose from the embellies section of the same CD.

Kate - I went with a 6"x4" oblong card and cut  the top off at an angle to make it a bit different. I used a pretty butterfly paper from the Winston Deluxe Full Collection along with some plain pale blue card and white card embossed with dots.....

Jane – Hi everyone!  So I went for a circle card for my make this week using the gorgeous Octavia Bird in Hand  and papers and elements from the Tail Feather Bundle which is a stunning peacock inspired collection.  I stumbled upon this whilst browsing all the incredible designs in Nikky’s shop which is jam packed full of yummy treasure, so go check it out!   Enjoy your day! xxx

Monica-When you give the chance to do "anything", I'll take your word and get the chance to try out new things. For this week project, I´m using the gorgeous Eden Collection precoloured images,  over printable waterproof vinyl. I printed out the lovely precoloured Eden Butterflies image, and added some butterflies, a tag and a sentiment, all included in the Eden Collection. To cut the vinyl I used "print and cut" feature from my Cameo. And finally applied everything to the glass bottle with transfer paper.

Tanya ....Oh, I do love creating cards that are anything but square and so this week I’ve used one of the fab templates from the Work & Play 9 2XL Love Collection in the shape of a wedding cake.  I’ve printed the template out a few times and then decoupaged the flowers and added some bling in the form of glitter, three resin roses and liquid pearls.  I’ve used the scrabble tiles from the Love collection to spell out the word ‘Wedding’ down the right hand side of the card.  Such a simple but great make.
Wendy - For this weeks card, I've done a double easel. My image, which I've coloured using my Graph'Its, is from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD, but the digis from this disc are available to downlaod from the Digi store. I've used Noah. The backing papers, flag bunting and the sentiment are all from Work & Play 4.

Yvonne - Hello there! Well this week I decided to go mental and make a 3D project. I'm in no way skilled at this but with the help of the Winston Collection, which you can get as a Digi Download or as a CD-Rom, I'm not sure I could have went wrong! I decided to make an exploding box. I have never done one of these but I really enjoyed it. I cheated and used my Cameo but if you llove measuring I am sure you would manage no bother at all. Alas that is not me! I used Etty Shy as my character, she is part of the Collections above or you can get her as a digi image on her own, here.  A few embellishemnts and sentiments from the collection and I had my decorations. The paper bow is also from the collection.  Loads more photos on my blog!


Anjie - To create the shape of the card I have used the Flower shape art 6 from Dutch Doobadoo. The image I have used for this is from the cute Sugarplum Daisy CD, and the papers are from the Octavia Moonfly download, as are the flowers and the butterfly. The fence and lamp post are laser art from Dutch Doobadoo. I coloured the image in with some cheap pencils that I picked up while I was in Egypt.

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

Now for the winner and top three from week eight....
The winner chosen at random is:

please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW08001 to claim your prize of a free digi.

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

Well done everyone!!  Grab your blinkies from the side 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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Tuesday, 20 January 2015

wk 3 - Love & Romance...Digi Choosday crafting challenge

Happy Choosday everyone!

These weeks are flying by, we are on week 3 of the year already and ready for another Digi Choosday challenge!
  
Did you see the new release over at Polkadoodles last week? 
The next in the Work & Play series, number 9 Love & Kisses. 
If not go check it out HERE  it’s just amazing and I’m sure will be used all year long!



Right, onto the challenge.
The theme we have set for you this week is 
“Love & Romance”
You can make anything you like maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home décor. 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. You have until 3rd February 2015 to enter and the winners will be announce on 10th February 2015.   The random winner will receive a free digi from the digi store!

We have no winner or top three to announce again this week as we were on a break for the Christmas period 2 weeks ago, so let’s see what the design team have made for us.
Great makes from everyone I’m sure you will agree.

Scatty Jan For this weeks card I have used the wonderful Classic hearts red /Wedding download bundle that you can find here The papers are absolutly stunning, The sentiment is from there (along with many others) Also the topper, The hearts in the top corner were from a paper printed off then cut out and foam padded up. . I used the adorable digi Octavia Best Friends - Coloured with Graph'It markers - Using reds for her dress to match in , I then added some white hearts using Graph'it shake it white marker . Finished off with a little beaded ribbon around the base xx

Caz For my creation i have used two pre coloured images. Boy Opera and Girl opera singers. You can also get them as digi's Girl here. and Boy here. .You can get these along with the papers Ive used, also the bow, and sentiment,  on the fabby new Work & Play 8 cd available here. The hearts are punched hearts..


Crafting Vicky I decided to go a bit different then the usual love and romance!  So I used the fabulous Opera boy that can be found here. And paired him with some papers that are in the great new set  Work & Play 8 cd available here or the download version available here.  I made a more masculine looking card.  The sentiment is also part of the set and I thought it was just perfect with this!

Nikki - Awwww, love and romance, such a sweet thing. I had a hard time deciding what to do with this particular theme. I chose to use Winston Bear Heartfelt, who is available as a single download or on the Winston Deluxe CD. Papers and sentiment were from Work and Play Collection 1 and the newest release, Work and Play Collection 8. I inked the image with my Copics and added some 3D effect. 


Wendy - For my door hanger I've used Sleepyhead Dollie for my image. It's fantastic value because it comes with that awesome sentiment and the little heart flower too. The backing paper on the hanger is from the lovely Daisy Papers Bundle. To finish it off, I've added a variety of buttons and pearls and some scrap hessian I found.


Tanya...This week I've used the Winston Collection for the very first time and have chosen to colour one of the digi images called ‘Winston Best Friends’ (with Graph It pens)  from the download collection HERE   The collection is also available as a CD HERE and as an individual digi image HERE ....I've also used two lots of the wonderful Kraft Papers that are on the download/CD.  Full details can be found on my blog.  


KateI used the gorgeous Etty Mailbox digi image.I love this image as its so versatile and can be used for birthdays, anniversary's, valentines or even just a quick 'hello friend' card. You can see full details of my card on my blog
Jane – Hi everyone! For my Love & Romance card I used elements from the wonderful Work & Play 7 Full Collection! This has some gorgeous papers and super cute characters in it and I just love this couple, Phone/Texting Girl and Phone/Texter GuyThey come as separate images but I made them into a couple whether they like it or not!!! Pop into the shop  to find them along with so many other scrummy things!  Enjoy your day! xxx

Monica.- For my card I used Jeremiah and Miss Milicent from "Rose Budd Collection". All the gorgeous and delicate papers, the butterflies and the sentiment are from the same collection.


Yvonne - Hi everyone! Well this week I went back to the Winston Bear Collection, I cannot help it, he's definitely one of my favourite favourites!!! The Collection comes in a complete Digi Download Collection or as a CD-Rom.  For the theme of Love & Romance, I opted to use 'Etty Shy'.  I made a 7x7  'banner card', using papers from the Winston Bear Collection. The hearts and flowers are also from the collection. Quite happy with how this turned out!



Lynda:  Love is in the air this week and I decided to celebrate it by creating an anniversary card. The cute image is from the Winston collection and you can buy here . The background papers and heart embellishment are from the gorgeous Love will flourish wedding stationary collection which is available here. I just love the heart's background paper!! 

Anjie - I have used the Love & Kisses image and papers from the new Work & Play collection, number 9 Love & Romance. It is not available as a download just yet but will be soon so I wanted to show you a little bit of what to expect. I have coloured her with my Graph'It Markers.


We can't wait to see your entries - see you next week!

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Tuesday, 13 January 2015

wk 2 - January Birthdays...Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge

Happy Choosday everyone!
We hope you have enjoyed your weekend and are ready for another challenge!
Before we get onto the challenge we have to share with you another new collection! Our lovely Nikky Hall has been very, very busy lately and look what she has come up with this time!

It's the new Work & Play collection 9 
Love and Kisses
and you can find it HERE.

This collection is bigger than normal it's an XXL collection, there are 16 amazing digi images for you to colour in as well as all the other goodies that are on there and it's so much more than just for Romance so many of those images can be used all year round, it's just fabulous!

Now onto the challenge!
The challenge we have set for you this week is 
“Birthdays”

You can make anything you like maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home décor. As long as it follows the theme for this week, birthdays. You don't have to use our products to enter, just please follow the challenge and our entry rules : ) 
You have until 27th January 2015 to enter and the winners will be announce on 3rd February 2015.
Our Random winner will receive 3, yes 3 digis from the store which are worth £6.75! 

We have no winner or top three to announce this week as we were on a break for the Christmas period 2 weeks ago.

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

Anjie - Have you seen the new Work & Play collection, no. 8 download? If not head over to the store now and grab it, it is amazing! It is also available as a CD. I've used the Guitar Boy on my make this week. He is also available on his own as a download here. The papers are also from the same collection as are the embellies and sentiments. The image is coloured with my Graph'It Markers.

Crafting Vicky - I don't know about you but I always need birthday cards!  So when I saw this challenge I was quite happy because that's one more in my stash.  For this I used the super sweet set Pretty Sweet Mini set collection and you can get the sweet Maddie with present by herself here.  The papers are from that set as well.

Caz For my birthday card i have used the lovely Winston Bear Celebrate, available as a digi here.  The papers, sentiment and flowers are all available on  the Winston Bear  CD  here. Also as a full Download. Also image is on cd and download.

Scatty Jan For my Birthday card ,I have used the lovely digi Emily Party, I printed her out onto Ultimate Graphic and coloured her using Graph'It Markers. I also used wink of stella markers to add a little sparkle. The Paper, Bunting,Hat and sentiment are from the Cherryblossom Lane CD and the balloons are from Winston Collection

Nikki - I have been dying to use the adorable Maddie Twirling Curls and I finally got a chance to use her. She really reminds me of this sweet girl at work who is having a birthday at the end of the month. I also used the "Happy Birthday" sentiment {on the inside} and the pink polka dotted paper, both of which are from the new Work and Play Collection 8. I used my Copics to ink her up. More details on my blog....

Monica.- For this birthday challenge, I chose to make a cowboy greeting card. So I made a box card with the cowboy and the cowgirl of Work and Play 3.- Collection. You can find this digis individually here (the cowboy) and here (the cowgirl). I also used digital papers from "Classic Heart" and "Work and Play 4".
Tanya Hope we’re all having a great New Year.  Can you believe it’s the 13th already???  Well on with this week’s challenge which is January Birthdays and I’ve used the wonderful new CD called ‘Work & Play 8 - Music’ which features awesome digis, papers and embellishments.  You can grab your copy HERE....I've used the coloured digi of the guitar boy and have decoupaged him on a backdrop of four of the papers available on the CD, finished off with a length of musical note ribbon which I've distressed with some ink.  Full details can be found on my blog.  You can also buy guitar boy as a digi download HERE....
Kate - I used the super cute image from the Nikky Digistamp Bundle and papers from the Work & Play 6 collection. I didn't want to go OTT with embellishments on this card as I printed the image quite large, so just used a few pieces of card candi and some pink & white twine....
Lynda: I love the new Work and Play collection 8 so I decided to use it for this weeks challenge. The background papers, digi and sentiment stamp are all from this collection and you can find it as a digital download  here or on a cd  here.  Have fun Lynda x 
Yvonne - Hi there everyone! Well my dad turns 70 this year so, I have made the perfect card for him using Winston Bear Collection.  He is available as a complete Digi Download Collection or as a CD-Rom; alternatively you can get the digi image 'Birthday' on it's own, here. The papers are from the same collection.  I coloured Winston with my Graph'It Markers, a range of which you can see here


Jane – Hi everyone! As one of my brother’s kindly has a birthday in January (and just so happens to play the drums) I made a card for him using the fab Drummer Troy! I love this little guy and I also used one of the papers from Work & Play 6, a ticket sentiment from Work & Play 1 and a circular ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment from Work & Play 8. You see you need them all really! Have a good day! xxx
Wendy - For this weeks birthday theme, I've used an image I've been wanting to colour for ages, Octavia - Best Friends.The sentiment is from the Birthday Wishes bundle and ALL the backing papers are from the Nikky Digistamp bundle, 6 papers and a digistamp of Nikky for only £2.25....bargain! The rolled flowers are from the same bundle.
 Great makes from everyone I’m sure you will agree....
Thank you all so much for your entries, it means so much to us that you join us each week.
See you next week!!

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Tuesday, 6 January 2015

wk 1 - Thanks...Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge

Happy Choosday everyone!
The whole team at Digi Choosday wish each and everyone of you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2015!

We are back with the start of our challenges for this year and I’m sure the team will blow us away as much as they did last year with their fantastic makes.

Before we get onto the challenge I want to share a brand new release with you! If you head on over to Polkadoodles  you will find a brand new Work & Play collection ready and on the shelves ready to ship! It is Work & Play 8 which is all themed around music. 
So go grab your copy quick as it is flying off the shelves and it's as fabulous as always, jam packed full of digi goodies!!

If you look in the New in  section of the shop you will also find that the images and papers that go with them are also available as downloads, how good is that! 

Right onto the first challenge of the year. The first one we have set is 
“Thanks”
We thought you might all like to send a few Thank You cards/gifts for all the lovely goodies you received at Christmas, and we are here to give you some inspiration for those cards. You have until 20th January 2015 to enter and the winners will be announce on 27th January 2015.
Our winner will receive 3 downloads from the brand new Music collection worth £6.75/$10 USD! Woohoo!!

The winners of the last challenge of last year can be found at the bottom of this post.

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

Anjie - The image I have used is Octavia Thinking and is coloured with my Graph'It Markers. The papers are from the Work & Play Collection 1 download which is also available as a CD should you wish. I have made rolled roses from the same papers and the die cuts are from Tattered Lace. I have added some faux stitching on the papers and a border around the image with a black fine liner to give extra interest.
Crafting Vicky - I figured for this challenge that I would do something a bit different.  It's a Thank you tag that goes on top of a wine bottle!  Perfect to bring as a thank you gift to your host.  I used a great image from the so cute set Winston Deluxe Collection but you can also get him separate here Winston Bear Get in touch.  The paper is also from that collection.

Caz Here is my Thank you creation. I have used the lovely Octavia Bird in hand, available as a digi here. Papers are  from Rose Papers download bundle. Sentiment is from Work n Play 6.


Scatty Jan For my Thank you card I have used the lovely digi Luna, I printed her out onto Ultimate Graphic and coloured her using Graph'It Markers. The Paper and flowers and leaves are all from The Rose Budd collection


Tanya - Happy New Year everybody!!!  Let’s hope 2015 is going to be a very very good one.  So onto this week’s challenge which is ‘Thanks’ and I've made a card featuring one of the Dollie Goes East characters (Dollie Goes East Boat) together with one of the awesome colourful papers.  You can get your copy on download HERE or on a CD HERE
I've decoupaged the character and finished the card off with glitter, glaze and the letter embellishments to spell out the words ‘Thank You’.  Full details can be seen on my blog.

Kate - Happy 2015 People :) I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year. No doubt we all need to make or have made lots of Thank You cards for the pressies we received, I used 'Etty Shy' on my card. For full details please visit my blog 


Nikki - Wow! 2015 already..... Happy New Years everyone! Hope you all have a happy, healthy and prosperous one...... This challenge is all about saying "Thanks". This little cutie that I inked up with my Copics is Luna. I also used the polka dotted paper from the Winston pack! 

Monica.- Every New Year is the perfect time to give thanks for all the blessings you have received. For my "Thanks" project I made a 3d card using the lovely Lily´s Bikeride  digital stamp and papers from the collections Daisy Papers and Classic Heart Papers.


Wendy - For this weeks card I've used the Guitar Boy, available as an individual digi and the backing paper is from the Guitar Theme bundle of papers. Both of these are also available on the full Work & Play 8 Collection, together with the fully coloured version of the Guitar Boy, as are the musical note cutting files.

Yvonne - Hello there and a Happy New Year to you! For this weeks challenge I opted to use 'Piper with Bunches' which is one of girls from the Pretty Sweet Collection (there's a rumour going round there are more on the way - but you didn't hear this from me so.............shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh).  I cut out the Thank You on my Cameo and went over it with purple pan pastel.  The papers are from the Kath Bundle which is a STEAL for the price of it, you get an image and 5 matching paprers for £2.25!!! BARGAIN.  The flourish and flowers are from the Back to Nature Bundle. I added some ribbon and she's all ready to go! 
Jane – Hi everyone! Happy New Year!  Hope you had a lovely Christmas! So for my ‘Thanks’ project I used the gorgeous Dollie Daydream – Ready for Rain (love her fabulous hair) and some of the elements and papers from the Winston Deluxe Full Collection.  Have a good day! xxx

Lynda - I decided to make a card to say thankyou to the health care professionals that took care of my brother when he was in an accident. The digi (Ben wheelchair) and the beautiful digi papers are from the Work and Play 6 collection that is available here on cd or here as an instant download. More details on my blog.


Emma - For my Thank You card i have kept it very simple & have used Octavia Thinking which can be found Here. I have coloured her up using Copics & have added a bow & a few beads & pearls as embellishments. 

Great makes from everyone I’m sure you will agree.

And now for the top three and the winner from challenge 50 Last Minute Christmas

 As you know you all receive an equal place so well done to:
#10 tonnie 
&
#33 Andrea Norris  
Who are all our Top 3 Design Team favourites this week! Well done!

And the winner chosen at random is:
#22 Mandy (Paper Panda)  
Well done Mandy - please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCwk01001wk50 to claim your prize of a free digi.


Well done everyone go grab your badges from the side 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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