wk 43 - Lace....Digi Choosday Craft Challenge

Happy Choosday everyone!

We hope you made use of the discount code we gave you last week to celebrate our first birthday, why not use your new digi(s) to enter this weeks challenge. “Well, what is it”, I hear you ask, so the challenge we have set this week is....

Lace

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between. Just make sure you use lace somewhere on the project.

You have until 11^th November to enter and the winner will be announced on 18^th November, so lots of time to get your entry in. All we ask is that you follow the theme and the simple rules that can be found in the side bar.

The winner will receive a free digi image from the (Digi Store)

The winners from week 40 Christmas can be found at the bottom of this post.

Now let’s see what the team have made for us for this weeks challenge. All amazing creations I'm sure you'll agree!

Anjie - As soon as I saw lace was the challenge I knew I wanted to use an image from the Rose Budd download Collection. The collection is also available as a CD should you wish to buy it that way. Miss Harriet is also available to buy as a clear stamp. The papers are also from the same collection. I have coloured the image with my Graph'It Makers. I have added the lace over the top of some vintage ribbon. This lace is just adorable as it has some small beads running along the middle of it. You can buy it from HERE. More details on my blog.

Julie - I don't do any sewing so had no lace at home but remembered seeing some beautiful faux lace in the Rose Budd full collection download so was pleased to be able to use that instead.  The gorgeous paper I have used, is actually one of the inserts in the download which I resized and then added the faux lace onto the patterned paper in PSE before printing.  The gorgeous image, available as coloured and outline only, is called Constance and is included too, Constance can also be bought as a clear stamp, and the whole of the Rose Budd full collection download is available on CD too.  The ticket is also from the Rose Budd download, there are loads of tickets included, sentiments too

Crafting Vicky This time around the challenge of using lace was a lot easier for me!  Not so long ago I never used it at all but now I have a whole stash of it!  When I decided to use the great Maddie Shy  that you can also find in the great Pretty sweet collection.  I really love the pink and the black together!

Wendy - I love lace, so pretty & girly, so this weeks card had to be pink. My image is from the Rose Budd Collection and also available individually.The backing paper is also part of that collection, it comes A4 size, but I've resized using Craft Artist.

Tanya  - Ooh lovely lace!!!  I love love love lace and ribbon and anything girly so this week’s challenge theme is right up my crafty street.  This week I have made a canvas that can be hung on the wall with the addition of ribbon or stood on a shelf to pretty up a bedroom.   I have used the ever so sweet and girly Fredericka Libby digi stamp which can be found HERE and coloured her using  Graph'Its (a full list of which can be seen on my blog) and coloured the lace slightly with Pan Pastel (380.8).  The lace and flowers are from my extensive stash of embellishments, full details of which can be seen on my blog.

Patty - I've been using Lace a lot lately in all of my creations.... they are so delicate and lovely! so this was a easy peesy challenge for me. I used image and papers from Candy Doodles collection  and some scrap pieces are from the clutter on my desk, sentiment is also from the collection. I like the lace and ribbon combination!!  These birdies are so cute and just had to used them.

Yvonne - I LOVE this challenge, I enjoy all the challenges for Digi Choosday and have fun for every project, but this theme of 'Lace' let me be all girly and pretty and I loved it. I used the beautiful image of Fredericka Debutante which you can get here, or in the Etsy shop or here. I coloured her with my Graph'It Markers.  The backing paper and the sentiment are from the beautiful 'Rose Budd' Collection, which you can get as a CD-Rom or a complete digi download. You may not see it but the 'bubbly' in her glass is coloured with Graph'It Glitter Shake Marker in Gold.

And now for the winner from week 40

The winner chosen at random is:

#11 Margaret A 

please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCwk43001wk40 to claim your prize of a free digi.

And the top 3 chosen by the design team are:

#31 Mimi 

# 34 Sharon G 

# 39 Mags 

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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wk 42...Birthday Celebrations - Digi Choosday Challenge

Happy Digi Choosday everyone!

Before we get onto this weeks challenge we would like to let you know that we have extended the DT call until 27^th October. We have had some fabulous entries so far, it’s going to be such a tough decision! See HERE for details. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!

Now did you know we are now officially one year old! 
It is one whole year since the Digi Choosday team was founded and what a year it’s been. There have been some amazing releases from Nikky Hall this past year, and I’m sure the coming year will bring more fabulousness from Mrs Doodles. 

As a special Birthday Celebration we also have a fabulous offer for you 

enter the following code at the digi checkout to save 20% 

on all digis in the store (expires midnight 27/10 GMT)

DQ211220

Because of our birthday we decided the challenge this week could only be one thing really so let’s get on with it. Of course the challenge is

Birthdays

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between.

You have until 4^th November to enter and the winner will be announced on 11^th November, so lots of time to get your entry in. All we ask is that you follow the theme and the simple rules that can be found in the side bar.
As this is a special occasion the winner will receive a free digi bundle from the Digi Store and our Top 3 faves will also all win a digi too!

If you are not a member of our Facebook group here make sure you pop over and join us as we have loads of great fun stuff going on and little freebies and discounts so it's well worth joining us! 

The winners from week 39 Vintage can be found at the bottom of this post.

Now let’s see what the team have made for us for this weeks challenge!

Anjie - The image is the adorable new Octavia Best Friends, isn't she just adorable. She is flying out of the store. If you are wanting to practice your colouring I think this image is perfect for it with all that hair and the folds in the dress, so go on and grab it and get colouring.
The papers are from the Rose Budd download, which is also available as a CD if you prefer. I went around the edges of the papers and the image with the pearl blue Pan Pastel, you can't really see it on the photo but it gives it a great glittery effect. All the die cuts are from Tattered Lace. The scrabble letters are from Docrafts and you can buy them here.

The image is coloured with Graph'It Markers and the colours I used can be found on my blog.

Scatty Jan Woohooo Ive been on Digi Choosday a whole year, it's flown past- To celebrate I've made a cake. The Papers are from Cherry Blossom Lane  collection absolutly adorable collection , If I am ever stuck for papers there will always be one on here. and the scrummy owl is from The Girls Hoot Download Bundle.

Crafting Vicky It's such a great challenge b-day!!!! And for a great occasion.  For my make I used a great character image from Cherry Blossom Lane  collection  as well as some papers.  So here's my little make with this gorgeous.

Julie  - For my shaped birthday card I have used a fantastic download bundle, it's called Boys Hoot 

and is available in Polkadoodles digiworld HERE

Everything I have used on my card, apart from the ribbon and bunting, is from the download bundle priced at only £3.99, a real bargain!

Wendy - For our birthday week I have used Dollie Daydream - Birthday image. The backing papers are all from the Enfys bundle, which includes 5 papers AND a digistamp for £2.25! The sentiment is from Work & Play 6.

Tanya....Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Digi Choosday, Happy Birthday to you.  I am settling into my position as Design Team member very well and for my second project I have made a cake shaped card using Do Crafts Digital Designer and have used a Polka Doodles digi image called Dollie Daydream Birthday which can be found here  HERE  coloured using  Graph'It pens (a full list of which can be seen on my blog).  The cake shaped card has been covered using papers from Polka Doodles CD called Sugar Birdies CD.  Full details of the other embellishments can be found on my blog. 

Yvonne - Well it's a Happy Birthday to Digi Choosday and I am very pleased that I get to be a part of this great celebration. Now you may have seen that the latest collection from Polkadoodles is 'Winston,' and the good news is this is now available as a full download digi collection or you can get this as a CDRom. Have to say this is a FAB collection and is jam packed with loads and loads of yummy goodiness. You can also get the characters as single digi images and Winston Birthday is available here.  I coloured him in with my Graph'It Markers, you can see the full range here.  Everything I have used on this card is from the collection.

Patty It's  a great challenge b-day!!!!  For my make I used a great the cake  image from Paper Boutique III and papers from Cherry Blossom Lane  collection  as well as some papers.  So here's my little make for DC 1st Birthday!!

Some fabulous makes everyone, thank you. Looking forward to the next 12 months!

And now for the winner from week 39

The winner chosen at random is:

#11 KT Fit Kitty 

please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk 
quoting DCwk42001wk39 to claim your prize of a free digi.

And the top 3, in no particular order, chosen by the design team are:

#5 Sandie Gough 

# 7 Judith W 

#8 Lena Loken 

Well done everyone go grab your badges from the side bar. See you all next week! 

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wk 40....Design Team Call & Christmas - Digi Choosday colouring challenge

Happy Choosday everyone!

We hope you have had a lovely weekend. We are looking for some new talent to join us here....

Where has this year gone, it’s October already, how did that happen? Before we know it, it will be Christmas! And to help you with your Christmas cards, and give you some inspiration the challenge we have set this week is

Christmas

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between. All we ask is that you follow the theme and the simple rules that can be found in the side bar - you don't need to use our products to enter either!

Don't forget it's the Digi Queens day over at Polkadoodles too so hop over there when you've finished this post and see what the other team have made today!

You have until 21^st October to enter and the winner will be announced on 28^th October, so lots of time to get your entry in. 

The winner will receive a free digi image from the (Digi Store)

The winners from week 37 Christmas in Blues and Purples can be found at the bottom of this post.

Now let’s see what the team have made for us for this weeks challenge!....

Anjie - The cute image and papers are from the Work & Play 5 Festive Hollybobs download. This is also available as a CD if you prefer and that can be found here. The image is coloured with my Graph'It Markers. The little boxes have been cut on my Cameo and covered in the papers from the card. The die cuts are from Tattered Lace.

Scatty Jan Had lots of fun making my tree hanger this week . The papers are from the lovely Christmas Joy Bundle that you can find here. I also used the pre- coloured images from Festive Hollybobs Collection, finished off with some glamour dusted snowflakes

Julie  - I have used the fabulous Festive Hollybobs full collection download, it's available from the digi store HERE, so no waiting around, although it is available on a CD if you are patient and happy to wait.The image I have used which is called Hollybobs Crackers and is available to buy singly HERE. The xmas tree patterned paper is from the same download,  there are also lots of xmas sentiments and tickets in this download, I have used the "Wishing you a wonderful christmastime ticket"....

Crafting Vicky I just LOOOOOVE Christmas so happy to be able to be able to get ahead of the game by making some :)  For my card I used the fabulous set Christmas Joy bundle.  There is so much in that little set.  And I love that the images are precolored makes for a very fast little card!  I really love the navy with the green color combo.

Patty - For my christmas card this time, I've used colored image of Santa Scene from the Magical Winter I collection, he is also available as an individual found on the same CD collection, all papers are from my stash  use a cut heart as 2D element and the white snow too and on a single cut out shape I stamped the sentiment Merry Christmas using snow white ink.

Wendy - For my christmas card this time, I've gone with more traditional colours. I've used Santa from the Festive Hollybobs collection, he is also available as an individual digi here or as a clear stamp here. I've coloured him with Graph'its. Both backing papers and all the embellishments & sentiment are from the same collection.

Yvonne - I love Christmas, love it love it love it! So I loved this weeks challenge. I have used 'Boy With Robin' from the fantastic Work & Play Festive Hollibobs Collection, you can get this as a CDRom, digi collection, digi image.  I coloured the image with my Graph'It Markers - you can see the range here. The Christmas sentiment is one of the Chalkboard Stamps which you can get here. I stamped it clear and embossed it in silver. I think it's a great effect, do you? The backing paper is also from the Festive Hollibobs collection. I added a few snowflakes and gems from my stash.

Fabulous makes from the whole team, I'm sure you'll agree!

And now for the winner from week 37

The winner chosen at random is:

#6 Suze 

please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCwk40001wk37 to claim your prize of a free digi.

And the top 3 (in no particular order) chosen by the design team are:

#1 Irene 

# 3 Anet 

# 4 Dawn 

Well done everyone go grab your badges from the side bar.

Don't forget it's the Digi Queens day over at Polkadoodles too so hop over there when you've finished this post and see what the other team have made today!

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Wk 39....Vintage - Digi Choosday crafting challenge

Happy Digi Choosday everyone!

Before we get onto this weeks challenge we wanted to let you know that we have some fab new images in the store!! You have to pop over to the store to see all the new things we have in stock.  So go take a look HERE...this gorgeous image is just one of our lovely new digis available this week, introducing the stunning new Octavia range of digis....

As a special introductory Octavia offer you can get 10% off the Octavia range this week only 

by using code PDBDQ10 at the checkout - but this code is only valid until Sunday at midnight GMT so don't miss it! Go go go!

Also remember we have 2 Facebook pages where you can share your makes and get inspiration from the other members and the DT, as well as get to see the latest offers and releases. Here are both the links:

 Digi Choosday group or the Polkadoodle Dandies group

Now onto the challenge. This week for the DT and you the theme we have set is

Vintage.

Love it or hate it - it's a fab challenge and really tested the DT this week! Of course there is the fantastic 'Rose Budd Collection' which is all about the beauty of that era and really came in handy for some of the team.  Remember this collection is available on CD or as digi download!!

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between.

You have until 14^th October to enter and the winner will be announced on 21st October, so lots of time to get your entry in. All we ask is that you follow the theme and the simple rules that can be found in the side bar.

The winner will receive a free digi image from the (Digi Store)

The winners from week 36 Monochromatic can be found at the bottom of this post.

Now let’s see what the team have made for us for this weeks challenge!

Scatty Jan For my vintage card this week I used the lovely Rose Budd collection, the image papers, postcard, feather and violin are all from the collection - Miss Millicent is also available as a clear stamp ....

Crafting Vicky I don't do a lot of Vintage... so for my card I decided to do a duo of things that I don't do a lot of... which is manly cards and vintage/retro.  I decided to use the fabulous Work and play collection 2 with the office colored and the papers that go with it!  I mean isn't it obvious that we would all like a day off?!? So to me this little guy looked perfect for the 50s and wanting to have a little holiday so his little paper could be saying that it's a day off :)  How fabulous would that be?!?

Julie - I always struggle with this theme but thankfully I was able to use the gorgeous Rose Budd Full Download which is available in the Polkadoodles store HERE. The image is called Miss Charlotte and the beautiful papers are also from the download. I added Antique Linen distress ink around the edges before matting onto gold pearlescent card.  The parasol,  bow and ticket are all available on the the Rose Budd download,  I edged the ticket with Antique Linen distress ink before matting onto some gold card and then onto the main card

Wendy - For this weeks vintage challenge, I didn't want to go all lacy and pretty, I wanted to embrace the idea of the old fashioned seaside and the Swimmer from Work & Play 4 fitted perfectly. It can now also as purchased an individual digi here. The backing paper is from the Rose Budd Collection.

Yvonne - Hello there! Well I decided to do a mans card for 'Vintage' and I chose to use 'Jeremiah' from the beautiful 'Rose Budd' Collection, which is available as a CDRom or Digi Download. The image, embellies and ephemera and papers are all from the same collection.  I edged the papers with Distress Inks and used them on the frame also. I coloured Jeremiah with my Graph'It Markers.  All I added was the burlap and the paper clay frame corners.

Patty  I don't do a lot of Vintage... so this card was a really challenge for me. I decided to use the lovely Cherryblossom Lane Collection the cute rabbit friends and the flowery papers all from the collection.  my card base is white and added a layer of aqua distressed the edges of all the papers and die cuts, use a piece of lovely and delicte white trim for the vintage look added the white ribbon and the purple drew drops to accent it.  What do you think?

And now for the winner from week 36 - chosen at random is:

#18  Carol Gill 

please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk 
quoting DCwk39001wk36 
to claim your prize of a free digi.

And the top 3 chosen by the design team are:

#11 Julie P 

#16 Helen 

# 12  Annie

Well done everyone! go grab your badges from the side bar. Thanks for joining us - can't wait to see what you come up with! See you next week! xx

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