wk 37 - Christmas in Blues and Purples...Digi Choosday craft challenge

Happy Choosday everyone!

Have you joined our two Facebook pages for sneaky peeks of new products, inspiration from the DT and a place where our fabulous customers share their very own makes with us? 
Here are the links to the two pages....
The first page is our very own Digi Choosday page, you can search for Digi Choosday Crafting or use this link:    https://www.facebook.com/groups/DigiChoosday/

The second page is called Polka Doodle Dandies and this is the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/polkadoodles/

Make sure you sign up on BOTH groups because there are often great freebies and discount codes which don't appear here on the blog! 
And today - and today only
we have a super duper special offer for you

SAVE 25% on all Digi Stamps in the store HERE
Simply enter code DC179 at the checkout to get your discount! 

It ends at midnight today so don't miss it whoop whoop! 
We have a ton of new digis added to the store this week so make sure you take a look and grab some bargains!

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

Christmas in Blues and Purples

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between and you don't need to use our products to enter.

You have until 30^th September to enter and the winner will be announced on 7^th 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 34 Blooms can be found at the bottom of this post.

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

Crafting Vicky - For this card I used the fabulous set Christmas Joy bundle that I arranged in a word document to be in purples and blues as I wanted for this challenge!  I totally adore digis as they are so versatile!!!!

Scatty Jan What a beautiful colour combination for Christmas. I decided to make a Christmas snowflake lantern. The purple paper is from Work and Play Festive Hollybobs collection aong with Hollybobs Mistletoe digistamp (also available on the cd) and also available as a clear stamp - Coloured with Graph'It Markers - I added some white liquid pearls - some vellum behind the snowflakes, and a tiny battery flicking candle xx

Julie  - Its nice to take a break from the traditional red and green colour scheme for xmas  so a great challenge to use these two colours -I have used the following Polkadoodles items for my cracker card -Both Papers from Angelberry Christmas CD,Image from  Angelberry Christmas CD,Paper bows from Work and Play Festive Hollibobs Collection Download which has now been added to the digi store for immediate download, they are also available on the Work and Play Festive Hollibobs CD

 

Yvonne - For this weeks challenge I used the fantabulous 'Work & Play; Festive Hollybobs Collection' which you can get as a CDRom or download the digi collection.  This weeks theme is Christmas in blues & purples - and there are sooooo many papers in this collection, you can do this challenge no problems at all. I used 'Skating Fun' and she is in the collection or you can get her as a polymer stamp, click here to shop! She is coloured in with my Graph'It Markers, which never fail me.  I cut her out with 'Westminster' Tattered Lace die and edged round it with 'Ultramarine Tint' Pan Pastel. I cut some Tattered Lace snowflakes and also one of the new Tattered Lace greetings as it reminded me of the marks left by skating on the ice. Markers used are listed on my blog. 

Wendy - I've stepped slightly out of the box this week (no pun intended), I've made 4 christmas tree baubles and a presentation box. All the papers for the baubles and the box lid are from Festive Holibobs and have resized and recoloured in CAP2. The image is also from Festive Holibobs, printed out 5 times and decoupaged, she is also available as a stamp here.

Sharon - Christmas in blues and purples this is from the Xmas joy bundle I have recoloured the papers, sentiment and elements using a graphics program. Fussy cut the trees and mounted them with foam tape. I have then added glitter to the trees and background to give them a frosty look.

Patty - For this weeks challenge I used papers and image from the Magical Winter I collection.  This weeks theme is Christmas in blues & purples  there so many papers to choose from this collection...for the image I choose the tall snowman I have found him so cute and I colored him using my copics... I add some rick rack border to the front and the sentiment i used memento black ink and accent it using some purple doddle dewdrops.

Anjie - I decided to make some table place cards, but instead of the usual I decided to do it as a cracker and put a personal treat inside each one that I know they will love! I have printed papers and embellies from the Angelberry Christmas CD onto card stock and used a die to cut the crackers out. I took the baubles into MS Word and added the names onto them. I finished them off by tying them closed with coordinating bakers twine.

 Now for the winners from week 34

The winner chosen at random is:

#9 Julie O 

please email us at HERE  quoting DCwk37001wk34 to claim your prize of 3 free digis.

And the top 3 chosen by the design team are:

#13 Sparkling Pink 

# 7 Carol Dunham 

# 19 Lillian A http://lilliansleisure.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/catching-butterflies.html

Well done everyone go grab your badges from the side bar.  Thanks for joining us - we look forward to seeing your entries!! 
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wk 36... Monochromatic - Digi Choosday challenge

Happy Choosday everyone!

Did you manage to catch the Polkadoodles show on Sunday on Create and Craft with the fabulous new Winston CD? 

If not you can catch the show HERE and the CD is HERE. 

If you want to see more samples come and join us in our

 group on Facebook, we are called Polka Doodle Dandies and this is the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/polkadoodles/

Also, don't forget it's the Digi Queens Day over at the Polkadoodles blog so if you want a heap more inspiration than you can poke a stick at head over there after you join in the challenge! The link is at the bottom of this post! 

  

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

Monochromatic

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between.  If you're confused about what Monochromatic means - it can be both black and white or it can be tones of a single colour, it's up to you. Remember you can use any products to enter, it doesn't have to be a Polkadoodles make!

You have until 23^rd September to enter and the winner will be announced on 30^th September, 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

You can see last time's winners at the end of this post! 

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

Julie -I decided my monochromatic colour was going to be pink and I have made an 8 x 8 scalloped edge card using the wonderful Girls Hoot Digi Download for the supercute image, sentiment and both patterned papers

Some of the images and papers were recoloured in PSE which I am still getting used to
( I had never recoloured anything before so it was good practice for me)

Crafting Vicky - For my monochromatic look I went with a back to school feel :)  I figured I would be feeling kind of pensive if I was returning back to school... that's what my daughter looks like lol So this all being said I used the great image from Pretty Sweet Collection the paper is also from that set.  

Wendy - For my card this week, I chose the theme it in sepia tones and felt the Rose Budd Collection was perfect for this. I chose Charlotte for my image from the collection and all the papers are from it too. It's finished with a little distressing, and a few die cut embellies, made using papers from the collection too, 

Sharon - For this challenge I decided to do something completely different. On the Candy Doodles Collectors edition there is a fab template for a sweet little bird house so I printed this out onto card I chose some of the gorgeous papers from the cd which come in an array of colours (as this is a monochromatic I decided to stick with black and white) and printed these onto back of the templates. One of the papers was recolored with a graphics program but there are some lovely black and white ones on the cd. I followed the easy instructions and made up the bird house, I have left one side if the roof open as I have stuffed it with candy! A few black and white flowers from my stash and hearts cut from black card just finished it off.

Scatty Jan I used the lovely digi stamp Bee Happy, how cute is the little scene - I printed it twice to fussy cut out some extra petals. Coloured in with a memento dual marker, I had lots of fun 

Yvonne - Hi there! So this week is monochromatic week and I decided to use Nikky's papers to be the focus of the card. I used papers from the beautiful Rose Budd Collection, the butterfly is from the Flowers & Leaves Collection. The sentiment is from Dollie Goes East Collection.  All bundles are available from the Digiworld Downloadables section of the store. 

Patty - Hi there! this week is monochromatic and I decided to use Work & Play 3 collection papers to use on the background of the card. I used Teacher image as the main focus also from the collection. The sentiment is from and unknown that i had on my desk then added the black med button and accent with some white twine.

Anjie - The image I have used is Maddie Give Us A Twirl, and she is coloured with my Graph'It Markers. The paper I have used is from the Love and Cherish CD and the flowers from the new Winston CD

Here are the winners from week 33 Pearls and Bling...

The winner chosen at random is:

#3 Jackie C 

please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCwk36001wk33 to claim your prize of a 3 free digis.

And the top 3 chosen by the design team are: 

#2 Jana K 

# 3 Jackie C 

# 14 Susan Kennedy 

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

Thanks for joining us again this week - and don't forget to head over and see what the Digi Queens have for you today too HERE

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Wk 35 - Travel/Vacation/Holidays .... Digi Choosday Challenge

Happy Digi Choosday everyone!!

Now, before start this week, please remember to head over to the Polkadoodles blog after you read this post and add your challenge entry to see what the NEW Digi Queens have for us, you'll be in awe at their awesome colouring skills - the link is at the bottom of this post! 

 This week for the DT and you, the theme we have set is

Travel, Vacations or Holidays

So we would like to see projects with either holidays (including Holiday events like Christmas too!) or travel on your projects, whether they are the main focus or added embellies.

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between - you do NOT have to use our products to enter!

You have until 16th September to enter and the winner will be announced on 23rd September, 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 1 free digi image from the Polkadoodles digistore. 

You can view the winners from last time at the end of this post....

Just before we get to the challenge inspiration, we need to remind you that we have a big promotion going on over at Kit and Clowder's website and on Facebook so make sure you go and check it out - there's freebies and a great discount code for grabs if you sign up! 

Right time to see what the team have for us! 

Anjie -  When I saw the new digi images in the Polkadoodles store one of them reminded me of me so much I had to have it. Why did it remind me of me I here you ask, well once when I went to visit my friend in Spain, she didn't recognise me as I had died my hair and I was wearing a hat! So the image is Maddie Twirling Curls and here she is!

I chose these two colours as they are my favourite colours and my hair used to be that shade of blue and at the moment is purple! Maddie is coloured with my Graph'It markers and the papers and flowers are from the Dollie Goes East collection download . The postcard stamp and message are from the Postcard stamp set.

Scatty Jan I loved this challenge , and making my little case. I used two of the papers from the digi bundle Kath (flowers were punched from the same)- I used the postcard and clock from the Rose Budd Collection.
Platinum stickles on the lock and black diamond stickles on flower middles. A small legnth of twine for the handles and popped on a mini key. Frayed burlap distress ink , the eiffel tower button and some sequins (which I opened upside down - 60g of sequins over my desk!)

Julie - For my card I used the wonderful Dollie image, fan image, ticket, sentiment circle and papers from the wonderful Dollie Daydream Goes East download available at Polkadoodles Digiworld Store

I really loved both the circle sentiment and ticket sentiment - The images are also available on the Dollie Daydream goes east CD available at Polkadoodles

Patty - Oh boy! I just started making Christmas Card so I made a very cute Xmas one... using the lovely CD collection Magical Winter I . I printed out the cute Santa's Workshop Pinguin and matching it up with some Kraft and Red papers from the collection. I added the 2 red dotted ribbon on top in the middle between both papers.... maybe you can't see it but I add some shadow to the image using my prisma colors and to finished off the Bright Gold satin ribbon on the left top corner.  What can I say I love Chrismtas cards, so I started early this year!!!

Wendy - As soon as I saw this weeks challenge, I knew which image I wanted to use, the Carriage from the Rose Budd Collection. The backing papers and the paper used for the flowers are also from there. I've used the flourishes from one of the new cutting files and resized them on the Silhouette.

Yvonne -  Hello there everyone! Well this weeks theme is Travel/Holidays, well I decided to use Enfys Digistamp Bundle from the Digiworld Downloadables section of Polkadoodles. This is amazing value for money this bundle, you get the image and 5 papers!! I chose to use two of the papers for Enfys. I decided that this image suggested that she had been traveling and has had a good time by the looks of all them shopping bags!!! The image is coloured with my Graph'It Markers, a full list of colours are on my blog. The postcards are embellishments from the beautiful Rose Budd Collection. Some ribbon, flowers and pearls, topped of with a wee wooden butterfly embellishment.

Sharon - I have just returned from my vacation so this weeks theme travel/holidays seems so fitting. I have used the caravan section from Work and Play 3. I printed out the matching cloud paper and matted it onto some blue card. I then used a strip of the road paper and die cut some grass to finish my background. The caravan was the printed 4 times and I have cut various sections of it to decoupage it. The little character with his knotted hankie sits neatly at the front whilst I have printed one of the sentiments onto yellow card as the sunshine!

Crafting Vicky When I looked at the challenge that we have right now... I thought hmmm travel as in getting away from it all right?!?  So for my make I used the fabulous Office, Colored from the work and play 2 collection.  And I added some papers from Classic heart papers.  This is what I came up with!  Hope you like it!  Man... now I want to get away lol

Great makes as always!

Winners from week 32 Stitching Effects...

The winner chosen at random is:

#7  Tammy A

please email us HERE quoting DCwk35001wk32 to claim your prize of a 3 free digis.

 And the top 3 chosen by the design team are:

#16 Archana

# 10 Papersniffer

# 5 Diane H

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

Don't forget to now hop on over to the Polkadoodles blog to see the first post from Polkadoodles Digi Queens!

You can read all about it HERE

See you next week!

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wk 33 Pearls and Bling...Digi Choosday craft challenge

Happy Digi Choosday everyone!

Make sure you head over to the digi store this week - there's a ton of new digis added and they are all totally adorable! 

Just to give you a taster, we have this beauty listed for sale ....

Isn't she cute? These are our Pretty Sweet girls and you can get her and all her friends here

Now onto the challenge...

This week for the DT and you the theme we have set is

Pearls & Bling

To enter the challenge you can make anything you like, from a card to a home décor item and anything in between and the challenge is all about blinging it up!

You have until 2nd September to enter and the winner will be announced on 9th September, 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. You do NOT need to use our products to enter but we'd love it if you do! 
The winner will receive 3, yes 3!! digi images from the (Digi Store)

You can see the winners of our last challenge 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 card I used the great Girls Hoot Digi Downloads . Such a fab collection of owls, Papers, Sentiments and Emblies. I am really loving shaped cards at the moment so went with the apron card. Added some pearls around the apron frill and some bling to the top xx

Crafting Vicky Wow I have to say that I love the idea of Pearls and bling!  So much easier for a challenge lol.  So  had lots of ideas... and I ended up making a totally girly card for this challenge!  I used the totally awesome Work and Play collection 2 for my card.  I used the fabulous Ballerina and some great papers as well.  You can't get more "girly" than this!

Sharon - I love pearls but don't really do bling so have got my sparkle from glitter for this week's theme. I have chosen the Sugarplum Daisy CD and used one of the toppers from the collection. Choosing colors from the topper I have used an aqua card and a purple dotty backing paper - Who knew these would go together! The border and sentiment are also from the cd. (I have colored the sentiment to match in with my color scheme.) Although they don't show so well in the photos I have put tiny pearls in the centre of the daisies in the pretty fairy's hand and fairy dust on her wings! larger purple pearls are on the corners and sentiment.

Julie - I have made a diamond shaped card that can be displayed in the three ways...The gorgeous image I have used for my card is called Singin Sally and is available in the Polkadoodles Digi Store HERE, its also available on the Work and Play 1 download, which can be downloaded immediately so no waiting for a CD to arrive. The pretty backing papers I have used are also from Work and Play 1 Download.  For my bling I have added pink and beige pearls to the corners of the image and added gems to the dots on her hair bow. I have also added a pearl embellishment to the centre of the bows on each side of the card.

Yvonne - Hi there! Well for a theme of Pearls & Bling, I had to use a wedding image. I chose to use Emma Canning's 'Bride' - now get this quick because it is about to be discontinued from the Polkadoodles Store but for now you can get it for 35p - that's THIRTY FIVE pence folks!!!  I coloured her with my Graph'It Markers - the colours used are on my blog.  I chose to use papers from the Rose Bundle papers. I added my ribbon, pearl swirls and bling for the finishing touches! 

Fantastic ideas here for you from the team, as always!! 

Here are the winners from week 30 Lots of Layers

The winner chosen at random is:

#46 DebiB

please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCwk33001wk30 to claim your prize of a 3 free digis.

And the top 3 chosen by the design team are:

#9 Lidya

# 32 Gail L

# 57 Katya

Well done everyone go grab your badges from the side bar - thanks so much to everyone who entered!

You have until 2nd September to enter and the winner will be announced on 9th September, 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.

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