Week 27 - CAS - Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday with Polkadoodles

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We do hope you saw the new release over the weekend…. Winnie & Rocco Starfish and Sandcastles. You can get your collection right HERE….

Winnie is our most popular character ever, so we've pulled out all the stops to bring you more Winnie adventures together with her brand new Beau.....ROCCO!

And he's just as cute as she is!
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:

Clean & Simple

You can use any products you like to enter as long as it follows the theme for this week. 

CLOSING DATE is 19th July 2016, winners will be announced on 26th July 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 24 Just For Men Challenge can be found at the bottom of this post.

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

Gail - Clean and simple is not my go to style as a rule, I'm a messy crafter and more is more with my usual crafting style lol but I have to say I'm rather pleased how this turned. I used the truly fab Scientist from the Work and Play 12 collection. All the elements used are from the Science bundle available as instant download here but if you fancy the whole collection you can purchase Work and Play 12 on CD-ROM or as an instant download.

Jacki -  My clean and simple card is made using Winnie Fruit punch digi Dandelionday from the download collection and paper and butterflies are from the Winston collection  I resized the butterflies to make the smaller wings to give more dimension and covered with glossy accent and glitter before sticking together and popping on card.  Once dried I added the antennae and sparkle trail,

Fikreta - For my clean and simple card I have used the mailbox image from Winston series. 

 Full details can be found on my blog.

Lori - For my card I used the Winston Bear Collection downloadable files - design sheets and sentiments file. Added some glittery pick gumdrops and wa-laaa! So quick and easy

Jane P - For my clean and simple make this week I have used the pre-coloured Dance Star from Winnie Fruit Punch Collection.

Nancy - From the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Fruit Punch Collection I used this sweet black & white image and coloured it with my Spectrum Noir Markers. Then I used a paper, flower tag and sentiment from the collection to finish my CAS card!

Julie - It was really nice to try a CAS make, so out of my comfort zone, but made super easy with the new Stamp Me stamps - I have used a stamp from the Summertime collection with Adirondack inks.

Jane S – Hello! My CAS creation features the gorgeously pretty and fabulously named MISS KELLY VON SWEETS .  She is available as part of the amazing WINNIE SUGAR SPRINKLES COLLECTION as is the sentiment and paper.  Have a lovely crafty day! xxx

Tanya - For this week's challenge I've made a bookmark using one of the pages from the adult colouring collection called Colour Therapy Florabunda which I've coloured with some pastel gel pens and covered with touches of glitter and a bit of ribbon.  More details on my blog.

Monica- For my CAS card, I had the adorable Rocco waiting for the perfect wave. Of course, I used the brand new Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles Collection

Anjie - For my make I have used the fab new Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles collection too. I have used an embellie and a sentiment from the collection and used a few strips of card from my scrap box. I added faux stitching around the edges of the card strip and the sentiment which I split into two. I then fussy cut the life preserver and mounted it onto 3D foam and there you have it, a very CAS.

Romina - This week my clean and simple style uses distress ink to make my background and some added sequins.  I just love this digi which is called Winnie Wishes which you can get HERE.  More photos and details can be found on my blog.

WinnerS -  Week 24 Just For Men

The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:

#8 My Creative Chaos

Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW024001 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:

#18  Dawn Frost 

#34Anet 

#31Granne 

So, here are our TOP TWO FAVOURITE FEATHER CHOICES

These are our Top Two entries that used a Polkadoodles image   

# 25 Nick 

# 22 Auntie Sue UK

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 26 - Bling, Gems or Glitter - Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday with Polkadoodles

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Our challenge this week is

Bling, Glitter or Gems

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 : 5^th July 2016, winners will be announced on 12^th July 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 23 Add A Sentiment can be found at the bottom of this post.

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

Tanya  Oh, I just love every opportunity to add some bling to my crafting creations and this week I've made a crown shaped card and added some elements from the Winnie in Wonderland Collection available as a CD and download and then added some bling diamante hearts to the bottom of the card for my bling-tastic make this week. More photos and details on my blog...

Julie - Who doesn't love a little sparkle on a project?  I know I do, so I have added plenty of sparkle to my project with gems and mica powder, I have used some digi's from the Winnie in Wonderland collection and coloured with Copics to create my card.

Jane P  - My youngest got engaged on her birthday.  Her and her boyfriend have been together for 10 years and it was a surprise to us all....even my daughter.  So with them in mind, my DT inspiration this week I have chosen another designer sheet from the Winnie Fruit Punch CD collection.

Jane S – Hello! So the DT really can’t get enough of the amazing WINNIE IN WONDERLAND collection can you tell! All the elements I have used today are from that awesome bundle and I have my little Winnie (called HURRY and available separately) ‘falling down’ the rabbit hole to start her adventure! Hope it’s a soft landing! J  Have a lovely crafty day! xxx

Gail - Sunglasses at the ready, this ones not just got bling but it's an ohhh so bright and bold art journal page. I've used the fabulous Dollie Daydream Kawaii digi image, available individually here  or in the fantastic full collection Dollie Daydream Goes East on CD-ROM or as an instant download.

Anjie -  I have used the fabulous Winnie In Wonderland collection again. This time I have used the Hatter image that you can get on it's own HERE. I have added my bling with gems and glitter on the butterflies, which are from the Daisy Days stamp set, and the Jelly Tot gems at the bottom. More details on my blog.

Monica.- For my project I used to different techniques to add bling. First I added golden and rainbow foil to the butterflies and sentiment. Then, I stamped with Perfect Pearls over black card stock. I used the lovely Daisydays.-Stamp me Collection and it´s gorgeous set of clear stamps.

Audrey  I'm a big fan of bling/sparkle.   Since I continue to be obsessed with the Winnie in Wonderland Big Kahuna Bundle, I again used everything on my card from this bundle, except for the bling flourishes that I added.  I used papers, elements from a couple of the design sheets, embellies and ephemera.   The image I chose is Winnie in Wonderland Time Will Tell, she is colored with Copics and cut out with die from my stash.   I sure hope you like it, this bundle is so much fun to work with!!

Nancy  I'm so excited to be sharing my very first post for Polkadoodles!  Who doesn't love a sweet Teddy Bear?  I used the adorable Etty Shy image from the Winston Collection.  The paper, sentiment, and tag are all from the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles - Fruit Punch Collection.  I puched quite a few white daisies to match the paper.  Finally, I added bling with pearls, rhinestones and Stickles

Lori  For this week's make I have used one of the Winnie Fruit Punch Design Sheets, twine, gems, glitter pen and dimension foam squares.  More pictures and details can be found on my blog.

Romina - Hi ladies!!! I love this digi, She gorgeous. I used glossing accent to make my gems and Wink of Stella to add some glitter in her dress!!! I used Winnie Dancing Queen!!!  You can buy her HERE...I hope you like it!

Fiki - This week I have used an image from the Winnie Fruit Punch Collection and the paper is from the Winston Collection

Jacki - This week I have made a card using one of the Winston download design sheets and Winston papers cut into strips and the embellishment elements from the Winston collection too.  I then added gems, glitter and distress inks from my stash.  Full details on my blog.

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

Add your entry using the linky tool below....

Winner Week 23 Add A Sentiment

The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:

#27 Lucy Woods

Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW023001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store!   

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Top 3 Design Team Favourites:

#9 Norma
#45 Lucy Woods
#70 Claudia

Well done ladies - we loved your entries!

TOP THREE FAVOURITE FEATHER IN A CAP (entries that used a Polkadoodles image)

#4 Suze #1
#65 Carole J
#63 Alison B

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 25 - Ribbon/Twine Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday with Polkadoodles

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Today's challenge is...
PRETTY RIBBON/TWINE

CLOSING DATE is 28^th June 2016 and the winners will be announced on 5^th July 2016 ....PRIZES: The random winner (chosen by Random.org) will receive £5 worth of downloads of your choice from the digi store!

The winners from our last challenge can be found at the end of this post and in the winners tab at the top of the page!

We have some lovely news this week and are very thrilled to have lots of new talent joining us on the team, so huge welcome to

Jacki D, Lori, Jane P, Fiki, Nancy, Romina 

So let's see what the team have for us this week!

LORI....For my card I used the Winnie Fruit Punch Printable Digital Papercrafting Collection! Treetop Winnie is so adorable and all the design sheets, embellies and sentiments come with the collection! How FUN! You can find more details on my blog!....

Fiki....I used the Winnie Fruit Punch collection to make this great note holder...

Jane P....I used Winnie Fruit Punch designer sheets for the embellishments and banner papers. Buzz Along digi was colored with copics, and background was done in I Kan Dee chalks. Used Darice embossing folder for the background with SU card stock. Creative basic banner die. Bee's are extended up off the card using acetate t make them look like they are flying....

Tanya  For this week's challenge I've used the shadow box template from the Little Kingdom Collection and mixed it up with the papers and some of the Digi Sheets from the new Winnie In Wonderland collection to make a triple shadow box wall hanger which I've added red and white vintage heart ribbon to the back of.  It will take pride of place in my craft room above my desk.  More photos and details on my blog.

Monica.-When it comes to ribbon, I love thule. It allows you to always have the perfect bow no matter if you are an expert or not. For this challenge I made a tea bag holder card with the lovely Lavender Tea Collection.....

Audrey I chose all my card elements from the fantastic Winnie in Wonderland Big Kahuna Download.  This includes the background paper which is from one of the design sheets, image, quote that is added to one of the tags and the embellies.  Added ribbon to one of the embellies.  Hope you like it and come visit my blog for additional details.

Gail - For the 'Add A Ribbon' challenge this week, I just had to make a tag, my love affair with making supersize tags shows no signs of fading! I've used the gorgeous artwork from the Daisydays collection. Daisydays is available as an instant download on CD-ROM. The best value for money and it's an amazing, is the Daisydays bundle which has the digital collection on CD-ROM together with the accompanying stamp set.

Anjie -   I've used some papers and a digi from the fabulously lush Winnie In Wonderland collection. I printed the digi out 3 times so I could cut bits out to make some decoupage with. I put the papers onto the card at an angle and or course as I haven't used card behind the papers I've used the black fine liner squiggly line. I've also inked the edges of the papers and the background of the image black to make them pop a bit more. I've then added all the layers with 3D foam, added a few embellies and finished off with a bow. More info and photos on my blog.

Julie - I have used the super cute Tweedledum from the Winnie in Wonderland collection, I chose my colour scheme of Red and Teal around one of the fab papers in the collection.

Jane – Hello! So I added my ribbon (and seam binding) to a tag created using the incredible WINNIE IN WONDERLAND collection. There are some super lush papers in this bundle and the sweetest of images. This cute little girl can be purchased separately HERE if you wish. Have a lovely crafty day! xxx

Gorgeous creations from the team as always!

So let's see the winners from last time! 

Winner Week 22

The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:

# 48 Heather

Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW022001 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:

#7 Traceymo

#49  Lucy P

#24 Francesca

FEATHER IN YOUR CAP WINNERS: (These are our Top Two fave entries that used a Polkadoodles image)

#3 Billie

#5 Shirley AC

#49 Lucy P

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 24 - Just for Men - Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday

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Our newest releases of the  brand new wonderful STAMP ME ranges are in stock so grab your stamps, CDs and downloads HERE and check out the inspiration in our Gallery, as well as on Facebook.

And you may have seen that we’ve all gone slightly bonkers at Polkadoodles with our brand new release of Winnie in Wonderland  She is based on the Lewis Carroll books of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass.  There’s digital stamps in black and white and colour and amazing design sheets and embellies and tags and quotes and fabulous designer papers and much much more, all in one fabulous collection but not only that the images, papers and everything are available in smaller collections too… but why not treat yourself to the full collection which is excellent value for money at just £14.99 on download and CD which means you’ll have everything to be able to create fabulous projects. Check out the whole collection right HERE…  

Now onto the new challenge:

Just for Men

Making male themed cards and gifts is always very difficult, but not with Nikky’s fabulous digis it’s not!  There’s many male themed digis in the shop whether it’s on the Work & Play Collections or on the other collections too.  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.

We give you two weeks to enter so that means the CLOSING DATE is 28^th June 2016 and the winners will be announced on 5^th July 2016 ....PRIZES:

The random winner (chosen by Random.org) will receive £5 worth of downloads of your choice from the digi store!

As we ran our Birthday Celebration Challenge for two weeks there are no winners to announce this week, so we will be back next week to announce the winners of our Week 22 Think Summer Challenge 

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

Helen - Well aren't they always a problem to make a card for? You can't go wrong with a little espionage though so how about this great Spy/James Bond character. You can find him along with the licensed to thrill sentiment in the store right HERE 

Anjie -  I've used the beach hut, the sun and the sun glasses from the new Summertime collection, and everything is coloured with my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour paints. The sentiment is also from the same collection. I printed the images out 3 times and decoupaged them. I kept the card CAS as most men don't like fussy things do they, so I finished it off with a squiggly line. Lots more details and a close up photo on my blog.

Julie - I have used Karate Boy from Work & Play 7 to create a Congratulations card for my little boy, when he completes his next Karate grading.  Image is coloured with Copics, all details and pics showing how I created the card are on my Blog.

Gail - I've used a couple of images from the Work and Play 8 - Feel The Music Collection to create my birthday card. The guitar and speakers are pre-coloured digis from the Work and Play 8 collection and I got inky to create the background, more details over on my blog. The Work and Play 8 Feel The Music collection is available as an instant download or on CD-ROM.

 Jane – Hello! Oh wow the new collection from Nikky, WINNIE IN WONDERLAND is beyond amazing and that is what I have used for my male card this week.  I have the white rabbit ‘dashing’ across my card and he is called, appropriately, I’M LATE.  I duplicated, manipulated and then lightened each image progressively to give the illusion of speed.  I also tried to adapt my pencil colouring to match. I hope it looks like he’s running along and not being chased by bunny ghosts!!! J Have a lovely crafty day! xxx 

Monica-For this male make, I used precoloured image and sentiment from Work & Play 4 and papers, fence and tree from Cherryblossom Lane.

Audrey loves the versatility of the Work and Play bundles from Polkadoodles shop because they have both female and male characters, which makes it so much easier to construct a masculine creation.  This time I chose Work and Play 12 Big Kahuna Download Collection for my card.  My image, papers and embellies are from this set, my sentiment and backing are from one of the design sheet elements, also found in Work and Play 12 Big Kahuna Download Collection.  Sure hope you like it and please visit my blog for details on how I made my card.

Tanya  - So for this week's challenge I've made my dad's Father's Day card which in the UK falls on Sunday.  He loves the Sticks & Bones collection so much, and loved the colouring book bag I made him, so it was a no brainer really that I should make his card from the same collection.  Full details can be found on my blog together with more close up photos.  You can get your collection HERE on CD and HERE on download

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

Add your entry using the linky tool below.

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

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