Tuesday, 22 September 2015

wk 38 Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday Ribbon & Lace


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Now onto the new challenge from us here at Digi Choosday.

This week the challenge is
Ribbon & Lace.
So we want to see lush ribbon and/or lace on your projects. It can be real ribbon and lace (if you can bare to use it) or it can be faux ribbon and lace. In the Polkadoodles collections you will always find lots and lots of faux ribbon that always looks real on your makes.

You can make anything you like, maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home décor. 
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 side bar if you need to.

We give you two weeks to enter so that means the
CLOSING DATE IS 6th October 2015 
and the winners will be announced on 13th October 2015.

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 35 can be found at the bottom of this post.

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

Scatty Jan I used the lovely Eden collection this time , colouring up the stunning Eden Blossoms I used my Lyra Rembrandt Polycolour Pencils. You can also get Eden Blossoms as a single digi here. The flowers, sentiment an adorable matching papers are all from the collection and also the lovely paper ribbon which I popped into Craft Artist and simply coloured it to match.

Lynda:   I just love Picknix 3: Nordic Winter Collection,so that's what I chose to use for this weeks challenge. The whole collections is available on a CD or as a digital download.  The papers,digi stamp and embellishments are all from this collection. Have Fun xx 




AnjieI have used real ribbon and faux ribbon to fit in with the theme.
The image, papers, embellies and sentiment are all from the fabulous new Octavia Frosted Winter collection. This is available as a download collection HERE, as a CD HERE, or in separate items HERE. I have coloured her with my Graph'It Markers. The background is also done with Graph'Its and a the Graph'It blender pen and the Graph'It white shaker pen.

Julie -- ribbon and lace -- two of my favorite embellishments!  I used the Work & Play 5, Festive Hollybobs Digital Craft Download collection.  You can get the Presents image individually here.  The papers and sentiment are from the same collection.  She is colored with Copic markers, and ready to wrap those Christmas presents.  Now, if only I was as organized!

Jane – Hi everyone!  My rocker card is for my brother’s wedding anniversary and I used the fabulous image, embellies and paper that are all part of the wonderful WINSTON DELUXE FULL COLLECTION.  The sentiment is from the WORK AND PLAY 9 – LOVE AND KISSES DOWNLOAD BUNDLE and I used my lush new Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor Pencils to colour. Have a lovely crafty day! xxx

Emma - For my Ribbon & Lace card I have stuck with Christmas as I really need to get these Christmas cards done this year. I have used one of the chalkboard sentiments from the Frosted Winter Collection as the main focus so no image from me today. All of the papers & embellishments are also from the Frosted Winter Collection that can be found Here


Monica.-For this challenge, I´m working with papers and rolled roses from Rose Budd Craft Download Collection. When I started making my card, I was going to add a hand coloured digi and rolled roses on a side. But then I rolled the roses and they were so gorgeous, that I chose to make them the focal point on my card. To achieve challenge requeriments, I used a slot ribbon border and added a piece of a beautiful and quirky brown lace under the roses.


Tanya
Hello folks.  I'm fresh back from my holidays and although I've blogged while I've been absent and joined in the challenges it's good to get back into the swing of things with lovely ribbon and lace.  I've made a card using one of the design sheets from the Work & Play Music 8 Collection and just added some lace to the card and a touch of ink around the edges of the background.  The design sheets show just how versatile they are and what can be done with them.


Audrey created an altered notebook this time around using a technique called Faux Mosaic.  I chose an image and sentiment, as well as some papers from Serenity Fairy Wishes Bundle.  Image Serenity Blossom can also be purchased as a single digi HERE and you may also purchase all the sentiments in the Serenity Fairy Wishes Sentimentals Bundle.    The other papers used are from the Winston Deluxe Full Collection and the butterfly embellies are from Twiggy and Toots Digital Papercraft Collection and can also be found in the Twiggy and Toots Embellies Bundle.  Image and sentiment are cut with dies, I added an acetate piece over the sentiment, printed the same as the piece underneath, so that it makes it stand out more against the background.  I added ribbon and lace from my stash on the spiral binding.


Wendy - I've used Constance from the Rose Budd Collection this week. The backing paper is from the same collection, as are all the embellies, including the mini manuscript, which come on one single printable design sheet.

Aunty SueWell for my card this week I decided that as Strictly Come Dancing is starting on Friday. Toots should enter. So I have used Dancing Queen from the original Twigg & Toots available as a digi image here or you can buy the full download/ cd coloured with my Lyra Rembandt Polycolor Pencils. I have also used one of the many fab papers from the CD too. The sentiment is from another CD Serenity Fairy Wishes. I have used lots of glitter , gems as a dancing queen needs some sparkle.
Great makes from the DT I’m sure you will agree.

If you would like to join us as a GDT please join in our challenge and add GDT after your name on your entry. Then send us an email to digichoosday@yahoo.com

Add your entry using the linky tool below.

Now for the winner and top three from week 35 In the Pink
The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:


Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW035001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store!
And in no particular order the top three chosen by the design team are:

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Tuesday, 15 September 2015

wk 37 Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday Monochromatic


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Happy Choosday everyone!

Before we get onto this weeks challenge we need to let you know that our fabulous Nikky Hall is on Create and Craft TV again this week. You can find her on there on Friday the 18th at 10am for an amazing show all about Coloured Pencils!!! She will be bringing you something new which will include a free class with it. Tune in to find out what it is!

Of course, today it’s 
Your discount code for this week is:
CHOOSDAY
which will save you 
33% off all downloads 
when you spend over £2.25 for 24 hours only
*EXPIRES MIDNIGHT GMT 15/9/15
Just enter the code in the shop HERE !


Now onto the new challenge.....
Monochromatic
So we want to see makes that use the same colour family this week - this doesnt have to be just black and white, it can be different shades of the same colour. 
You can use other colours for hair and skin etc, but the main focus needs to be shades of one colour please.
You can make anything you like, maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home décor. 
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 side bar if you need to.
CLOSING DATE IS 29th September 2015 
and the winners will be announced on 6th October 2015.
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 36 can be found at the bottom of this post.

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


Tanya....For this week's monochromatic challenge I’ve chosen the colour black and this has given me chance to use my love of Zentangle.  I’ve been wondering for a while whether any of Nikky’s lovely digis would look as good Zentangled as they do coloured in pens and pencils.  Well, what do you think?   As like last week I’ve used one of the digis from the Serenity collection called Serenity Princess and a sentiment from the collection too.  The papers are from the Dolly Goes East collection
More photos can be seen on my blog....

  Scatty Jan  I love the Work and Play 11 so much . This time I have used the Gymnast twirling girl available as a digi or part of the amazing CD collection .  The paper and sentiment are also from the collection. I have coloured up with pencils. Punched a few flowers out and added some gems and a feather. Some stickles on her twirler to finish.

Emma - For my Monochrome card i have used the Nordic Winter collection, love this collection. I have coloured up the Santa Digi with pencils for that more vintage look. All of the papers & embellishments are also from the Full Nordic Winter Collection that can be found Here
Julie - I used shades of pink on my monochromatic make, and the rose image from the Octavia Moonfly Big Kahuna Digital Craft Download Bundle.  The backing papers and sentiment are also from this lovely collection.  Shades of pink -- so pretty!


Aunty Sue Hi wow have I loved doing this card. For my Monochromatic card I have gone with the Greys. I have used yet again one of the fab Ickyink digi images. This one is Oddella Heart and is available HERE. My papers and elements are from Frosted Winter CD available HERE My sentiment tickets are from Work & Play 10 Country Life available HERE. I have coloured my image with my new Lyra Rembrandt Polycolour Pencils and added lace and gems from my stash.
Lynda: For this weeks challenge I combined my two favourite things Craft and Cats! I used a digi stamp,papers and sentiment from the Work and Play 10 Country Life Collection. It's available on a CD or as a digital download. You can also just buy the cat digi separately here. Have fun xx 


Jane – Hi everyone!  My VERY blue card is made using the gorgeous DOLLIE DAYDREAM GOES EAST COLLECTION.  You can purchase the stunning image, called DOLLIE DAYDREAM GOES EAST - BACKPACK separately if you wish but there are so many amazing things in this bundle I urge you to go for the FULL COLLECTION.  The letters are cut from paper that can be found in the WINSTON DELUXE DOWNLOAD.  Have a lovely crafty day! xxx


Monica.-For my monochromatic project I made a double lever card with the gorgeous a papers and sentiments included on Love & Cherish Collection. I also used a flourish cutting file from Eden Collection and butteflies cutting file from Twiggy & Toots Collection.

Anjie - The image, papers, embellies and sentiment are all from the fabulous new Octavia Frosted Winter collection. This is available as a download collection HERE, as a CD HERE, or in separate items HERE. As you can see I have used shades of green. I have coloured her with my green and grey green Graph'It Markers. The background is also done with Graph'Its and a the Graph'It blender pen and the Graph'It white shaker pen.
Wendy - For my monochrome card I've used Etty Shy from the Winston collection. You can also get Etty as an individual digi here. Both the dotty and striped backing papers are from the same collection, however I have darkened the dotty paper with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
Audrey I chose blue, using an image and sentiment from Serenity Fairy Wishes Digital Download Bundle.  The image Serenity Earth Star, can be purchased as a single image HERE and you can also purchase Serenity Fairy Wishes Sentimentals Bundle on its own.  All the designer papers I chose plus the flowers and button embellies can be found in the Winston Deluxe Full Collection.  I then added the ribbon to the outside of the card and Stickles on Serenity's wings.
inside of card

GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY - DID THE TEAM ROCK THIS CHALLENGE OR WHAT???? I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE MAKES THEYRE SO PRIDDEEEEE!

So come on, add your entry using the linky tool below.

If you would like to join us as a GDT please join in our challenge and add GDT after your name on your entry. Then send us an email to digichoosday@yahoo.com

Now for the winner and top three from week 34 Use 2 papers
The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:

# 38 Traci L 
Well done!   Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW034001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store!

And in no particular order the top three chosen by the design team are:
# 34 Mags 
#15 MariaD 
Well done everyone, way to go!
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Tuesday, 8 September 2015

wk 36 Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday - Shaped Card


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Happy Choosday everyone!

Make sure you tune in to Create and Craft TV today at 10.00 am to see our lovely Nikky with some fabulous inspiration, samples and ideas!
You can watch on Sky 674, Freeview 36, Freesat 813, Virgin 748
or online HERE


Of course because it’s Digi Choosday it is also 

Your discount code for this week is:
DC258S
Which will give you a massive 25% off digis today - shop here now


Now onto the new challenge...
Not a Square!
You can enter any project which uses a shape which is not a square! Your actual card can be square but we'd like to see you using some different mat and layer shapes where possible - with a little artistic licence of course! 
CLOSING DATE IS 22nd September 2015 
and the winners will be announced on 29th September 2015.
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 33 can be found at the bottom of this post.

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


Anjie -  I have used a TL die to create the shape of the card. The papers, embellies and sentiment are all from the fab Home For Christmas collection. There are some truly stunning papers on this CD. The image, Ralph, is coloured with my Graph'It Markers and I have given him some texture with the Mix It Fluid and some velvet ribbon. More photos and details on my blog.

Julie -- I absolutely LOVE shaped cards, so this was such a fun challenge for me!  I used one of the great shaped cards found in the Polkadoodles store. This is Elegant Card 2 SVG Cutting File, cut out on my Silhouette.  The image is Seashore Shannon, colored with Copic markers.  I used papers from the Kath Walking the Dog Digital Download.  The sentiment is from the Twiggy and Toots Digital Download Collection

Tanya  My inspiration for this week’s challenge comes from the actual shape of the digi itself.  She is called Serenity Resting and is available on the Serenity collection HERE and separately as a black and white digi on her own. HERE.  I've coloured her with Graph It pens available HERE on Ultimate Graphic paper available HERE...

Scatty Jan For my shaped card i had lots of fun playing with the Work and Play 11. I have coloured the images using Pencils , and used the lovely cut files and emblies to decorate my stepper card. The images are also available as singles Male can be found  here and Female can be found here. love these images they really are fun...

Hi, my shaped card this week is made from a  Christmas Pudding cut file found on the Twiggy and Toots Festive fun collection. It's available on a CD or as a digital download. I embossed the icing and added some gems for the berries, finishing it off by using a sentiment from this collection. Have fun!

Monica.-My project for this funny challenge is a tree shaped card made with trees, papers, elements and digi from Twiggy & Toots regular collection.

Emma - For my shaped card all the elements I have used are from the Frosted Winter Collection, I have used the mug from the embellishments folder for the base of my card. I have coloured up Ice Queen & she can be found as an individual digi Here. All of the embellishments are from the full collection that can be Here....

Audrey I chose to do an Igloo for my shaped card.  I used the precolored Igloo from Octavia Frosted Winter Digital Download Collection.  I combined the 2 igloos using Gimp, flipping the 2nd one so they were back to back and joined them together so when I cut them out they would be attached in the center.  I then cut them out with scissors and added Stickles.  I chose papers, sentiment, heart and flowers also from Octavia Frosted Winter Digital Download Collection.  Papers,heart and flowers are cut with scissors, I added the sentiment to the paper using Word and cut with Sue Wilson die.  I chose my image Hot Chocolate from Octavia Frosted Winter Digital Download Collection as well, and you can also find her as a single image HERE.  She is colored with Copics, cut out with scissors and Stickles added.

Front of card

 Inside of card

Aunty Sue- For my Shaped Card I have gone with a Stepper Card. I have chosen this fab image from the CD Work & Play 10 Country Life available here she is called Foraging Mushrooms and you can buy her on her own here  The papers are from this Cd and also the Tree and Bow and Sentiments. I have colored her with my new Lyra Rembrandt Pencils. 
Dies i have used are Die-namics and Joy  with a few pearls as accents.

Wendy - I've chosen this week to use one of the pre-coloured images from Octavia Moonfly, just as a reminder you don't always need to hand colour if you don't have time! However, if you do have time to colour, the digi stanp of Octavia Rose Garden is also available on her own here. The backing paper on the mounted tiles are also from the same collection.

Great makes from the DT I’m sure you will agree....
To enter just add your entry using the linky tool below.

Now for the winner and top three from week 33 All about the men
The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:
Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW033001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store!
And in no particular order the top three chosen by the design team are:
12- Barb
17-Kerri
37-Cecilia

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Tuesday, 1 September 2015

wk 35 Crafting Challenge at Digi Choosday - In the pink


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Happy Choosday everyone!
Of course because it’s Digi Choosday it is also 

Your discount code for this week is:
DC30
This code will save you a MASSIVE
30% OFF 
ALL DIGITAL STAMPS FOR 24HOURS
(expires 8am Weds 2/9/15)

Now onto the new challenge...
In The Pink
We give you two weeks to enter so that means the
CLOSING DATE IS 15th September 2015 
and the winners will be announced on 22nd September 2015.
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 32 can be found at the bottom of this post.

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

If you would like to join us as a GDT please join in our challenge and add GDT after your name on your entry. Then send us an email to digichoosday@yahoo.com - we are always looking for great talent so you never know, next time it could be you! 

Scatty Jan Ohhh I just loves a bit of Pink - This week I used the lovely Tea-Pot template to make my card, Suitable card shape for many occasions I think, you can find it in the store here . The image I used is one from the Serenity collection - You can also buy her as an individual digi, she is called Serenity Fairy Cake and you can find her here. I have used coloured pencils to colour and added some lace, beads and a flower to finish

Wendy - For this weeks challenge, I'm actually on my holidays, so what better image to use than the girl Swimmer form Work & Play 4, you can buy her as an individual digi here. I've used a sentiment form the same collection and the two papers are from Work & Play 3.....

Julie - PINK! It's not my favorite color, so I mixed in some coordinating shades.  It's still pretty in pink though, don't you think?  The image, the papers and the sentiment are all from the Rose Budd Craft Download Collection. You can find Rose Budd as a clear stamp here.  She is colored with Copic markers.....
Tanya....I’ve been colouring yet again and just adore the pink range of Graph It pens and so using the Drummer Girl from Work & Play Feel The Music collection I’ve coloured her up and using three of the papers from the collection and the music clef and the word ‘MUSIC’ I’ve made this week’s card.  The collection can be bought as a CD and a download and the drummer girl can be bought as a single black and white digi too.

Lynda: This week I got to use my favourite colour yay!! I decided to base my card on an digi stamp I found in the Picknix 1: Home Grown which is available as a download here. The papers and gorgeous embellishments I used are also from this collection. You can also buy it on a CD  Have Fun.
Aunty Sue - Oooh if your a girlie girl you just got to love Pink. For my card I went CAS just matting my image with Pearl card stock. I have used Oddella Bow - Inkyink Art available to download hereThe sentiment is from the Twiggy & Toots download  here.  Image coloured with promarkers and spectrums and a few pencils. Just edges the side with a punch , a few gems and some faux stitching. I think CAS really shows off this character as I cant see her being Fussy can you!
Monica.-Scrapbook is my first love in paper crafting. This week I chose to make a scrapbook page about Jimena, my niece, our family football fan and player. To make this I use the footballer girl, sentiment and papers included in Work & Play 6 Collection.

Audrey had lots of fun with many different digital elements this week.  I inadvertently made another card with a detachable bookmark - this time you just remove the brad at the top.  For my image, I used GIMP editing program to combine Amelia Braids digi with Luna digi and Fence digi, which I got from Twiggy and Toots Owl Digital Collection, but it can also be purchased as a single image HERE.  I colored the image with Copics.  I added Digital Papers from Work and Play 3 Digital Collection - the Stars and Birds/Flowers papers are in the Girls Cowboy papers in this collection.  The diamond designer digi paper is from Work and Play 1 Digital Collection under Female DIY papers.  I chose the sentiment, which I think is perfect for the image, from Work and Play 9 Love and Kisses Collection.  Sure hope you like it!!
Jane – Hi everyone!  I do love pink especially teamed with black so that is what I have used on my project this week.  I coloured up the beautiful ODDELLA HEART  who is part of the awesome ICKYINK ART COLLECTION where there are 5 gorgeous ladies to collect.  I also used one of the girly papers and a sentiment from WORKAND PLAY 9 and one of the papers from WORKAND PLAY 10.  Have a lovely crafty day! xxx
Emma - For my In the Pink card i have used the gorgeous Luna who can be found here. Pink isn't one of my fav colours as I was never a girly girl growing up, more into dungarees & getting muddy.  Both of the papers I have used are from the baby boom collection that can be found here
Great makes from the DT I’m sure you will agree....
To enter just add your entry using the linky tool below.

Now for the winner and top three from week 32 Punches/Dies
The winner chosen at random by www.random.org is:
19- Gale
Please email us at sales@polkadoodles.co.uk quoting DCW032001 to claim your prize of £5 worth of downloads from the digi store!
And in no particular order the top three chosen by the design team are:
18 - Bonnie
37 - Lynda
28 - Donna
Well done everyone and thanks for all the amazing entries, as ever! 
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