Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge

Saturday, 23 August 2025

Challenge 9, wk 4 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Challenge Theme: ANYTHING GOES

Enter this Craft & Card Making Challenge competition following the instructions at the end of this post and you could win a prize – we make it random so everyone has a chance to win, whether you're a beginner or not!

Enter anything you wish, as long as it’s handmade by you.

This challenge is 4-weekly – giving you 4 weeks to enter!

$60 in prizes every month
You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects
We will post weekly inspiration from the team, but the competition remains open for 4 weeks

🏆 Prizes

PRIZE 1: $40 Voucher x 1

1 x Random Prize – we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win.
$40 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!

PRIZE 2: $10 Voucher x 2

2 x $10 prizes – we will select our Top 2 favourite entries from across the 4 weeks.
The winners will be announced on the 4th week of each challenge.

Have you seen our new releases? It's the Summer holidays and if you're in need of some Graduation or New School inspo this adorable download kit is made for you! Download yours today and get creating!

So, let's see the inspiration from the team for this week!

Rachael - Hello crafty peeps! Today I'm sharing this card I made for a gardener in the family. I used the great Garden Tools dies and Chicken wire texture sheets to create a simple card that is perfect for a him or a her - all from the Summer Garden collection, make sure you check it out on the website!

Julie - It’s late August, and it’s sunflowers with bees buzzing - which fits in perfectly with my passion for creating journals and all that go with them. And so this tag came to be using layers of papers and embellies from Polkadoodles Rose Bud Collection (this collection is a must) paired with a Blooms 3 floral image. Ink stenciling, bits of lace. and a touch of splatter create a backdrop for a popped up bee & floral blossom. Full details to create this project can be found on my Blog. My Instagram, Facebook

Taty - I created a gift tag for Christmas presents or a winter birthday. I used the Snow Much Fun stamp by Polkadoodles, colored it with Prismacolor pencils, and then cut it out with scissors. The phrase is from the same stamp set. For the tag, I used glittery blue cardstock and added some small snowflakes to embellish it.

Terri here with some cute and functional inspiration for you in the form of a gift box and matching tag. The DT theme this week was anything goes, with a tag. I’ve had a pack of two boxes that just needed to be assembled and decorated in my stash forever. I think they were from when I first started crafting and building my stash and would buy de-stash bundles from other crafters. When I saw the adorable gingerbread characters and Christmas Cottage I just had to use them! I measured the top of the box 5x4”) and sized the pre-coloured houseaccordingly, and also a cute gingerbread character. I sized another gingerbread character so it would fit nicely with a coloured sentiment from the coordinating sentiment pack.
As I love to colour so much, I had originally planned to colour the cottage myself (and am sure it will feature in some Christmas cards this year!) but I became short on time so used the coloured version and chose Copic colours to match. For the girl with Noel I used: E99, E34 & E21; Bow & dress R85, R83 & R81; hat & shoes BG72, B00 & B000;, icing hair YR30; purple scarf BV13, BV02, BV00; sign Y17, Y08, Y06, YG09, YG06, RV29 & RV25. I then fussy cut the images.
I decorated the box with sweet pink polkadot paper from the vintage candy paper pack. I then used a fancy rectangle die set to cut out the picture of the cottage and the fancy base in a blue that matched the colours. I then added two thin strips of cream ribbon using red line tape to the top of the box so it looked like a gift, before adhering the cottage and the Noel character, which I added foam tape to for extra dimension. Lastly I attached the tag to the box using twine, for a shabby chic look. I hope you enjoy my project as much as I enjoyed making it. Crafty hugs, Terri xx

Rachael - Hi everyone! I've made this flowery 'just because' card this week using the
Hello Pretty Flowers stamps - I love these stamps, they're so easy to use! I've stamped these onto the patterned papers from the Pretty Colourful A4/8.5x11" paper pack - no colouring required from me! Even the background is from the paper pack, gorgeous to create this look so easily.

🌟 More Gorgeous Inspiration This Week, big thanks to the team! 🌟

We hope you'll share what you make with your Polkadoodles products on our social media – we LOVE seeing your makes!

👉 Share in our Facebook group here

🎉 Don't forget to join our other challenges too!

You could win even more stash and, as always, our challenges are Anything Goes!

📌 So reminder - this is Challenge 9 – Week 4 – ANYTHING GOES

$60 in prizes up for grabs!
You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects.

Closing date: 27th August 2025, Noon (UK time)
Winner announced: 30 August 2025

We will still post weekly inspiration from the team, but the competition will remain open for 4 weeks.

Saturday, 16 August 2025

Challenge 9, wk 3 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Challenge Theme: ANYTHING GOES

Enter anything you wish, as long as it’s handmade by you.

This challenge is 4-weekly – giving you 4 weeks to enter!

$60 in prizes every month
You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects
We will post weekly inspiration from the team, but the competition remains open for 4 weeks

🏆 Prizes

PRIZE 1: $40 Voucher x 1

1 x Random Prize – we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win.
$40 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!

PRIZE 2: $10 Voucher x 2

2 x $10 prizes – we will select our Top 2 favourite entries from across the 4 weeks.
The winners will be announced on the 4th week of each challenge.

So, let's see the inspiration from the team for this week!

Enrica - Hi everyone! For my floral card this week I colored with Copic the super cute Daisy Delight - Bee Buzzy Gnome together with a few flowers from the Bee Buzzy Flower Digital Stamps and the Garden Fence and Birdhouse Country Scene background. To complete my project I fussy cut some cute images from the Flowers and Foliage - Winnie Special Moments set and added them to the bottom of the card. Have a great weekend! xx

Jenn B - I created my background by blending Distress Oxide Ink in Black Soot all over a piece of watercolor paper and then ink smooshed it a little with some extra Black Soot. I then blended Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink on another piece of watercolor paper and die cut the honeycomb from it. I cut it into pieces and attached pieces in each corner. I printed out Bee Cute - Bee Buzzy Gnome and colored with Copics and sponged some Stormy Sky Distress Ink around her. Finished it off with a couple of large gemstone stickers.

Revati - Hello crafty friends, Today I’m sharing a lovely floral card featuring the Lilac Haze Flower digi stamp. This stamp is part of a versatile bundle that includes not only a black-and-white line image, but also a pre-colored version, coordinating sentiments, and patterned papers.I printed the floral image on white cardstock and used my Brother Scan n Cut to cut it out. For coloring, I reached for my Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers to bring the florals to life. To create the background, I ink blended a soft orange shade that beautifully complements the colors in the image. The birthday sentiment I used is from the Winnie Daisy Everyday Greetings digi stamp set.You’ll find more details and photos over on my blog ♥️

Sana - The theme was flowers today. I made this cute Magnet tag for fridge. I used the Bear love coffee digi this time. This one is soo freaking cute i printed it out did some fussy cutting and stuck it with 3D double sided foam to give it dimension. The background paper comes with the beautiful digi set as well. You can make the tag any size you want and also print out the image the size you want. I have also adhered the paper at the backside of the magnet tag and a small pocket for keep sakes or a tag. The size is big enough to look good on the fridge. Also the paws stamp is from mama elephant stamp set I had in my stash. The sentiment is also from one of my stamp sets.

And you have a Beautiful fridge tag to look at everyday.

Judy: This week's inspiration project is a floral card created with the Daisy Butterfly Wings Bundle. I stamped the floral image and colored with Prismacolor Pencils.The cutting die included in the bundle was used to die cut. A diagonally cut piece of patterned paper from Bee Buzzy Stripes & Ginghams Printable Papers was adhered to the top left corner of my white card base. Two of the word stamps from the set were stamped in the lower right corner. I added some confetti embellishments from my stash.

🌟 More Gorgeous Inspiration This Week, big thanks to the team! 🌟

We hope you'll share what you make with your Polkadoodles products on our social media – we LOVE seeing your makes!

👉 Share in our Facebook group here

🎉 Don't forget to join our other challenges too!

You could win even more stash and, as always, our challenges are Anything Goes!

📌 So reminder - this is Challenge 9 – Week 3 – ANYTHING GOES

$60 in prizes up for grabs!
You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects.

Closing date: 27th August 2025, Noon (UK time)
Winner announced: 30 August 2025

We will still post weekly inspiration from the team, but the competition will remain open for 4 weeks.

Saturday, 9 August 2025

Challenge 9, wk 2 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Challenge Theme: ANYTHING GOES

Enter anything you wish, as long as it’s handmade by you.

This challenge is 4-weekly – giving you 4 weeks to enter!

$60 in prizes every month
You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects
We will post weekly inspiration from the team, but the competition remains open for 4 weeks

🏆 Prizes

PRIZE 1: $40 Voucher x 1

1 x Random Prize – we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win.
$40 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!

PRIZE 2: $10 Voucher x 2

2 x $10 prizes – we will select our Top 2 favourite entries from across the 4 weeks.
The winners will be announced on the 4th week of each challenge.

So, let's see the inspiration from the team for this week!

Rachael - Hi there! This week it's all about Back to School or graduation as all the results have been out in the UK this week. I used this super cute digi stamp from the new You did It download bundle - I love her! She would also make a great Bookworm, teacher or just a general digi too, it doesn't just have to be school themed. See you next time!

Julie - For my back to school project, I chose to create a Hidden Bookmark/Paperclip featuring this Rebel Bookworm Girl full of Attitude. After printing & coloring the image I cut her from the rocks she was sitting on and used foam tape to place her on this stack of books from Winnie Fruit Punch Bundle. I created the background (front and back) with printable paper from Rebel Papers, and added the perfect sentiment to approach the school year with “Attitude is Everything”. If you pop on over to my blog I’ll show you how to create this Hidden Paperclip project! Instagram, Facebook

Taty - Hello creatives, today I'm sharing my DT inspiration, a mini album to store all the souvenir photos from the school year. I decorated the cover with the Student/School Precolored image by Polkadoodles. The background was created with a folder to create a brick wall effect. I added a Happy New Year quote at the top, and some books at the bottom as embellishments.

Terri- Hello crafters! It’s Terri here with a cute, muted tone project to share. The theme for the DT this week is Back to School, but not a card. I have a neighbour who has just finished her first year at “big school” and it got me thinking about back when I was a tween and transitioning from primary school to high school those first few years. Going from being the eldest to feeling tiny amongst all of the older kids (even though I looked about 14 when I was 11 lol). So I thought I would create a project about that time in a child’s life and bring out all of the positive aspects and how the sky is the limit when you are young and learning about what you enjoy studying and where your strengths lie. This sweet little make is easy to create with just a few products and would make a lovely gift for a tween, to counteract that sadness that the holidays are over and could be hung from something in their bedroom with the ribbon.

I used a cloud patterned paper from the Springing Around paper pad, which also features as a digi download in the Winnie Fruit Punch Paper Heaven 3 paper pack. I used The Sky’s the Limit Winnie digi stamp and sized her to fit nicely on a 6” circle. After die cutting the cloud circle, I die cut 2 circles from thick white card and glued all 3 circles together. I used my crop-o-dile to add some eyelets to pass the ribbon through. The very apt sentiment is from the Winnie Celebrations 2 sentiment kit, which has 38 digital sentiments, all on the theme of celebrations!

I coloured Winnie in the Hot Air Balloon using Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils in muted tones. For her skin I used my standard pale Caucasian blend of eggshell, goldenrod, Deco Peach and blush pink, white for highlights and burnt ochre for the shadows. I wanted Winnie to have blonde hair but the colours used in the basket were “blonde” colours so I decided to colour her hair an “Ash blonde”, using Sandbar brown, beige sienna, putty beige, beige peach, sand, eggshell and a tiny bit of cream. For her dress, I chose blue and a lighter blue for the big bow on the front: true blue, cerulean, denim & Indigo, then powder blue, blue slate & periwinkle for the bow.

I hope my make inspires you in some way and I will bring you some more inspiration very soon. Crafty hugs, Terri xx

🌟 More Gorgeous Inspiration This Week, big thanks to the team! 🌟

We hope you'll share what you make with your Polkadoodles products on our social media – we LOVE seeing your makes!

👉 Share in our Facebook group here

🎉 Don't forget to join our other challenges too!

You could win even more stash and, as always, our challenges are Anything Goes!

📌 So reminder - this is Challenge 9 – Week 2 – ANYTHING GOES

$60 in prizes up for grabs!
You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects.

Closing date: 27th August 2025, Noon (UK time)
Winner announced: 30 August 2025

We will still post weekly inspiration from the team, but the competition will remain open for 4 weeks.

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Saturday, 23 August 2025

Challenge 9, wk 4 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

🎉 Don't forget to join our other challenges too!

📌 So reminder - this is Challenge 9 – Week 4 – ANYTHING GOES

Saturday, 16 August 2025

Challenge 9, wk 3 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

🎉 Don't forget to join our other challenges too!

📌 So reminder - this is Challenge 9 – Week 3 – ANYTHING GOES

Saturday, 9 August 2025

Challenge 9, wk 2 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

🎉 Don't forget to join our other challenges too!

📌 So reminder - this is Challenge 9 – Week 2 – ANYTHING GOES