Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 10, week 3 – Polkadoodles Card Making & Papercraft Challenge

 ANYTHING GOES – ANY CRAFT BRAND – EVERY CRAFTER WELCOME - WORLDWIDE

Cards • Papercraft • Scrapbooking • Mixed Media • Digital or Physical Crafting

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...this challenge is open to any crafter, anywhere in the world. 

You do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter - all entries are welcome!

This challenge is Monthly - giving you a whole month to enter with 

$45 in prizes per month. 

You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 

We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 1 month.

Ready to get creative? We love seeing what you make, so this challenge is all about having fun, getting crafty and sharing your handmade projects with our lovely community. Whether you’re brand new to crafting or a long-time card maker, everyone is welcome — and because one of our prizes is chosen at random, everyone has a fair chance to win 🎉
You can enter any handmade project, in any style, using any theme — as long as it’s made by you. Cards, scrapbook pages, mixed media, tags… we want to see it all!
Even better? You can enter up to four times each month with four different projects, so don’t hold back!

🏆 Prize 1 – Random Winner
One lucky entry will be selected at random to win a $20 Polkadoodles store credit. Spend it on anything you like — yes, even physical products!
🏆 Prize 2 – Design Team Picks
Our team will also choose their top two favourite entries from across the four weeks.

Each of these winners will receive a $10 Polkadoodles store credit.

• (If you are outside the UK you will still need to pay any shipping/customs fees if you use your voucher on physical products)

That’s $40 in prizes every single month — just for doing what you love 💖

••• ••• •••

This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts 

Check out our latest releases!

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

Beautiful Festive wreath made from MDF - how to decorate and make a lovely Home decoration using MDF - made by Liz Marsden...

Hello! I decorated this beautiful MDF wreath blank from the latest Christmas releases - there are some stunning kits in the store so make sure you check them out. If you need to sell at fairs etc you can do that as long as you make the project! The Winter Joy Wreath Kit comes with SO many bits and pieces you can make loads of projects with this, not just this wreath, It includes gorgeous Snowflake tags, and lots of bits to decorate with. And you will have loads of pieces left to add to cards and tags etc. I added a back board made from card and then decorated this one with Blue acrylic paints and texture paste with the Snowy Baubles stencil,  then added the MDF words that are in the kit.  The Moose is the new Merry Moosemas dies and Ho Ho Secret Santa dies. All of these are in the new Snow & Sparkles collection!

Cute handmade card featuring an adorable Hedgehog sitting in a pumpkin - digital printables made by Rachael...

Rachael here, sharing some cosy autumn vibes and the sweetest of hedgies! Did you know most of our digi images come precoloured? I find them super useful when I need a card in a hurry, but don't want to just 'print and go'. For this one, I used a precoloured image of this hedgehog from the Hello Autumn collection. I printed and fussy-cut. I made the background using a dotty stencil and some ink smooshing, then added a strip of torn vellum to finish. I then layered up the hedge with foam tape, and a sentiment. Isn't he adorable!

Gorgeous handmade card idea for Autumn/Fall made by Julie...

To create this October Birthday card, I started by printing one of the pretty background papers from the Hello Autumn Pretty Paper 2, then ran it through an embossing folder to add a little extra texture and depth before attaching it to my card base. I added a piece of colored cardstock, then printed my chosen sentiments from Everyday Greetings & Party Time Sentiments onto white cardstock and cut it with a banner die. After adding a simple gold twine bow, I popped the banner up with foam tape. The acorns and leaf from Autumn Fall Big Value Bundle were colored and cut out, with the leaf glued flat and the acorns added with foam tape for a little dimension. A few gold gemstones finished everything off with just the right amount of sparkle.
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Super cute handmade Autumn/Fall card with a cute hedgehog sitting in a pumpkin - made by Ana...

Hello, crafty friends! Today I’m sharing another autumn card Halloween card featuring Hedgehog Pumpkin from the Hello Autumn Collection! I paired this cute digi with the coordinating Hello Autumn Pattern Papers. This project started with a card sketch, and I made a few little changes to make it my own. If you’d like to see the sketch I used and read more about the creative process behind this card, be sure to visit my blog for all the details! Read about this card HERE!

Don’t forget to explore the beautiful Hello Autumn Collection in the Polkadoodles shop and join the latest Challenge. We’d love to see what you create!
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How to make a colourful handmade card for Autumn using Dies and Distress Inks, made by Nelly ...

Autumn is well and truly here! So refreshing to have cooler evenings isn’t it? This weeks card was created using Winter Botanical Bits dies and coloured using distress inks in rich warm autumn colours, I layered the coloured leaves and bits around the Sparkling Wreath and Stars die. The sentiment was taken from  Digital Sentiment Strips Download  and although its an Autumn card, if you look closely I have cut the Sparkling snowflakes  die cut in half also to use as Autumn leaves! 

Thanks so much to the design team for their gorgeous inspiration this week - wow!

Don't forget to join in our other challenges too -You could win more stash and as always our Challenges are **Anything Goes**
Click here to enter: Digi Choosday Blog
Click here to enter: Gem of a Challenge
Click here to enter: We Love 2 Create challenge
We will be back next week with more inspiration with the Design Team!

Check out all the latest Polkadoodles releases!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 10, week 2 – Polkadoodles Card Making & Papercraft Challenge

ANYTHING GOES – ANY CRAFT BRAND – EVERY CRAFTER WELCOME - WORLDWIDE

Cards • Papercraft • Scrapbooking • Mixed Media • Digital or Physical Crafting

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...this challenge is open to any crafter, anywhere in the world. 

You do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter - all entries are welcome!

This challenge is Monthly - giving you a whole month to enter with 

$45 in prizes per month. 

You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 

We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 1 month.

Ready to get creative? We love seeing what you make, so this challenge is all about having fun, getting crafty and sharing your handmade projects with our lovely community. Whether you’re brand new to crafting or a long-time card maker, everyone is welcome — and because one of our prizes is chosen at random, everyone has a fair chance to win 🎉
You can enter any handmade project, in any style, using any theme — as long as it’s made by you. Cards, scrapbook pages, mixed media, tags… we want to see it all!
Even better? You can enter up to four times each month with four different projects, so don’t hold back!

🏆 Prize 1 – Random Winner
One lucky entry will be selected at random to win a $20 Polkadoodles store credit. Spend it on anything you like — yes, even physical products!
🏆 Prize 2 – Design Team Picks
Our team will also choose their top two favourite entries from across the four weeks.

Each of these winners will receive a $10 Polkadoodles store credit.

• (If you are outside the UK you will still need to pay any shipping/customs fees if you use your voucher on physical products)

That’s $40 in prizes every single month — just for doing what you love 💖

••• ••• •••

This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts 

Check out our latest releases!

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

Liz - Today I'm sharing an MDF project I made using the brand new Merry & Bright Wonky House MDF kit which is part of the newest Snow & Sparkles Christmas release which launched this week on Hobbymaker TV. This kit is fab! There are so many pieces and it's really versatile, you can either use it as a decoration or make it into a journal cover or add all the pieces to other things like cards and signs. I loved making this, it's just my style - wonky LOL! 

Nelly - It’s Saturday craftaday! This week I have made another Halloween card! The background design paper is from a Polkadoodles Autumn digital paper bundle and has some delicious autumnal/halloween papers that you can just print and go! The Manny monster digi came pre coloured which helps with those fast cards and glued some googly eyes for a softer character lol! the pumpkin and bats are from a stamp/die set called Happy Howloween and you can find the items below! Have a happy craft day!

Renske - Hello everyone! For this autumn card, I used the Polkadoodles Apple Barrel Autumn Fall Fox digital stamp as the main focal point. I coloured Freddy and his apple barrel with my Ohuhu alcohol markers. To create a fun falling-leaves effect, I cropped the oak and oval leaves from the same digital stamp, printed them in different sizes and coloured them to match the original image. I created the warm background by blending Distress Inks onto white cardstock. To finish the card I used the “Oh happy day” sentiment from the Polkadoodles Gnome Men Sentiments set. I added the leaves at different heights with foam tape to give the card extra dimension and a playful autumn feel. Hope you like it. Happy Crafting.
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Liz - I'm here again! I made this classic Noel card for Christmas, created with the awesome Noel text die sets from the Sparkling Christmas collection. It comes with two separate dies for you, so you can create a border around in a different colour or cardstock as I have done here. I used gold Mirri card for the outer die with a mat red in the smaller dies and also used the Gold Mirri for the delicate Ivy leaves and red for the berries which are from the Winter Botanical Bits dies.

Revati - Fall crafting is in full swing, and today I’m sharing a cozy, spooky card featuring the adorable Pumpkin Autumn Fall Fox digi stamp as my star focal point! I printed the cute critter onto white cardstock, brought him to life with vibrant blending using my Ohuhu alcohol markers, and carefully fussy cut him out with scissors. For the background, I paired patterned paper from the Halloween/Autumn digi Paper pack—featuring a sweet orange polka dot print—and digitally printed the Happy Halloween sentiment straight from the Halloween Trick or Treat digi set directly onto it. To wrap everything together with a festive finish, I popped my fox onto the card and scattered a mix of black and orange sequins around him for the perfect touch of Halloween sparkle!

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Enrica - Hi crafty friends! I don't know about you, but after a scorching summer like the one that just ended, I really can't wait for autumn to arrive. I love the warm colors and the crisp morning air—though I’m a little less fond of raking up the leaves in the garden! For this week’s card, I colored the stunning Autumn Market Stall scene using Copic markers. Did I stop there? Absolutely not, the Hello Autumn collection has so many wonderful images that I also added the adorable Cute Bear & Mouse in a Pumpkin Car digi too. Big hugs, Enrica x

Thanks so much to the design team for their gorgeous inspiration this week - wow!

Don't forget to join in our other challenges too -You could win more stash and as always our Challenges are **Anything Goes**
Click here to enter: Digi Choosday Blog
Click here to enter: Gem of a Challenge
Click here to enter: We Love 2 Create challenge
We will be back next week with more inspiration with the Design Team!

Check out all the latest Polkadoodles releases!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 10, week 1 – Polkadoodles Card Making & Papercraft Challenge

ANYTHING GOES – ANY CRAFT BRAND – EVERY CRAFTER WELCOME - WORLDWIDE

Cards • Papercraft • Scrapbooking • Mixed Media • Digital or Physical Crafting

 Welcome to our current Card making, Craft, Papercraft Scrapbooking challenge...this challenge is open to any crafter, anywhere in the world. 

You do not have to use Polkadoodles products to enter - all entries are welcome!

This challenge is Monthly - giving you a whole month to enter with 

$45 in prizes per month. 

You can enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects. 

We will still post weekly inspiration from the team but the competition will remain open for 1 month.

Ready to get creative? We love seeing what you make, so this challenge is all about having fun, getting crafty and sharing your handmade projects with our lovely community. Whether you’re brand new to crafting or a long-time card maker, everyone is welcome — and because one of our prizes is chosen at random, everyone has a fair chance to win 🎉
You can enter any handmade project, in any style, using any theme — as long as it’s made by you. Cards, scrapbook pages, mixed media, tags… we want to see it all!
Even better? You can enter up to four times each month with four different projects, so don’t hold back!

🏆 Prize 1 – Random Winner
One lucky entry will be selected at random to win a $20 Polkadoodles store credit. Spend it on anything you like — yes, even physical products!
🏆 Prize 2 – Design Team Picks
Our team will also choose their top two favourite entries from across the four weeks.

Each of these winners will receive a $10 Polkadoodles store credit.

• (If you are outside the UK you will still need to pay any shipping/customs fees if you use your voucher on physical products)

That’s $40 in prizes every single month — just for doing what you love 💖

••• ••• •••

This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts 

Check out our latest releases!

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

Liz - The weather has turned cooler so time to craft! Christmas is coming so I created a star shaped card, then decorated it with the fabulous Sparkling wreath and stars dies. I die cut it out of gold mirri card, even though the die is so fine and it cut so well first time through the mirri card. 
On the kraft card base I added some stars with the Night stars stencil using some of the fabulous Sunbeam Shimmer stencil butter/. Once it was dry I built up the card using the wreath and the Sweet Poinsettia die which I cut from white mixed media cardstock, sprayed with festive berries oxide distress spray, then highlighted areas when dry with Lumberjack Plaid oxide distress ink. I adhered this in place on my card, simply adding some of the Winter Botanical Bits dies here and there around the Poinsettia, to create a classic looking Christmas card.

Maria - This week’s challenge theme is Food and Drink, and since I urgently needed a few birthday cards, it felt only natural to choose the best kind of food: birthday cake and muffins! The adorable treats come from the Big Birthday Surprise stamp set. I coloured them with alcohol markers and added highlights with a white gel pen to make everything pop.
Of course, I wanted to showcase the matching Birthday Fun paper as well, so I decided on a split triangle card design to really let those patterns shine. I stamped the sweet little bunting from the same stamp set onto the cardstock for extra detail. A sentiment from the set and a few Polka Dots 3D enamel dots embellishments as accents — and just like that, I ended up with two wonderfully cheerful cards guaranteed to make someone’s day. Crafty, colourful, and full of birthday joy! Products I used:
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Julie - I kept this card simple and let the fun fall details do the work! I started with two strips of patterned paper from Freddy Fox Paper 3, matted them on coordinating cardstock, then printed the precoloured pie and leaves from Autumn Fall Halloween Treat Bundle, cut them out and layered them onto the card front. A little gold sparkle splatter, some gold twine and a few embellishments finished things off. The big “Thankful” sentiment is a FREEBIE from PolkaDoodles—so definitely grab it and give it a try! I typed up my own “for pie” and “(and you)” underneath because, really, being thankful is important…but so is pie!
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Liz - I created this using one of the fabulous MDF trees from the Create and Decorate Christmas MDF Stacker Tree blanks kit.

I painted the tree with a cream coloured acrylic paint and then when it was dry lightly sanded it back here and there to distress a little. I kept the NOEL in it's natural colour which is also part of the kit - it's huge, you get a ton of MDF so if you love having bits and pieces to decorate it's a must have buy (and an amazing price for what you get too!) I created a floral arrangement as a focal point along with a die which I cut down for the top using these dies which have been my go to's on my desk so far this year, they're all so useful I can't stop using them: 

Sparkling Wreath and Stars dies

Elegant 25 December dies

Winter Botanical Bits

Abundant Holly Cutting Dies

Nelly - Another Saturday, it comes around so quickly! This week I have for you a food and drink project, yummy yummy! I wanted to create a soft palette for this birthday card so I chose sage green and soft pink. I stencilled the background of the centre panel using the Stone/Brick stencil, again using the pink and green theme. Next I stamped, coloured and cut out the images from the Birthday Celebrations Stamps and placed them onto the 3 squares. I also used the glasses/drink stamps from the Ready To Stumble Male set of stamps which is just so great and usable for life!  The backing paper is from the Not so Plain Kraft paper pack too. There you go another card for you all…..did someone say cake?

Thanks so much to the design team for their gorgeous inspiration this week - wow!

Winners from Challenge 9

🏆 PRIZE 1: $20 Voucher
for one Random Winner to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!

86 Lorraine

Congratulations! 

To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK19001
1. Claim MUST be received by 16 October 2026.
2. Claims are processed in a batch approx every 30 days - at busy times it can take longer. Winners will receive an email reply - please DO NOT KEEP EMAILING if you don't have a reply during this time. If you do not hear from us within 40 days please let us know.

🏆 PRIZE 2: $10 Voucher for 2 lucky winners
voted our Top 2 favourite entries from across the 4 weeks.

55 KathyK

95 Marjetina

Congratulations! 

To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK10012
1. Claim MUST be received by 16 October 2026.
2. Claims are processed in a batch approx every 30 days - at busy times it can take longer. Winners will receive an email reply - please DO NOT KEEP EMAILING if you don't have a reply during this time. If you do not hear from us within 40 days please let us know.

THANK YOU ALL for your entries - there were some amazing creations this month, it's always hard to just choose 3 winners!

Don't forget to join in our other challenges too -You could win more stash and as always our Challenges are **Anything Goes**
Click here to enter: Digi Choosday Blog
Click here to enter: Gem of a Challenge
Click here to enter: We Love 2 Create challenge

We will be back next week with more inspiration with the Design Team!

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HERE

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter