Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 11, 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 - of course it's all about

HALLOWEEN!

Hello, Rachael here with the some warm and cosy Autumn inspiration. Check out Winnie, I want to join here at this cute picnic. I coloured her with Ohuhu markers and added fine details and shading with Polychromos pencils. After fussy cutting her out, I used dies from the Winter Botanical Bits (Sparkling Christmas collection) and a banner sentiment at the bottom to cover up where I had cut her out. I think this made it look more finished. Add this to a textured background and the project is finished!

Julie - This little Halloween treat box started with a piece of colored cardstock and a little magic. A few simple cuts and score lines, some folding, a dab of glue and—abracadabra!—we have a box! Add some Creepy Halloween printable paper, an adorable little ghost, and a sentiment from Ghastly Ghosts and it’s ready for your favorite trick-or-treaters. Visit The Paper Artist blog for the full magic spell—including the dimensions, instructions, and a few spooky secrets to make these treat holders quick and easy to create.
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Maria- It’s finally spooky season, and that means one of my favourite excuses to sit down at my craft table. One thing I absolutely love is transforming existing stamps so they look like they’re dressed up for Halloween. This time, the adorable Shining Star - Winnie Heavenly Clear Stamp set got her spooky makeover — on my card she’s dressed as a little bat!I coloured her with alcohol markers and Polychromos pencils, and gave her two cute bat ears to complete the costume. If you look closely, you’ll also spot a tiny spider dropping down near her eye. I added highlights with a white gel pen to bring everything to life.To make the background perfectly eerie, I blended purple, light green, and dark blue inks together. Then I applied silver paste through the Night Stars stencil for that magical, shimmering night‑sky effect.Wishing you all a Happy Halloween — may your crafting be spooky, sweet, and full of fun!

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Ana - Hello, crafty friends! Today I'm sharing a cute Halloween card featuring the cute digi, Fox Ghost Hello Autumn from the Hello Autumn Collection! I paired this with the coordinating Hello Autumn Pattern Papers Set A and a matching sentiment for a Halloween / Autumn card. I used a card sketch as the starting point for this project and added a few of my own creative touches along the way. If you'd like to see the sketch I used and read more about how this card came together, be sure to visit my blog for all the details! Find the Card tutorial HERE
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Nelly - Hello again! Today I'm sharing these fun treat bags for Halloween - it would be rude not to! I used the cute Little Monsters downloads (also a clear stamp range too which is on sale ; ). I cut the bags using my Cameo template and tied with some string. The grandkids are going to love these! Have a fun Halloween!

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

Winners from Challenge 10

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

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Congratulations! 

To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK11001
1. Claim MUST be received by 16 November 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.

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Congratulations! 

To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK11012
1. Claim MUST be received by 16 November 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

Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 10, Week 4 – 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!

Renske - Hello Everyone! I had so much fun making this autumn birthday card with the Polkadoodles Apple Barrel Autumn Fall Fox digital stamp.I coloured Freddy with my Alcohol markers in autumn colours. For the background I used a warm Distress Ink palette. I adde the inks with a blending brush and added splatters. I coloured the leaves with distress inks and water. . I wanted to add a little surprise, so I made a slider mechanism that lets Freddy pop up from behind the pumpkin when you pull the tab. I finished the card with a sentiment from the Polkadoodles Everyday Sentiments and Quotes set, cutting the words apart and arranging them playfully around the main image. I love how the finished card combines a cosy autumn feel with a fun interactive element. Hope you like it too. Happy Crafting
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Revati - For this project, I wanted the Halloween Trick or Treat digi sentiment to take center stage as my main focal point, so I paired it with a couple of sweet pumpkins from the Autumn Fall Digi Stamp set peeking out from behind. After printing the images onto white cardstock, I brought them to life with my Ohuhu alcohol markers and fussy cut them out with scissors before adhering them over a soft, patterned orange backdrop printed from the Autumn Fall Digi Paper set. To tie the whole spooky theme together, I finished off the design by scattering a fun mix of black bat and iridescent star sequins all around the central panel for a little dimensional magic!
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Liz - Hello again! Today I'm sharing this MDF House which is part of the MDF Journals Kit. I LOVE the way the numbers are cut into the roof area! I used my go-to Stone/Brick stencil to create lots of texture with some stencil paste and then added die cuts from the Chamomile Flower Dies and Winter Botanical Bits dies (definitely not just winter!). To finish I added the toadstools which are also in the MDF kit, make sure you check it out, if you love journaling you will LOVE this MDF set, there are 3 journal covers included and pieces to decorate with, it's fab! 

Nelly - Hello! This week myself and the team have made projects with Autumn in mind! This card was made using the Hello Autumn clipart, its so easy bring you images into whatever program you use and print, cut them out, arrange on a card and go! Perfect for the last minute cards. The backing papers are from Paper Set 2 in the same collection - there are some BEAUTIFUL papers in this download kit, make sure you take a look if you love downloads! 

Enrica - this week I've made this Autumn card using a digi stamp called Squirrel & Bear Acorns from the Hello Autumn collection. This has been a real favourite since it was released in September, the images are adorable and it has gorgeous papers included too. See you next time!

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 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