Saturday, 22 August 2026

Challenge 8 wk 4 - Craft, Card Making, scrapbooking challenge - Anything Goes

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Ready to get creative? This month’s challenge theme is anything goes, and you’ve got a full four weeks to play along!
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.
That’s $40 in prizes every single month — just for doing what you love 💖
This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts - check out the store and take a peek at the
LATEST POLKADOODLES RELEASES!...


Let's see what the team have been making this week...

Liz - The weather is cooling down thankfully, it was so hot! I couldn't resist making this scene using some of the recent Create & Decorate mdf blanks, Sparkling Christmas dies and stencils from Polkadoodles. This would be fab as a gift or a keepsake for yourself and could simply be for a wintry scene. I sprayed the  mdf  base piece with distress oxide sprays, then when dry used the Clever Cloudy Moon stencil letting it dry then using another layer of Ocean sparkles stencil butter over the top, this gives a bit of added texture. I then used the stars part of the stencil here and there using some of the fabulous stencil butter paste, again from Polkadoodles - this is clear and did pick up the blue from the base, but it adds to the scene. The scene was created using the adorable elegant sculptured tree dies which I layered up on the base, then used some of the Sweet glass dome/snowglobe dies for the houses and church. I finished it off with some texture paste as faux snow along the bottom edge and over the tree trunks.
Happy Crafting!!


Julie - Hello! This sparkling Unicorn Card has a unique closure that makes the card both easy and fun to create. A few simple measurements of cut colored cardstock and pattern paper start the creation of the card. A printed precolored Hooray Sparkle Unicorn image matted on an additional piece of cardstock create a hiding place for the surprise greeting but also a fun closure for the card. The sentiment was printed from Sparkle Unicorn Sentiments/Cutting Files. I used the top section of the sentiment on the hidden closure tab and the rest of the sentiment on the inside of the card. The printable papers that decorate the card were printed from Pretty Winnie Daisy Papers, and I think they coordinate just perfectly. I added a few sparkling gems and a LOT of glitter to finish off the card. Full details and measurements to create this secret closure card can be found on My Blog.
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Nelly - Happy Saturday everyone! How are you enjoying the summer? It has been a tad warm hasn’t it phew!! This weeks project is a card with a closure and I’ve made this card for a friend who was the big 60 recently. Using Belle Papillon download bundle for a shabby chic feeling soft pink tones I created the closure using a tag punch and layering papers over the top, I really went back into craft history and decoupaged the flowers and made a wax seal! I do hope you like it. I also used the Not So Plain Kraft paper pack and the Great Sentiments Strip stamps and die set.


Maria - Hello lovely crafty friends! Today I’m sharing the third card from my One Sheet Wonder set! This time I cut the beautiful Birthday Fun craft papers into horizontal strips, and layered them with coordinating cardstock. The Starburst stencil is back again to create that lovely background, and I added two little butterflies from the Grow On You stamp set to flutter across the design. Finished off with some sweet Polka Dots enamel dot embellishments, this cheerful card is all ready to go!
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Ana - Hi crafty friends! This week’s Digi Choosday Design Team prompt is Magical Fantasy, and I made a pretty project using Winnie Mermaid Mermazing - Best Friends digi stamp. Growing up, Ariel was always one of my favorite Disney princesses, so a mermaid-inspired card was a must for this week’s challenge. 
For this project, I created a mixed media shaker card using papers and sentiments from the Coral Mermaid collection, then added beautiful floral die cuts from the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Embellies Bundle. I colored the mermaids with Ohuhu Alcohol Markers and finished off with shaker bits and clear glass cabochons to make it more special. I finished with a greeting from the Coral Mermaid Sentiment Pack.
If you’d like to recreate this magical fantasy shaker card, head over to My Cat and Crafts for the full step-by-step tutorial, complete materials list, and detailed instructions.
Tutorial - https://mycatandcrafts.blogspot.com/2026/08/digi-choosday-magical-fantasy-mixed.html
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Thanks so much to the design team for their gorgeous inspiration this week!

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Saturday, 15 August 2026

Challenge 8 wk 3 - Craft, Card Making, scrapbooking challenge - Anything Goes

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Ready to get creative? This month’s challenge theme is anything goes, and you’ve got a full four weeks to play along!
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.
That’s $40 in prizes every single month — just for doing what you love 💖
This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts - check out the store and take a peek at the
LATEST POLKADOODLES RELEASES!


Let's see what the team have been making this week...
 
Enrica - Hi crafty friends!
For my project this week I made a simple tag/bookmark coloring with Copic the sweet Cute Girl with glasses digital stamp and I turned out the laptop image from the Object Digital Stamp and Printable Clipart Pack in a cute blackboard. The ephemera is from Graduation school student Sentiments Quotes. The Main patterned paper is from the Student/School Little Dude set.
This collection is absolutely adorable! I'm trying to collect all the characters —they're all so cute!

Nelly - I wish it was time for the children to go back to school but alas there’s still 3 weeks left ha ha ! For this project I created a notebook/journal it’s an essential item to have for the beginning of the new term isn’t it? I used Polkadoodles Rebel flower digi stamp and coloured her with markers, the design paper is Polkadoodles scrumptious sugar paper pack. I also used an old Polkadoodles stamp which is always my go to when I want to create a mixed media effect! I think this is rather cute, hope you like it!

Jenn - I can hardly believe it's already time to think about going back to school - Summer sure does fly by! The Rebel characters are some of my all-time favorites so I used Bookworm/Study Rebel for my back-to-school card. I colored her with Copics and used a stitched edge rectangle die to cut her out. I die cut the letters for the word SCHOOL and drew stitching on them by hand. The sentiment is a printable from the Graduation School Student Sentiments Quotes set.and I used this paper set to finish.

Revati - Get ready to kick off the new school year with a little extra encouragement! For this fun back-to-school card, I featured the Cute Girl With Stationery Pens Pencils - Graduation School Student as my main focal point. I printed her onto heavyweight cardstock, cut her out seamlessly using my ScanNCut machine, and brought her to life with vibrant Ohuhu Alcohol Markers. To set the scene, I used the playful patterned paper from the Rocket Card Little Dude Bundle to create that awesome textured brick wall backdrop. Finally, I added a collection of inspiring sentiments using the Graduation School Students Sentiment Stamp set to cheer on the recipient with messages like HOORAY! and so the adventure continues. It’s the perfect way to send some love and motivation for the bright academic year ahead!
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Renske - For this back to school card, I created a colourful scene using the Bookworm / Study Rebel digital stamp as the focal point. I masked the image before blending the sky and grassy background with Distress Inks. I coloured the digital stamp with alcohol markers and added a few white gel pen highlights for extra detail. To complete the design, I added a pair of die-cut birds and finished the card with the sentiment "One Chapter Closed, Another Begins" from the Graduation School Sentiment Quotes digital collection. Everything was mounted onto a soft grey card base, allowing the warm colours and storybook scene to take centre stage.Hope you like it. Happy Crafting!
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Thanks so much for all the lovely inspiraiton this week, teamies!

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
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Saturday, 8 August 2026

Challenge 8 wk 2 - Craft, Card Making, scrapbooking challenge - Anything Goes

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Ready to get creative? This month’s challenge theme is anything goes, and you’ve got a full four weeks to play along!
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.
That’s $40 in prizes every single month — just for doing what you love 💖
This blog challenge is sponsored by Polkadoodles Crafts - check out the store and take a peek at the
LATEST POLKADOODLES RELEASES!


Let's see what the team have been making this week...

Nikky - Hello everyone! This week we have lots of new releases in store including these lovely MDF stacker trees...they're designed to stack together in a block making a lovely decoration for a window, shelf or mantelpiece, but you can also use them on cards, decorate tags and gifts with them, string them up or make larger decorations too - so versatile! I loved decorating these I had so many ideas I could have done with texture pastes, glitter and stenciling and decoupage!
Just pop them out of the sheets. I love using Distress Oxides to decorate MDF - it's an acrylic base so it works really well and gives great coverage - and dries so much faster and better than paints! You can still distress the edges and use your stencil brushes too which makes it pretty much just like inking a piece of card!
For this set I just inked with Kitsch Flamingo and let it dry, then I dry brushed some white acrylic paint across, catching the edges to distress it and give them a scandi feel. I have 2 trees glued together here which was the 4 largest ones in the kit, but it still left me with another 12 to use on other projects! These are about 7" tall. I added gold paint to the 2nd one and then just added some die cuts. They're glued together so it makes a lovely chunky decoration like the ones you'd find in a home shop that would cost £10-£15!! Great gift and as you get so many trees in the pack you could easily sell these at craft fairs as well and actually make a profit! Shop the MDF stacker trees here and have a go...

Maria - Do you remember my last card? Today I’m sharing the second card from my One Sheet Wonder set! I used the Birthday Fun craft papers again – they’re the absolute star of this project. To keep everything looking perfectly coordinated, I created the background using the Starburst stencil. The images are also from the Grow On You stamp set, just like before. Almost everything is the same as last time… yet it feels completely different, doesn’t it? 😊 Keep an eye out for the next two cards coming soon!
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Julie - There is nothing more refreshing than creating a Christmas card when it's 40 degrees outside. Today I chose to create a shaker card with the Bauble Hat Bella Bear image. I started with a colored card base and embossed a layer of white snowflakes for the background. I used some postage dies to create a couple layers of frame to start my shaker mechanism. I attached a simple sheet of window sheet to the back of the frame using glue to create a tight bond. Then added a nice think layer of foam tape around the frame to create enough space for my shaker pieces to bounce around. I added the shaker bits and glued a backing layer of pattern paper from Winnie White Christmas to secure everything inside the shaker layer, and then glued to the embossed layer on the card. I colored Bella Bear in a fun Copic Marker combination:
Bella - W5, W3, W1
Bella's Hat - YG 67, YG63, YG61
Trim on Hat - C1, O White Gel Pen to create little dots of texture.
Present & Bauble - R39, R27, R24
Gold Bow & Bauble Stripe - Y28 + Gold Metallic Gel Pen
I cut a candy cane embellishment from Winnie White Christmas and tucked it along the bottom of the shaker frame. Wrapped some gold twine and placed it down before adding Bella (over top the twine) with some foam tape for added dimension. I added the sentiment from Bella Bear Sentiments to the top of the card and finshed off with a few gold gems. Shake, Shake, Shake- Tis the Season!

Nelly - For this week's project I needed to get organised for Christmas! My granddaughter who is only 4 wants a batch of small cards to send to her friends at school? “ I only need 30 Nana” lol! Hmmm so i decided to make quick 5 minute cards using 4 x 4 pre scored cards, printing pre coloured images I set to work, I also used stencils to create a quick background and the sentiments were from a stamps set…. I think I can make 30 of these and be well prepared.
Products Used:
DLPD9803 Jingle bells gingerbread cookie digital collection
PD7907 magic moon stencil
PD7434 Holly Flourish stencil
PD8094 latte Christmas (sentiment)
PD8095 merry. Christmas poinsettia (sentiment)

Liz - Hello! Here is a card I've created using the gorgeous Sparkling Christmas release from Polkadoodles. I used the Merry and Bright text stencil on the base card, then went over with distress oxide inks, using tones of colour to match in with the coloured cardstock I have in my stash, I used one of the coloured card stock to create a layer behind as a mat. I die cut a few layers of the main Sweet Glass Dome dies shape to create depth, adhered them together layering the up, then added some acetate beneath the top layer.
The scene inside is made up with part of the die set, then I simply added some light weight flakes from my stash as faux snow.  The fabulous Elegant 25 December is another die set too - I only used the text die as it has a border die to match. 

🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team!

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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
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