Saturday, 4 April 2026

Challenge 4, 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 releases!

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So let's see what the Design Team have been making...


Ana - Hi crafty friends! I’m back with another project, and this time I’m sharing a fun gatefold card featuring the adorable Bunny with Carrots from Polkadoodles’ new release. This card was inspired by a Holy Week crafting session I joined, and I loved the design so much that I recreated it using a brighter, spring-themed Polkadoodles twist! I created a simple gatefold base and added patterned papers to the front panels. The highlight of this design is the interactive closure in the middle, made using folded squares and a belly band to keep the card closed. I then finished it off with the cute bunny image and sentiment for a fun, playful touch.
If you’d like to recreate this card, I have full step-by-step instructions over on my blog!
Polkadoodles Materials Used:



I'm also sharing this cute card using the new Pigging Cute digi from the store - just in time for Easter! Shop this one here: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/march-april-2026-releases/


Don’t forget to also join the Digi Choosday Anything Goes challenge, we’d love to see your creations! And feel free to follow me on my socials for more crafty inspiration!
Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts www.instagram.com/my.cat.and.crafts
Facebook: My Cat and Crafts https://www.facebook.com/my.cat.and.crafts

Liz - I love the look of waxes used to create highlights on MDF and Chipboard pieces, so for this MDF Album cover I used some black gesso to add a base layer and covered with acrylic paints. After adhering the chipboard, I dabbed more of the acrylic colours here and there with a stencil brush, this creates added texture too, then I highlighted along the edges here and there with some Gold coloured wax. The leaf at the bottom of the album cover was created using two die cut leaves out of 300gsm cardstock, glued together, then placed on the base before colouring. The Chipboard Dragonfly is two seperate pieces of the same design I adhered together along the body so the wings could be slightly lifted. The flower in the centre chipboard frame has a die cut flower which I cut out of a thin tin can, glued in place and I added a Polkadot in the centre, then coloured over the top and highlighted with wax. Products used:
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Maria - Hello everyone! I’m back on the blog today to share a cheerful, spring-inspired card featuring some wonderful Polkadoodles goodies. This project is all about soft colors and a whimsical garden feel. To create this scene, I started by building my little garden using the Pretty Flower Pots dies. I paired these with the adorable botanical elements from the Grow On You stamp set. For the coloring, I reached for my Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils (Nos. 109, 111, 124, 121, 219, 125, 225, 217, 190, 191, 177, 180, 187, 271, 140, 163, 171, 112, 168, 264), which allowed me to achieve that soft, painterly look that blends so beautifully. For the background, I wanted to keep things airy and light, so I used a cloud stencil to create a soft, dreamy sky. This provides the perfect backdrop for the vibrant flower pots and butterflies.
The finishing touches really make the card pop! I added the Hello Lovely sentiment from the Sentiment Strip Pack, which fits perfectly at the top. Finally, I used a white Gelly Roll pen to add tiny highlights to the pots and leaves, giving them that extra bit of dimension and shine.I hope this card brings a smile to your face and inspires you to get crafty with your Polkadoodles stamps and dies! Happy crafting!
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Mary - I’m getting excited about spring! I wanted to incorporate that into a sweet card that would reflect my happy mood! I used Papers, florals, and sentiment from the Digi Deals for Pretty Flower Wreath. This little bundle has everything you need to make a lovely spring card for everyone on your mailing list. I used my usual 5.5” x 4.25” card base with floral and blue paper. I made a 3” square with some butterfly paper and cut that on the diagonal and attached it to the upper left and bottom right corners. I made 2” square with a gingham pink, green and white and placed it on a diagonal so it looked like a diamond and placed it in the centre of the page. I cut out a 2.75” circle with the floral wreath and sentiment wrapped around the wreath. I inked the edges of the circle and the card base with some distress oxide (Saltwater Taffy). I fussy cut some flowers and greenery from the same paper I used as the base to add some fun, dimension, and interest to the card.

Taty - Hello creatives, today I'm sharing my DT inspiration, sticking with the green and pink flower theme. With the holiday approaching, I created an Easter greeting card using digital papers from the collection Winnie Sugar Sprinkles. This is a wonderful collection with pastel pink and green colors, very elegant. I printed the collection on 200g cardstock and for the first layer I used the butterfly pattern. On top, to create thickness, I glued the oval frame with the roses. To add movement and depth, I applied the glossy accents to the flowers. I carefully cut out the pink and Tiffany-colored flowers included in the set to apply them around the phrase. The phrase is part of the collection Spring Flower Mathers Day Friends. I wish you a Happy Easter.

Julie - Today's Design Team project is a 5x5 square card with a pop up design in the center that is visible when the card is open or closed. The card features the printable image from Pretty Flower Wreath cut from a circle die and a circular background of the plaid paper featured in the same pack. I colored the image with a simple blend of Copic Markers. The card base is covered with a 2nd paper from the bundle, and then a 4 1/4 inch circle is cut out of the base. Using a piece of cardstock cut at 3x4 and scored at 1, 2, 3 on the long side and attached it to the inside of the card just under the score line. It's like adding a foldable box. Flatten the box mechanism. Cut a piece of cardstock at 3/4 of an inch by 2 1/4 and score at 1 inch. Fold it at the score line and add glue to the longest side of the flap. Close the card and attach the flap section to the section of the box that is visible through the circle, add glue to the remaining section of the flap (strip), pop the cut out circle with the featured image into the circle and press to adhere. Close the card and press to adhere. Open the card and the circle pops through the circle window. I added a 1 inch strip of the plaid paper across the bottom of the inside of the card, and additional butterfly that was sized larger before printing. The card front also has 3 additional butterflies that are added with foam tape to create a little added interest. I also added glitter to the butterflies. Additional details to create this card can be found on my blog.


Ana - Hi crafty friends! Today I’m sharing a clean and simple card using the adorable new release from Poladoodles - Bunny Surprise Easter Basket. I love how quick and easy this card design is, it’s perfect for when you need a last-minute card or if you’re creating multiples for a craft fair! For this card, I kept things minimal and added a bit of texture to the background using a crimped panel. I then layered my pre-colored digi front and center, added the sentiment just below it, and finished it off with a touch of sparkle using a gem sticker. Simple, sweet, and so fun to make! If you’d like to see the full step-by-step tutorial, I’ve shared all the details over on my blog: https://mycatandcrafts.blogspot.com/2026/04/polkadoodles-new-release-bunny-surprise.html
Polkadoodles Materials Used: Bunny Surprise Easter Basket Digi Stamp
Coordinating Sentiment (included in the digi set). I hope this inspires you to create something cute and easy today! And if you’d like to see more of my crafty makes, come follow me on my socials:
Instagram: @my.cat.and.crafts www.instagram.com/my.cat.and.crafts
Facebook: My Cat and Crafts https://www.facebook.com/my.cat.and.crafts

🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team! 🌟

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

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Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Challenge 4, wk 1 - 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 releases!

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So let's see what the Design Team have been making...


We have to make an apology: this post should have published on Saturday but blogger deleted it!
For the past year we keep having continuous issues with Blogger - it deletes posts, corrupts our text and removes photos and doesn't like our links...it is a real nightmare! We are now therefore removing most of the hyperlinks - which we hate - but it seems to be the only thing we can do to get the post to be ok. 
So I apologise for the long, messy posts with loads of messy long URL links - it seems to be the only way! 
We've tried AI to help us but randomly it just seems to lose an entire post or part of the post disappears or corrupts...if any of you know what causes this and are experiencing it too, please let me know because it's driving me crazy and I'm spending a ridiculous amount of time trying to put the posts together each week, it's been going on for a year now and I can't get to the bottom of it even with ChatGPT. It's so bad I am seriously thinking of finding a new platform or just closing the challenge blogs down because it's such a hassle - which I don't want to do.  So any of you that are code experts - please reach out! I'm sure it must be happening to someone else too - so maybe we can resolve it for all of us! Just on Saturday, after scheduling and checking this blog, I go on there today and the entire thing has completely vanished! So I apologise for the long messy blogposts you are seeing, I'll continue to try and find a fix! 

Anyway, on with the DT inspiration!....

Wendy - Hello everyone, this week we have a new mini release just in time for Easter so I've been having fun creating with these new digistamps...DOWNLOAD them here


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Jane - Hi everyone! I also have been having fun creating with these new digistamps...DOWNLOAD them here



Judy - Like Jane and Wendy I have also had my hands on the new digital release this week and here's what I made...check them out here: https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/march-april-2026-releases/



ENRICA - Hi crafty friends! I made this cute tag to celebrate the arrival of spring by coloring the pretty Primrose digital stamp with Copic markers. I created my own background with metallic watercolors and Distress Ink, I then printed some elements from the Udderly Cute printable ephemera set, fussy cut and layered them to create charming details.
These are the products I used:
I really enjoy how it turned out, hope you like it too! Follow me:

Jenn B - Hello and Happy Spring everyone! Today I made this card using the Easter chick collection...

Revati - I'm Getting into spring with our cute little Easter Basket Chick. I printed the image onto white cardstock, cut it using my Scan N Cut machine and then colored it using my Ohuhu Alcohol Markers.
For my background, I wanted a very light and subtle floral theme to match the flowers around the little chick, but also something that would not over power our colored focal point. So I chose paper with small white flowers on a light peach-toned background from the Bee Buzzy Flowers and Plains Digi Paper Pad. For the sentiment, I chose a simple one that says "Sending Sunny Wishes Your Way" from the Easter Greeting Digi Stamp.
Products I used :
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Sana - This week I've made a cute Easter card... today i chose the spring into easter sheet. This full sheet just caught my eyes and I wanted to make something really cute and delicate. I fussy cut all the images first then took a 4x4 white  card base cut off the front in half so the inside can be seen. I stuck 2 different papers on the front panel and the inside of the card giving it the look of 2 toned. I stuck the  main digi half way so it does not stick to the inside of the card as well. And here we have a cute little card for someone cute. The background papers are from the same digi spring into easter paper patterns. Hope you enjoy this weeks blog hop. I used this set:  https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/spring-into-easter-printable-cardmaking-digital-craft-paper-patterns-set-1
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Renske - Hello everyone! For this spring themed card I created a cheerful window scene using the Watering Can With Flowers Spring Garden digital stamp. The watering can was coloured with alcohol markers and placed in front of the window on a handmade windowsill to add a little extra depth to the design. Behind the window I created a soft ink blended sky and grass background to give the feeling of a bright spring garden. I finished the card with the sentiment Livin the Spring Life from the Spring Gnome Fun Puns, Quotes and Sentiments digital set. The soft colours and garden theme make this a lovely card to celebrate the arrival of spring. Hugs Renske
My Instagram: @renske.wishes.you

🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team! 🌟

Winners from Challenge 3

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

Congratulations!

To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK04001
1. Claim MUST be received by 18 April 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.

Congratulations!

To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK04012
1. Claim MUST be received by 18 April 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
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Saturday, 21 March 2026

Challenge 3, 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 releases!



Let's see what the Design Team have created to get you inspired this week!...

Julie - Today’s Design Team project is a super sweet Easter treat holder. The front and back fit together to look like an Easter Egg, with a partial box sandwiched between the layers of egg to hold a favorite Easter treat. The decorative paper layer from Pretty Spring Papers created the perfect backdrop for this cute Cheeky Chick image, which I colored with Copic Markers. Or you can skip the coloring and simply download the pre colored version—even quicker! The Eggstra Special greeting worked perfectly for the mini eggs stuffed into the middle of the egg, while the smaller version is sized perfectly for an Easter Creme Egg. You could trade out the Easter candy for a cookie & tea bags. Also I was able to fill the Easter Egg with 2 little containers of gems, a mini bottle of liquid glue, and a bottle of embossing powder to gift as a crafty treat! Hop on over to my website for measurements and design details. Instagram, Facebook


Kim D - Kim here today sharing this adorable easter card using the Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep set. He is just the sweetest. I colored him up using copics and used some glossy accents for the water. I believe the paper I used was from the Pretty Winnie Daisy Papers. He is ready to celebrate the day!

Maria - Easter time is such a wonderful crafting season. I absolutely love creating projects for it — even if, in the end, we don’t actually give away that many paper crafts, right? Still, a little chocolate can be packaged in the most delightful Easter way, especially when you have gorgeous papers like the Adalene Craft Paper to work with.I wrapped my box with this beautiful paper and then decorated it with the enchanting bloom from the Pretty Layers Flower Dies, a soft feather, and a sentiment from the Great Occasions Stamp set. A sweet little bow from the Ribbon Tag Dies found the perfect spot on the bunny’s ear to finish everything off. I really love how this turned out — soft, elegant, and perfectly Easter-ready! Here's my socialmedia:

Mary - I thought a little photo journal would make a lovely Easter gift, so I took a piece of cardboard about 11 11/8 x 5 10/8in and folded it in half. I added about 1/4 in on either side of the centre for the spine. I took some paper from Paper Heaven 4, Wanda, Watercolour Flower Stem, plus other collections to use on the outside of the book, as well as, inside and for decoration. I applied paper to the spine, then another pattern for the front and back of the book. I then applied another piece of paper on the inside of the cover of the book. I also cut up some ephemera and pieces for decoration from Wanda Toppers, Clumsy Wanda, Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Embellies, plus others things I have laying around from other projects. I took two pieces- of 1 x 11in paper and scored it at 1in then every 1in. The first score line will be like a foot to apply to the book later. The other score lines will be mountain/valley folds, back and forth until you can make another 1in foot near the end of the paper (the last inch of paper will be cut off). We then need to cut a piece of paper 1/2in x 2 to help secure our pages after we get them ready.
I cut the pages for the journal about 8 x 5.5 to 10 x 5.5in (I did use a couple of smaller scraps for pages for fun and to use them up). Once the different pages were cut, I folded them in half and cut a 1in slit across the middle of the page. These slits go over the mountains and the 1/2in strip will go in between the mountain to hold the papers in place. You can also fold the small piece to hold it better. Do not glue it because you will not be able to add pages if you do this. You can add more than 1 page to the mountains, if you choose. After the pages are in, you can start decorating and embellishing any way you like. I added a Gold Brad from my stash to use as a closure hook and used white and gold twine. I’ve added some ribbon, put envelopes, note pages, and decorations on and in the journal. It’s yours. You may do whatever makes you happy!

Taty - Hi creatives, today I'm sharing my DT inspiration, a quick project to wrap your Easter gifts. I created a little box that measures 41/2 x 2 x 8 inches, starting from a piece of cardboard that measures 13 x 10 inches. I decorated the box with the beautiful image Bunny Rabbit with Spring Carrots, colored with Prismacolor pencils. I share the colors - carrots 1002-118-1033, green 912-109, flower 1001-1033, eggs 915-102-928-1014-929, pink 1014-929, gray 1059-1060-1054. The greeting phrase inserted at the top of the package is part of the collection Spring Flower Mothers Day Friends. As embellishments I added satin flowers in the same color as the box and white leaves and flowers. To close the package I used satin ribbon with a flower pattern.

Rachael - Hello friends, Rachael here, sharing some spring sunshine with one of my absolute favourite spring images. This gorgeous girlie from the Darling buds collection Tulip flower girl Darling Buds - printable digital stamp for card making, craft, scrapbooking, printable stickers - Polkadoodles card making, craft, scrapbooking supplies and digital stamp, svg, clipart printables is called 'tulip girl' and it so much fun to colour, and I love that I was able to make her bigger in size to fit my project. You have got to LOVE digis for this. Happy crafting everyone!

Liz - Easter is on it's way, so I have decorated this fabulous Dreamy hares shelf sitter, I've created it as an Easter project, but it looks gorgeous for other celebrations too, ie New Baby. I've used acrylic paints dabbed onto the pieces with a piece of sponge, this gives texture and if using two colours on the sponge as I did in some places you get a two tone look, I added some of the lovely Polka Dots onto the trees and used some of the gorgeous Daisy Daisy papers for the hand created Easter Eggs these are of course something I added for the Easter theme, along with some Easter chicks from my stash.
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🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team! 🌟

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
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