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!
My Instagram: @renske.wishes.you


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
Click here to enter: We Love 2 Create 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!
Products I've used:
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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!

LATEST POLKADOODLES RELEASES!



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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Saturday, 1 August 2026

Challenge 8 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 POLKADOODLES RELEASES!


So let's see what the team have made to inspire us this week!


Bea - I love mixed media so I also had a play with the lovely MDF products from Polkadoodles crafting. These boards & tags are absolutely fabulous for creating home decor pieces with lots of layers. Perfect for your wall, bookcase or to give as gifts. I have given this one to a young lady going through stressful exams! The background has texture paste through the Boho Blooms stencil, coloured with ink and drybrushed with white paint to soften it. For the layers I used the hearts & foliage from the Hearts & Flowers mdf pack (decorated with paint, texture paste and gilding flakes) then added the beautiful flowers & leaves from the Delicate Daisy die set. Finally, I added a few gemstones, a bit of lace from my stash and a sentiment from the Sentiment Strip stamps, then a few white paint splatters completed the piece. I like this because it is mixed media but not grungy. Products available from : https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/


Bev - Hi everyone! I created this lovely Summer Garden Planter using various PD products and dies.
Products Used :
I coated the large scallop board with cream acrylic paint, then using the perfect poppies dash lines stencil on its side, inked through with brown ink, overlapping as I went and then rotating it in the opposite direction to give a trellis effect.
 
I covered the small scallop frame centre board with paper and used a couple of strips of cardboard to make the sides and bottom to give a 3d effect and assembled the pieces to make the planter
  
I cut a variety of flowers and leaves and coloured them with acrylic markers, these where then placed in the planter at various heights. I finished the project using the hello die and made drop shadow using some of the paper pad. Hope you like it! Follow me on Facebook here. 

Enrica - Hi everyone, happy Saturday! Paper wallets are always a great option for students, they can hold bookmarks, little stationery and, why not, notes for the upcoming tests! For my project I colored with Copic the sweet Cute Girl with stationery digital stamp, as well as the books on the inside from the Object Digital Stamp and Printable Clipart Pack, the strip sentiment is from 'Graduation school student Sentiments Quotes. Here's the link to this amazing release. The Main patterned paper is from the Student/School Little Dude set.


Renske - For my Back to School project I used the adorable CUte Girl with Glasses digital stamp as the focal point and coloured her with alcohol markers in a warm school-inspired colour palette. The front was layered with patterned papers from the Graduation School student paper bundle. I used the lined paper for the front and the other patterned papers on the inside. I used the sentiment Student en this is the beginning of anything van de set Graduation School student sentiment set. The challenge was to make a wallet, but it turned mostly into a map. I created a interactive wallet/map with a diagonal pocket, card slots and removable inserts. It is perfect for holding a gift card or cash. All the patterned papers are from the same set. This fun project is ideal for celebrating a new school year, graduation or in any new adventure. I hope you like it. Happy Crafting.
My blog: https://renskewishesyou.com
My Instagram: @renske.wishes.you
Facebook: Renske.wishes.you
Pinterest: Renske.wishes.you



Jenn - When I saw the challenge to create a paper wallet, I knew I wanted to use an origami style paper folding rather than trying to use adhesives or glue to put it together. I ended up using a tutorial that I found on You Tube at this link and it worked perfectly! I decided to create a wallet for a high school or college student, focusing on coffee! I started by printing out a piece of digi paper full size on a sheet of regular copy paper. I followed the instructions in the video and had a paper wallet within minutes! I then printed out the Latte cup 3 times, with a different type of beverage printed on the front of each one. I colored them and fussy cut. I printed out the sentiment and used a stitched edge nesting die to cut that out, attached to the front of the wallet along with one of the latte cups. I then die cut 2 gift-card sized pieces of kraft cardstock and added the extra latte cups to them, making them look like gift cards in the wallet. I added some cash to the inside and a few rhinestone stickers to the front to finish it off. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how cute it came out!
Links to products:
Clipart & Digistamps
Sentiments used
 

Revati - Get ready for the new school year with this adorable mini gift card holder! For this back-to-school project, I crafted the main wallet base using a pretty pink digital paper printed from the Spring Tons of Love Paper Pack. The charming focal point features the Girl Student with Book Satchel digi stamp, brought to life using vibrant Ohuhu Alcohol Markers. To add an uplifting touch, I decorated the front with encouraging phrases selected from the Graduation School Student Sentiments Bundle, finishing it off by tucking a gift card perfectly inside for an inspiring gift! I Would love it if you could follow me on social media:
Blog - https://rpshutterbug.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rp_shutterbug/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@rp_shutterbug


Nelly - It’s a new month! …where does the time go! The team was tasked to create a wallet with a back to school theme, this inspired me to make my granddaughter a stationary wallet for when she starts school In September, it’s not hard as it looks to create, it’s jus A4 card scored into a trifold and I die cut one edge. I used the stack of books object and sentiment from the graduation collection here. So cute! 


🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team!

Winners from Challenge 7

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

67 Alice K

Congratulations! To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK08001
1. Claim MUST be received by 14 August 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.

100 Michelle M

Congratulations! To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK08012
1. Claim MUST be received by 14 August 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
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