Challenge 3, 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!

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

Liz - It's my Sons Fiancee's Birthday today, she loves a handmade card and layers so I created this using some of the gorgeous chipboard, papers, Polkadots and flower dies from Polkadoodles,

I love this Daisy Daisy paper pack which is the base of my design, the chipboards are so lightweight they are fabulous used in cards as well as mixed media,

I love to create flowers from die cuts, and love to see how many different looks you can get from them,

The Celebrate die adds another little layer too, though I will admit it's been covered with the flower a bit, lol. Here's what else I used on this make:

• Love and kisses stamps • Pretty Flowers 1 dies • Flower flourish dies • Pretty frames and quotes chipboard •

Jenn B - I really enjoyed making this adorable little wallet! It was definitely a challenge for me, but a fun one! I printed out Bunny Rabbit Blank Greeting Card from Polkadoodles, colored with Copics and fussy cut. I used digi papers from Polkadoodles, die cutting a deckled edge circle from one of them to attach the bunny to with foam dimensional tape. I added a die cut heart and the "Spring Wishes" sentiment from the Spring Flower Mother's Day Friends sentiment pack. I used this tutorial on YouTube to help me with the dimensions for the wallet. I was super pleased with the finished product and will definitely be making more of these - I envision one for each of my 3 granddaughters!

Judy - My inspiration project for this week is a Spring themed card. I am using Gill Bunny Rabbit Growing Sunflowers Digi as my focal. He is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut. I adhered to white cardstock. A border at the top of the card uses one of the papers from Pretty Spring Printable Papers.The sentiment was printed and die cut with an oval die. I added handcut banners to complete my card design.

Revati - I created a DIY wallet that’s perfect for gifting a gift card. To form the pocket, I printed a fun floral pattern on one side of heavyweight cardstock and a coordinating solid shade on the back, both from the Bee Buzzy Flowers and Plains Paper collection. The pocket itself features a simple center slit to neatly hold the gift card. For the front accents, I printed an adorable Easter bunny from the Bunny Rabbit with Easter Egg Digi Stamp and paired it with a “Happy Easter” sentiment from the Easter Greetings Digi Stamp set. I colored the bunny with my alcohol markers and added a bit of visual interest by die cutting it with a scalloped die. A soft touch of yellow ink blending on the tag ties everything together and complements the colors of the pocket beautifully. You can find more details and full measurements over on my blog.

Sana- Today is a new day for blog posting and this time the DT was given the theme to make a wallet which can hold a gift using a Rabbit. So I chose this 3 cute little bunnies digi set. It comes with the paper backgrounds as well. I die cut the Rabbits with the doily die i had in my stash. The zig zag dies at the background which are giving the framed look are also from my older stash of dies. The wallet size is 7x5. I stuck the bottom frame flat and the top one with 3D foam to make it look dimensional. The doily Rabbits was also stuck with 3D foam. A little bit of thread at the corner and a lace die as well. For the inside i decided to tear off the papers in half and make it as half torn pockets so you can insert some money or a gift voucher. The small tag is the senti which comes in the digi as well. So overall the paper background and bunnies are from the same bundle. It is such a cute digi set I loved making this giftable wallet. It also has a magnetic closure. Dont forget to join in the fun this week.

Enrica - Hi crafty friends! I'm so happy to share with you my new inspiration project.This week the DT was asked to make a wallet and the requirement was to use a rabbit. I decided for the sweet Love You Cart Loads and the Bunnita Shopping digital stamp for the tag/gift on the insidePatterned papers are from the DIGI DEALS - Dahlia Flower 1 and the DIGI DEALS - Bella Bear Morning Coffee. In case you had any doubts... yes, I'm addicted to pink. It's a color I adore and it makes me feel good. And you? What color would you have done it in?

🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team! 🌟

Winners from Challenge 2

🏆 PRIZE 1: $20 Voucher

for one Random Winner to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!

75 BecnSam

Congratulations!

To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK03001

1. Claim MUST be received by 18 March 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.

1 Vivi

102 Sandra

Congratulations!

To claim: Please contact us via the website CHAT on the homepage, quoting code: PDWK03012

1. Claim MUST be received by 18 March 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

Challenge 2, Wk4 - 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 I had so much fun creating this Birthday Card. I wanted to create something pretty, with florals and touch of lace. I started with 2 digital papers from Rosebud collection, and added the lace pattern over the pattern to create a border on my card front in my editing program. Next I chose the greeting from Birthday Sentiments, I wanted it to sit pretty much in the mid section of the card —this sentiment worked perfectly and I really liked the font. I chose to add my florals from the Perfect Peony bundle, I added them to my digital workspace and moved them around, and overlapped them until I was happy with the arrangement. I printed 2 copies of this. On one copy I colored only the flower blossoms using Copic Markers- R22, R21, R20, then cut them out with scissors. On the 2nd copy I colored the leaves and stems -YG67, YG65, YG63. I used a random stencil to add some little dots in a coordinating ink color in 3 random places on the card front. Using foam tape I placed the cut out blossoms into place on the card front, this dimension absolutely made the flowers pop! I ink blended a piece of vellum paper in shades of green, and from it cut some leaves with a leaf die and tucked those in under the flower blossoms. I added sparkle to the florals using a glitter brush and added a few gems before attaching the card front to a card base. You really must try give this card a try, it is so beautiful in person. FYI: the florals on this card are actually more of a pink color - I’ll chalk it up to one of life’s many mysteries as to why my camera refused to capture that color. My Blog, Instagram, Facebook

Maria - Winter is slowly coming to an end, and with it comes the joy of fresh, soft colours that make us look forward to spring. I immediately picked up on this feeling in today’s project. For my mum’s birthday, I used the beautiful Timeless Rose craft paper – she loves pink, so it was simply perfect. To keep the design elegant and clean, I used lots of white. A delicate vellum wrap surrounds the card and features the gorgeous Celebrate sentiment along with the heart from the Heart Flourish die. When you open the card, a little surprise is revealed: a pop-up effect filled with the lovely images from the Birthday Celebrations set. I deliberately coloured the images using only Polychromos pencil no. 193 to achieve a very soft look, and added Glossy Accents for subtle shiny details. To finish off the card, I added hearts and tags from the Ribbon Tag Heart Dies and the Nested Heart Dies as well as lots of sparkling gems to bring everything together. I hope this card inspires you to start creating with fresh colours as we welcome spring. Here´s my Facebook & YouTube - hope you will follow!

Mary - I colored my Winnie with my Crayola Colored Pencils and fussy cut her out. For my card front, I used Helga Hippo paper. I also added some more pretty paper for fun and whimsy. I cut them both at 5 ½“x 4 ¼“ then sliced them both on the diagonal and used one piece from each piece of paper. I then grabbed some holographic washii tape from my stash and put that diagonally for some extra shine and interest. I cut two scalloped hearts out of a die I had in my stash, I cut one from this red stripe paper and the other from vellum with butterflies, also from my stash. I decided that my focal image needed to stand out more, so I cut a rectangle out of this lovely purple paper, placed her on foam and glued it down to the bottom right hand of the card. I then picked my sentiment and placed it on a speech bubble for a little more whimsy. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s, grandma’s, and ladies who have had any hand in helping to raise people, animals, and anything!

Taty - Today I'm sharing my DT inspiration for my new Mom's Birthday/Party themed challenge, which requires the inclusion of vellum. I created a greeting card decorated with flowers from the Flower Meadow collection, which I colored with Prismacolor pencils. For the base of the card, I printed the pink checked pattern from the Coffee Tea and Cakecollection. On the front, I created an arched window using a die. I applied blue vellum with little hearts to the window, and on the inside of the card, I finished the window with blue striped digital paper from the Coffee Tea and Cake collection. This last paper in the collection is green, but the printer was running out of color ink, so the result was a light blue shaded with green. Naturally, to avoid wasting anything, I used it anyway. We creatives always find a solution, and I want to point this out because Polkadoodles digital papers are fantastic, with flawless printing results.

I embellished the card with butterfly die-cuts and a white Greek key at the base of the window to simulate a windowsill. The sentiment is glued to the inside, visible through the window, and is part of the same collection as the flowers.

Kim D - Hello! Kim here with a card to help celebrate Mom's special day. It can be for Mother's Day, her birthday or anything in between. I used this fun image of the Flower birthday cake.I think this image is perfect for any celebration. You can color it up to be either feminine or masculine.

🌟 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

Challenge 2, Wk3 - 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!...

Liz - Do you love creating with MDF? I do and thought I'd use one of the fabulous MDF Altered art boards as the base of my project, I used some watercolour paper on the top with some smooshed distress inks, when dry I started building up some layers. The focal image is created with the Love and Kisses stamps, I coloured these with distress re-inkers edging with vintage photo distress ink, for a light vintage look. I fussy cut some of the leaves off the stamp set for added interest,

The gorgeous Celebrate die finishes it off along with some white paint splatters - I think this is great for Anniversaries or Valentines Day. Hope you like it!

Enrica - Hello creative friends! The theme given to the DT for this week's project was a birthday card for a man, and I immediately thought of my dad – he'll be 81 next month! Until a few years ago, one of his greatest passions was fishing, and even though he doesn't have a beard or moustache, this cute Fishing Gnome digital bundle seemed perfect for my card. I made a round easel card and coloured the main subject and some of the accessories with Copic markers. I'm sure this card will make him smile!

Jenn B - I made a 30th birthday card for a friend of mine. I printed out the Aquarius sign from the Zodiac / Horoscope Star Sign Constellation set and the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Birthday Sentiments & Greetings set onto white cardstock and cut it out using a stitched edge rectangle die. I created the background by blending Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink onto watercolor paper, spritzing it with water, and blotting with a paper towel. I stamped an Aquarius symbol in aqua and die cut the number 30 from a scrap of the distressed background. I finished by lightly spritzing the card with silver Mica Spray Stain and adding blue rhinestone stickers.

Revati - While I usually gravitate toward florals and pinks, I also enjoy creating masculine cards now and then. This card was inspired by my husband’s birthday and celebrates his love for cars and long drives. I added a playful touch using the Rocket Car Little Dude digi stamp, coloured with my Ohuhu alcohol markers. For the background, I used a rustic brick wall image from the same stamp set and grounded my little guy on a strip of white cardstock. The sentiment takes centre stage inside a fun speech bubble, printed and die cut for extra charm. More details are on my blog.

Sana - This week I chose a cool digi perfect for men – the Motorcycle Tattoo Bike digi. I wanted to make a card where the background papers really popped. I fussy cut the digi image and coloured it using Tim Holtz Distress Colour Pencils and Nuvo watercolour pencils, which are water based and give a beautifully soft effect. I die cut some lace shapes and squares from my stash and hand cut the background paper squares to the sizes I wanted, layering them with 3D foam. The background papers are from the Gnome Men Motorcycle paper patterns.

Judy - Hey there! I’m sharing a birthday card that’s perfect for an older man. The focal image is from the Dad Father Celebration Party Gnome for Men bundle. I printed the image, coloured it with Copic markers, and fussy cut it. The patterned papers used for the background are included in the bundle. I finished the card with a sentiment from the Gnome-tastic Sentiments collection.

🌟 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