Saturday, 3 January 2026

Challenge 1, wk 1 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Challenge Theme: ANYTHING GOES - 4 weeks to enter!

Enter this fun, creative Craft & Card Making Challenge competition following the instructions at the end of this post and you could win a prize – we make it random so everyone has a chance to win, whether you're a beginner or not! Enter anything you wish, as long as it’s handmade by you.$40 in prizes every month Enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects

🏆 PRIZE 1: $20 Voucher x 1
1 x Random Prize – we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win - $20 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!
🏆 PRIZE 2: $10 Voucher x 2
2 x $10 prizes – we will select our Top 2 favourite entries from across the 4 weeks.

Thank you to everyone who joined us last year. We hope you will continue to enter in 2026 too.

Let’s kick off our first challenge of 2026 with inspiration from the Design Team...


Renske Hello everyone! I had so much fun making this winter thank you card with the Hello Frosty Snowman Too cute digital stamp. I blended the background with Distress inks to create a calm, snowy night sky. The moon is a round shaker filled with white sequins and tiny hearts for a soft, playful effect. I coloured the snowman with my alcohol markers and placed them on a snowy hill. I used the sentiment Thanks for all you do from the grateful sentiment set. I hope you can find inspiration from this. Happy Crafting. xx Renske. My Instagram: @renske.wishes.you Facebook: Renske.wishes.you

Judy Hey there! My inspiration project for this week is a Thank You Card. I know it's still winter but, I opted for a more spring themed card. The card is a slimline design using the Toadal Sweetheart Stamp Set. The cute frog image was stamped and colored with markers before fussy cutting. Papers from Toadally Cute Paper Pack were used. The Thank You sentiment was printed from the Winnie Daisy Greetings, Quotes and Sentiments and die cut. You're a Toadal Sweetheart sentiment was stamped from the stamp set and die cut. I added some twine and a button.

Enrica Hi crafty friends, happy new year! For my card I colored with Copic the wonderful Husky Hugs and Colouring scene Mountains and glaciers digtal stamps. I added a bit of sparkling by adding snowflakes (from my stash) and a background, both colored with metallic watercolors. I really love this stamp, it reminds me of how much my faithful furry friend loved playing in the snow. Big hugs xx

Jenn B I used a fun yellow gingham digi paper for my background. I applied a honeycomb stencil in a diagonal strip to create dimension and flow. I used a tag die cut on a piece of cardstock and attached it with an old flower brad from my stash. I printed the Buzzing Around Bee Buzzy Gnome digi stamp twice. I die cut the first image using a stitched edge rectangle die and then fussy cut the second image. I coloured the images with Copics and Stickles. I layered the fussy cut mushroom and bee on top of the die cut using foam dimensional tape. To finish the card, I added a sentiment sticker along the bottom and sponged ink around the edges of the card.

Revati For today’s project, I created a clean and simple thank-you card featuring the beautiful floral bunch from the Alcea Hollyhock Flowers digi stamp. I love how the soft oranges on the petals blend with the gentle green shadows on the leaves. The detailed patterned background, also from the same digi set, was printed on watercolor paper, and I layered my floral image right on top. Using the pre-colored reference, I added my own watercolor touches to bring the design to life. The “Thank You” sentiment comes from the Winnie Daisy Messages Digi Stamp, which is packed with thoughtful messages in gorgeous fonts. To finish it off, I added a sprinkle of sequins around the sentiment and a touch of gold to the centers of each flower for a soft, elegant sparkle. More details on my Blog.

Sana So today we had to make a Thank You themed project for our blog challenge day. I made a card using one of the cutest fuzzy puffs scruff the dog digital stamp. The background paper is from winnie papers collection. A really simple and easy to make card for someone close. Dont forget to join this weeks challenge. Happy New Year.


🌟 Gorgeous Inspiration, big thanks to the team! 🌟


Winners from Challenge 13

🏆 PRIZE 1: $40 Voucher
for one Random Winner to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!

Congratulations!

To claim: Please EMAIL US HERE, quoting code: PDWK01001
1. Claim MUST be received by 17 Jan 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 EMAIL US HERE, quoting code: PDWK01012
1. Claim MUST be received by 17 Jan 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. 

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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Saturday, 13 December 2025

Challenge 13, wk 3 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Challenge Theme: ANYTHING GOES - 4 weeks to enter!

Enter this fun, creative Craft & Card Making Challenge competition following the instructions at the end of this post and you could win a prize – we make it random so everyone has a chance to win, whether you're a beginner or not! Enter anything you wish, as long as it’s handmade by you.$40 in prizes every month Enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects

🏆 PRIZE 1: $20 Voucher x 1
1 x Random Prize – we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win - $20 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!
🏆 PRIZE 2: $10 Voucher x 2
2 x $10 prizes – we will select our Top 2 favourite entries from across the 4 weeks.


Cozy Christmas release:

As always, lot's going on here, so let's see the inspiration from the team for this week - this is our last challenge of 2025!

Hello crafters! There’s something truly special about sitting down to make a Christmas holiday card that you know will brighten someone’s day, and this beautiful Mabel project by Maz is a perfect example of how a simple digital stamp can turn into a heartfelt keepsake. The soft gingham background creates a warm, nostalgic feel, while the florals and berries bring in that cosy traditional Christmas look so many of us love. When Mabel is added on top with her little Christmas gift and festive outfit, the entire card comes to life.
One thing that makes this digi especially enjoyable to craft with is how versatile it is. If you love colouring, the black and white version gives you space to add your own shading and style. If you want something quick, the precoloured version looks beautifully blended and ready to go. And if you enjoy electronic cutting, the included SVG outlines mean you can create perfect cut layers for Cricut, Silhouette or ScanNCut without any effort. It’s a great option whether you’re crafting for family, for teachers, for neighbours, or even for charity card boxes during the festive season.

This card is a lovely example of how a small handmade gesture can feel incredibly thoughtful. Giving someone a card you crafted just for them isn’t about the card itself – it’s about the feeling it gives them when they realise you spent time creating something beautiful with them in mind. If you enjoy this sweet Mabel design, you might also love the rest of the Mabel Christmas collection, which features more adorable characters perfect for Christmas holiday cards and gift-making.

And don’t forget to share your makes with us in the Facebook group – we’d love to see what you create!

Julie - You simply can’t do gift wrapping without a bow—so I created this fun, dimensional paper bow using a mix of Pretty Winnie Daisy Papers that instantly turns any package into a little work of art. To finish things off, I added an adorable bow charm featuring a Strawberry Cream Cupcake image, bringing a playful pop of personality to the presentation. It’s a fun reminder that sometimes the wrapping is part of the gift—especially when it’s crafted with love and pretty paper. Find all of the details on my blog. Instagram Facebook

Taty - Christmas Birthday, a lovely theme to create a tag, in shades of blue, perfect for embellishing a gift package. I used the penguin and Christmas tree rubber stamps from the PD8187 Gnome For Christmas collection and then cut them out with the matching die, from the PD8188 Gnome For Christmas glue collection. I colored the penguin with Prismacolor pencils. The numbers are: blue 903-919-1087, orange 118-1002, pink 928-1014-927. For the tree, I used Tombow pencils, numbers 476-443-452. To add brightness, I added Glossy Acents to the beak, legs, gift package, and star. The tag base is a snowflake-patterned paper, paired with the white dot-patterned inner tag. I leave you my DT inspiration and hope you have fun creating.


Maria - A Christmas Birthday – Without Red and Green? Absolutely! 🎁❄️ Who says Christmas has to be all about red and green? Not me! Especially when you’ve got this adorable gang from the Gift of Christmas set. These cute little gnomes bring gifts in every colour imaginable — and in my case, in gorgeous shades of blue and turquoise to match the shimmering, snowy winter landscape.
I combined the card with the sentiment from the Snowball Kisses set. Don´t they just fit perfectly?
It was such fun arranging them on this special fun fold card, which folds down into a tiny, compact design. I coloured everything with my Stylefile markers, added some silver accents with a Staedtler metallic pen, and finished off the highlights using a Gelly Roll pen.
And by now you probably know me… I couldn’t resist adding a few polkadots to tie everything together — as always! Here's my instagram, facebook and YouTube - I'd love to follow you back!

Rosanna - Hello all my creative friends! I wanted to do something different and not use cardstock as usual for the background. But I wanted to make a large tag (even though it looks small in the photo) made with a magnificent sheet of clear acrylic, a generous thickness of 0.5-0.2 mm, which is still very easy to cut. Using a stencil and a paste that looks like transparent, glittery ice, I created a large snowflake. The effect is beautiful, right? Then, with my Copics, I colored Wanda and Mabel, a beautiful digital stamp from the new Mabel release HERE. For the leaves, I used the beautiful, large, and striking Holly Spruce die, which is available at a discounted price. Code PD7369. The leaves are colored with Distress Oxide stamps. Don't miss out on this die :-) I hope you like it, and I look forward to hearing from you all for a warm hug and endless Merry Christmas!

Rachael - Today I'm sharing a card made with the cozy Christmas stamp and die collection from Polkadoodles. To make this I used a rectangle stencil to ink a green panel, and then used the poinsettia dots 2 layer stencil set (PD9040) to add more texture and interest while keeping the rectangle stencil in place. The holly dies are from a polkadoodles set called Holly Berry Craft dies (PD9055) I cut two of these from white paper and used red nuvo drops for berries. To finish with the sentiment, this is a happy die also from Polkadoodles (but its now sadly sold out!) along with the word Christmas from one of the cozy christmas stamp sets. Lovely texture and interest and almost flat for posting.

I've also been busy creating TV samples with some of the latest Polkadoodles MDF Kits - and having a ball! If you've never crafted with MDF you really need to check out the ones in the store, there's a great choice building up and they make amazing gifts for the holidays - or just a nice afternoon project for yourself to make and get all. messy with.

Kerri - There’s something very special about crafting during the Christmas holiday season. It’s not just about making a card — it’s about creating a moment of warmth that you get to send out into the world. This cardy captures that feeling perfectly with the Mabel Hot Chocolate digital stamp.
The soft winter palette, those tiny cocoa-steam reindeer slippers and Mabel’s sweet little jumper all come together to create a card that feels comforting the second you look at it. Whether you choose the black and white version to enjoy a mindful colouring session or the precoloured clipart for a quick but beautiful make, this digi gives you endless versatility. Because this set also includes SVG and DXF outlines, you’re not limited to card making. You can turn Mabel into stickers for planners, print-and-cut elements for festive journals, tags for gifts, or even decorations for hot chocolate station displays. It’s a wonderful way to personalise your holiday crafting and make your projects feel genuinely heartfelt.
Sending a handmade card like this makes such an impact. The recipient instantly knows you took time to create something just for them, and that feeling of being remembered during the busy festive season is something people treasure. If you enjoy Mabel, you may also love the rest of the Mabel Christmas Holiday collection — several coordinating digis pair beautifully together for gift sets and card bundles. We’d love to see what you make — share your creations in our fabulous Facebook group!

🌟 More Gorgeous Inspiration This Week, 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

This is our last post of 2025 - wow, how time flies! 
This challenge runs right through the Christmas period, and we'll be back on Sat 3rd January with our first challenge of the New Year.


The whole Polkadoodles Team would like to thank you for all your support and entries this year - we truly love seeing all your creativity, it blows us away every week! 
We send you all a very heartfelt
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a 
HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR
to you and your families, wherever you are in the world, and hope you have a lovely crafty holiday!

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Saturday, 6 December 2025

Challenge 13, wk 2 - Anything Goes card making, craft, scrapbooking challenge at Polkadoodles

Welcome to our Craft & Card Making Challenge!

Challenge Theme: ANYTHING GOES - 4 weeks to enter!

Enter this fun, creative Craft & Card Making Challenge competition following the instructions at the end of this post and you could win a prize – we make it random so everyone has a chance to win, whether you're a beginner or not! Enter anything you wish, as long as it’s handmade by you.$40 in prizes every month Enter up to 4 times, with 4 different projects

🏆 PRIZE 1: $20 Voucher x 1
1 x Random Prize – we will randomly select 1 winner, so everyone has a chance to win - $20 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store – on anything you wish, including physical products!
🏆 PRIZE 2: $10 Voucher x 2
2 x $10 prizes – we will select our Top 2 favourite entries from across the 4 weeks.


Cozy Christmas release:

As always, lot's going on here, so let's see the inspiration from the team for this week - this is our last challenge of 2025!

Natalia - Hi crafters! This week we were asked to make a gift, so I've used the brand NEW MDF Embroidery hoop mixed media/altered art kit to make this plaque for someone special...I don't want to give it away now but I will! I've used a Stamp from the One of a Kind collection, teamed up with Flower Blossom dies and foliage dies from Winter Pinecones set. In addition, I added extra bits and pieces from the NEW chipboard packs which are just gorgeous!

Judy: Hi there! My inspiration project for this week is a treat box. This box measures 3 12 x 3 1/2 inches and would work, as well, for holding a gift card or jewelry. The focal on the box top is Snowy Sleigh with Parcels & Gifts - Elvis Wesley Moose Printable. I colored this cute little guy with Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut. I handcut a couple "snow banks" , added some glitter glue. A die cut tree is added behind Elvis Wesley. He is popped with foam tape onto a layered die cut circle. The background paper on the box is from Theo Penguin Paper Bundle 4. I printed the sentiment from Elvis Wesley Moose Themed Sentiments.

Enrica - Hi crafty friends! Do you realize that Christmas is less than three weeks away? I don't know about you, but I'm still struggling with gifts... these are some of the little boxes I made for my friends and will fill with chocolates and herbal teas. For the front panel I colored with Copic some cute characters from different sets: Santa Cup Christmas Gingerbread Cookie, Noel Christmas Gingerbread Cookie and Bella Bear with lots of Parcels/Gifts. The other panels and the lids are decorated with digis from the Sweet Christmas digistamp bundle - Gingerbread Cookie, patterned papers are from Gingerbread Cookie, Theo Penguin and Baked with Love collections. Would you be happy to receive a sweet box like that? I certainly would. Big hugs, Enrica

Jenn B - This week I had a die cut gift bag that I've been intimidated to use, so I busted that out for this one! I used Kraft cardstock as the base to make the gift bag sturdy. I then used papers from the Set 2 Christmas Printable Paper pack and Christmas Paper Patterns 2 to decorate it with. I printed Bella Bear Delivering Gifts, colored with Copics and fussy cut her before attaching her to the gift bag.

Revati - Forget the last-minute scramble for decent gift wrap this year! My secret weapon for beautifully presented presents is the Theo Penguin Paper Bundle, a fantastic collection of digital patterned papers. No more tedious shopping; just choose your favorite patterns, hit print, and voilà—you have instant, adorable wrapping paper ready to go! To elevate the look, I paired the paper with a simple yet chic sentiment label from the Christmas Greetings Digi Stamp. I printed this sentiment onto a sturdy tag, leaving enough space on the back to neatly write the names of the sender and recipient. Finally, to usher in that essential festive sparkle, I tied a thin gold twine around the gift box. This simple addition catches the light and gives the whole package a fun, celebratory, and perfectly polished feel!


Sana - Today I have made an envelope for the blog Challange day. I have used few of the PD products. The digi i have used is Cherry chocolate sundae - the base is from Winnie winterland papers and the envelope is from the foliage collection. I love the way all these came together. A really simple gift envelope or money envelope made with love. Dont forget to participate in this weeks challenge.

Renske - This time we worked on the theme Christmas gift. I made a little box out of kraft paper. I covered it with red, green, and white striped design paper from the Penguin Paper Bundle 2 set. On the front, I placed the digital stamp "Hot cocoa Christmas Gingerbread Cookie". I coloured it with my alcohol markers. I finished off the box with a green ribbon with a gold edge. Happy Crafting.

Maz - Today I've used the new MABEL collection - she's just adorable! I printed one of the papers which are swoon-worthy onto Kraft card and merged the Mabel digi, then coloured with pencils for a rustic look. Check her out she's gorgeous!

🌟 More Gorgeous Inspiration This Week, big thanks to the team! 🌟
We hope you'll share what you make with your Polkadoodles products on our social media !

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 our next challenge and more inspiration with the Design Team!

Check out the latest Polkadoodles releases & SHOP HEREseeing your makes! 👉 Share in our Facebook group here

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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